Film Independent has announced the producers selected for its 16th annual Producing Lab. Participating with a project they’re in the process of producing, the four-week program is designed to help the filmmakers develop their skills as independent producers.
Seven projects and a total of nine producers will participate, and through the Lab will develop a strategy and action plan to bring their project to life, as well as meet professionals who can advise them on their craft and the business of independent producing.
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This year’s Creative Advisors are Karin Chien (“Circumstance”), Heather Rae (“Tallulah”) and Daniel Wagner (“Miles Ahead”). Guest speakers include Charles Howard, Tri-Star Pictures President Hannah Minghella CAA Agents Maren Olson and Tristen Tuckfield, and Jason Berman (“The Birth of a Nation,” “Mediterranea”).
“We are thrilled to welcome this dynamic group of producers to the Lab.
Seven projects and a total of nine producers will participate, and through the Lab will develop a strategy and action plan to bring their project to life, as well as meet professionals who can advise them on their craft and the business of independent producing.
Read More: San Francisco Film Society Announces Fall 2016 Narrative Filmmaking Grant Finalists
This year’s Creative Advisors are Karin Chien (“Circumstance”), Heather Rae (“Tallulah”) and Daniel Wagner (“Miles Ahead”). Guest speakers include Charles Howard, Tri-Star Pictures President Hannah Minghella CAA Agents Maren Olson and Tristen Tuckfield, and Jason Berman (“The Birth of a Nation,” “Mediterranea”).
“We are thrilled to welcome this dynamic group of producers to the Lab.
- 10/25/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Jk Simmons will star in the ensemble comedic drama that Nadine de Barros and her sales team are introducing to Afm buyers this week.
Kurt Voelker wrote the screenplay and is scheduled to commence shooting in spring in Los Angeles.
Simmons – who won the best supporting actor Oscar this year for Whiplash – plays a widower whose relationship with his teenage son is tested when they relocate to the big city.
Fortitude co-founders Nadine de Barros, Robert Ogden Barnum and Daniel Wagner made the announcement on Wednesday. The Gersh Agency represents North American rights.
Matthew Baer and George Parra produce and Jennifer Kelly serves as executive producer.
“In the same way Ordinary People impacted a wide range of audiences, The Bachelors will achieve an emotional resonance and mass appeal,” said Baer. “Jk is sure to deliver an amazing performance along with the other fantastic actors we’ll soon announce.”
“Jk Simmons blew audiences away with his intense, knock-out...
Kurt Voelker wrote the screenplay and is scheduled to commence shooting in spring in Los Angeles.
Simmons – who won the best supporting actor Oscar this year for Whiplash – plays a widower whose relationship with his teenage son is tested when they relocate to the big city.
Fortitude co-founders Nadine de Barros, Robert Ogden Barnum and Daniel Wagner made the announcement on Wednesday. The Gersh Agency represents North American rights.
Matthew Baer and George Parra produce and Jennifer Kelly serves as executive producer.
“In the same way Ordinary People impacted a wide range of audiences, The Bachelors will achieve an emotional resonance and mass appeal,” said Baer. “Jk is sure to deliver an amazing performance along with the other fantastic actors we’ll soon announce.”
“Jk Simmons blew audiences away with his intense, knock-out...
- 11/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sean McNamara ("Soul Surfer") has signed on to helm "Young Santa," a live-action adaptation of 'Wizard of Oz' author L. Frank Baum's 1902 book "The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus."
David Casci adapted the screenplay about how a little boy became Father Christmas. Joel Smith, Gudrun Giddings, David Brookwell, Daniel Wagner and Christian Arnold-Beutel are producing.
Famous stop motion animators Rankin-Bass produced a TV special based on the work back in 1985. It was the company's last stop motion effort.
A traditionally animated adaptation was released in 2000, while a new animated version went into development in 2010 but never progressed and has seemingly collapsed.
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David Casci adapted the screenplay about how a little boy became Father Christmas. Joel Smith, Gudrun Giddings, David Brookwell, Daniel Wagner and Christian Arnold-Beutel are producing.
Famous stop motion animators Rankin-Bass produced a TV special based on the work back in 1985. It was the company's last stop motion effort.
A traditionally animated adaptation was released in 2000, while a new animated version went into development in 2010 but never progressed and has seemingly collapsed.
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- 2/11/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Soul Surfer director Sean McNamara has signed on to Young Santa, an adaptation of L Frank Baum’s The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus.
Joel Smith, Gudrun Giddings, David Brookwell, Daniel Wagner and Christian Arnold-Beutel are producing the live-action feature and Stuart Pollok is on board as executive producer.
David Casci adapted the screenplay about how a little boy became Father Christmas.
“We very much look forward to bringing Sean McNamara’s vision of L Frank Baum’s holiday fantasy to the big screen,” said Smith and Arnold-Beutel. “With such icons known all over the world and a great producing team we believe to create an instant family entertainment classic”.
“It’s always been my dream to direct a Christmas movie and now I have that opportunity with this wonderful script and L Frank Baum story,” added McNamara.”...
Joel Smith, Gudrun Giddings, David Brookwell, Daniel Wagner and Christian Arnold-Beutel are producing the live-action feature and Stuart Pollok is on board as executive producer.
David Casci adapted the screenplay about how a little boy became Father Christmas.
“We very much look forward to bringing Sean McNamara’s vision of L Frank Baum’s holiday fantasy to the big screen,” said Smith and Arnold-Beutel. “With such icons known all over the world and a great producing team we believe to create an instant family entertainment classic”.
“It’s always been my dream to direct a Christmas movie and now I have that opportunity with this wonderful script and L Frank Baum story,” added McNamara.”...
- 2/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Veteran foreign sales agent Nadine de Barros is teaming with financier/producer Daniel Wagner and producer Robert Ogden Barnum to launch Fortitude International. The Los Angeles-based sales and financing company will make its debut at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. In addition to handling third-party titles, Fortitude will fully finance its own projects through equity, bridge loans and senior debut capabilities. It intends to finance and sell 10 to 15 movies a year. Fortitude will also focus on sourcing and financing television series and miniseries. In addition to film, De Barros has a strong background in television,
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- 1/21/2014
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NY Mag has unveiled a new photo of the massive ark that director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler) has been building for his upcoming biblical epic "Noah," starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, and Anthony Hopkins. Check it out below. Photographer Dan Wagner said that Aronofsky brought in tree stumps to make it look like Noah cut down local trees to build the ark. "To see it in person, and know there's no CGI involved, was incredible," he said. "There's no way Noah and his sons could have built such an enormous structure themselves. That would have taken 500 years." "Noah" has a rumored budget of $130 million and is set to hit theaters on March 28th, 2014. Photo: (click to enlarge)...
- 10/16/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Bits and pieces have been drifting out about Darren Aronofsky’s latest film Noah about – you guessed it – the biblical character who built that ark. Until now, no sign has been seen of the ark itself but apparently, Mr. Aronofsky is taking the ark-building pretty seriously as he’s constructed a fairly biblically accurate version of Noah’s ark for the film.
Today, a photo comes to us via The Film Stage of the actual ark that Aronofsky has had constructed for the film about God’s vengeance, floods and animals on life-rafts. Photographer Dan Wagner, who snapped the pic, had this to say:
“to see it in person, and know there’s no CGI involved, was incredible. The set decorator brought in tree stumps that weren’t there before, to give the effect that the ark was made with local lumber.”
The ark in question is supposedly about 700 cubits,...
Today, a photo comes to us via The Film Stage of the actual ark that Aronofsky has had constructed for the film about God’s vengeance, floods and animals on life-rafts. Photographer Dan Wagner, who snapped the pic, had this to say:
“to see it in person, and know there’s no CGI involved, was incredible. The set decorator brought in tree stumps that weren’t there before, to give the effect that the ark was made with local lumber.”
The ark in question is supposedly about 700 cubits,...
- 10/15/2012
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Noah: The massive structure built for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah has filled in since we first saw it in July; a new photo (top) gives a greater sense of its size. Photographer Dan Wagner notes: “To see it in person, and know there’s no CGI involved, was incredible.” Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson and Logan Lerman star; the film is due out on March 28, 2014. [Vulture] Memphis: It’s relatively rare nowadays for original Broadway shows to become movies -- the most recent example is Rock of Ages, which seriously underperformed -- but Memphis wants to buck that trend. The musical by Joe Dipietro and Bon Jovi’s David Bryan opened on Broadway in the fall of 2009 and won the Tony Award for Best Musical; the Mark Gordon...
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- 10/15/2012
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Noah: The massive structure built for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah has filled in since we first saw it in July; a new photo (top) gives a greater sense of its size. Photographer Dan Wagner notes: “To see it in person, and know there’s no CGI involved, was incredible.” Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, and Logan Lerman star; the film is due out on March 28, 2014. [Vulture] Memphis: It’s relatively rare nowadays for original Broadway shows to become movies -- the most recent example is Rock of Ages, which seriously underperformed -- but Memphis wants to buck that trend. The musical by Joe Dipietro and Bon Jovi’s David Bryan opened on Broadway in the fall of 2009 and won the Tony Award for Best Musical; the Mark Gordon...
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- 10/15/2012
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
September brought us a first look inside the set of Darren Aronofsky's Biblical epic Noah starring Russell Crowe, and we caught some small glimpses of the ark as a work in progress. Now a new photo shows just how massive this ark turned out to be. It was built to the proportions described in the Bible, but the complete ark will be created by using CGI set extentions. However, the set decorator brought in tree trunks to place around the massive ship to indicate it was built from some trees nearby. Photographer Dan Wagner says, "To see it in person, and know there’s no CGI involved, was incredible. And there’s no way Noah and his sons could have built such an enormous structure themselves. That would have taken 500 years.” Look! Here's a new photo of the ark in Noah taken by Dan Wagner at New York Magazine...
- 10/15/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
If God gets irritable this fall and dumps 40 days of rain on Long Island, the animals of Oyster Bay’s Planting Fields Arboretum will be just fine. That’s where Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky is shooting his next movie, 2014’s Old Testament disaster epic Noah, for which he’s overseen the construction of an ark large enough to hold two of every species, plus a human cast that includes Russell Crowe (in the title role), Jennifer Connelly, and Emma Watson. The vessel is built to biblical proportions and capable of provoking awe at distances of up to 700 cubits—which is about how far away photographer Dan Wagner was when he captured this shot for New York. “To see it in person, and know there’s no CGI involved, was incredible,” he says. But Wagner wasn’t willing to suspend all disbelief: “The set decorator brought in tree stumps that weren’t there before,...
- 10/15/2012
- by Lane Brown
- Vulture
Jennifer Yuh Nelson's "Kung Fu Panda 2" dominated the Annie Awards nominations, but the International Animated Film Society decided to give its highest honor -- the Best Animated Feature award -- to Gore Verbinski's "Rango." Both films are from DreamWorks Animation and they still have to duke it out at the upcoming Oscars in the Best Animated Feature Film category.
Besides the Best Animated trophy, "Rango" also collected awards for Best Editing and Writing. But Nelson, the first woman to direct a feature film animation from a major Hollywood production company, won the Directing in a Feature Production award! Yay! (Check out my interview with Jennifer Yuh Nelson for "Kung Fu Panda 2" right here)
The Annie Awards winners were announced yesterday at the UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies,...
Besides the Best Animated trophy, "Rango" also collected awards for Best Editing and Writing. But Nelson, the first woman to direct a feature film animation from a major Hollywood production company, won the Directing in a Feature Production award! Yay! (Check out my interview with Jennifer Yuh Nelson for "Kung Fu Panda 2" right here)
The Annie Awards winners were announced yesterday at the UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies,...
- 2/5/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Gore Verbinski's Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp Production Categories Best Animated Feature A Cat in Paris Arrugas (Wrinkles) Arthur Christmas Cars 2 Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots * Rango Rio The Adventures of Tintin Best Animated Special Production Adventure Time: Thank You Batman: Year One Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas * Kung Fu Panda: Secret of the Masters Prey 2 Star Tours Best Animated Short Subject * Adam and Dog I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat La Luna (Notes on) Biology Paths of Hate Sunday The Ballad of Nessie The Girl and the Fox Wild Life and Studio Gds Individual Achievement Categories Animated Effects in an Animated Production Can Yuksel, Puss In Boots Chase Cooper, Rango Dan Lund, Winnie The Pooh Dave Tidgewell, Kung Fu Panda 2 Eric Froemling, Cars 2 Jason Mayer, Kung Fu Panda 2 Joel Aron, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Jon Reisch,...
- 2/5/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Carlos Saldanha's Rio Production Categories Best Animated Feature A Cat in Paris – Folimage Arrugas (Wrinkles) – Perro Verde Films, S.L. Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Cars 2 – Pixar Animation Studios Chico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation Puss In Boots – DreamWorks Animation Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/Gk Films Production Rio – Blue Sky Studios The Adventures of Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall Best Animated Special Production Adventure Time: Thank You – Cartoon Network Studios Batman: Year One – Warner Bros. Animation Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas – Blue Sky Studios Kung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters – DreamWorks Animation Prey 2 – Blur Studio Star Tours – Industrial Light & Magic Best Animated Short Subject Adam and Dog – Lodge Films I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat – Warner Bros. Animation La Luna – Pixar Animation Studios (Notes on) Biology – Ornana...
- 12/5/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
I'm a huge fan of animation, animated films are getting better and better. Not only is the look and animation getting ridiculously awesome, but I find that many of these animated films actually have incredibly good stories. Not all of them are good though, for example, Cars 2 and Rio sucked. It will be interesting to see who ends up taking home the awards this year. Out of the movies on the list that I've seen and liked we have Puss in Boots, Rango and Kung Fu Panda 2. I guess it's no surprises that Kung Fu Panda 2 is leading the nominations with 9. Check out the list and let us know what your favorite animated movies of the year are!
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris – Folimage Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L. Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Cars 2 – Pixar Animation...
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris – Folimage Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L. Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Cars 2 – Pixar Animation...
- 12/5/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
"Kung Fu Panda 2" dominated the nominations for the 39th Annual Annie Awards. Given by the International Animated Film Society, the DreamWorks Animation sequel received 12 nods including Best Animated Feature. "Puss in Boots" and "Rango" each took nine noms. Pixar's "Cars 2" received seven nominations, while Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" took eight nods but was oddly missing in the Best Animated Feature category.
Winners of the 2011 Annie Awards will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards:
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris . Folimage
Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
Arthur Christmas . Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Cars 2 . Pixar Animation Studios
Chico & Rita . Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
Kung Fu Panda 2 . DreamWorks Animation
Puss In Boots . DreamWorks Animation
Rango . Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/Gk Films Production
Rio . Blue Sky Studios
Tintin . Amblin Entertainment,...
Winners of the 2011 Annie Awards will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards:
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris . Folimage
Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
Arthur Christmas . Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Cars 2 . Pixar Animation Studios
Chico & Rita . Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
Kung Fu Panda 2 . DreamWorks Animation
Puss In Boots . DreamWorks Animation
Rango . Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/Gk Films Production
Rio . Blue Sky Studios
Tintin . Amblin Entertainment,...
- 12/5/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
I don't put much stock in the Annie Awards and neither does Disney after withdrawing from the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood back in 2010. I have personally never found them to be a good judge of quality and as such don't pay them any particular attention, though I will pass along the information as they have announced their 2011 nominees with Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda 2 leading the way with 12 nominations, followed by Puss in Boots and Rango each with nine. Of course, while Disney has withdrawn from the Annies that doesn't mean they aren't considered for the awards as Cars 2, Gnomeo and Juliet and Winnie the Pooh are among the nominees. Last year How to Train Your Dragon reigned supreme over Toy Story 3 and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kung Fu Panda 2 take home plenty of hardware, following in the footsteps of its predecessor, which beat out...
- 12/5/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Stars Of Magic is an evening of illusions, magic and death-defying comedy, featuring master magician, Jack Maxwell; illusionist with a twist, Jimmy Rook; and nationally acclaimed variety artist, comedian and fire manipulator, Joel Newlon, known to fans nationwide as "The Wonderfool." The show introduces special guest Daniel Wagner, who is billed as a "teen juggling sensation" skilled in the art of acrobalance and juggling.
- 5/21/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Kung Fu Panda shut out its competition in every major feature film category at the 36th annual Annie Awards celebrating 2008’s best animated movies. The DreamWorks Animation pic bested critic favorite Wall-e and other nominee Bolt for “Best Feature.”
The surprise win is the first time DreamWorks has beaten a Pixar film for the top prize since 2001’s Shrek over Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. Panda took home fifteen statues Friday night and tied for the most wins ever. The Annie Award has matched the “Best Animated Feature” category at the Academy Awards every single year but one.
I thoroughly enjoyed Kfp, but I was under the impression that Wall-e was a better film all around. While DreamWorks Animation has stepped up its game in recent years, Pixar’s animation was exceptional. This is a major upset, especially since Wall-e went home with nothing. The Oscar race just got even more interesting.
The surprise win is the first time DreamWorks has beaten a Pixar film for the top prize since 2001’s Shrek over Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. Panda took home fifteen statues Friday night and tied for the most wins ever. The Annie Award has matched the “Best Animated Feature” category at the Academy Awards every single year but one.
I thoroughly enjoyed Kfp, but I was under the impression that Wall-e was a better film all around. While DreamWorks Animation has stepped up its game in recent years, Pixar’s animation was exceptional. This is a major upset, especially since Wall-e went home with nothing. The Oscar race just got even more interesting.
- 1/31/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
The Academy Awards are slowly creeping up, just three months away now with buzz seeming to only surround a handful of movies. But one piece of the puzzle and a solid indicator of the “Best Animated Feature” Oscar are the Annie Awards, now in their 36th year.
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda earned 16 total nominations, a tie for the most in the history of the ceremonies. The other movies to pull that off were 2004’s The Incredibles and 2005’s Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Since the Annies started, the Annie Award for “Best Animated Feature” has predicted the Oscar winner every single time but once.
This is huge for DreamWorks, who makes successful animated movies like Shrek, but hasn’t seem to put out the quality of film that Pixar seems to churn out on a regular basis. Just for comparison, this year’s expert pick for...
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda earned 16 total nominations, a tie for the most in the history of the ceremonies. The other movies to pull that off were 2004’s The Incredibles and 2005’s Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Since the Annies started, the Annie Award for “Best Animated Feature” has predicted the Oscar winner every single time but once.
This is huge for DreamWorks, who makes successful animated movies like Shrek, but hasn’t seem to put out the quality of film that Pixar seems to churn out on a regular basis. Just for comparison, this year’s expert pick for...
- 12/3/2008
- by Jeff
- newsinfilm.com
DreamWorks' excellent "Kung Fu Panda" lead the 2008 Annie Award nominees with a total of seventeen nominations which included Best Feature, Best Feature Writing, Best Directing, Best Animated Effects, Best Character Animation as well as Best Animated Video Game. (See featured store items at the bottom of the page) Disney/Pixar's heart-warming "Wall-e" ended second best with a total of eight nominations. Also faring well was another Disney pic in the recent "Bolt" voiced by John Travolta and Miley Cyrus. The adventure comedy scored five nominations. DreamWorks, which also released "Kung Fu Panda" companion piece "Secrets of the Furious Five" and "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," landed a grand total of 27 nominations. As listed, here are the 2008 Annie Award Nominations by CategoryPRODUCTION CATEGORIESBest Animated Feature Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation $9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films Wall•E – Pixar Animation Studios Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici,...
- 12/2/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
On Monday, December 1, the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has come out with an announcement of 2008 Annie Awards' nominations. Dominating the list is "Kung Fu Panda" with 17 nods for the animated features category as well as for video games category.
In the feature film category itself, this DreamWorks Animation comedy has collected in total 16 nods. One comes from the production category, that is Best Animated Feature, whereas the rest from the individual nominations. For the Best Voice Acting title, "Panda" has managed to put three of its voice actors, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong and Ian McShane, to compete with voice actors from "Wall-e" and "Bolt". Additionally, it also gives directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne a shot for Best Animated Film Director.
Beside "Kung Fu Panda", other movies collecting multiple nominations for Annie are "Bolt" and "Wall-e". "Bolt" has earned 9 counts and "Wall-e" has landed on 8 nods. Both of which...
In the feature film category itself, this DreamWorks Animation comedy has collected in total 16 nods. One comes from the production category, that is Best Animated Feature, whereas the rest from the individual nominations. For the Best Voice Acting title, "Panda" has managed to put three of its voice actors, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong and Ian McShane, to compete with voice actors from "Wall-e" and "Bolt". Additionally, it also gives directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne a shot for Best Animated Film Director.
Beside "Kung Fu Panda", other movies collecting multiple nominations for Annie are "Bolt" and "Wall-e". "Bolt" has earned 9 counts and "Wall-e" has landed on 8 nods. Both of which...
- 12/2/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Photo: DreamWorks Animation The International Animated Film Society announced the nominees for the 2008 Annie Awards and Kung Fu Panda is leading the way with 17 nominations followed by Disney's Bolt with 9 and the Disney/Pixar feature Wall-e earning 8. Panda picked up a healthy amount of noms in categories such as Character Animation, Character Design, Music, Production Design, Storyboarding, Voice Acting and Writing. In each of those categories it was either nominated while Bolt and Wall-e were not or secured multiple nominations giving it the outright nomination lead by 8. Could this be a sign of a Panda-over-wall-e Oscar upset? The nominees are listed below and you can check out the official award site here. Best Animated Feature Bolt (Walt Disney Animation Studios) Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks Animation) $9.99 (Sherman Pictures/Lama Films) Wall-e (Pixar Animation Studios) Waltz With Bashir (Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films) Best Animated Home Entertainment...
- 12/1/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" fought off stiff competition to earn 16 nominations -- the most for a feature -- for the International Animated Film Society's 36th Annual Annie Awards.
That includes a nomination for best-animated feature, a category that includes Pixar Animation Studios "Wall-e"-considered the frontrunner for the Oscar-which earned seven nominations. "Panda" and "Wall-e" also earned one additional nomination each in the best video game competition.
The top category is rounded out by nominations for Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Bolt," a 3-D release that earned five nominations; Sony Pictures Classics' "Waltz With Bashir," Israel's award-winning documentary, which took four nominations; and Sherman Pictures/Lama Films "$9.99," a stop-motion title that earned two nominations.
Blue Sky Studios' "Dr. Suess' Horton Hear as Who," a Fox release, also had a strong showing with five nominations.
All of these features are short listed by AMPAS for this season's animated feature competition.
Dwa earned a total of 27 nominations.
That includes a nomination for best-animated feature, a category that includes Pixar Animation Studios "Wall-e"-considered the frontrunner for the Oscar-which earned seven nominations. "Panda" and "Wall-e" also earned one additional nomination each in the best video game competition.
The top category is rounded out by nominations for Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Bolt," a 3-D release that earned five nominations; Sony Pictures Classics' "Waltz With Bashir," Israel's award-winning documentary, which took four nominations; and Sherman Pictures/Lama Films "$9.99," a stop-motion title that earned two nominations.
Blue Sky Studios' "Dr. Suess' Horton Hear as Who," a Fox release, also had a strong showing with five nominations.
All of these features are short listed by AMPAS for this season's animated feature competition.
Dwa earned a total of 27 nominations.
- 12/1/2008
- by By Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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