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Disney Announces Comic-Con Agenda in 3D!

9 July 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Some exciting stuff coming from the mouse at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Among the very cool things we’re particularly excited about are the panels concerning Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and the reboot of Tron called Tron (at least for the moment). Also, Disney plans on having several guests to discuss these films, and the fact that they're all in 3D, including Robert Zemeckis, animation legends John Lasseter and Hayao Miyazaki, Tron reboot producers Sean Bailey and Steve Lisberger, veteran animation directors John Musker and Ron Clements and special guest director/auteur Tim Burton.

With all this, it looks to be a very interesting couple of days around the Disney booth and panels. Check out all the info from Disney’s official release:

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ Comic-con Agenda Is Full Of “Firsts”

Directors Zemeckis, Burton To Take Part In First-ever 3D Panel;

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Analyst Who Was Down On "Up" Is Now Up On "Up"

9 July 2009 12:41 PM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news

Pali Research media analyst Richard Greenfield has admitted that he was "dead wrong" in his assessment of Disney/Pixar's Up, which he predicted would fail to become a big hit for the studio. In particular Greenfield had claimed that the film's hero, a cranky 78-year-old voiced by Ed Asner, was not the sort of character that would attract Disney's core audience, young boys, and would be nearly impossible to merchandise. (At the time, Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook responded, "I think we've all learned that a great story, no matter what it is, told well and with great characters is going to find a big audience. ... Time and again people tend to stereotype movies; they'll say 'pirates never work,' or 'older protagonists' never work, and each time, the marketplace tells you differently." In a research note sent to clients on Wednesday, Greenfield said, "The recent success of Pixar's Up (well ahead of our forecasts) has renewed investor confidence in Disney's creative capabilities." After six weeks, the movie has earned more than $265 million, making it Disney's second-highest grossing film ever domestically, after Finding Nemo. Today's (Thursday) New York Times observed that other analysts have been praising Disney "for allowing its Pixar unit to pursue Up despite the film's obvious commercial risk."

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Tron, Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story to be featured at Comic-Con

9 July 2009 11:49 AM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news

When you think of Comic-Con in San Diego, you don’t immediately think of Walt Disney Studios making their presence known. But that’s exactly what they are doing this year. And when you think about it, two titles in particular will fit right in to the comic crazy crowds … Tron and Alice in Wonderland. Here’s the news release from Disney.

Animation greats Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter and directors Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton will take part in their first ever Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center July 23-24. The filmmakers will be on hand to help Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures showcase a wide-ranging roster of upcoming films, including 3D juggernauts Alice In Wonderland, Tron and Disney’S A Christmas Carol, and animated gems The Princess And The Frog, Beauty And The Beast, Ponyo and the Toy Story trilogy.

Zemeckis, Burton, Miyazaki and Lasseter will take part in industry panels.

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‘Transformers 2′ and ‘Ice Age 3′ Tie for First

5 July 2009 6:58 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

Update: Transformers wins in photo finish. See final numbers below.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs tied at $42.5 million from the domestic box office this weekend, according to estimates.  The final numbers are posted Monday afternoon, when the true winner will be crowned for the July 4th holiday weekend.

The PG-rated Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs premiered Wednesday, so the opening weekend numbers are a bit lower than the other two in the series with March debuts.  It already has a 5-day total of $67.5 million domestically, which isn’t a bad start for the worst reviewed member of the trilogy.  Ice Age 3 also had the largest production budget (a reported $90 million) for the relatively new Blue Sky animation studio.  “I think we are in rarefied air. To be in a virtual tie for the weekend with one of the biggest event films ever is a great start,

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Giant Robots and Prehistoric Creatures Tie for No. 1! "Transformers 2" and Ice Age 3" Dominate Box-Office!

5 July 2009 11:38 AM, PDT | From Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news

The Fourth of July box-office weekend ended with a tie between "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs!" Both sequels finished first and tied with $42.5 million each.

But these numbers are just studio estimates right now, final winner will be tallied on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Johnny Depp-Christian Bale crime drama "Public Enemies" debuted at No. 3 with $26.2 million.

Here are some box-office fun facts for the 4th of July weekend:

*** "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" already scored a domestic total of $293.5 million in just 12 days!

*** Since opening Wednesday, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" earned $67.5 million.

*** "Public Enemies'" 5-day total is a healthy $41 million.

*** Disney-Pixar's "Up" already hauled in $264.9 million, making it the No. 2 box-office champion in the history of Disney-Pixar hit machine. "Finding Nemo" is still the No. 1 flick with $339.7 million total. "The Incredibles" is now at No. 3 with $261.4 million.

*** "The Hangover" passed the magical $200 million mark.

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Shrek's Donkey named most-loved movie animal

3 July 2009 4:10 AM, PDT | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news

He loves parfait, has “freakish mutant babies” with a female dragon and can belt out quite the musical number with Puss in Boots. Yes, we’re talking about Donkey, the smart-mouthed sidekick from the Shrek movies who has been voted the most-loved movie animal in a new poll by DVD rental service LOVEFiLM. The animated ass (we’re not being rude – that’s its name!), voiced by Hollywood comedian Eddie Murphy might not be a “noble steed”, but he sure is popular snapping up more than one in four votes polled from the 2,000+ counted. Click over to find out what other cherished creatures rated.

Coming second to Donkey was Simba, the curious lion cub that grows to become a fearless pack leader in Disney’s 1994 smash The Lion King. Third was Baloo the Bear from sing-along masterpiece The Jungle Book, fourth went to Dory, the memory-challenged Regal Tang fish from

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Atomic Team Review: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

1 July 2009 7:33 AM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news

Philip Barrett: I’d never been introduced to the Ice Age films until this most recent outing. Oh sure, I’d heard of them and was mildly interesting in seeing the first one, but for whatever reason I never got to it. The first did receive pretty decent reviews while the second was pretty much reviled by anyone under seven. Fox still thinks there’s an appeal (or they heard the term “Strike!”) and have decided to give us a third entry in the franchise.

Andy Gathman: I saw the first Ice Age when we were visiting relatives and my then-three-year-old happened upon the movie box and insisted on watching it with us. Though he was enthralled, laughing wildly throughout, I felt I could take it or leave it. It seemed very much a movie for children and not nearly as well developed as, say, Shrek (Dreamworks) or Finding Nemo

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Weekend Box Office: 'Revenge of the Fallen' Defines Critic-Proof

29 June 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Well, don't we all feel a little silly. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the movie that received the most hysterically negative reviews of 2009 opened to by far the year's biggest numbers -- $201 million since Wednesday, according to estimates. That's just a couple million shy of the first-five-days-of-release record set by The Dark Knight, though that movie opened on a Thursday. (It's tough to truly compare opening weekends of mega-blockbusters these days, since God knows on what day of the week they all hit theaters.) I hope everyone is looking forward to Transformers 3, where Autobots will discover fart jokes.

The only movie to dare take on Revenge of the Fallen in wide release, was the Nick Cassavetes weepie My Sister's Keeper, which opened to a respectable $12 million -- almost as strong as Cassavetes' The Notebook, though unlikely to be carried to an $80 million cume by good word-of-mouth. Year One took a big tumble,

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The new Us Ponyo trailer features an unexpected superheroine…

26 June 2009 3:29 PM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

Two things I have to say about the new Ponyo trailer Disney just released.

 

1: What stunningly beautiful imagery !!!

Nice choice of shots, the trailer doesn’t give everything away but demonstrates just how wicked the animation is in this thing.

And in HD too, so I can watch it in near-infinite sharpness as often as I like till the BluRay is released. Bliss…

 

2: What the hell is Liam Neeson saying?

“The whole world is out of balance. Ponyo, you have to trust me! You’re the only one who can save the planet !! Do it now !!!”

And Boom! Away she goes, off to save the world… or so it seems in the trailer.

 

Huh?? That makes absolutely zero sense. And I have seen the film, even! Ponyo as a trained superheroine, on a mission?

Has Disney done a complete re-imagining of the plot, using vastly altered text? Or

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Ard Vijn

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‘The Matrix’ To ‘The Dark Knight’: Oscar Best Picture Near-Misses Of The Past Decade

25 June 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Best Picture category centerpiece at the yearly Oscar awards show will be expanded to include 10 nominees. We MTV Movies Team staffers were not amused.

In the wake of the announcement, many accusations surfaced that this move is nothing more than a ratings ploy. For many, the allegations spring from the fact that “The Dark Knight” — a universally regarded hit and currently the fourth-highest grossing film of all time — was snubbed for a Best Pic nomination. That got me thinking about all of the other incredible films which have fallen victim to Oscar politics over the years…

2008 — Is anyone really going to dispute that “The Dark Knight” should have taken home a statue? Or at least gotten a shot at taking home a statue? No? I didn’t think so. Moving on…

2007 — There are plenty to choose from in

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Adam Rosenberg

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Weekend Box Office: 'The Proposal' Wins a Busy Weekend

22 June 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

It may have seemed like an "off" week by summer standards in terms of releases, but two debuts and two strong holdovers meant that four films grossed $20 million or more, which is rare for a non-holiday weekend. The top dog, surprisingly, turned out to be The Proposal, which rode a genial marketing campaign and a set of sneak previews to $34 million dollars -- Sandra Bullock's best opening weekend ever, by far. (Related question: did Bullock "open" this movie? I'm inclined to think not, though it's a perfect role for her.)

Year One is a bit tougher to read. Certainly with the Cera/Black/Ramis combination, it was expected to open bigger. Generally poor reviews didn't help; I haven't seen the film, so I'm a bit handicapped in the analysis. If I had to guess, I'd say that people saw it as a bit of a novelty item. Silliness can

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Cancer Sufferer Lands Private Screening Of Up

22 June 2009 5:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Studio bosses at animation company Disney/Pixar made brave 10-year-old Colby Curtin's dying wish come true by staging a special screening of their hit new film Up at her home - seven hours before vascular cancer claimed her life.

A friend alerted Pixar bosses to Curtin's dream of seeing the film before she died and they shipped a copy of the movie to her home in Huntington Beach, California so the ailing girl could check it out with family and friends.

Colby had been keen to see Up, but her worsening condition meant she wasn't able to leave home to go to a cinema.

Her grateful mum, Lisa Curtin, tells the Oc Register newspaper, "When I watched it (the film), I had really no idea about the content of the theme of the movie (but) I just know that word 'up' and all of the balloons... meant that (Colby) was going to go up. Up to heaven."

In the film, which is tipped to become the second biggest animated movie ever - behind Finding Nemo, a widowed pensioner, a boy scout and a dog take off on a high-flying adventure in a balloon-filled house.

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Dreamworks Animation Aims For Monsters Inc Meets Casper With Boo U.

19 June 2009 1:07 AM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news

Last month, DreamWorks Animation announced their plans for the next three years. The animation studio was developing three possible projects for the November 12th 2012 release date: Chris Sanders' caveman comedy The Croods, Andrew Adamson's adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Truckers, and a Super Secret Ghost project which asks what ghosts think about humans. Apparently DreamWorks has settled on the ghost film, titled internally Boo U. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film tells the story of a ghost who is bad at his job and must return to ghost school. Jon Vitti, who was a writer on The Simpsons and King of the Hill, is working on the screenplay. And the film will be directed by Tony Leondis, the filmmaker behind the forgettable Weinstein Co animated comedy Igor and the not-so-great direct to video sequel Lilo & Stitch 2. Pixar had A Bugs Life, Dreamworks had Ants. Pixar released Finding Nemo,

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3-D Ticket Prices Give Pixar’s Up a Huge Box Office Advantage

17 June 2009 10:10 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

Well it seems that Up is very quickly becoming one of Pixar's most successful movies ever, silencing any naysayers who thought that an older protagonist might limit moviegoer interest. In less than a month, it has already become the third-highest grossing movie for 2009, and analysts are predicting that it will have enough oomph to surpass The Incredibles to become the second-highest-grossing Pixar flick ever (behind Finding Nemo). But hold on a minute... there's a catch. None of Pixar's previous movies were released in 3-D! Apparently that the higher ticket prices for 3-D screenings are a major reason why Up has been making so much money thus far. According to Variety [1], Up's 3-D release made up 40% of the total screen count, but 60% of its total bank. The second biggest movie of the year, Monsters vs Aliens, was also released primarily in 3-D. Coincidence? Uh... no. Suddenly it's becoming very clear why

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Up Sets Course For Number Two On The Animated Film List

16 June 2009 6:30 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hit family film Up is on course to become the second biggest animated movie of all time, behind fish tale Finding Nemo.

The quirky 3-D film, about a grumpy old man and a boy scout who become unlikely adventure partners, has already grossed over $187 million (£124.6 million) in America alone in less than a month.

That puts the picture in fifth place behind Ratatouille, Wall-e, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

Experts predict Up will easily sail past The Incredibles' $261.4 million (£174.2 million) U.S. box office haul before the end of its cinema run. But the movie is unlikely to reach Finding Nemo, which scored a whopping $339.7 million (£226.4 million) at the U.S. box office alone in 2003.

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John Carter of Mars. Dustin Lance Black of California

16 June 2009 2:27 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Today's one-post-that-really-ought-to-be-two-posts's theme is gratuitous nudity.

Let's start with John Carter of Mars. My disappointment that the film would not be a Pixar animated effort (I was quite excited at the prospect of a 'toon that wasn't for little children and for Pixar to spread their current excellence into other genres) has been somewhat tempered knowing that Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) will be trying his hand at live action (interesting). I like Taylor Kitsch who'll be playing the titular role. Anybody who watches Friday Night Lights knows that there's a nice unforced depth to his acting that you couldn't really see in his cameo in Wolverine. Lynn Collins (also from Wolverine) will play his eventual betrothed Dejah Thoris. Coming Soon reports that Thomas Haden Church may be appearing in the film as well. Since the role is supposed to be very dramatic and Church is a "name" I'm assuming we're talking about a substantial role.

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The Back Page: 23 News Items

16 June 2009 10:28 AM, PDT | From The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news

This fascinating blog from Alexx Henry Photography details the process of making a highly impressive “living” movie poster for of all things, a Hallmark movie called “Mrs. Washington Goes To Smith”. This is an exciting design concept you can expect to see become more and more popular. Think of them as highly advanced animated Gifs, the aim is to make you think you are looking at a still image. They are the future of online advertising and design. Direct links to the finished product: 1, 2, 3.

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The guys over at Chud report that Marcus Nispel has replaced Brett Ratner to direct the planned “Conan the Barbarian” remake. Nispel has plenty of remake experience having directed both “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)” and “Friday The 13th (2009)”. Next question: Who will play Conan?

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The very awesome Bloody Disgusting have a scoop on who is being lined up to direct the Robert Rodriguez produced “Predator” remake “Predators”…. Neil Marshall.

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Reel Talk Mixtape: Tuesday, June 16th

16 June 2009 10:14 AM, PDT | From ReelTalkTV.com | See recent ReelTalkTV.com news

According to Variety, “Up” is on its way to be the second-highest-grossing Pixar film ever. So far, “Up” has secured $187.4 million at the domestic office and will likely surpass “Ratatouille’s” $206.4 million, “Wall-e’s” $223.8 million and maybe even “The Incredibles’” $261.4 million. The only Pixar film “Up” is unlikely to catch is “Finding Nemo” which took in a whopping $339.7 million. The one event that may burst some of the film’s balloons is the release of Fox’s 3D cartoon “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” on July 1st.

Natalie Portman will dance for Darren Aronofsky. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Portman will play a ballerina battling a rival dancer in the supernatural thriller “Black Swan.” The paranormal element of the plot is that it’s unclear whether this rival is a real person or just a figment of Portman’s character’s imagination. The film was originally set up at

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CGOverdrive starts on a promising note

16 June 2009 3:05 AM, PDT | From BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news

Now in its fourth edition, CG Overdrive 2009 - Asia's unparalleled Computer Graphics (CG) event dedicated to CG professionals, enthusiasts, students, producers, vendors and buyers - has begun and this year it will see five local and internationally renowned schools exhibiting for the first time, making it a total of nine schools at the show. Testament to the strong growth of the local CG industry, the schools will be at CG Overdrive this year to recruit students that will fill the 10,000 jobs to be created by 2015. Of these schools is the prestigious Ringling College of Art and Design, which has earned a reputation for its close working relationship with Pixar Animation Studios and LucasArts. The other notable schools include 3DSense Media School, Academy of Art University, DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore, Fzd School of Design, Lasalle College of the Arts, Raffles Design Institute, Sae Institute Singapore and Sheridan Global. Justin Chua,

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CGOverdrive starts on a promising note

16 June 2009 3:05 AM, PDT | From BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news

Now in its fourth edition, CG Overdrive 2009 - Asia's unparalleled Computer Graphics (CG) event dedicated to CG professionals, enthusiasts, students, producers, vendors and buyers - has begun and this year it will see five local and internationally renowned schools exhibiting for the first time, making it a total of nine schools at the show. Testament to the strong growth of the local CG industry, the schools will be at CG Overdrive this year to recruit students that will fill the 10,000 jobs to be created by 2015. Of these schools is the prestigious Ringling College of Art and Design, which has earned a reputation for its close working relationship with Pixar Animation Studios and LucasArts. The other notable schools include 3DSense Media School, Academy of Art University, DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore, Fzd School of Design, Lasalle College of the Arts, Raffles Design Institute, Sae Institute Singapore and Sheridan Global. Justin Chua,

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