Montreal-based visual effects studio Modus FX delivered a surreal dream sequence for Immortals, the stereo 3D feature film released in theaters on Nov. 11.
Lionsgate is courting Simon Beufoy (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) to adapted HUNGER GAMES follow-up CATCHING FIRE, reports Deadline.com.
Warner Bros. and comicbook publisher Bluewater Prods. have settled their dispute over the title of the CLASH OF THE TITANS sequel WRATH OF THE TITANS, reports Variety.
This is a movie for fans. While I haven't read the books it feels like every detail is here, because it's a slog to move through. If you don't care about these characters going in, it's not really going to change your opinion. For non-fans it really is like getting invited to a stranger's wedding.
Eric Roth (FORREST GUMP, EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE) is in talks to adapt Stacy Schiff's CLEOPATRA: A LIFE for Sony, reports Variety.
Warner Bros. is quickly casting up its adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal manga AKIRA.
Bill Nighy (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) is in talks to play the villain in I, FRANKENSTEIN, reports Variety.
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) invites fans across the country to enter into the world of mystery and adventure created by director J.J. Abrams in his sensational coming-of-age story SUPER 8 with a unique Twitter promotion.
If George Miller's original dancing and singing penguins film has a happy surprise than its sequel is the opposite — nothing about it is surprising. The story borrows a little from the original and attaches it to a familiar family/action plot. The first incorporated popular songs into the fabric of its world and the characters, while the songs here are uninspired, obvious or just not that good. Not even two krill that sound a lot like Brad Pitt and Matt Damon can save the day.
Universal Pictures has bought French animation house Mac Guff Ligne for Illumination Ent., reports Deadline.com.
Bent Image Lab, the animation studio behind many successful commercials, music videos, shorts, and visual effects projects is now co-producing long format content for television. “Jingle All the Way”, a stop motion animated show for Hallmark Channel is Bent’s first endeavor into long form animation.
Tim Burton is in negotiations to direct an adaptation of Ransom Riggs' novel MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, reports Deadline.com.
David Yates, who helmed the final four HARRY POTTER films, is set to direct the BBC's big screen adaptation of DOCTOR WHO, reports Variety.
Columbia Pictures in finalizing the rights for Evan Mandery's sci-fi novel Q, reports ComingSoon.net.
NBC has ordered a pilot for the future-set drama BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE from COUGAR TOWN co-exec producer/director Michael McDonald, reports Deadline.com.
Steven Soderbergh has been looking for a lead for his THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. adaptation and now Deadline.com reports that he is eying his MAGIC MIKE actor Channing Tatum.
ELEVEN ARTS and FUNimation Entertainment are bringing the feature length followup film to the popular “Fullmetal Alchemist” anime franchise, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, to the big screen in theaters across North America late January 2012 over 100 screens.
Some Angels soar the skies, and some fall a little short. Anchor Bay Entertainment presents the DVD release of the new animated feature film, The Littlest Angel, heading to retail on Tuesday, November 15th.
GKIDS, a distributor of award winning animation for both adults and family audiences, is bringing a complete retrospective of films from Japan’s renowned Studio Ghibli to the IFC Center in New York from Friday, December 16 to Thursday, January 12.
Tippett Studio takes on MoCap for the first time in the new bloodthirsty epic by director Tarsem Singh.
Longtime fans of the Harry Potter film franchise are familiar with the series’ ample visual effects (VFX). Among the many emotive sequences in the Harry Potter film franchise is the memory pool sequence created by Gradient Effects. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how Gradient Effects and Exocortex Technologies worked together to pull off this visually stunning special effect.
The Walt Disney Studios proudly announced today that directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, the talented team behind Disney Animation Studio’s global blockbuster Tangled, will premiere a delightful new animated short film spotlighting the royal wedding of Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and Flynn Rider – a.k.a Eugene – (Zachary Levi) in front of each screening of Beauty and the Beast in 3D, which opens on January 13, 2012.
Relativity Media's IMMORTALS reigned over the U.S. box office for the weekend of Nov. 11-13, 2011. The Greek mythical epic earned $32 million in its opening weekend.
Warner Bros. has hired Animal Logic to animate its LEGO feature, reports Variety.
After opening over the weekend in India, THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN had the largest opening weekend for an animated feature in the country's history, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
