Tag: Warner Bros.
BAFTA Nominates ‘Hero,’ ‘Boxtrolls,’ ‘LEGO’
Providing further clues to the twists and turns that will occur on Oscars night, the BAFTA Awards has nominated three films for its best...
Cancer Claims Hungarian Animator Andras Erkel
Animator Andras Erkel, founder of Hungary-based Studio Baestarts, died Dec. 29 from brain cancer. He was 52.
Erkel started his animation career in the 1980s,...
Price Was Right, and a Farewell
After 163 entries over the course of 2½ years — all culled from the thousand or so interviews stowed inside my garage — I...
Remembering Martha Sigall
Very few people can be called irreplaceable, but Martha Goldman Sigall, who passed away this week at the age of 97, was one. Martha...
‘Jungle’ Juggle: A First Look and a Push Back
Disney has released via Twitter the first concept art from its live-action version of The Jungle Book.
Directed by Jon Favreau of Iron Man fame,...
‘TMNT’ Fights for a Spot in Your Video Collection
Cowabunga, dudes! Clear some space on your home video shelf for the home video release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount, $49.99 3D Blu-ray,...
Five Toon Features Nominated for Golden Globe
Nominees were announced today for the 72nd Annual Golden Globes Awards, including five Best Animated Feature contenders.
The nominated films are:
• Big Hero 6 (Disney)
•...
‘Guardians’ Lead Home Video Charge
One of the summer's biggest hits and a VFX spectacular comes home with the release this week of Guardians of the Galaxy (Disney, $39.99...
New ‘Five Armies’ Images Released
Warner Bros. has revealed a new set of images from the upcoming Tolkien epic The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Out December...
‘Penguins’ Set to Storm Thanksgiving B.O.
It's almost Thanksgiving, which means the holiday movie season is kicking into high gear with the release Wednesday of DreamWorks Animation's Penguins of Madagascar.
Directed...
‘Thrones,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ Veteran to Direct ‘Wonder Woman’
Michelle MacLaren, a powerhouse writer, director and producer whose credits range from The X-Files to Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones,...
New Edition of ‘Sailor Moon’ Flies to Video
It's a week for animation fans to be thankful so much cool stuff is available on home video, including the long-awaited return of Sailor...
Oscar Watch: Best Animated Feature Contenders
As technology gets bigger and the world gets smaller, the annual animated feature landscape becomes more and more diverse, with audiences and critics alike...
Complying with Gravity
Double Negative goes for realism and a mix of old-school and cutting-edge effects techniques for Christopher Nolan’s new movie Interstellar.
It’s not surprising that Christopher...
The Problem With Predictions
The critical success of this fall's salsa-flavored The Book of Life got me thinking about an effort a decade ago by the Canadian company...
Len Uhley to Receive WGA Animation Award
Veteran television animation writer Len Uhley (Ben 10, Static Shock, Duck Tales) is set receive the Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus'...
Disney Releases as Triple Play of Miyazaki on Blu-ray
It's a big day for fans of Hayao Miyazaki, as three of his most-beloved movies finally arrive in North American on Blu-ray and special...
‘Dragon 2,’ ‘Star Wars’ and Vintage ‘Sailor Moon’ Hit Disc
It's a big day for adventure in the home video world, with major releases from DreamWorks, Disney and more.
The most successful animated feature of...
Mike Peraza to Receive Friz Freleng Award
Award-winning Disney artist Mike Peraza will be honored with the Friz Freleng Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Animation at the International Family Film...
Lord and Miller Writing ‘Lego Movie’ Sequel
The LEGO Movie scripters and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have officially signed on to write the sequel.
The collaborators, who also wrote and...
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