Monthly Archives: May 2008
Designer Marlet Finds His Inner Panda
Variety has an exclusive story on Nicolas Marlet, the sole character designer for Dreamworks’ newest animated feature film to be released next week, “Kung Fu Panda”. Since animation is such a collaborative process, rarely do you see only one designer’s … Continue reading
Film Debut for Emily the Strange
Empire Online reports that the 90′s goth icon Emily the Strange will be making her filmic debut. Emily was created by Rob Reger as a character to plaster on purses, shirts, or anything else a goth girl would want to … Continue reading
Disney Joins Graphic Novel Market
Hollywood Reporter says that Disney is now seeing a potential for movie development in graphic novels. They’re getting into the business by creating Kingdom Comics with a plan to adapt certain works into films. Disney signed a deal with Ahmet … Continue reading
No Strike on Horizon for AFTRA
The Hollywood Reporter writes that after working late into Tuesday night, AFTRA reached a tentative deal Wed. morning with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers for a three year primetime TV contract. Included in the deal is the … Continue reading
The Future Begins with Terminator
Animation Magazine’s Ryan Ball has an article about the new movie in the Terminator franchise, “Terminator Salavation: The Future Begins”. Apparently, Warner Brothers just began principal shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico this past week. The film stars Christian Bale and … Continue reading
Indy Makes a Huge Comeback with Skull
Variety says the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise opened this past weekend to become the second biggest domestic Memorial Day opening on record (behind last year’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”). Indy raked in a cool … Continue reading
cineSync Pro released today
DMN Newswire–2008-5-26–ADELAIDE, Australia, 26th May 2008: RSR, the company behind the world leading post production workflow tools cineSync and cineSpace, today announce the full release of cineSync Pro – the ultimate synchronised review and approval solution. Expanding on the hugely successful and … Continue reading
“Indy” Poised for second biggest Memorial Day.
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is poised to become the 2nd largest opening for a Memorial Day weekend, with an estimated four-day gross of $126 million from 4,260 screens acording to Variety. Including Thursday’s haul, “Crystal … Continue reading
‘Jones’ out of the gate with a strong start.
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” showed a a domestic gross of nearly $25 million dollars from 4,260 theaters on Thursday, according to Variety. Looking to take advantage of the long Memorial Day holiday, Paramount decided to … Continue reading
