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Disney Acquires Marvel
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney is purchasing Marvel comics for a tidy sum of $4 billion. This will be the second large acquisition in the Iger administration of Disney, the first being the purchase of Pixar for $7 billion … Continue reading
Oscar Noms Are Here
The big news today is that the official nominations for the Oscars have been released. While WALL-E didn’t hit the Best Picture nomination, it was a shoe-in for Best Animated Feature along with KUNG-FU PANDA and BOLT. WALL-E also grabbed a nod … Continue reading
And the VFX Oscar Semi-finalists are…
Animation Magazine has released a list of all the featre films that have made it to the semi-final round for the Oscars. 15 films were announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and they are the following: … Continue reading
Cartoon Thor Coming Soon
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel is bringing one more of its classic comic book characters to the animated series world: Thor. Marvel Animation is developing and self-producing a 26 half-hour episode series based on its long-running comic book, with … Continue reading
Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ Cartoon
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Marvel Animation is prepped to begin production on a new cartoon series of the classic comic book heros “The Avengers”. The series will be titled, “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”, and will be produced by … Continue reading
Marvel Seeks Director for “Thor”
Variety reports that Marvel is in talks with Kenneth Branagh to direct one of their upcoming films, “Thor”. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige‘s choice of Branagh is surprising, as Branagh hasn’t really directed an action-heavy film since his debut on … Continue reading
Superheroes Get Anime-ted
Variety reports that Marvel has established a pact with Madhouse to develop their line of superheroes into anime characters for the Japanese market. First four series will bow in 2010 on Animax, a 24-hour network dedicated to anime. To better … Continue reading
Summer B.O. as Big as Last Year
Variety reports that with two weekends left in the summer domestic box office race, it looks like this year will be on par with last year’s record breaking profits of $4.16 billion. Many see the summer’s strength, led by “The … Continue reading
WB Reconsiders How to Handle DC Films
The Hollywood Reporter said that in the past couple of weeks executives from Warner Bros and from DC Comics have been meeting together to discuss new strategies for developing their films. Up until now, Warner Bros has been developing each film … Continue reading
Get Smart on top- Panda stays strong
Variety reports that “Get Smart” was the weekend’s top grosser at the North American box office. Grossing a cool $39.1 million, the Steve Carell comedy stayed clearly above the rest. Mike Myers’ “Love Guru”, which also opened this weekend, didn’t … Continue reading
