Beverly Hills, CA The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
The Cat Piano, Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The Peoples Republic of Animation)
French Roast, Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films)
Granny OGrimms Sleeping Beauty, Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh OConnell, producer (Brown Bag Films)
The Kinematograph, Tomek Baginski, director-producer (Platige Image)
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la [...]
Raja Gosnell to helm Smurfs
Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:48 AM | From MovieJungle
Raja Gosnell ("Beverly Hills Chihuahua," "Yours, Mine and Ours") will direct Sony's "Smurfs" which will be released in both 2-D and 3-D formats on December 17th next year.
Jordan Kerner ("Charlotte's Web") and J. David Stern and David N. Weiss ("Shrek 2," "Jimmy Neutron") wrote the screenplay based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford (a.k.a. Peyo).
The characters then played in a popular animated TV series starting in 1981. The story followed little blue dwarflike creatures with varying personalities. Get tons of details on "Smurfs" at Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurfs.
UPDATES: Have Oscar Producers Found A Director? Negotiations Are Underway
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences just announced:
Beverly Hills, CA Hamish Hamilton will direct the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today. It will be Hamiltons first time directing the Oscar show.
Hamish is a first-rate live-show director who will bring enthusiasm, experience and a fresh eye to the table, said Shankman. Hes also a master of working with all of the latest technology in television production, which speaks to the kind of cutting-edge show Bill and I are planning.
Adam and I know [...]
Beverly Hills, CA The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
The Beaches of Agnes, Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris)
Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films)
The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society)
Every Little Step, James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, directors (Endgame Entertainment)
Facing Ali, Pete McCormack, director (Network Films Inc.)
Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert [...]
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences stated today:
Beverly Hills, CA Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards®.
The 20 submitted features are:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Astro Boy
Battle for Terra
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Disney's A Christmas Carol
The Dolphin Story of a Dreamer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Mary and Max
The Missing Lynx
Monsters vs. Aliens
9
Planet 51
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
A Town Called Panic
Up
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, The Dolphin Story of a Dreamer, Fantastic Mr. [...]
Robert Pattinson Finds The Strangest Things When He Googles Himself
FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: When you attain the kind of world-wide fame "Twilight" young stars are experiencing, you start to hear a lot of weird rumors about yourselfincluding ones that are physically impossible. When MTV News caught up with star Robert Pattinson at a Beverly Hills press event (we'll be rolling out tons from it [...]
Interview: The Box Director Richard Kelly - Part 1: Spoiler Free
Just yesterday, at a quaint hotel in Beverly Hills, I sat down to interview Richard Kelly, the mastermind behind the upcoming film The Box and one of my all-time favorite films, Donnie Darko. We spoke at length about developing The Box and his fascination with science fiction, but because his new film has some big surprise twists, I decided to record a second part talking specifically about spoilers (that will be posted next week after this hits theaters). This half of the interview is completely spoiler free and is about everything The Box and how he got to this point in his career. If you're a fan of Richard Kelly, you need to watch this!
Watch my interview with The Box writer and director Richard Kelly:
This interview was shot using my Flip Mino camera. In terms of my thoughts on The Box, I actually liked it a lot. I can't talk ...
AMPAS Announces Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Winners For 2009
Six writers won the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team will receive the first installment of a $30,000 prize at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on November 12. This year's winners are (listed alphabetically by author): Matt Ackley of Los Angeles for Victoria Falls; Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher of Los Angeles for Sand Dogs; John Griffin of Los Angeles for Dream Before Waking; Nidhi Anna Verghese of Los Angeles for Jallianwala Bagh; Jeff Williams of Wake Forest, N.C. for Pure. [...]
HOW DOES RYAN DO IT? Kavanaugh Announces $300M Revolving Credit For Another Round Of Relativity/Universal Pics
LOS ANGELES, CA, OCTOBER 22, 2009 - Relativity Media, LLC (RML) announced today Beverly Blvd 2 LLC (Beverly 2), a wholly owned subsidiary of RML has entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility that provides for up to a total commitment amount of $300 Million (the Facility). Comerica Bank and Union Bank, N.A., jointly arranged the transaction.
Relativity plans to use amounts available under the Facility to fund pictures in its co-financing/co-production deal with Universal Pictures. In addition, Relativity will continue to maintain a significant equity investment (and own 100% of the equity) in Beverly 2, which will be used [...]
A Celebration of The X-Files in Beverly Hills
Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:28 AM | From FilmShaft
Interesting timing on this one… Not three hours after we ...
