Fox Animation to Remake King Kong
Fox Animation has tapped Christian Magalhaes & Bob Snow to pen a modern take on KING KONG, reports Deadline.com.
Category: Films
Ernest and Celestine Lines Up Voice Cast
Les Armateurs and StudioCanal have lined up the voice cast for their feature ERNEST AND CELESTINE, reports Variety. Lambert Wilson (THE MATRIX RELOADED) will lend his voice to Ernest, a bear who wants to be an artist. He strikes up a friendship with the energetic old mouse Celestine, who will be voiced by Belgian stage actress Anne-Marie Loop. Additionally, Dominique Collignon (A CHRISTMAS CAROL) will play a dentist.
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Aronofsky Builds Noah Film
Darren Aronofsky is pitching a new dark version of the Noah story, reports Deadline.com.
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DiCaprio The Villain in Tarantino's Django Unchained?
Deadline.com is reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio is circling Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED.
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Traveler Creator To Pen Tron 3, New Showtime Series
David DiGilio, the creator of the short-lived series TRAVELER, has landed two big deals, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
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Fringe Writer Takes on Daredevil
Fox has selected FRINGE writer/producer Brad Caleb Kane to pen the reboot of DAREDEVIL, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Writes Move to Ninja Turtles
Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL) have been tapped to write the reboot of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, reports Deadline.com.
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Top Cat Feature Finds Distributor
Argentina-based Distribution Co. has picked up the rights to the Mexican-Argentinean co-production TOP CAT, based on the Hanna-Barbera character, reports Variety.
Pena Boards Gangster Squad
Michael Pena (CRASH) has boarded Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow's GANGSTER SQUAD, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
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X-Men: First Class Coming to FX
FX has picked up the basic cable rights to Fox's X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
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Tales of the Green Lantern Corps in 'Emerald Knights'
Rick DeMott chats with director Lauren Montgomery about bringing the Green Lantern Corps to life in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.
Disney Hatches Phineas and Ferb Summer Events
The popular chattering character Perry the Platypus of Disney Channel's Emmy Award-winning "Phineas and Ferb" meets the distinctive, 27-foot rounded aluminum body of a customized Airstream trailer when Disney launches the "Perry the Platy-bus On Tour" originating MONDAY, JULY 11 in New York City.
Liman's Luna Gets Co-Funding
Paramount has tapped David Ellison's Skydance Pictures and New Regency to co-fund Doug Liman's LUNA, reports Variety.
Writer Begins Salt 2 Script
Sony Pictures has tapped Kurt Wimmer to pen a follow-up to SALT, reports Deadline.com.
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Arrives on Blu-ray/DVD
The origins of the ultimate intergalactic police force are revealed across six interlocking tales of the legendary Green Lantern Corps in the all-new Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies.
Dwayne Johnson Gearing Up for G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes
Dwayne Johnson is in discussions to join the cast of G.I. JOE: COBRA STRIKES, reports Deadline.com.
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Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 23
Special Guests: RISD Senior Animation Students 2011
Live, from the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating senior animation students take over the show and grill the very Alan Foreman and Joel Frenzer on their animation information. Topics: jobs in animation immediately after school, maintaining your own art practice while working in the studio, secrets of FFAF podcast production, beatboxing, general fears, and the rapture. Refereed by RISD Animation Professor All-Stars, Amy Kravitz and Bryan Papciak.
Super 8 Crashes Into IMAX Theatres This Friday
IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Paramount Pictures announced today that J.J. Abram's sci-fi coming of age thriller, Super 8, will be released in the immersive IMAX format this Friday, June 10.
yU+co Sets Sail With Titles for Pirates 4
Combining subtle elements from the story such as tear drops, mermaids, a handwritten codebook and a strange symbol, multi-disciplined creative design/visual effects studio yU+co and Creative Director Garson Yu has re-teamed with Academy Award-winning director Rob Marshall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to create the mysteriously elegant main title sequence and the dramatic main-on-end titles that bookend ‘’Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,’’ the fourth chapter in the blockbuster Disney franchise in 3D.
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IMAX Corporation Enters Into New $110 Million Credit Facility
IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that it has entered into a new credit facility for up to $110 million with Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFOC), with the participation of Export Development Canada (EDC) for $55 million of the new facility.
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY (2011) (***1/2)
I became a fan of comedian Bill Hicks when I caught one of his old HBO specials on late at night. I wondered why I hadn’t heard of this angry hilarious and provocative performer before, so I went to the Internet and looked him up. Turns out he has a highly influential comedian of the early ‘90s who on the cusp of breaking into the big time in the U.S. died at the age of 32. Now British filmmakers Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas have brought his story to film in this innovative documentary that combines archive footage and animation to bring Hicks’ story to life.
Blu-ray: GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS (2011)
This 1080p/AVC-encoded disc is a handsome effort by Warner Premiere. One problem plagues the release though and that is color banding. Sadly the issue doesn’t just appear in backgrounds and lighting. Some can be seen on characters as well. But as is the case with these DC Direct titles, the colors are spectacularly vibrant. The balance is perfect and the blacks are inky. Outside of the banding, the Blu-ray doesn’t display any other digital anomalies.
Annecy 2011 - the first day
Happy animation week, dear fellow animators. I'm reporting live from the Annecy animation festival, which openned Yesterday.
X-Men: First Class Opens #1, But Weak
Fox's X-MEN: FIRST CLASS took the #1 spot at the U.S. box office for the weekend of June 3-5, 2011.
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VFX Vet Dykstra to Direct Super Zero
Veteran vfx supervisor John Dykstra will direct SUPER ZERO, an adaptation of Jeff Lemire's graphic novel TALES FROM THE FARM, reports Variety.
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