To Be or Not to Be (a film festival)
Animation, Experimental, Narrative, Spec Commercials – and Stereoscopic 3D shorts; something for everyone at the Be Film Festival.
Category: Films
Movie Review: 'Shrek Forever After'
Everyone loves Shrek and I can see why. There is drama, action, and comedy packed into an hour and half long film, that it seems to leave little room for flaws. But the flaws are major ones in my view.
Mike Mitchell Talks 'Shrek Forever After'
Find out what it was like directing the final chapter of Shrek.
Franco Rises for Apes Prequel
James Franco will take the lead in 20th Century Fox's RISE OF THE APES, a prequel to PLANET OF THE APES, reports VARIETY.
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Oldman Kicks Onto Kung Fu Panda 2
DreamWorks Animation has tapped Gary Oldman for the voice cast of KUNG FU PANDA: THE KABOOM OF DOOM, reports HEAT VISION.
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Young Stars Lining Up for Scream 4
Dimension is in negotiations with Lake Bell (IT'S COMPLICATED), Ashley Greene (TWILIGHT), Hayden Panettiere (HEROES) and Rory Culkin (TWELVE) to join the cast of SCREAM 4, reports HEAT VISION.
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Tatopoulos Colonizes Eco-Horror Flick
Patrick Tatopoulos (UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS) is in talks to helm the eco-horror film, THE COLONY, reports HEAT VISION.
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MacGyver Feature in the Works
New Line has hired Jason Richman to pen a feature adaptation of MACGYVER, reports RISKY BUSINESS.
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Whedon, Super Size Director Team for Comic-Con Doc
SUPER SIZE ME director Morgan Spurlock is teaming with Joss Whedon, Stan Lee, Ain't It Cool News' Harry Knowles and Legendary Pictures' head Thomas Tull for the documentary, COMIC-CON EPISODE FOUR: A FAN'S HOPE, reports VARIETY.
In Anime, Cartoons, CG, Event, Films, Games, Licensing, Television, Visual Effects, Anime, Cartoons, CG, Event, Films, Games, Licensing, Television, Visual Effects, 3D | Headline News | Special Events: Comic-Con | Geographic Region: All
So you'd like to produce your own animated film?
Thought it would be interesting and informative to explore how a friend, Kent Butterworth set about to make his own animated film and to see not only how he did it but to share in all the fun he had on the way....
A Decade of 'Shrek' Tech
Read how technology at PDI and DreamWorks Animation has evolved throughout the Shrek franchise.
Newell and Bruckheimer Talk Prince of Persia
At a recent press junket in London (conducted virtually with local online journos) director Mike Newell, said he looked at everything from The Thief of Bagdad to Lawrence of Arabia to Raiders of the Lost Ark in making Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (May 28, Disney).
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Megan Fox Out of Transformers 3, Actresses Circle
Deadline.com reports that Megan Fox will not be returning for TRANSFORMERS 3. Competing reasons for the move are circling.
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Greengrass Leaves Fantastic Voyage
Paul Greengrass has exited 20th Century Fox's remake of FANTASTIC VOYAGE, reports Deadline.com.
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Rodriquez Wields Fire and Ice
Ain't It Cool News reports that Robert Rodriguez has picked up the rights to Ralph Bakshi's 1983 animated feature FIRE AND ICE.
Field of Dreams Writer Heists J.J. Abrams Flick
FIELD OF DREAMS writer/director Phil Alden Robinson has been hired to write an untitled heist flick for J.J. Abrams and Paramount, reports HEAT VISION.
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Walden Media Gets Cosmic
Walden Media has set Frank Cottrell Boyce (MILLIONS) to adapt his children's book COSMIC into a feature screenplay, reports VARIETY.
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Heavy Rain Game Pours Film Deal
Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne's Unique Features has won an auction for the film rights to Quantic Dream's PS3 game, HEAVY RAIN, reports Deadline.com.
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TokyoPop & Odin's Eye Dream Up Manga Adaptation
Sydney-based international sales and production entity Odin's Eye announced today a partnership with Tokyo- and Los Angeles-based media company TOKYOPOP to produce a feature film adaptation of TOKYOPOP's successful manga graphic novel series The Dreaming.
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Shrek Forever After Opens in Record Number of IMAX Theatres
IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq:DWA) today announced that its highly anticipated final chapter in the Shrek film series and the first in 3D, Shrek Forever After, will open in 194 IMAX theatres domestically on May 21, 2010, simultaneous with the film's wide release.
Brickyard VFX Expands With Exec Producer McCarthy & Producer Herzog
Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX today announced two new additions to its Boston team, Michael McCarthy as executive producer of special projects at Brickyard Filmworks, the company's feature film division, and Lucy Herzog as visual effects producer.
SHREK FOREVER AFTER (2010) (**)
In my review for SHREK THE THIRD, I said, "[it] doesn’t walk the edge like the other films, but there are still enough flares of that same good ol’ SHREK that you remember why you were friends in the first place." Three years later those flares have completely burned out. This "what if Shrek were never born" fantasy is the kind of desperate plot that tired sitcoms resort to.
Shark Tale's Bergeron Romances Live-Action Pic & 3-D Toon
SHARK TALE director Eric "Bibo" Bergeron is working on a live-action fantasy romance, reports VARIETY.
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Toho Getting into Live-Action
Toho is set to release its debut live-action film, UMIZARU 3, reports VARIETY.
In Business, Films, Visual Effects, Business, Films, Visual Effects, 3D | Headline News | Geographic Region: Asia
The Cup of Tears Short Slashes Feature Deal
Universal and Working Title have snatched up the rights to commercial director Gary Shore's THE CUP OF TEARS Internet short/trailer, reports HEAT VISION.
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