The Miscweant: Previews

The guardians of "Guardians"

jstrike — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 06:00:47 -0800

The powerhouse team behind DreamWorks latest feature "The Rise of the Guardians" gather in New York City to describe their creative collaboration.

Nick Jr. NY Press Event - A Commitment To Education

jstrike — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:53:12 -0800

Why do I always start salivating when I’m invited to an event in the Viacom building? Oh yeah, it’s because they always put out the nicest spreads - and whatever they’re promoting is usually pretty interesting too.

Jim Cummings Guest Blog - Here Comes Winnie the Pooh!

jstrike — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:27:49 -0700

Veteran voice actor Jim Cummings has vocalized Winnie the Pooh and Tigger for over thirty years. His enthusiasm for voicing the bear and the tiger is of Tiggerish proportions, as you're about to read...

The Stars Come Out for the DreamWorks Animation 2011 Press Preview

jstrike — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:24:00 -0800

I’m here for DreamWorks’ press event promoting its 2011 releases Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots. A sequel and a spin-off, hmmm…I walk in, keeping my fingers crossed; the first Panda is one of my favorite animated films of recent years – why mess with perfection? And a skeptic might uncharitably describe Antonio Banderas’ feline swashbuckler as a one-note character: can he carry an entire film on his furry shoulders?

Gore Verbinski, Rango, and Chocolate Chip Cookies

jstrike — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:37:50 -0800

Every now and then Paramount Pictures puts out a nice spread (mini-sandwiches, sliders and open bar, not to mention those killer chocolate chip cookies – there goes my diet) in their overlooking-Times Square 3rd floor screening room. Tonight it’s in honor of Pirates of the Carribean-meister Gore Verbinski, in town to promote his premiering-in-March, Johnny Depp-starring, first animated feature Rango.

Wake Up, Wake Up You Sleepyhead…

jstrike — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:30:00 -0700

Disney artist hi-jinks… nasty caricatures of Eisner, Katzenberg and a host of others… not to mention how Walt’s animation studio was dragged, kicking and screaming from old school storytelling into hip ‘n edgy territory; it’s all in Waking Sleeping Beauty, Disney producer Don Hahn’s warts-and-all documentary of the studio’s 1980’s 2D rebirth.

The Last Airbender Toy Preview

jstrike — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:34:37 -0800

Nick’s The Last Airbender – the movie based on the channel’s long running animated adventure – won’t be out until July, but the toys are already in the pipeline, and the prototypes went on display for a select audience the week before the New York Toy Fair began on Valentine’s Day.