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• "The Art of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" details how DreamWorks Animation's latest came together

  Jim Hill reviews Jerry Beck's new book, which takes a look at the artistic development at both "Madagascar" movies Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: animation, book, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Glendale, Jerry Beck, 2008, October, behind-the-scenes stories , animated feature, feature film , coffee table book, 2005, animated features, Insight Editions, lion, African savanna, design team, director , Development , Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, behind-the-scenes , hippo, art of books, DW, art of book, feature-length cartoon, animation historian, artistic development, technological development, DWA, Little Golden Books, Henri Rousseau, stylization, Melman, Gloria, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Disney Photo Library, directors, Ben Stiller, Africa, artistic choices, storytelling, giraffe, zebra, Marty

• Toon Thursday: "Kung Fu Panda" is one fun summer flick

  Jim Hill reviews this new DreamWorks Animation release, which opens in theaters nationwide tomorrow Read More... Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 22 Comments Filed under: animation, DreamWorks, CG, DreamWorks Animation, Brad Bird, James Baxter, James Baxter Animation, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, animated feature, screenplay, lush visuals, fight scenes, Kung Fu Panda, action film , genre, PDI, Pacific Data Image, visually stunning , chopsocky , John Stevenson , Mark Osborne , traditionally animated , stylized opening , Po , panda, Kung Fu, Kung Fu master, martial arts, warrior , Furious Five, Valley of Peace, noodle shop, throwing stars , breakfast soup, Jade Palace , Oogway, turtle, Tai Lung, student, lust for power, Anhora, Dragon Warrior, Shifu, master , Kung Fu students, Kung Fu student, townspeople, Viper, Mantis, Tigress, Monkey, Crane, There are no accidents, plot description , serious, mystical, Jonathan Aibel , Glenn Berger, balance , character-driven , rope bridge, Pool of Sacred Tears, snow leopard , drawing classes, action sequence, Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom , transcends, plane of existence , flurry , cherry blossoms, fortune cookie , message, secret ingredient, third act , run-for-the-curtain, mis-step , Jack Black , Dustin Hoffman , Ian McShane , Speed Racer , WALL-E, Curly Sue, summer flick

• DreamWorks Animation bets big on digital 3-D

  Jim Hill shares the latest news from ShoWest 2008. Where Jeffrey Katzenberg revealed that, as of March 2010, DA will only be produced digital 3-D films Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:00 AM | 15 Comments Filed under: animation, DreamWorks, CG, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook, Epcot, Robert Zemeckis, Disney's California Adventure, DreamWorks Animation, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Marty Sklar, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, DCA, digital projection, 2008, Shrek Goes Fourth, animation industry, CG feature, 3D, Chairman, Tales from the Laughing Place, 1984, 3D film , Warner Bros. , Paramount , TRON: Legacy, Comin' at Ya! , Jaws 3-D, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, 3D film format , red-and-blue lenses, digital 3-D , Ultimate 3-D, Montagues & Capulets, Monsters vs. Aliens, 2010, alien, alien spacecraft, digital 3-D production, big figure, Chicken Little , Malibu Hills, 2D CG film, 3-D releases , Disney Studios , 3D digital motion pictures, 2D movie , Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D , digital 3-D conversion, Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich, digital 3-D project, Disney Pixar , CG studio , digital 3-D format, Robert Coltrin, Kevin Rafferty, Toy Story characters

• Jerry Beck to be honored at this year's Annie Awards

  Jim Hill pays tribute to this noted author & historian, who will receive the June Foray Award next week for the positive impact that he's had on the animation industry Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: animation, book, DreamWorks, CG, DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon, television, Jerry Seinfeld, ASIFA-Hollywood, animated character, Jerry Beck, The Hanna-Barbera Treasury, October, comedian , animated feature, 2007, feature film , Chronicle Books, cartoons, coffee table book, hardcover, animated short, short, animated features, animators , books, article, articles, magazine article, magazine articles , Cartoon Brew , Amid Amidi , writer , historian , animation community, animation industry, June Foray award, June Foray, spotlight , November, Insight Editions, Saturday morning cartoons , Saturday morning cartoon, HB, Hanna-Barbera, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, model sheets, model sheet, comic book, comic books , tchotchke , high profile project, movers , shakers , jaded, animation fan, Viacom International, Viacom, DK Adult, DK, Nickelodeon Studios, animated series , SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!, process , production phases, ironic , detail , character , show business , household name, Hollywood history, library, James Brown, the hardest working man in show business, hardest working man in show business , store shelves, 20th, 25th , The Art of Bee Movie , production history , CG feature, feature films, shorts, gaming, UCLA, Royce Hall , 35th , Annie Awards

• Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"

  Jim Hill points out the parallels between what WDAS's next release is now going through and "Beauty & the Beast" & "The Lion King" 's troubled productions Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:00 AM | 18 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, Pixar, DreamWorks, computer animation, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Pictures, Beauty and the Beast, John Musker, Ratatouille, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Toy Story, WDAS, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, WDI, Ed Catmull, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Studios, Bolt, Academy Award, film, movie, 2008, animated feature, Richard Purdum , Cranium Command, Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, award, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, The Emperor's New Groove, Kingdom of the Sun, Kiskaloo, blind men and the elephant, Indian fable, pre-release image, teaser poster, November 2008, gadget tray, Mittens the cat, Rhino the hamster, Chris Williams, American Dog, Chris Sanders, quirkiness, Jan Pinkava, George Scribner, Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers, S Gross, lemons into lemonade, November 28

• "Shrek the Halls" puts the fun back into dysfunctional family gatherings

  Jim Hill reviews this new holiday special from DreamWorks Animation, which debuts tonight on ABC at 8:00 p.m. EST Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: animation, TV, DreamWorks, ABC, Shrek the Third, DreamWorks Animation, television, Christmas, television program, TV show, Tis the season, holiday season , gingerbread man, Twas The Night Before Christmas, Gingy, holiday perennial, TV special, holiday special, Christmas special, Puss in Boots, Donkey, ogre, Shrek, Shrek the Halls, Fiona, George Bailey, Zuzu's petals, Kleenex, The Island of Misfit Toys, Christmas present, Grinch, subversive, marshmallows, sweet potatoes, White Christmas, holiday guide, Christmas for Village Idiots, family Christmas, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Blind Mice, The Big Bad Wolf, dragon, Doug Smith, triplets, holiday classic, waffle, Waffle Santa, jolly old elf, butter, syrup, Santa Claws, Christmas ain't Christmas 'til someone cries, fart, fart joke, kazoo, Ogre Claus, Clement C Moore, Christmas goose, black lace, sheer black lace, chocolate kiss, harried holiday season, harried holiday, palate cleansed, dysfunctional family gathering, dysfunctional family, family gathering, The Gingerbread Man

• Tube Tuesday: Gary Trousdale tries to "Shrek the Halls" without first wrecking DreamWorks Animation's most important franchise

  Jim Hill chats with this WDAS vet about many of the ogre-sized challenges he faced while directing this new holiday special. Which airs tomorrow night on ABC Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DreamWorks, ABC, CG, Epcot, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek the Third, DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, television, WDAS, Future World , Christmas, film, gags , film franchise, Happy Holidays, Tis the season, feature film , Shrek Goes Fourth, ratings, color coordinated , Godzilla, midnight snack, chimney, Disney Mix, cookie, It's the most wonderful time of the year, holiday season , gingerbread man, Twas The Night Before Christmas, Gingy, holiday perennial, dated , timeless , film parody, in-joke, Disney in-joke, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers , recording session, DreamWorks campus, character bits , TV special, holiday story , How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Best Picture nominee, Richard Purdum , 1980s, Cranium Command, Kirk Wise, holiday special, Christmas special, Gary Trousdale, fairytale, Santa's workshop, The North Pole, Puss in Boots, Donkey, Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas, naughty list, Santa Claus, ogre, Shrek, Shrek's First Christmas, Shrek the Halls

• Jerry Seinfeld and the Boston "Bee" Party

  As part of the publicity tour for this upcoming DreamWorks Animation release, this sitcom star and the two directors of "Bee Movie" buzzed into Beantown yesterday. Jim Hill brings you the details Read More... Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: animation, movies, DreamWorks, CG, NBC, promotion, DreamWorks Animation, marketing, Bee Movie, Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick, Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner, Renee Zellweger, Loews Boston Common, AMC Theatres, Boston Celtics, U.S. Customs, Logan International Airport, YouTube, AintItCool, Doc Rivers, Boston, Toronto

• Are you wondering what Disney's new version of "A Christmas Carol" will look like? Well, wonder no longer ...

  It's Christmas in July, as Jim Hill posts a pre-production image for this new Robert Zemeckis film. He also shares some news about additional possible "Christmas Carol" cast members as well as discussing the impact this CG project may have on "The Princess and the Frog" Read More... Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 12:00 AM | 36 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, A Christmas Carol, DreamWorks, computer animation, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Christopher Lloyd, Tom Hanks, Ron Clements, John Musker, Horton Hears a Who

• Toon Tuesday : Why Cundo Rabaudi is the model DreamWorks Animation employee

  JHM profiles a PDI / DreamWorks Animation visual development artist who creates these incredibly elaborate models which are then used for reference on that animation studio's features. WARNING ! This story contains some mild spoilers for "Shrek the Third" Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: animation, DVD / Video, TV, DreamWorks, Visual Effects, ABC, CG, Walt Disney Pictures

• "The Dream Team" serves up some intriguing insights about how the New Hollywood really operates

  Jim Hill reviews Daniel M. Kimmel's new book. Which tracks the rise & fall of DreamWorks SKG, that ambitious entertainment company that Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg founded back in October of 1994 Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:00 AM | 11 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, movies, TV, Pixar, DreamWorks, ABC, traditional animation, computer animation

• Monday MouseWatch : "Meet the Robinsons" keeps moving forward, while "Grindhouse" grinds to a halt. PLUS new "Pirates 3" images !

  Jim Hill takes a look at what happened this past weekend at the box office. Plus he shares some image captures from the official "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" website, which just went live this past weekend Read More... Posted Monday, April 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 25 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, DreamWorks, Pirates of the Caribbean, computer animation, CG