Morning Studio Briefs: Speed, Tintin, etc etc
ITEM! Fox heard ka-ching when the animated HORTON HEARS A WHO slew at the box office this weekend. It's $45.1 million opening weekend...
Heavy Metal movie in the works
Is the world ready for a an updated trippy director/artist-cartoon mash-up, all influenced by European sex and drugs comics of the 70s and 80s?
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B****** S***** the cartoon
Oh God.
Some days it is hard to get out of bed. This is why.
PS: Not to get all serious, but as ICv2 points out,...
Saul Bass vs Star Wars
http://www.youtube.com/v/z25t-PQDn5A
We're reasonably sure that the highly erudite folks who read The Beat get this joke, but just to give a little background, Bass was...
More film and TV news
§ IGN has the new Iron Man Trailer in high def.
§ Should there be a VENTURE BROS. feature film? Hell yes!
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CORALINE teaser online
http://www.youtube.com/v/0GkMa040rtw&rel=1
Based on Neil Gaiman's short story and directed by Henry Selick, this movie features the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and Ian McShane....
Your Guide to winning the Oscar Pool!
As usual, it takes no skill to figure out the big winners at the Oscars, the occasional Crash aside. Picking the Coen Brothers, Javier...
RATATOUILLE sweeps Annie Awards
Ratatouille, the Pixar feature about a gourmet food loving rat won 10 Annie Awards over the weekend, including best feature, best writing and directing...
And the Oscar goes to …
This year's nominees for Best Animated Feature are:
* "Persepolis"
* "Ratatouille"
* "Surf's Up"
This year's nominees for Best Animated Short Film are:
* Même les pigeons...
Watch METRONOME
Via Bryan Talbot's website:
As mentioned before in this news column, last year Bryan took on the responsibility of being the sole agent for Veronique...
