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August 28, 2007

The Swedish Chef - Part 5

Animated Movies I'm looking forward to seeing...

Coraline
an upcoming animated stop-motion film based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name.
Coraline is a young, bored girl who discovers that a bricked-up wall behind a door in her flat leads to another world, with another mother, and another father.

Laika Entertainment House (formerly Vinton Studios) has funded the film with around $50 to $70 million. It will be animated and co-directed by Henry Selick and Mike Cachuela and is scheduled to be theatres released on January 16, 2009. It is the first stop-motion animation to be shot stereoscopically with a dual digital camera rig for digital 3-D exhibition.[1] New tools are being developed which will give the stop-motion creators the same flexibility as CGI animators, making it possible to push objects forward and back in post[1]. Dakota Fanning will star as the voice of Coraline. Teri Hatcher will lend her voice to the roles of both Coraline's Mother and her Other Mother. Ian McShane will voice Mr. Bobinski, a beet-eating Russian giant who lives upstairs from Coraline in her alternate reality.

The Illusionist
Django Films is the flagship film studio of Sylvain Chomet, writer and director of the academy award nominated Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville / Belleville Rendez-Vous). Located in Edinburgh, Scotland, Django Films is currently in production with L'Illusionniste (The Illusionist) a 2D animated feature film which is based on an original script by French comic genius, Jacques Tati, and set to be released in mid-2009. Via Wikipedia.

Via Wiwkipedia

Farewell Scotty

Good luck out west, we'll miss ya.

August 26, 2007

American Gladiators is returning to TV!!!

Variety reports that NBC has decided to resurrect American Gladiators. The new version will focus on the reality aspect of the show, such as the back stories of contestants as well as following their training, etc. The show will feature eight gladiators (four men and four women) though there's no word if any of the originals like Nitro or Turbo will return. Although I'm kind of hoping they just bring in wild gorillas, dress them up in spandex, and let them beat the contestants to death.

Check out the above clip for a lesson in awesome.

Via iwatchstuff.

Animator Slain By Police

Still unclear on the details, but it’s being reported yesterday that Vancouver animator Paul Boyd was shot and killed by police on Monday night. Boyd was a director on Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy and The Mr. Hell Show and provided animation on Gary Larson’s Tales From the Far Side and Mucha Lucha!.
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