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Let Me In Begins Production in New Mexico

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Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves’ adaptation of Let the Right One In, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Spurs' Tony Parker Joins French Cartoon Project

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Tony Parker, a professional basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs, has signed on to a new French cartoon production called BASKETBALL ADVENTURES, Variety reports.

More Avatar to screen at Tokyo Fest

More sneak preview footage from James Cameron's 3-D epic, AVATAR, will screen at the 2009 Tokyo Film Festival.

The Missing Disney Uncovered in El Grupo

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Ted Thomas discusses the making of his new documentary, Walt & El Grupo, revealing a hidden chapter in the fabled life of Walt Disney.

Desowitz at SIGGRAPH 2009: Day 5

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AWN's Editor in Chief Bill Desowitz walks us through Day 5 of his SIGGRAPH 09 adventure.The key word is 3-D

Desowitz at SIGGRAPH 2009: Day 4

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Press reports have attendance at about 10,000, which is extremely low, of course. But, as I previously noted, it's resulted in a very appropriate quaintness. You can tell that the people who have come here are very passionate.

Evening Theater’s Festival Chair’s Reel

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A look at some of the short films from the Evening Theater’s Festival Chair’s Reel.

Evening Theater’s Jury Chair’s Reel

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A breakdown of the Evening Theater’s Jury Chair’s Reel, which included the following shorts.

Fjorg! SIGGRAPH 2009 Competition – Day 2

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Day 2 of the animation competition kicked off at 9am with a loud drumbeat and Afro Brazilian performers. The sound drew a large crowd in to watch the performances. The animation teams had worked through the night on their films so the very lively dancers lent some much needed energy to the competitors.

Desowitz at SIGGRAPH 2009: Day 1

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Well, there’s been a lot of anticipation and curiosity about SIGGRAPH returning to New Orleans (or Nola), not only since this marks the first major conference since Katrina but also because of the severity of the downturn.