June 06, 2011
Voice Actor Ed Asner
Asner has had an extensive voice acting career; He provided the voices for J. Jonah Jameson on the 1990s animated television series Spider-Man, Hudson on Gargoyles, Jabba the Hutt on the radio version of Star Wars, Master Vrook from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel, Roland Daggett on Batman: The Animated Series, Cosgrove on Freakazoid!, Ed Wuncler on The Boondocks, and Granny Goodness in various DC Comics animated series. More recently, Asner provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the 2009 Pixar film Up. He received great critical praise for the role, with one critic going so far as to suggest "They should create a new category for this year's Academy Award for Best Vocal Acting in an Animated Film and name Asner as the first recipient."
Here's his credit list
| All Star Superman (2011, Animated Film (Direct-To-DVD)) | Perry White | |
| American Dad! (2005, Animated Series) | Great Grandpa Smith | "There Will Be Bad Blood" |
| Red Mailbox | "Jenny Fromdabloc" | |
| Batman: The Animated Series (1992, Animated Series) | Roland Daggett | |
| Boondocks, The (2005, Animated Series) | Ed Wuncler | "The Garden Party," "The Itis," "The Block is Hot" |
| Bruno the Kid (1996, Animated Series) | Engineer | |
| Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000, Animated Series) | Fixer | "The Return of XL" |
| Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990, Animated Series) | Don Porkaloin | "Hog Tide" |
| Hoggish Greedly | ||
| Christmas Is Here Again (2007, Animated Special) | Krad | |
| Cleveland Show, The (2009, Animated Series) | Carl Fredricksen | "Murray Christmas" |
| Narrator | "The Blue, The Gray and The Brown" | |
| Storyteller | "How Cleveland Got His Groove Back" | |
| The Daily Splash Editor | "The Curious Case of Jr. Working at The Stool" | |
| Duck Dodgers (2003, Animated Series) | Guard Captain | "Detained Duck" |
| Duckman (1994, Animated Series) | Mort Sidelman | "The Germ Turns" |
| Family Guy (1999, Animated Series) | Steve Bellows | "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea" |
| Fish Police (1992, Animated Series) | Chief Abalone | |
| Freakazoid! (1995, Animated Series) | Sgt. Mike Cosgrove | |
| Gargoyles (1994, Animated Series) | Hudson | |
| Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible, The (1986, Animated Series (Direct-to-Video)) | Joshua | "Joshua and the Battle of Jericho" |
| Grim & Evil (2001, Animated Series) | Mr. Voorhees | "Grim for a Day" |
| Happily Ever After (1993, Animated Film) | Scowl the Owl | |
| Hercules (1998, Animated Series) | Mentor | "Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes" |
| Johnny Bravo (1997, Animated Series) | Dr. Miller | "I.Q. Johnny" |
| Jumanji (1996, Animated Series) | Judge | "The Trial," "The Ultimate Weapon" |
| Justice League Unlimited (2004, Animated Series) | Granny Goodness | "The Ties That Bind" |
| Hephaestus | "Hawk & Dove" | |
| King of the Hill (1997, Animated Series) | Stinky | "Yankee Hankee," "Unfortunate Son" |
| Life with Louie (1995, Animated Series) | Mr. Applegate | "The Kiss is the Thing" |
| Magic Schoolbus, The (1994, Animated Series) | General | ? |
| Max Steel (2000, Animated Series) | Chuck Marshak | |
| New Adventures of Captain Planet, The (1993, Animated Series) | Don Porkaloin | "The Ghost of Porkaloin Past" |
| Hoggish Greedly | ||
| Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999, Animated Film) | Santa Claus | |
| Our Friend, Martin (1998, Animated Film (Direct-To-Video)) | Mr. Harris | |
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987, Animated Film) | Scalawag | |
| Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, The (1996, Animated Series) | Sentries | "Nuclear Netherworld" |
| Von Romme | "Nuclear Netherworld" | |
| Simpsons, The (1989, Animated Series) | Editor | "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner" |
| Sonic the Hedgehog (1993, Animated Series) | Cat | "Sonic Boom" |
| Spectacular Spider-Man, The (2008, Animated Series) | Uncle Ben Parker | "Intervention" |
| Spider-Man (1994, Animated Series) | J. Jonah Jameson | |
| Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003, Animated Series) | Officer Barr | |
| Spoon River Anthology, The (2002, Audio Book) | Fiddler Jones | |
| Indignation Jones | ||
| William | ||
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003, Video Game) | Master Vrook Lamar | |
| Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010, Animated Film (Direct-To-DVD)) | Granny Goodness | |
| Superman: The Animated Series (1996, Animated Series) | Granny Goodness | "Little Girl Lost, Parts 1 & 2," "Legacy, Parts 1 & 2" |
| Teamo Supermo (2002, Animated Series) | Mr. Large | "Grounded," "Mr. Large's Slippery Scheme" |
| Trial of Adolf Eichmann, The (1997, TV Documentary) | Dr. Robert Servatius | |
| Up (2009, Computer Animated Film) | Carl Fredricksen | |
| W.I.T.C.H. (2005, Animated Series) | Napoleon the Cat | |
| Wild Thornberrys, The (1998, Animated Series) | Frank Hunter | "The Anniversary" |
| WordGirl (2007, Animated Series) | Kid Potato | "Nocan The Contrarian/Meat My Father" |
| X-Men Legends (2004, Video Game) | Healer | |
| Young Justice (2010, Animated Series) | Doctor Fate / Kent Nelson | "Denial" |
| Zorro (1997, Animated Series) | (additional voices) |
Voice Actor - Patrick Warburton
But most famously, he played the voice of Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove, a role he reprised for Kronk's New Groove and the subsequent TV series The Emperor's New School. His next major project was on the animated series The Venture Bros., under Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block; in it he voices Brock Samson, the Venture family's brutally effective bodyguard and former secret agent. Warburton also voices Joe Swanson on Fox's Family Guy and Detective Cash on The Batman's episode JTV.
Warburton has also lent his voice talent to computer-animated feature films Hoodwinked, Chicken Little, Space Chimps and Open Season. He also voices Lok in all 3 Tak games and Lok in Tak and the Power of Juju Nickelodeon series.
Warburton's live-action acting roles often rely on his deep, booming voice and large physique. In the mid to late 1990s, he was most well-known for his role as David Puddy, Elaine's indifferent boyfriend on Seinfeld. See his full credit list here.
June 04, 2011
Paramount Plots Next Animated Pic with Alien Comic Adaptation 'New Kid'
The project is an adaptation of an online comic from Penny Arcade. The studio has picked up rights and tapped Book of Eli writer GaryWhitta to pen the script. Mary Parent and Cale Boyter are producing via their studio-based Disruption Entertainment.
The premise spins the feeling of being a new kid in school into an intergalactic story when the kid happens to be the lone earthling in a school chock full of aliens.
Penny Arcade, created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, is one of the few viable webcomic sites that has grown into its own little internet phenomenon - with a blog, video games, podcasts and an online TV show.
Part of the impetus for New Kid is that Paramount is coming to the end of its current DWA distribution deal. Insiders say the studio is looking for a well of animated fare to potentiall fill that part of its pipepline if a new DWA pact can't be worked out.
While there isn’t likely to be a Pixar-like animated division at Paramount any time soon, the studio knows it needs to be in that lucrative game, with or without Jeffrey Katzenberg. Rango, released in March, grossed more than $240 million worldwide.
Via the hollywood reporter
The Art of Brian Froud
Above is a selection of imagery scanned from “The World of the Dark Crystal” a 2003 compendium of conceptual art, designs and illustration produced for Jim Henson’s 1982 fantasy movie masterpiece “The Dark Crystal”.
For those of you not familiar with the story of the Dark Crystal – it’s a powerful and dramatic tale of a lost world and Jen, a young ‘Gefling’ who sets out on a perilous quest against sinisterm dark forces. 28 years after it’s original release the award winning Dark Crystal is firmly embedded as a true cult classic and even to this day a is a tour de force in special effects featuring breathtaking animatronics and puppetry. The whole film is a masterpiece of production design – there’s never been anything quite like it since – a remarkable odyssey suitable for adults and children alike.
These award winning designs are the work of English Fantasy Artist Brian Froud, who in addition to producing of 20 illustrative book (usually known for his phenomenal artwork of goblins and fairies) has also lent his considerable fantasy artist talent to several other famous film projects including as Labyrinth (1985) and Peter Pan (2003).
For more on Brian Froud visit his official website: http://www.worldoffroud.com/ or read more about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Froud
Here's the trailer to The Dark Crystal:
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May 31, 2011
Waldo The Dog
Kris Canonizado's "Waldo the Dog" is mesmerizing, powerful, and awesome on so many levels. I couldn't look away, it' independent, low-budget feel is obvious, but it grabs you by the balls and forces you to watch it. The film draws you in, it feels raw and uncompromising, and that's because it is! Make sure to check it out.
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