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TOY STORY 3 Claims Top Animated Spot
According to Variety, TOY STORY 3 is now the highest-grossing animated feature, a spot that was recently held by DreamWorks SHREK 2. Now in its 9th week, TOY STORY 3 has pulled in $980.1 million total and now is looking … Continue reading
And the Oscar goes to?
While Pixar’s “UP” has tremendous buzz around it this year, maybe even more than “WALL-E” last year, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has upped the best picture category to 10 nominations from 5 in previous years. The … Continue reading
London Wooed With Disney Clips
According to The Hollywood Reporter, 1,500 lucky people in London were treated to over 2 hours of Disney and Pixar clips of 3D revamped and upcoming projects. John Lasseter, head of Disney/Pixar and consummate animation pitchman, hosted the event producing … Continue reading
ICE AGE Overtakes Nemo
Variety reports that FINDING NEMO has just been replaced as the highest grossing animated feature overseas by ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS. ICE AGE was able to beat out the 6 year record with a tidy international sum of … Continue reading
Pixar Releases New RenderMan
Sony isn’t the only animation company out there who is spreading around the software wealth. According to AWN, Pixar has some new releases of their patented software RenderMan. Due to the amount of CG in today’s movie fare, RenderMan has … Continue reading
A George Melies Award for Ed Catmull
AWN reports that VES Board of Directors will be presenting Pixar co-founder and Disney Animation president Dr. Ed Catmull with the ”2010 Georges Melies Award.” The Melies Award is awarded to people who have ”pioneered a significant and lasting contribution to the … Continue reading
UP Keeps Climbing
According to Variety, Disney-Pixar’s film UP is climbing so rapidly that it will soon be able to beat THE INCREDIBLES as Pixar’s 2nd highest grossing film domestically, under FINDING NEMO. Most Hollywood anylists are chalking it up to the added … Continue reading
Oops, We Jumped the Gun
A hardy apology to THE HANGOVER, who by final count, emerged top of the domestic box office for the weekend. THE HANGOVER’s high numbers on Sunday put them at $44.979 million to UP’s $44.1 million. Full box office totals can be found … Continue reading
