Tag Archive | "Animated Movies"
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to Get IMAX Release
Sony Pictures Animation and IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced that CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, an adaptation of the bestselling children’s book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, written for the screen and directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, will be released to IMAX(R) theatres simultaneously with [...]
Continue reading...Mediafreaks by the Movies – Terminator: Salvation
Monday, June 1, 2009
Twenty five years since the first film of the Terminator franchise scintillated science fiction fans all over the world, the future is upon us now with Terminator: Salvation. Starring Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington as the enigmatic cyborg Marcus Wright, Terminator: Salvation offers fans a glimpse of the future foretold in the [...]
Continue reading...New G-Force Trailer Surfaces
Monday, April 27, 2009
With its theatrical release due for July 24, 2009, G-Force, the new 3D animation film from acclaimed producer Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures, have just released its second trailer. G-Force is a comedy adventure telling us the tale of secretly trained guinea pigs which are out on a mission to stop a nefarious billionaire who [...]
Continue reading...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Set for 2011 Live Action Movie
Friday, April 24, 2009
The well-loved cartoon characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will add to their accomplished resume of silver screen appearances with a new live-action film coming this 2011 courtesy of The Mirage Group. Following on the trend of many established movies which rebooted their franchises, this latest movie will look on the origins of the four turtles [...]
Continue reading...YouTube, Sony Pictures discussing licensing movie rights.
Friday, April 24, 2009
YouTube, the popular video sharing website, has always been affiliated with the latest movie trailers. But what if you can actually watch full-length movies here? This is the gist of the ongoing talks between YouTube and Sony Pictures. YouTube is now pursuing a licensing deal with Sony Pictures to acquire rights for the showing of full [...]
Continue reading...Sony Pictures Digital Productions Unveils New State-of-the-Art Online Mentor Program
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sony Pictures Digital Productions is sharing their wealth of information in their latest and innovative project for online mentorship regarding 3D animation. Sony professionals and selected student trainees will take part in three months of intensive training about the nuances of animated movies. IPAX, the professional education program of Sony Pictures Digital Productions created in 2004 [...]
Continue reading...Virtues of Animated Shorts
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Animated shorts, or short subjects employing 2D or more recently 3D animation, are still alive and kicking in Hollywood and in various film scenes in the whole world. There has still not been a lack of filmmakers who are adopting the medium to express their artistry, ideas and commentaries. Short subjects – shorts to film enthusiasts [...]
Continue reading...James Cameron to showcase making of Avatar
Monday, April 20, 2009
James Cameron will let us in on the production processes behind the creation of the much-anticipated 3D-powered film, Avatar. With its artistic blend of live action 3D, computer-generated 3D animation and photo-real visual effects, Avatar is on the watch list of many film buffs and enthusiasts for its theatrical release this December 2009. Noted for his [...]
Continue reading...Disney’s Tron Starts Filming in Vancouver
Monday, April 20, 2009
During the recently concluded ShoWest, Disney announced that production has moved forward with Tron and filming was set to start in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Now, the wheels are rolling and the cast and crew are now hard at work. Here is a set photo of Tron in Vancouver care of netizen Zach. To quote his [...]
Continue reading...80 Years of Warner Brothers Animation
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
With the placement of a new billboard in the Warner Brothers studio to commemorate eighty years of existence, it is only fitting to recall the roots of the giant studio which had an enormous impact on the animation industry. As with any other success story, the people behind Warner Brothers Studio started with early struggles. Hugh [...]
Continue reading...Film Budgets: Definition of Animated Movies?
Monday, April 13, 2009
Gossip mongers among Hollywood circles are going amok over the whispers around the grapevine that Disney’s upcoming remake of the 1982 film Tron will have a production budget of $300 million. Tron, if you may remember, is a landmark science fiction film by Disney as it was the first major studio film to use computer graphics [...]
Continue reading...Disney’s Alice in Wonderland in 3D this March 2010
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Disney announces that Alice in Wonderland will be shown in full 3D glory in IMAX theaters the world over on March 5, 2010. The live-action adaptation of Lewis Carroll grand fantasy tale reunites the accomplished tandem of director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp. Newcomer Mia Wasikowska will play the lead role of Alice while Depp [...]
Continue reading...3D Animation Perks and Problems
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
3D animation is the equivalent of a fashion trend in Hollywood studios. With the exception of Disney, who will release a classic 2D animation The Princess and the Frog this December, most of the animated movies are all in in-depth 3D animation. Most of the heavy lifting comes from the giant commercial 3D animation studios [...]
Continue reading...Animation Difference: Video Games vs. Movies
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Although both video games and animated movies can fascinate and players and viewers with its captivating 3D animation graphics, they are more or less not the same thing. Basically, it is just the same medium applied in two various means – much like the difference between the steel string for an electric and an acoustic [...]
Continue reading...3D Animated Movies, Indie Impossible?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Since the early beginnings of cinema, the power of production has already been in the hands of a select few because the capital and operating costs needed to create films were very exorbitant. This is why throughout the decades, the monopoly of film creation rested in the Hollywood prototype — a concentrated area where large [...]
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