Written by: Mark in St. Louis Just found out that there is an animated DRAGONLANCE movie on the horizon! Starring the voice talents of Lucy Lawless (Xena) as Goldmoon, Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor in Smallville) as Tanis Half-Elven, and Jason Marsden as Tasslehoff Burrfoot, this movie is based on the first book in the DRAGONLANCE [...]
Williams Has "Happy Feet" - But, Is He The Joker?
June 28, 2006 By 1 Comment
Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter) IGN Film Force recently caught up with the manic genius known as Robin Williams and talked with him about his new animation film entitled "Happy Feet." Williams will lend his voice to three different characters in the feature. Actually, I don't know why directors wouldn't just turn Robin [...]
John's "Gnomeo and Juliet" Gets CPR
April 15, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter) On March 28th we reported that Elton John and Disney parted ways over his animated musical fantasy project called "Gnomeo and Juliet." Now we are happy to report that the story about the fantastical life of garden gnomes has been rescucitated by Miramax Films. The film company bought [...]
From J
March 24, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Already seen the Hellboy feature film? Anxiously awaiting the sequel like I am? Well, how about a direct-to-DVD release of an animated film featuring Hellboy? Hellboy Animated. This looks like the kind of project (from IDT Entertainment) that could lead to a television series featuring the voice work of Kate Corrigan and John Hurt himself. [...]
Author of The Last Unicorn Being Taken For A Ride
January 31, 2006 By 1 Comment
Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (Slice of SciFi Producer & Managing News Editor) When a published author and his copyrighted work is used in a film or TV show does that author have the right to be paid for the use of his or her creation? Peter S. Beagle wrote a pretty famous book called [...]
Little Red Riding Hood Satire Lost In The Woods
December 16, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Source: Yahoo News Reviewed By: Michael Rechtshaffen LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A satirical take on "Little Red Riding Hood," the computer-animated "Hoodwinked" occupies some considerably shaky turf situated uncomfortably between "Shrek" and dreck. Despite attracting a name voice cast including Glenn Close, Jim Belushi and Anne Hathaway, this first effort from Kanbar Animation, a [...]
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