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Powell scores ‘Rio’ with Mendes and will.i.am
20 November 2009 12:06 PM, PST | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »
Following his collaboration with metal band Mastodon on Jonah Hex, John Powell will work with latin legend Sérgio Mendes (”Mas que nada”) and rap star will.i.am on the music for Rio, the upcoming animated comedy from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios. Powell’s involvement in the project doesn’t come as a surprise; he reunites with director Carlos Saldanha for whom he has scored three films (Robots, Ice Age: Meltdown ... »
- Mikael Carlsson
Despicable Me Trailer #2: Supervillains Are Funny
4 November 2009 4:28 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Ever since Universal Pictures released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming animated comedy Despicable Me back in July, I've been curious about it. The animation looks great, the voice cast is solid, it comes from Christopher Meledandri, the producer of such underrated animated flicks as Robots and Horton Hears a Who! This might actually be something worth watching out for. And here, just days after Dreamworks released the abysmal trailer for How to Train Your Dragon, Universal and Illumination Entertainment have dropped a new, longer trailer via Apple. This time we finally meet Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell), the world's #2 supervillain. He's engaged in a war of wits with Vector (voiced by Jason Segel), the world's #1 supervillain. That's all we know for now -- but the film follows Gru's fight to become number one, and to steal the moon. That sounds fun. The Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud and Sergio Pablos directed film will also feature the »
- Neil Miller
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Blu-ray Review
3 November 2009 2:36 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the third installment of the Ice Age franchise, and comes to Blu-ray (with DVD included) via directors Carlos Saldanda (director of the other Ice Ages and Robots) and Mike Thurmeier (also director of the other Ice Age movies and Robots) and writers Peter Ackerman and Michael Berg (writers of 2002.s Ice Age). A lot of fun for the kiddies, Ice Age 3 is voiced by return star talents to the franchise John Leguizamo (Sid), Queen Latifah (Ellie), and Dennis Leary (Diego). There are actually two stories going on: Scrat chasing the acorn and finding love and competition for his precious acorn along the way, and the mammoths Ellie (Latifah) and Manny.s »
- Dana Rae
Playwright Found For Guardians
2 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
David Lindsay-Abaire, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter for Spider-Man 4, has signed on to write the script for The Guardians, the DreamWorks fantasy kid's movie based on an upcoming series of books called The Guardians of Childhood by William Joyce.Yes, the books aren't even published yet and they've already got a scriptwriter. The premise of the stories is that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Man in the Moon and Jack Frost are part of a team that protects children from the forces of evil. Presumably with super-powers like eating cookies, hiding eggs and, er, shining in the sky at night.Lindsay-Abaire got his big break when his play, Rabbit Hole, won Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prizes in 2007, and has written screenplays for Inkheart and Robots as well as Shrek the Musical back on Broadway.This effort, meanwhile, has Peter Ramsey set to direct - he was Head of Story on Monsters vs. »
New Trailer for ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’
24 October 2009 6:46 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
A new trailer has appeared online for the upcoming George Clooney, Ewan McGregor comedy, The Men Who Stare at Goats. And I think you’ll be happy to know that the first trailer wasn’t just a happy accident - the new trailer also makes it look nothing less than fantastic.
Along with Clooney and McGregor, The Men Who Stare at Goats co-stars the likes of Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey (that quartet of actors is reason alone to see it). It’s directed by Grant Heslov and is based on the 2004 non-fiction book by Jon Ronson. Just as a reminder, here’s the official synopsis for the film, and then we’ll get to the new trailer:
A reporter (McGregor), trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent (Clooney) who reveals the existence of a secret, »
- Ross Miller
Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris team up for the animated ‘Rio’
23 October 2009 9:38 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
The lovely Anne Hathaway and the hilarious Neil Patrick Harris are teaming up for Fox Animation’s 3D Rio.
In conjunction with Blue Sky Studios, director Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs) will helm the feature which is scheduled for release in 2011.
The film will follow the story of a “nerdy macaw” who leaves Minnesota and heads for the bustling city of Rio de Janeiro.
Fox and Blue Sky have taken $2.4 billion worldwide on previous films Horton Hears a Who!, Robots and the Ice Age franchise.
It is not yet known which roles Hathaway and Harris will voice.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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- Reel Loop News Staff
Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro Are Voicing Blue Sky Studios Rio
23 October 2009 9:14 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
While Blue Sky Studios has produced some great looking movies (the “Ice Age” films and “Horton Hears A Who”), only “Horton” impressed me with both its animation and story. However, since it was based on a Dr. Seuss book, that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Anyway, Blue Sky Studios, Fox Animation and director Carlos Saldanha have announced their next animated project and it’s called “Rio”. According to THR, the film follows the adventures of a nerdy macaw who leaves his small-town Minnesota cage for Rio de Janeiro. While I’m sure there is a lot more to the story, that’s the logline for now.
While the story sounds a little weak, they’re trying to get Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro to voice the film. Anything that has Neil Patrick Harris voicing a character gets a pass from me. Of course, with the three “Ice Age” movies, »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Anne Hathaway and Nph Providing Voices for Blue Sky's Rio
23 October 2009 3:22 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
We don't always report on voice casting for animated movies, but this one sounds interesting. Blue Sky Studios' next feature film is called Rio, about a nerdy macaw who breaks out of his small-town Minnesota cage and heads to the exotic Summer Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro. Fox has cast Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro as the voice talent for the film in order for it to be ready for an April, 2011 release. Brazilian-born Carlos Saldanha, who has been developing the project for years and who also directed most of Blue Sky's films including Ice Age 1 through 3 and Robots, will be directing Rio. As with DreamWorks Animation as well, I'm always interested in Blue Sky's newest original projects, but they never seem to hold up in the end. The first Ice Age is the only film out of the five that Blue Sky has ... »
- Alex Billington
Anne Hathaway is off to Rio
23 October 2009 12:33 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris are locking down deals to voice characters in Rio. It's the latest film from Blue Sky and Fox Animation, creators of the Ice Age Series. Robots and Horton Hears A Who. Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs director Carlos Saldanha is in charge of a story that finds a nerdy parrot who flits from his boring cage in Minnesota and heads to Rio de Janeiro. Maybe he's an Olympics fan? Even if he is, it looks like he'll be a year early, as the film will open in early 2011... [Source: THR]
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- James White
EA Takes ‘Spore’ to Fox
6 October 2009 11:15 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
EA has teamed up with 20th Century Fox to turn their popular creature creator game, Spore, into a motion picture, Variety reports. Writing the Spore script will be Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, the team behind Disney’s upcoming “The Princess and the Frog” and directing will be Chris Wedge, director of Ice Age and Robots.
“I’m always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation,” Wedge said. “From every perspective — visually, thematically and comedically — the world of ‘Spore’ provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen.”
Released in 2008, Spore allows players to create and evolve a species from its earliest stages to its development as an intelligent and social creature by mixing role playing, action, and strategy. EA Entertainment’s Patrick O’Brien will produce “Spore” with Lucy Bradshaw, VP of Maxis Studio, the studio that developed the game with Will Wright, creator of »
- Cortney Zamm
"Ice Age" Director to Adapt Videogame "Spore"
3 October 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
The videogame "Spore" is set to be a big screen animated creature feature from "Ice Age" director Chris Wedge. Fox has teamed up with Electronic Arts for the movie adaptation.
Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will write the script. The duo wrote Disney's upcoming "The Princess and the Frog" and Ben Stiller's "The Return of King Doug."
The animation will be handled by EA and Blue Sky Studios, the animation production behind the "Ice Age" films, "Robots," and the upcoming "Rio."
"Spore," the videogame, was released in September 2008, and enables players to create their own creatures and the worlds they live in and share them with other players for their own universe!
To date, "Spore" has sold more than 3.2 million units. It's a ready-made brand fit to be a feature film. »
- Manny
Fox Bringing Spore To The Big Screen
3 October 2009 12:19 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Variety.com is reporting that Twentieth Century Fox and Electronic Arts will be turning the popular EA video game “Spore” in a full-length animated feature. Chris Wedge (”Ice Age”) is attached to helm, and Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (”The Princess And The Frog”, Ben Stiller’s “The Return Of King Doug”) are writing the script. EA and Blue Sky Studios, who worked on “Ice Age” and “Robots” will handle the animation/CGI. The game, which was released in September 2008, allows players to create their own creatures and the worlds they live in from the single-celled beginning, as well as share their creatures and worlds with others over the Internet. Stay [...] »
- Costa Koutsoutis
Will Wright’s Spore Becomes a Movie
2 October 2009 10:45 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Here's another head scratcher of a movie coming down the production pipeline over at 20th Century Fox. According to Variety [1], Fox is teaming up with EA to bring Will Wright's evolutionary sim game Spore to the big screen as a CG-animated film. The game allows you invent a creature that can be guided over time from single-celled organism through to complex, intelligent species to an advanced civilization capable of intergalactic travel. Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots) will direct from a script that is being written by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (The Princess and the Frog). As crazy as this sounds, it still makes a little more sense than The Sims movie which is apparently in development. At least with this I can see it being similar to Pokemon or the animated adaptation of the Ricky Gervais book Flanimals, although the screenwriters will have a lot more room to »
- Sean
Hollywood Reaches Bottom of Barrel, Adapts Spore
2 October 2009 7:44 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Despite prognostications otherwise, there has never been one videogame-to-movie conversion that has legitimized the entire endeavor. Then again, it’s not like anyone’s really trying. Videogames are chosen for their action components, not for their potential as a film. Spore and Hollywood in particular make strange bedfellows, but maybe this one is just unconventional enough to work. Variety reports that Chris Wedge, who has worked previously on Ice Age and Robots (and also voiced the prehistoric squirrel Scrat, which makes him okay with me), will direct. Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (The Princess and the Frog and Ben Stiller’s The Return of King Doug) have signed on to write the screenplay. Presumably the story would be structured like the game, in which the player (in this case an audience) follows a custom-made creature from its simplistic origins all the way to a vast intergalactic civilization. The entire film is being done in CG. »
- Jacob
Will Wright’s Spore to be Adapted Into a Feature Length Film
2 October 2009 6:09 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Electronic Arts’ bestselling videogame Spore, designed by legendary Sim City and The Sims creator Will Wright, will be adapted into an animated film by director Chris Wedge (the Ice Age films, Robots, the upcoming Leaf Men).
The game deals with the evolution of an entire species, from the tiniest little microscopic organism all the way to a species adapted enough to explore other planets. It’s a pretty huge concept, so while Wedge and writers Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will certainly need to find a coherent storyline to attach to the film, the idea is certainly great material for an animated film.
Erb and Oremland just finished handling writing duties on Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
Wedge, who’s also gearing up to direct the live-action film The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stated that he’s “always looking for unique worlds to go to in animation … from every perspective — visually, »
- John Cooper
Fox is Bringing EA's Video Game Spore to the Big Screen
2 October 2009 1:22 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
It's hard to believe that it was four years ago when we first laid eyes upon the original gameplay demo of Electronic Arts' video game Spore. Upon it's official release just one year ago, reviews were fairly positive for a game that is very complex, "covering many genres including action, real-time strategy and RPG, Spore allows a player to control the development of a species from its beginnings as a microscopic organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a space-faring culture." Now Variety reports that the revolutionary (and evolutionary) game will be made into a movie. 20th Century Fox has tapped Disney's Princess and the Frog screenwriters Greg Erb and Jason Oremland to pen a script for director Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots) to turn Spore into an animated feature for EA and animation company Blue Sky Studios (Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age »
- Ethan Anderton
Spore incubates at Fox
1 October 2009 10:04 PM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
One year after Electronics Arts' genre-slicing RPG video game Spore came out, 20th Century Fox is announced as the movie studio that gets to make a movie from the IP. And it's going to be a computer generated animation movie that director Chris Wedge (Ice Age) is attached to make.
The studio has worked out deals with The Princess and the Frog screenwriters Jason Oremland and Greg Erb to come up with a way of turning creator Will Wright's fantasy sci-fi evolution gone amok game into a 90-minute movie. Blue Sky Studios, the same team that's made the Ice Age and Robots films, will code the flick.
Wright's game lets you design your own funky lifeform from scratch and then play it as your critter evolves up the food chain of your planet. The look, functionality and eventual evolved form of your creature is determined by your imagination and »
- Patrick Sauriol
Fox To Play God by Adapting Spore
1 October 2009 6:52 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
While it’s been nowhere near as successful as “The Sims”, Will Wright’s follow-up effort “Spore” did attract generally favorable, if not enthusiastic, reviews despite being five little games in one. The best part was being able to create your own creatures which isn’t so much a game but it was still fun which is more than I can say for most video games that sell millions upon millions of copies. But “Spore” isn’t a no-name game and so THR is reporting that Fox is going to adapt it into a CG animated feature. While I’m negative on almost every video game movie, I have some hope for this one because it requires creativity sincer there’s no plot. No princess to save, no gritty crime to uncover, nothing that lazy writers can pad and then collect their paycheck. Plus, with “Robots” director Chris Wedge at the helm, »
- Matt Goldberg
Fantastic Fest Day Two: Robots, Magic, Goats, & Sumo Dudes
26 September 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Day One of Fantastic Fest ended with an opening night party at the Drafthouse’s new “The Highball,” where they threw a Gentlemen Broncos “Brutus & Balzaak Bash” after the name of one of Dr. Ronald Chevalier’s science fiction novels. Complete with popcorn sculptures and a fully-outfitted battle stag (it’ll make sense if you see the movie), it went late into the night while people bowled, drank, and ate new menu items like Dr. Pepper ribs. That’s how geeks party.
But more importantly the end of the night meant that Day Two would be starting up soon. To Fantastic Fest attendees, that means more movies and more oddities. For me, it meant a chance to see some bizarre films, and I was not disappointed. I just don’t know if I was mentally prepared for part of the day. I’m hoping that I’m not deeply scarred emotionally. »
- Kevin Kelly
Fantastic Fest: Day One - Nazi Undead, Broncos, & House Demons
25 September 2009 1:41 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Fantastic Fest: Day One is now officially under the belt, as are a large amount of bizarre culinary treats, including the aformentioned root beer cookies. As promised, they are amazing. Amazing and extremely filling. Don’t eat this with a horror movie, or a film about sailing at sea during rough weather, because it’ll make you toss those cookies right back. I probably don’t need to eat sweets for a month now.
So how did the first day fare? It was a bit of a mixed bag. Things didn’t get rolling until the late afternoon, and it was a roller coaster of different movies that ended up being the good, the bad, and the in-between.
Thankfully, I did work in several frames of bowling at the new Highball lounge recently opened up by the Alamo Drafthouse as a place to kick it between flicks. That gave me »
- Kevin Kelly
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