"How to Train Your Dragon" will make DreamWorks come home proudly at the 38th Annual Annie Awards. The International Animated Film Society has announced the nominations list for the upcoming event which is dominated by the movie with 15 nods.
"Dragon" is up against "Despicable Me", "Tangled", "The Illusionist" and "Toy Story 3" for Best Animated Feature prize. It gets two nominations in Animated Effects category, while leading Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois to compete for a prize in Directing in a Feature Production category.
Actors Jay Baruchel and Gerard Butler are also up for Voice Acting in a Feature Production kudo, fighting against Steve Carell ("Despicable Me"), Cameron Diaz ("Shrek Forever After") and Geoffrey Rush ("Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole"). Another coveted title which could belong to "Dragon" is Writing in a Feature Production.
Other DreamWorks' films "Megamind" and "Shrek Forever After" earn six and five nominations respectively. Meanwhile, Disney's "Toy Story 3" gets three nods and current box office champ "Tangled" lands two nods.
Annie Awards recognize the best in the field of animation including best animated feature, television production, commercials, short subjects, video games and outstanding individual achievements. A ceremony to announce winners of the 38th Annual Annie Awards will take place on February 5, 2011 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
The full nominations list for the 38th Annual Annie Awards can be seen on the official site.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
'How to Train Your Dragon' Makes DreamWorks at The 38th Annual Annie Awards
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
'How to Train Your Dragon' Makes DreamWorks at The 38th Annual Annie Awards
"How to Train Your Dragon" will make DreamWorks come home proudly at the 38th Annual Annie Awards. The International Animated Film Society has announced the nominations list for the upcoming event which is dominated by the movie with 15 nods.
"Dragon" is up against "Despicable Me", "Tangled", "The Illusionist" and "Toy Story 3" for Best Animated Feature prize. It gets two nominations in Animated Effects category, while leading Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois to compete for a prize in Directing in a Feature Production category.
Actors Jay Baruchel and Gerard Butler are also up for Voice Acting in a Feature Production kudo, fighting against Steve Carell ("Despicable Me"), Cameron Diaz ("Shrek Forever After") and Geoffrey Rush ("Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole"). Another coveted title which could belong to "Dragon" is Writing in a Feature Production.
Other DreamWorks' films "Megamind" and "Shrek Forever After" earn six and five nominations respectively. Meanwhile, Disney's "Toy Story 3" gets three nods and current box office champ "Tangled" lands two nods.
Annie Awards recognize the best in the field of animation including best animated feature, television production, commercials, short subjects, video games and outstanding individual achievements. A ceremony to announce winners of the 38th Annual Annie Awards will take place on February 5, 2011 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
The full nominations list for the 38th Annual Annie Awards can be seen on the official site.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
��ogi Bear��ill Follow The Adventure of Yogi
"Yogi Bear" will follow the adventure of Yogi with his friend Boo Boo and one of his silly actions has been shared in a new clip. It sees the bear water skiing and trying to further impress people around the venue by doing a stunt with a fire stick. But thing goes awry when his scarf gets burnt.
Yogi is a bear inhabiting Jellystone Park who claims he is "smarter than the average bear". As greedy Mayor Brown decides to shut down the park due to business reasoning, Yogi and Boo Boo will be tossed out of the only home they've ever known. Faced with his biggest challenge ever, Yogi and Boo Boo join forces with their old nemesis Ranger Smith to find a way to save Jellystone Park from closing forever.
Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake join the cast to voice Yogi and Boo Boo. Meanwhile, Anna Faris and Tom Cavanagh portray live-action characters Rachel and Ranger Smith respectively. Directed by Eric Brevig, this family comedy is due December 17 in the U.S.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Oprah Winfrey Personally Introduces Her Giant Project
Absent from Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) promo the first time, Oprah Winfrey personally introduces her giant project in the second one. The promo uses a new song by Winfrey's favorite Black Eyed Pea, will.i.am, which is aptly titled "Own It" and would appear as the official theme song for the new network.
True to Oprah's vision of what the network will be about, will.i.am croons in the song about dreamers, believers and tomorrow's leaders. Oprah says in the video, "What if I could take every hero who inspired me; every lesson that motivated me; every opportunity that was ever given to me; and give it to you?"
OWN is kicking off January 1, in time for the end of holiday season. The buzz surrounding OWN has been generated through ads in cinemas, online ads and printed ones. "We organically have the biggest buzz driver in the world in Oprah," Darren Schillace, the channel's vice president of consumer marketing, said Thursday in an interview with NY Times.
The paper also said the ad will be adapted for television, both for the portfolio of channels owned by Discovery and for outside cable channels.
Sam's Soul Will Leave His Body in The Next Episode of 'Supernatural'
Sam's soul will leave his body in the next episode of "Supernatural". The older Winchester would technically be dead when he seeks out Death to help get Sam's soul back. Death tells Dean he will help Sam if Dean will agree to act as Death for 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Sam decides he doesn't want his soul back and asks Balthazar for a protective spell to keep his soul out of his body. Balthazar tells Sam he needs the blood of his father for the spell to work and since John Winchester is dead, Sam decides Bobby is the next best thing.
"Appointment in Samarra" airs December 10 on The CW. Title of the episode is taken from an old folktale where a servant tells his master merchant that he had bumped onto Death while in the marketplace. Terrified, by Death's threatening gesture, the servant flees to Samarra, Baghdad where he thinks Death would not find him.
The merchant confronts Death but she tells him, "That was not a threatening gesture, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra."
More Sequels for 'Madagascar', 'Kung Fu Panda' and 'Dragon'
DreamWorks has planned long journeys for their beloved animations. Jeffrey Katzenberg, in an interview with Empire Online, confirms that there are multiple sequels mapped for "Madagascar", "Kung Fu Panda" and "How to Train Your Dragon".
The DreamWorks Animation chief says fans could look forward to another "Madagascar" film after upcoming "Madagascar 3", "Yeah, there's probably a fourth there." He states, "So today I can tell you pretty succinctly where 'Madagascar' goes. Ultimately they will come back to New York, and they will come to terms with that, which they will do in this next chapter. Because of the way that movie concludes there's probably one more for them..."
Believing that their movies and franchises are "not open-ended", Katzenberg also says that "Kung Fu Panda" will get other four films after "Kung Fu Panda 2" while "How to Train Your Dragon" will get at least two sequels after the successful 2010 film. " 'Kung Fu Panda' actually has 6 chapters to it, and we've mapped that out over the years. 'How to Train Your Dragon' is at least three: maybe more, but we know there are a least three chapters to that story. There are actually 8 books," he shares.
Asked how "How to Train Your Dragon" books, which are very different from the films, could be used as the source to make the big screen installments, he tells Empire, "There are elements of them that actually... as you know, there are many islands in the world of Berk, and different things there, so we'll see. But right now, today, we know that there are three for sure that we want to tell and there may be more. We haven't thought, you know, how do we continue beyond that."
DreamWorks has prepared "Kung Fu Panda 2" to be released on May 27, 2011 Stateside. The studio additionally sets "Madagascar 3" for May 18, 2012 release and lines up "How to Train Your Dragon Sequel" for the second half of 2013.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
New Costume for The Superhero Will Show in 'Spider-Man'
The upcoming "Spider-Man" movie will not only feature a new depicter of Peter Parker but also new costume for the superhero. According to Showbiz Spy (via MovieWeb), Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man suit has a high-tech design and he has been going through a rigorous dress rehearsal.
"Andrew has been through numerous fittings for the suit which is a very high-tech design," an insider tells the site. The insider additionally reveals the skin-tight costume is designed carefully to ensure that it will not expose Garfield's crotch area, saying "One whole day was devoted to make sure there was nothing inappropriate showing in the crotch area of the suit. Andrew should be flattered that it took so long to get that part right!"
The untitled Spider-Man reboot is expected to kick off production in December for July 3, 2012 release date in the U.S. Emma Stone is cast as Gwen Stacy, the love interest of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man. Marc Webb will be directing the film, which is set to be made in 3-D.