Check out this interview of Matt Groening discussing the new Simpsons game along with the origin of Homer’s world famous “D’oh!”
Category: Interviews (Page 5 of 5)
The folks over at Collider were lucky enough to sit down with various people from Pixar including Brad Bird and John Lasseter who are out promoting the upcoming DVD/Blu-Ray release of Ratatouille.
Check out the interviews:
Brad Lewis – Producer
Michael Giacchino – Composer
Brian Dennehy (Voice of Djano) and Andrew Jiminez (Animator)
Brad Bird (Director) and John Lasseter (Executive Producer)
Here’s another interview of Matt Groening, this time conducted by Conan O’Brien of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, which airs Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM EST on NBC. This interview was conducted to promote the upcoming July 27th release of The Simpsons Movie.
Here is an interview of Matt Groening conducted by Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, which airs Monday through Thursday at 11PM EST on Comedy Central. This interview was conducted to promote the upcoming July 27th release of The Simpsons Movie.
The folks over at ComingSoon have published a very informative interview with Ratatouille director Brad Bird. Here’s a sample question:
ComingSoon.net: You weren’t involved with this project from the beginning. When did you come on board?
Brad Bird: It started with Jan Pinkava who won the Oscar for a short called “Geri’s Game” and he was working on it when I first came up to Pixar in 2000 to do “The Incredibles” and was developing it through the whole time I was making “The Incredibles.” As part of Pixar’s sort of story group, we look at each other’s work during the times that films are being developed to give each other fresh eyes. So I was aware of the film and participated in the development of the film from that sort of perspective the whole time it was being made. But, a little over a year and a half ago, everyone loved the film, they loved the idea of the film, they loved the world and the collection of character types. But, the story was not coming together the way they wanted it to.
To read the full interview, which I highly recommend, head on over to ComingSoon.
AWN has a very good interview with ‘Simpsons’ writer Carolyn Omine. It’s definitely worth reading. Here’s one of the many questions she answers:
So, if I am interested in being a writer for animation, what steps would I take?
Carolyn: Get people to read them. Keep improving them. I’m often given scripts to read and I don’t have a lot of times to read scripts by new writers (I can barely keep up with all the reading I have to do for my job), but when I have read someone’s script and I give notes — I am shocked at how often that is met with such resistance.
Check out the interview here.
Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, Batman: Year One arrives October 18, 2011 on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD, On Demand and for Download. Batman: Year One will also be available in a special download-for-purchase early window starting October 11 through iTunes, Xbox Live, Zune, VUDU HD Movies and Video Unlimited on the PlayStation Network & Sony Entertainment Network.
Following his initial recording session for Batman: Year One, McKenzie took some time to discuss the film, the character, Adam West and more…
What was your initial reaction to being offered the role of Batman?
BEN MCKENZIE: When I got the offer for Batman: Year One, I was very excited because I really like this particular take on Batman. It’s a darker take – a Frank Miller take – on the origin story. And I think it’s fun to play the character in a way that it is more reminiscent of his being a real vigilante. He’s a tough, tortured soul who is exacting revenge upon a criminal element that took something very important away from him. As an actor, this role gives you a little bit more backstory, so you have the chance to play him as a real person, albeit a person who is a little bit mentally unstable, perhaps, but heroic nonetheless. It’s exciting to get to play a character who is so specifically intense and unusual.
