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Going Down the Rabbit Hole with Ken Ralston

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Find out how Sony Pictures Imageworks pulled off Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

Backstage at the Oscars

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Pete Docter positively beamed about winning his Best Animated Feature Oscar for UP, and discussed the advantage of animation over live-action, the significance of AVATAR and what 3-D offers...

Up, Avatar & Logorama Win Oscars

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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences handed out the Oscars on Sunday, March 7th. In the world of animation, Pete Docter won the Best Animated Feature Film for Pixar's UP. In addition to Best Animated Feature, Michael Giacchino won the Oscar for UP's original score.

Evangelion 1.11.

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Evangelion 1.11 is essentially the same movie as 1.01. And as we all know by now, this reboot is a creative recycling of the first six episodes of the original anime. Why release the same movie again? That is the question.

Trio Join Smurfs

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Sony has tapped George Lopez, Katy Perry and Alan Cumming to join Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Winters in SMURFS, reports VARIETY.

Tooned! Talk Show To Launch On TV Tropolis This Spring

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Breakthrough Films & Television's live-action factual series, TOONED, is scheduled to debut on Canada's TV Tropolis on Friday, March 19, 2010 during the 11:30/19:30/22:00 time slots, it was announced today by Ira Levy and Peter Williamson, executive producers and founders of Breakthrough.

Oscar Nominees & Jon Heder Talk Animation at CAA

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The AWN Oscar Showcase tour stops at agency CAA where the filmmakers talk animation with agents and "Napoleon Dynamite" star and fellow animator Jon Heder.

Neil Patrick Harris Smurfy for Lead

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Deadline.com reports that HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star Neil Patrick Harris has inked a deal to play the live-action lead in Sony's SMURFS.

Getting in the VFX Trenches

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Shane Felux talks about his new web series Trenches.