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Real Steel Begins Punching You Out in November 2011
10 December 2009 4:52 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Dreamworks and Touchstone Pictures have set a release date for the first movie of the new Dreamworks era, Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing flick Real Steel. It will open in theaters on November 18, 2011, the same day that the 23rd James Bond film and Happy Feet 2 are currently scheduled to open. It is the same weekend that films such as Twilight: New Moon and several of the past Harry Potter films have cleaned up in recent years, being the week before the Thanksgiving weekend. In industry speak, that's prime real estate for releasing a tentpole, which makes me oddly curious about what Dreamworks thinks it might have with Steel. As we've reported in the past, the story centers on a father and his estranged 11-year old son who enter the world of robotic boxing. The robotic boxing has since replaced human boxing, which has been outlawed, and now instead of 200-pound men fighting it out, its »
- Neil Miller
Real Steel in November 2011
9 December 2009 6:31 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Disney's Touchtone Pictures have officially set a release date for DreamWorks' first independent movie, Shawn Levy's futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. The film is set to hit theaters on November 18th 2011. The 23rd James Bond film and Happy Feet 2 are also currently occupying the date, but I would expect that to change. The second weekend of November is one of the bigger release dates at the box office. Waerner Bros has released three of the Harry Potter films (Goblet of Fire, Sorcerer's Stone, and Chamber of Secrets) on that spot, earning anywhere from $88-$102 million. Recently, Summit Entertainment has staked claim on the weekend for the first two films in the Twilight series. The film tells the story of a father and his estranged 11-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing. You see, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed, replaced with sports combat between »
- Peter Sciretta
William Wood in talks for Happy Feet 2
9 December 2009 2:42 AM, PST | Hindustan Times - Cinema | See recent Hindustan Times - Cinema news »
Robin Williams and Elijah Wood are in talks to reprise their roles as lead voices in sequel to Oscar winning film Happy Feet. Happy Feet 2, a sequel to the 2006 animated hit, will see George Miller back in the director's chair, The Hollywood Reporter said. Wood will be reprising Mumble, the penguin who can't sing but can dance and Williams will be back as the hyper-active and wise-cracking penguin Ramon and also voicing Lovelace. Miller is done with the new script, whose details are being kept under wraps. Animal Logic again is ... »
Sugar Shout Out: Beyonce's Fashion Metamorphosis
8 December 2009 11:55 PM, PST | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Beyonce's fashion metamorphosis The latest Lego-themed gadget Robin Williams and Elijah Wood are ready for Happy Feet 2 How to: Zoe Saldana's voluminous curls Say what? Celebrate the little things 12 ages of Christmas: five-year-olds Who was your favorite male chef of 2009? Is Madonna obsessed with being fit? Turquoise is the tint of 2010 Will your pet make a holiday card appearance? Airlines could jam 50% more passengers on planes »
- PopSugar
Williams and Wood want more 'Happy Feet'
8 December 2009 6:12 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Robin Williams and Elijah Wood are in talks to reprise their penguin roles in "Happy Feet 2," Warner Bros.' sequel to Village Roadshow's 2006 Oscar-winning animated film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, George Miller would be returning as director. Wood voices the dancing penguin Mumble while Williams voices the wise-cracking penguin Ramon. Plot details are under wraps. Miller wrote the screenplay. The original "Happy Feet" grossed nearly $198 million domestically. »
- Adnan Tezer
Elijah Wood, Robin Williams to Reprise Roles for "Happy Feet 2"
8 December 2009 11:27 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in talks to return to the penguin world for "Happy Feet 2," the sequel to the 2006's Academy Award winner. George Miller is returning to the director's chair as well.
The Hollywood Reporter told us that "Wood is reprising Mumble, the penguin who can't sing but can dance the tuxedo off of any waddler around him; Williams is back as (what else?) the hyper-acting and wise-cracking penguin Ramon; he also voices Lovelace."
Miller also wrote the script but the plot is top secret, for now. The actors will migrate to Australia in January/February to record the voice tracks. »
- Manny
Williams And Wood Tapping Their Happy Feet Once More
8 December 2009 11:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Robin Williams and Elijah Wood are reuniting to get animated for the big screen - they've signed up to work on Happy Feet 2.
The funnyman worked double duty on the 2006 original, voicing the penguin characters Ramon and Lovelace, while Wood took on the lead role of Mumble.
The duo is now preparing to head up the cast for director George Miller's sequel and will begin work on the film in Australia early next year, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Nicole Kidman, Brittany Murphy and Hugh Jackman also lent their voices to the hit movie, but it is not yet known if they will reprise their roles for Happy Feet 2. »
Elijah Wood and Robin Williams Return for Happy Feet 2
8 December 2009 9:16 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are currently in active negotiations to reprise their roles in the sequel to Happy Feet tenatively titled Happy Feet 2.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Elijah will return as Mumble, the once outcast penguin who brings his penguins together with the gift of dance. Williams is expected to tackle the dual roles of Ramon and the pudgy Lovelace.
Both actors are expected to begin their voice work in late January or early February. George Miller returns to direct though any details about the completed script are being kept under tight wraps. »
Casting Notes: Elijah Wood, Andrea Savage, Hobbit Begins Casting This Week
8 December 2009 8:56 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
George Miller may have a new Mad Max movie brewing, but before that happens he's got to finish a film that is the polar opposite of the action sequel: Happy Feet 2. (I guess it's kind of an action sequel, too.) Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are returning to the roles they voiced in the original film (Mumble and Ramon, respectively) and will do the voice work in Australia early next year. Miller again wrote the script; hopefully he gets all the dancing out of his system before making Mad Max. Actually, scratch that. I think Max could probably cut a mean rug. [THR] After the break, Andrea Savage has dinner with schmucks, and the latest on The Hobbit. Dinner for Schmucks, the Jay Roach-directed remake of French film Le Diner de Cons, already has some great cast members. Zach Galifianakis, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd are all at the table. »
- Russ Fischer
Elijah Wood, Robin Williams in Talks for 'Happy Feet' Sequel
8 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By the Hollywood Reporter
Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in negotiations to reprise their roles as lead voices in "Happy Feet 2," Warner Bros.' sequel to Village Roadshow's 2006 Oscar-winning animated hit. George Miller is back in the director's chair.
Wood is reprising Mumble, the penguin who can't sing but can dance the tuxedo off of any waddler around him.
Read more from the Hollywood Reporter.
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- Dylan Stableford
Elijah Wood Back For Happy Feet 2
8 December 2009 5:56 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Elijah Wood and fellow co-star Robin Williams have signed up for Happy Feet 2. Just exactly what the world needs – another Happy Feet film. The Hollywood Reporter have it that Woods and Williams will be heading down under early next year to record their parts. The original had a fairly large cast of A-listers, but only Wood and Williams are confirmed so far. Nothing is known of plot details, needless to say, it will revolve around dancer extraordinaire – Mumbles, and an adventure somewhere. Recently, Robin Williams announced his movie choices will take a darker turn…did this include Happy Feet?
George Miller is also prepping Mad Max: Fury Road, so it will be interesting to see which comes first. The first Happy Feet film was as daft as a brush with a stellar cast. It also won an Oscar. Where will Mumbles go to next? Broadway?
Miller has produced kids »
- Martyn Conterio
Happy Feet 2 coming
8 December 2009 1:05 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
When Happy Feet surprised audiences in 1996 and wound up bringing in just shy of $200 million and won an Oscar for Best Animated Film, you knew a sequel was happening. I'm just surprised it took this long to really get it mobilized. But Elijah Wood and Robin Williams have officially signed on to reprise their voice roles from the first film in the upcoming sequel. George Miller, who is also busy prepping Fury Road, will again direct the animated film and the actors are headed to... »
- Mike Sampson
Happy Feet 2 Brings Back Elijah Wood And Robin Williams
7 December 2009 11:52 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Happy Feet was supposed to get a sequel what seems like ages ago, but now something is finally getting done on a followup to the critically acclaimed 2006 animated movie. THR says Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in negotiations to reprise their roles as the voices of Mumble and the wise-cracking, weirdo Ramon respectively. Except I can.t help but wonder if they.re too late. Back in 2006 everyone seemed to be on board with wanting more penguins, penguins were the new it creature and Happy Feet was a lot of fun. Three years later and everyone seems to have forgotten that Happy Feet even existed and we.ve long since moved on from penguins to horny vampires. I guess my question is does anyone care about Happy Feet anymore? Is anyone really still excited about Happy Feet 2? Besides, where else do we go with this story? We.ve covered »
Two Return for Happy Feet Sequel
7 December 2009 11:40 PM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
When you are told that two voices from the original Happy Feet will be returning for the sequel, you can likely guess who. Elijah Wood is a no-brainer considering that he voiced the title character, and Robin Williams makes sense considering that he voiced just about everybody else.
Robin Williams, Elijah Wood for Happy Feet 2
Wood and Williams are currently in negotiations with Warner Bros. to reprise their roles in Happy Feet 2. Elijah would return to voice Mumble, while Williams would be confirmed for both Ramon and Lovelace. If all goes to plan, the actors will be whisked off their feet this January to go record their voice tracks over in Australia. Not exactly the place I'd think of for finding motivation for a character located on ice, but whatever works I guess. »
Casting Tidbits: Elijah Wood, Kate Bosworth, & Frank Langella
7 December 2009 11:20 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
To Casting Tidbits and beyond! First up, THR reports tonight that Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in negotiations to reprise their penguin alter egos in Happy Feet 2, the follow-up to the 2006 computer animated musical about a young tap-dancing social outcast named Mumble amongst a society of uncannily talented singing penguins. But under the tutelage of some funky fresh penguins including Ramon and the master of funk Lovelace (both voiced by Williams) Mumble gets the courage to be true to himself and his happy feet. The sequel's story is being kept under wraps but George Miller is writing and directing again. Next up Variety says Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) will be joining Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger in Orphan director Jaume Collet-Serra's action thriller Unknown White Male. The story follows a doctor (Neeson) who, while visiting Berlin with his wife (Jones), is in a car accident that »
- Ethan Anderton
Elijah Wood Signs On For Happy Feet 2
7 December 2009 10:14 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
In a not entirely shocking move - after all, we knew George Miller was working on a sequel - Elijah Wood and Robin Williams have both signed on for Happy Feet 2.Wood will return to the central role of Mumbles, the penguin cursed with a crap singing voice but prodigious dancing ability who starts a revolution among his feathered brethren. Williams is back as both wise-cracking Ramon (expect another round of his usual insane improv) and Lovelace.The Hollywood Reporter doesn't have any story details, but it does manage to shoehorn in an awful joke about the plot elements being "on ice". Oh, our sides.The acting pair are being flown to Australia early next year to record their contributions and Miller, who wrote the script, already has the team at Animal Logic starting to crank out animation. Can it win another Oscar and storm the box office? It'll have »
'Happy Feet' DVD Giveaway
1 December 2009 3:44 PM, PST | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Just in time for the holidays, we're partnering with Warner Bros. Home Video to bring you this "cool" giveaway. Dance on into the holiday season with Happy Feet. Enter to win a free copy now and enjoy a fulfilled family movie night. To enter, simply enter a comment in the form telling us your favorite holiday tradition below or leave a comment on our Facebook Wall at facebook.com/buzzfocus. You can enter twice daily, once via the form below and once via facebook. Synopsis: In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you're nobody unless you can sing - which is unfortunate for Mumble (Elijah Wood), who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tune...tap dancing. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria (Brittany Murphy), happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a »
- Buzzfocus Staff
Oscar Watch: Coraline, Up Lead Annie Noms
1 December 2009 10:57 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Is CG animation on the decline? That’s unlikely, but Tuesday’s Annie nominations favored stop-motion and 2-D this year. And they lend some sense of direction as to where the Oscar animation category may be trending. The Annies are not historically as Pixar-friendly as the Oscars tend to be: they went with Happy Feet over Cars in 2006, and last year they shut out Wall-e to favor DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda. So even though Henry Selick’s tour-de-force 3-D stop-motion film Coraline dominated Tuesday’s Annie noms with ten, Up is still the Oscar fave in the animation category. But what will fill out the Oscar dance card’s five … »
Voices Announced For Guardians Of Ga'Hoole
19 November 2009 3:12 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow, the production companies behind Zack Snyder's forthcoming animated adaptation of the popular children's book series Guardians of Ga'Hoole have finally announced the voice cast.
Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham will be the lead voices in Animal Logic's 3D animated feature. The film will also feature the voices of Rachael Taylor, Emily Barclay, Jay Laga'aia, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren and Jim Sturgess. It has been rumoured that Hugh Jackman could lend his voice to the film, but these reports are, as of yet unconfirmed.
The film will adapt the first three of the 14 best-selling children's book series from author Kathryn Lasky and illustrator Richard Cowdry. According to the producers of the animated flick, the tone of this film with be more in the vein of Harry Potter than Happy Feet.
The story follows Soren, »
Full Voice Cast Announced For Zack Snyder’s Guardians of Ga’Hoole
18 November 2009 1:27 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
We've been hearing rumors for the last year, but Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures have finally begun to confirm some of the voice cast of Zack Snyder's animated adaptation of the popular children's book series Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham will lead the voice cast of Animal Logic's 3D animated feature, which will also feature the voices of Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Jay Laga'aia, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren and Jim Sturgess. Hugh Jackman had been rumored to be part of the production but appears to be Mia. The animated film is an adaptation of the 14 book bestselling kids series by author Kathryn Lasky and illustrator Richard Cowdry (the film is based on the first three books in the series). The producers have described the tone as more "Harry Potter" "than Happy Feet." The story follows a young »
- Peter Sciretta
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