Articles in Animated Movie News
RDJ and Tina Fey in Dreamworks’ Master Mind
I’m not really a fan of animation, in particular Hollywood animation. For some reason, I never seek them out, even though, once I sit down and watch them, I generally find myself liking them. For instance, “The Incredibles”. Easily one of the best superhero movies of all time, animated or not. Now Dreamworks is apparently [...]
August 27th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreVin Diesel Finally Gets to Make Hannibal. Sort of.
Vin Diesel, for one reason or another, has been talking up an epic movie about the Carthaginian General Hannibal, nemesis of the Roman Empire via 200 B.C. or thereabouts, for as long as I can remember. Now it appears as if Vin Diesel, who besides directing a 20-minute prequel to “The Fast and Furious 4″, [...]
August 21st, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreKung Fu Panda Sequel is Coming
You can’t keep a fat panda down. Especially when that fat panda knows kung fu, and just happens to be the legendary Dragon Warrior, who as we all know, is so awesome as to be awesomely awesome. Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks, is making noise that an announcement on a “Kung Fu Panda” sequel will [...]
August 14th, 2008 | Nix | 2 comments | Read MoreWarren Ellis’ G.I. Joe Resolute is All Kinds of Ninja-y Fun
So you’re kinda bummed out because everything you’ve seen of the “G.I. Joe” movie by Stephen Sommers kinda sucked? Well shit, kids, join the party, and here’s something else: the powers that be are actually making an animated G.I. Joe movie that has nothing to do with the movie, and it’s called “G.I. Joe: Resolute”, [...]
August 11th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreFincher’s Heavy Metal Too Risque for Paramount
Paramount Studios has decided that half-naked animated chicks with massive broadswords and, er, other massive things, is not for them, and as a result they have dropped the would-be animated feature from David Fincher and Blur Studio. According to Entertainment Weekly, Paramount suits thought the subject of “Heavy Metal” was “too risque for mainstream audiences”. [...]
July 11th, 2008 | Nix | 1 comment | Read MoreDavid Fincher Likes Him Some Goon
Via TheGoon.com, homepage of “The Goon” comic book, comes news that David Fincher has plans to bring the supernatural comic book to the big screen via a CG film. Or as they put it: “THEGOON.COM is proud to announce that THE GOON has been optioned by acclaimed director and producer DAVID FINCHER and Academy-Award nominated [...]
July 7th, 2008 | Nix | 1 comment | Read MoreBeavis and Butthead: The Live-Action Movie?
They’re baaaaaaaaaack. Well, if Mike Judge decides to bring them back, that is. And it won’t be another animated movie like “Beavis and Butthead do America”, either. Instead, Judge is talking about bringing back the slacker/couch potato duo as … a live-action movie? Yup, that’s what he said. Of course, it’s just talk from Judge, [...]
May 15th, 2008 | Nix | 1 comment | Read MoreZack Snyder to Direct Animated Guardians of Ga’Hoole
So what’s up for Zack Snyder (pictured, left), now that he’s wrapped production the epic “Watchmen”? How about jumping right into an animated film called “Guardians of Ga’Hoole”, to be based on the series of children’s books by author Kathryn Lasky. The film has already been fast-tracked for production, and Snyder will direct “Guardians” for [...]
April 14th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreDisney and Pixar Announces Upcoming Movies to 2012
Speaking of Disney, the mega studio has just issued a press release on its slate of animated movies that it plans to release for public consumption from now to 2012. In 2008, keep an eye out for “Wall-E”, “Bolt”, and “Tinker Bell”; 2009 brings “Up”, “Toy Story in 3-D”, “The Princess and the Frog”, and [...]
April 8th, 2008 | Nix | 3 comments | Read MoreGerard Butler, Others for How to Train Your Dragon
Dreamworks’ feature length CGI movie “How to Train Your Dragon” has landed its voice actors in Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. So what’s it all about? According to The Hollywood Reporter: “Based on Cressida Cowell’s first novel in the children’s book series, the story centers on the timid son [...]
March 18th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreWarner to Make Jeff Smith’s Bone Movie
Comic book writer/artist Jeff Smith’s “Bone” comic books is coming to a big screen near you, courtesy of Warner Bros. “Bone” was scheduled to hit theaters as an animated movie from Nickelodeon Films, but Smith pulled out after he realized the studio was going to target kids, including the use of — gasp! — pop [...]
March 7th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreBatman: Gotham Knight Sneak Peek
Originally I wasn’t all that interested in D.C.’s upcoming direct-to-DVD animated movie “Batman: Gotham Knight”. Sure, I liked the TV show (in its various incarnations), but after a while, there’s only so much Batman stories you can tell. Then again, after seeing what kind of grown-up animation D.C. had done with “Justice League”, “Batman: Gotham [...]
March 2nd, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More
Thank you for the detailed review! I've put this on my que to watch. 
I think these guys are outta control.....yes the re-make of Texas Chainsaw was good..not great but good....plus the TCM franchise ...
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It's emergency... 
actually, me too...im quite disappointed about not having the same actress that played the Evie role, while everybody in that ...
