Check out this amazing animated video for Death Cab for Cutie’s latest single, Grapevine Fires. The music video was created by the amazingly talented duo of Bill Barminski and Christopher Louie, who are known collectively as Walter Robot.
Month: March 2009 (Page 2 of 2)
Variety is reporting that Disney’s The Princess and the Frog’s original Christmas Day release date has been pushed up to December 11, avoiding direct competition with Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel.
The film will now go up against Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, which shouldn’t affect Frog’s numbers seeing as one is an animated fairytale, while the other is about a young girl who has been murdered.
As if a December 11 release date wasn’t enough, New York and Los Angeles residents will be able to watch The Princess and the Frog beginning November 25. It’s not too late to pack your suitcases and move cities. I recommend Los Angeles. The weather’s nice.
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is a mix of live-action and animation, scheduled for release March 5, 2010.
Synopsis: Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people sculpt babies from clouds and bring them to life. Gus, a lonely and insecure grey cloud, is a master at creating ‘dangerous’ babies. Crocodiles, porcupines, rams and more—Gus’s beloved creations are works of art, but more than a handful for his loyal delivery stork partner, Peck. As Gus’s creations become more and more rambunctious, Peck’s job gets harder and harder. How will Peck manage to handle both his hazardous cargo and his friend’s fiery temperament?
Release date: May 29, 2009 – Will play before Pixar’s UP.
Via AWN
In 1939, animation pioneers Max and Dave Fleischer made history when Paramount Pictures released Gulliver’s Travels, the second feature-length animated film produced by a U.S. studio. This aptation of Jonathan Swift’s novel went on to earn two Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song (“Faithful Foreverâ€) and Best Score, and is considered one of the greatest achievements in animation history.
Seventy years later, E1 Entertainment proudly presents a digitally restored, re-mastered and enhanced Max Fleischer’s Gulliver’s Travels on DVD and Blu-ray. This edition includes the complete 77 minute feature plus two fully restored “Gabby†cartoons and the Fleischer Studios documentary short “The Making of a Cartoon.â€
Word has spread quickly on the internet that confirms a new film in the Mad Max series in under development. Why is this newsworthy? Because it will be an animated film! In fact, the news was confirmed by George Miller, the writer/director of the previous three films.
The film will be an R-rated, stereoscopic anime with a planned theatrical release. While speaking with MTV News, Miller said “I’ve always loved anime, in particular the Japanese sensibility. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”
Miller continued, explaining how he hopes to draw in a western audience that isn’t usually an anime fan: “The anime is an opportunity for me to shift a little bit about what anime is doing because anime is ripe for an adjustment or sea change. It’s coming in games and I believe it’s the same in anime. There’s going to be a hybrid anime where it shifts more towards Western sensibilities.”
And if that wasn’t enough, Miller also confirmed that a Mad Max videogame is also under development, with ‘God of War II’ designer Cory Barlog at the helm of the project.
The only downside to this great piece of news is that Mel Gibson will not be involved in either project.
Blu-ray Release Date: May 19, 2009
Release date: May 29, 2009
In theaters March 27, 2009
Via ComingSoon
Actress Keri Russell makes her animation debut as the voice of the title character in Wonder Woman, the next entry in the series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 movies arriving today (March 3) on DVD, Blu-ray, OnDemand, Pay-Per-View as well as available for download.
Following her first-ever voiceover recording for an animated film, as Wonder Woman, she chatted about the cool factor of owning an invisible jet, Halloween costumes of her youth, potential future Russell-Fillion co-starring roles, and a super hero supplies store.
Intergalactic justice is threatened until Hal Jordan arrives for his initial mission in the animated Green Lantern: First Flight, the fifth entry in the DVD series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies.
A co-production of Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the Green Lantern’s first-ever full-length animated film is set for release by Warner Home Video on July 28, 2009. Green Lantern: First Flight will be available as a special edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc.
Christopher Meloni fills the lead voice of Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern. Meloni is joined by Victor Garber as the villainous Sinestro, Tricia Helfer as the voice of Boodikka, and Michael Madsen as Kilowog.
Green Lantern: First Flight finds Hal Jordan recruited to join the Green Lantern Corps and placed under the supervision of respected senior Lantern Sinestro. The earthling soon discovers his mentor is actually the central figure in a secret conspiracy that threatens the philosophies, traditions and hierarchy of the entire Green Lantern Corps. Hal must quickly hone his newfound powers and combat the treasonous Lanterns within the ranks to maintain order in the universe.
Green Lantern: First Flight – 2 Disc Special Edition DVD will include tons of bonus features such as:
– Over three hours of extra content
– Two Featurettes
– Digital Copy Download
– Two Episodes of Justice League
Green Lantern: First Flight Blu-Ray versions will include all the extras as the 2-disc Special Edition DVD as well as an additional two episodes of Justice League.
DVD release date: March 3, 2009