Along with Finding Nemo, this is one of two major
animated features released in 2003 in which a guardian must travel to rescue their child from certain doom, meeting a variety of different eccentric characters, and risking life and limb along the way.
Despite the variety of
animated features released in 2016, Disney still reigns supreme with Oscar - nominated films
Despite the variety of
animated features released in 2016, Disney still reigns supreme with Oscar - nominated films Zootopia and Moana.
Not exact matches
In the buildup to the reveal, the club
released an
animated cartoon series,
featuring subtle digs at the likes of Ronald Koeman, Liverpool and Portsmouth.
This
release also has a brand new
animated short
featuring a new Megamind adventure.
No doubt that aesthetic challenge was top - of - mind at Pixar for many months before the
release of Coco, the latest
animated feature from the Disney - owned studio behind the Toy Story and Finding Nemo franchises.
Focus
Features has
released the full boney trailer for their
animated horror comedy ParaNorman, which finally reveals the film's villain: the...
Other rarities I've recently found include Chekhov's Motifs (aka Chekhovian Motifs), one of the craziest
features by the Russian eccentric Kira Muratova (it's on a Russian label with optional English subtitles and available in the U.S.); a fascinating collection of
animated World War II propaganda from Disney, some of it unavailable since that time; a splendid French letterboxed copy of Anthony Mann's Man of the West; Charles Burnett's To Sleep With Anger and two Kenji Mizoguchi films (
released on the British labels BFI and Artificial Eye, respectively); and Louis Feuillade's stunning 1916 French serial Judex on an American label.
Reel FX Animation Studios, an award - winning animation studio in Dallas, TX and Santa Monica, is
releasing its first
feature length
animated film, Free Birds (in theaters November 1).
THE VOICE Jackman voiced characters in two
animated films that were both released in November 2006, «Flushed Away» (for DreamWorks and Aardman) and Warner Bros.» «Happy Feet», which won the Best Animated Featur
animated films that were both
released in November 2006, «Flushed Away» (for DreamWorks and Aardman) and Warner Bros.» «Happy Feet», which won the Best
Animated Featur
Animated Feature Oscar.
Despite having raised the bar in the stop - motion world since 1989, when Park
released his shorts «Creature Comforts» and «A Grand Day Out» — and won an Oscar for the former — it still takes about five years to make an
animated feature.
Meet «King of the Indie Animators» Bill Plympton (Idiots & Angels) and celebrate the
release of his classic hand - drawn
animated feature Hair High on DVD.
Wildcard Distribution announce two new
releases for December: Tomi Ungerer documentary and
animated feature produced in association with Oscar - nominated Cartoon Saloon.
Studio Ponoc has
released a UK trailer for the upcoming
animated feature Mary and the Witch's Flower.
Open Road Films has
released a teaser trailer for the upcoming
animated family comedy Duck Duck Goose which
features a voice cast that includes Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Lance Lim, Greg Proops, Natasha Leggero, Reggie Watts, Diedrich Bader, Jennifer Grey, Rick Overton, Craig Ferguson, Stephen Fry, and Carl Reiner; watch it below after the official synopsis... In -LSB-...]
In honor of the movie's home video
release (and before this weekend's Academy Awards, where it's nominated for Best
Animated Feature), I spoke with Molina about the power of the film's music, how physically visiting a place like Monte Alban actually translates into a movie's screenplay, and much more.
Still without a U.S.
release date, the film is believed to be a true contender in the
Animated Feature race, at least based on early word.
IBTrav Illustrations
released the first in a new collection of limited edition Lost Mysteries two - inch enamel pins this week,
featuring «The Spooky Shape of Haddonfield», as Michael Myers is depicted in IBTrav's signature style as one of the classic villains from an
animated episode of Scooby - Doo.
The DVD includes a promotional
feature for the next DC Universe
Animated Original Movie and featurettes on previous
release.
Inside Out has seemed like the
Animated Feature frontrunner from the moment it was
released.
Ahead of this week's Licenscing Expo, a promotional poster has arrived online for Angry Birds, the upcoming
animated feature film based upon Rovio's hugely - popular mobile video game series... The Angry Birds movie is set for
release on May 13th 2016 in the UK and May 20th 2016 in the States, with a voice cast that -LSB-...]
At least eight eligible
animated features must be theatrically
released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.
It seems doubtful these would have gotten anything more in general retail
release, other than ads for other
animated Warner DVDs and maybe one of the specials being given semantical bonus
feature status.
Surf's Up is not a great
animated feature, but it's by all means a fun and well - made one that manages to find an identity in the messy sea of CG
releases.
Warner Bros has
released the full - length official trailer for the big screen,
feature version of the «Teen Titans»
animated superhero series, titled Teen Titans Go!
Few freak - out film experiences are more rarified that the forgotten oddity, and this year saw the
release of a movie that's been begging to be re-discovered for decades: Belladonna Of Sadness, a 1973 Japanese
animated feature conceived with the help of Osamu Tezuka and directed by his longtime collaborator, Eiichi Yamamoto.
Other limited
releases this weekend include Abramorama's doc Kangaroo: A Love - Hate Story at Village East in New York and Laemmle Music Hall in L.A.. Also, GKIDS is opening Japanese
animated feature Mary and The Witch's Flower by Oscar - nominated filmmaker Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
Ahead of its US
release next month, a new trailer has arrived online for Eric Summer and Eric Warin's upcoming
animated feature Leap!
The home
release includes the original version of the movie, as well as the exclusive bonus
feature «That's My Willie,» which is an original
animated series.
With the first trailer for Hotel Transylvania 3 set to arrive tomorrow, a poster has been
released for the upcoming third instalment in the
animated monster movie franchise
featuring Adam Sandler's Dracula, who doesn't seem best pleased to be going on a family vacation; check it out below... In Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3, -LSB-...]
A bonus DVD
features the rest of the supplements: the superb 70 - minute documentary «Making Taxi Driver» produced for the 1999 DVD
release by Laurent Bouzereau, storyboard - to - film comparisons (with an introduction by Scorsese), and
animated photo galleries.
Frozen is an upcoming Disney
animated feature film to be
released later this year.
Fox Searchlight has announced the
release date for the upcoming film Isle Of Dogs, a stop - motion
animated feature directed by Wes Anderson.
Disney / Pixar just
released a new trailer for its next
animated feature, «Coco.»
Following on from Frozen's worldwide success, Disney has recently
released details of its next
animated feature, Moana.
Dimension Films has
released six new
animated images for «Sin City: A Dame to Kill For»
featuring Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin and more.
Disney XD has
released a clip from the next episode of Marvel's
animated series Avengers Assemble, entitled «Back to the Learning Curve», which sees Hakweye taking on one of Loki's evil minions... And here's a second clip
featuring Hawkeye, The Hulk and Thor in Asgard... BIG HEROES!
In response to Brian's item this week about Focus
Features»
animated film slate, I've received notification from the studio that «Coraline,» the Neil Gaiman adaptation from Henry Selick (which looks extraordinary, I might add) is set for a February 2009
release.
Red Turtle's Oscar nomination makes it along with My Life as a Zucchini one of two obscure foreign «toons sharing the
Animated Feature category with the Disney blockbusters Zootopia and Moana and Laika's widely -
released and fairly respected Kubo and the Two Strings.
As of now, the
release date for this highly anticipated nugget of gold has been pushed to 2018 due, in part, to the
releases of two spin - off movies, Ninjago (2016) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), as well as avoiding competition with other big
animated features set to be
released in 2017, Despicable Me 3 and Toy Story 4.
, but as far as professionally completed
animated features given a wide
release in theaters, QUEST FOR CAMELOT (a.k.a..
Filled with bright and vibrant colors, The Breadwinner is one of the best
animated features to be
released this year.
More satisfying is the new - to - DVD
animated Bugs sequence from the 1949 Doris Day
feature film My Dream is Yours and the previously
released 1976 TV special Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals, the best of the Bugs TV originals.
Disney and Pixar's latest
animated feature Coco delivered on its promise to top the box office upon
release by finishing first during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with an estimated $ 49 million.
Oddly enough, it seems that The Fox and the Hound is the ONLY
animated feature that Disney has
released to DVD in a compromised Fullscreen ratio, i.e. Pan and Scan.
Along with four bonus episodes from the Justice League
animated series that deal with alternate universe characters and previews of other DC Universe
features, this
release features an original short spotlighting the supernatural horror hero The Spectre, voiced by Gary Cole.
Other New
Releases this week: the British comic drama «The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,» the pop concert film «Katy Perry The Movie Part of Me,» the Oscar - nominated, music - infused
animated feature «Chico & Rita,» and «Hysteria» and «The Do - Deca - Pentathlon.»
Best Picture «Another Year / Black Swan» Best Director Darren Aronofsky, «Black Swan» Best Actor James Franco, «127 Hours» Best Actress Natalie Portman, «Black Swan» Best Supporting Actor John Hawkes, «Winter's Bone» Best Supporting Actress Lesley Manville, «Another Year» Best Adapted Screenplay «The Social Network» (Aaron Sorkin) Best Original Screenplay «Another Year» (Mike Leigh) Best Art Direction «Inception» Best Cinematography «Inception» Best Costume Design «Black Swan» Best Film Editing «Inception» Best Makeup «Black Swan» /» Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows» Best Sound Editing «TRON Legacy» Best Visual Effects «Inception» /» Alice in Wonderland» /» Black Swan» Best
Animated Feature «Chico and Rita ″ — one to watch Best Ensemble «Another Year» Most Underrated Film of the Year «4.3.2.1» — another one to watch Most Overrated Film of the Year «Inception» — I know I've awarded it a lot but a tadge overrated Breakthrough Performance (Female) Jennifer Lawrence, «Winter's Bone» Best Performance in a Bad Film Bojana Novakovic, «Devil» Worst Performance in a Good / Fairly Decent Film Mia Wasikowska, «Alice in Wonderland» Best Hero Luz / She, «Machete» — she was a good freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer
released in 2010, not necessarily a film
released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception»
Check out the end - of - the - year Awards and some recent Press
Releases, including the Top 100 Sci - Fi List, the Top 100 Villains List, and the Top 100
Animated Features (more will be coming).
Other mostly unrelated
feature - length
releases include Street Fighter II: The
Animated Movie (1994), Street Fighter Zero (aka Street Fighter Alpha)(1999), and Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005).