DVD Releases: Shrek 3, Godfather And Madagascar On Blu-ray, Leatherheads On DVD
Home video releases for September 23 include SHREK THE THIRD and MADAGASCAR on Blu-ray, the DVD and Blu-ray release of football comedy LEATHERHEADS, plus PEANUTS and ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS holiday gift packs and more.
SHREK THE THIRD On Blu-ray
In SHREK THE THIRD, from Paramount Home Ent. and DreamWorks Animation, when Shrek married Fiona the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King of Far Far Away. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Unless Shrek (with the help of his trusted companions Donkey and Puss in Boots) can find a suitable King for Far Far Away, the Ogre could be stuck with the job. The most promising candidate, Fiona's cousin Artie, an underachieving Medieval high school slack, proves to be more of a challenge than he bargained for.
"Overcast lighting was hard on SHREK 2, proclaimed production designer Guillaume Aretos. "Global illumination [throughout the pipeline] was key in making it easier. Aretos collaborated with art director Peter Zaslav in adding 65 new locations for SHREK THE THIRD, in which the iconic green ogre prepares for fatherhood and encounters a gawky teenager named Artie, who eventually becomes the legendary King Arthur. The sets are moodier and, for the first time, the artists could animate overcast skies with no direct light for the funeral of King Harold.
"CG is still in its infancy," Zaslav added, but technology is fairly pushed at DreamWorks. Lighting is very controlled and global illumination is used with a bounce card as a tool, not an end in itself. It's close to live-action cinematography."
Special Features include:
--The Animators' Corner
--Shrek's Trivia Track
--The World of Shrek
--Shrek's Guide to Parenthood
--Meet the Cast
--Lost Scenes: The Fauxly Grail, Hot Lunch, Cyrano De Artie, Doppelgangers
--Tech of Shrek
--Donkey Dance
--Big Green Goofs
--My Menus
--DreamWorks Animation Video Jukebox
--DreamWorks Kids: Merlin's Magic Cystal Ball, Learn the Donkey Dance, How to Be Green
MADAGASCAR On Blu-ray
A pack of not-so-wild animals experience some serious culture shock when they move from the Big Apple to the Mighty Jungle in this computer-animated comedy from Paramount Home Ent. and DreamWorks Animation. Alex (Ben Stiller) is a lion who enjoys a charmed life as one of the leading attractions at a zoo in New York City's Central Park.
While Alex and his pals Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) are happy with their lot in life, they occasionally have a certain curiosity about the outside world, and when the zoo's penguins decide to make a break for it, Marty follows them into the city. Alex, Gloria, and Melman set out to find Marty before he gets into trouble, but they're a bit too late, and soon the zookeepers have decided that the animals are restless and need to be returned to the wild. Soon the critters find themselves living on the coast of Madagascar, where they quickly discover they aren't quite suited for living in the wild. MADAGASCAR also features the voice talents of Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, and Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Ali G).
MADAGASCAR, the latest animated comedy from DreamWorks, was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, and written together with Mark Burton and Billy Frolick. Darnell, who previously directed ANTZ, relates that production began four-and-a-half years ago, when hand-drawn animated features were still in vogue.
When MADAGASCAR was developed, "I don't think it was pitched as any particular medium," he said. "That kind of stuff, at least in those days, came out of development as what made the most sense, with the story that we were telling. Once I got involved (my own interest is in CG), it was easy for me to motivate it and steer it in that direction."
SHREK THE THIRD On Blu-ray
In SHREK THE THIRD, from Paramount Home Ent. and DreamWorks Animation, when Shrek married Fiona the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King of Far Far Away. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Unless Shrek (with the help of his trusted companions Donkey and Puss in Boots) can find a suitable King for Far Far Away, the Ogre could be stuck with the job. The most promising candidate, Fiona's cousin Artie, an underachieving Medieval high school slack, proves to be more of a challenge than he bargained for.
"Overcast lighting was hard on SHREK 2, proclaimed production designer Guillaume Aretos. "Global illumination [throughout the pipeline] was key in making it easier. Aretos collaborated with art director Peter Zaslav in adding 65 new locations for SHREK THE THIRD, in which the iconic green ogre prepares for fatherhood and encounters a gawky teenager named Artie, who eventually becomes the legendary King Arthur. The sets are moodier and, for the first time, the artists could animate overcast skies with no direct light for the funeral of King Harold.
"CG is still in its infancy," Zaslav added, but technology is fairly pushed at DreamWorks. Lighting is very controlled and global illumination is used with a bounce card as a tool, not an end in itself. It's close to live-action cinematography."
Special Features include:
--The Animators' Corner
--Shrek's Trivia Track
--The World of Shrek
--Shrek's Guide to Parenthood
--Meet the Cast
--Lost Scenes: The Fauxly Grail, Hot Lunch, Cyrano De Artie, Doppelgangers
--Tech of Shrek
--Donkey Dance
--Big Green Goofs
--My Menus
--DreamWorks Animation Video Jukebox
--DreamWorks Kids: Merlin's Magic Cystal Ball, Learn the Donkey Dance, How to Be Green
MADAGASCAR On Blu-ray
A pack of not-so-wild animals experience some serious culture shock when they move from the Big Apple to the Mighty Jungle in this computer-animated comedy from Paramount Home Ent. and DreamWorks Animation. Alex (Ben Stiller) is a lion who enjoys a charmed life as one of the leading attractions at a zoo in New York City's Central Park.
While Alex and his pals Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) are happy with their lot in life, they occasionally have a certain curiosity about the outside world, and when the zoo's penguins decide to make a break for it, Marty follows them into the city. Alex, Gloria, and Melman set out to find Marty before he gets into trouble, but they're a bit too late, and soon the zookeepers have decided that the animals are restless and need to be returned to the wild. Soon the critters find themselves living on the coast of Madagascar, where they quickly discover they aren't quite suited for living in the wild. MADAGASCAR also features the voice talents of Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, and Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Ali G).
MADAGASCAR, the latest animated comedy from DreamWorks, was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, and written together with Mark Burton and Billy Frolick. Darnell, who previously directed ANTZ, relates that production began four-and-a-half years ago, when hand-drawn animated features were still in vogue.
When MADAGASCAR was developed, "I don't think it was pitched as any particular medium," he said. "That kind of stuff, at least in those days, came out of development as what made the most sense, with the story that we were telling. Once I got involved (my own interest is in CG), it was easy for me to motivate it and steer it in that direction."
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