New images for "Wreck-it Ralph"

      Ever since Despicable Me I think that almost every film that I've seen stars the villain that turns into the hero like Megamind, Puss in Boots, and some other films now this time its a villain from the world of video games.
       Starring John C. Reilly as the voice of Ralph, the film follows the title character, an 8-bit video game Bad Guy who dreams of being a hero. In order to change peoples’ perception of him, he travels to another video game land to confront the first person shooter character Sergeant Calhoun, voiced by Jane Lynch. But things don’t work out quite as Ralph planned.
        Directer Rich Moore (The Simpsons, Futurama)said this-

          I love the idea of a very simple 8-bit video game character struggling with the complex question: ‘isn’t there more to life than the role I’ve been assigned?’ In his quest for the answer, we journey with our hero through three visually distinct video game worlds.

          The film opens up November 2. Check out the images in the link below-
          http://www.slashfilm.com/disneys-wreckit-ralph/

New Disney short "Paperman" revealed

      Disney is starting to go all out with shorts. Since they made my favorite The Ballad of Niessie and the short sequel to Tangled, Tangled Ever After. Now a new project is revealed.
      Hears what animator for the short Patrick Osborne had to say-

         We’re finishing up a rather exciting project at Disney in the next few weeks. It’s been keeping me pretty busy and away from this blog. The short is called Paperman. Directed by John Kahrs, the short will be running the festival circuit next year. We’re very proud of this one and can’t wait to show the world.

         That was posted December 29 so “next year” really refers to this year. This short could premiere in front of Disney's new animated project coming out this year called Wreck-it-Ralph.
          

"The Secret World of Arrietty" review: "See in theaters"

       I love the work of Studio Ghibli, since I think that its Pixar in Japan. My favorites are Kiki's Delivery, Ponyo, and Howl's Moving Castle (those are actually the ones I've seen).
       Beautiful hand-drawn animation, a great cast like Amy Poehler. A wonderful classic story. Critics say "The Secret World of Arrietty is a marvelously captivating animated feature about very tiny people and the full-scale world they inhabit." but some bad reviews like "This could have been, and should have been, a marvelous treat for children of all ages."
       So go see it, I think I might since me and my mom are huge Studio Ghibli fans.

Hints about two new projects from Studio Ghibli

      The Secret World of Arriety is the first Studio Ghibli film to premiere in America since 2009's Ponyo. Well now there are some new hints to whats ahead of this beautiful anime studio.
       Hayao Miyazaki’s son, Goro Miyazaki will be working on a new samurai film that blends fact and fiction and takes place “in the northeastern Tohoku region of Japan during the Middle Ages.”  This one sounds cool.
       The other project is from Evangelion director Hideaki Anno witch doesn't really say anything, hears what he said-

     “Director A” and “Director H” attended a meeting about an exhibition that “Director A” is supervising for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo this summer. A major highlight of the exhibition will be a new film work specifically made for the event.

         I don't know any of that is but in other news Hayao Miyazaki's film is set to be released sometime in 2013. I just wish that this studio makes a Samurai Jack film.

 

New Pixar short in the works from the minds of Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton

     There's been talk that now that Finding Nemo directer Andrew Stanton is off directing his first live-action film John Carter (I wanna see) that hes gonna quit working at Pixar. Well hes not- or I hope he isn't. I mean Ratatouille directer Brad Bird made his first live-action directing debut with last years Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and it was a hit. And it seems that he doing well at the animation studio.
       Well Stanton and directer of Up and with his new film set on the inside of a young girls mind Pete Docter are in works of a new short. Hears what Stanton had to say-

        Yeah. As a matter of fact I’m developing a short film with Pete Docter. There’s an idea that he and I have had for years that we are finally getting around to doing which is kind of funny. We are both way too busy, but we just love the idea of doing this one little project together and then I’ve been… I executive produce a lot of the films over there and so I spend a lot of… People keep thinking I’ve been away from there, but I actually have been on campus for the last year and a half just helping watch over other stuff, but I don’t have a feature film of my own that’s an animated Pixar film that’s coming up soon, no. That’s a ways away.

       Stanton also gave a great follow-up statement that suggests he’s really not going anywhere, with respect to Pixar.

        I think it’s more fear that they think you’re going to get a taste for it and then leave. I’ve been saying this since the beginning, I said “What am I crazy? I worked so hard to help with this environment of this sort of free range chicken of being able to make movies without anybody messing with you, why would I ever want to leave it?” I’ll leave… If I’m making a live action film I’ll leave to actually shoot on location, but anything I’m ever going to develop or work on that’s animated this is my home. I’ve spent twenty years trying to make this my home; I’m not about to leave it.

     Well theirs my answer- 

Audiences angry at Aardman for making fun of Leprosy

    You wouldn't think that an animated film would make fun of something as serious as leprosy disease. Will if you've seen the trailer for Aardman's The Pirates! then you'll see a pretty funny scene were Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) lands on a ship and demands gold, only to be told, “Afraid we don’t have any gold old man, this is a leper boat. See?” as a crew member’s arm falls off. Leprosy organizations complained that the scene could aggravate the discrimination and stigma experienced by sufferers of the disease, and Aardman responded by agreeing to change the scene in question.
    “After reviewing the matter, we decided to change the scene out of respect and sensitivity for those who suffer from leprosy. The last thing anyone intended was to offend anyone and it is clear to us that the right way to proceed is to honor the efforts made by organizations like ILEP to educate the public about this disease,” the studio said in a statement. 
       In reference to Aardman’s move, Lepra Health in Action said it was “genuinely delighted that Aardman has decided to amend the film” and commended Aardman for its sensitivity.
       Its nice to see Aardman be the bigger man and change the scene. I wouldn't, I mean I have an idea for an animated movie that is about the point of view of the horse in a western, in a scene the horses owner which is an outlaw shoots the horse. So I'm probably gonna get sued for animal crudity.  

Javier Bardem quits "Despicable Me 2"

      I last posted about Javier Bardem's first animated role in October, that he was hired to do the voice of the villain for the instant classic Despicable Me sequel. Now a slight change in plans has happened.
     The reason why he left was not clear (not because of his voice) so there is no telling why he signed off. But now that hes gone who will the new bad guy named "El Macho" be? I hope its George Lopez that voices, hes my favorite Mexican.
      Then time is running out for Illumination since the film is scheduled to be due on July 3, 2013. I hope Victor comes back because Jason Segal is awesome.

P.J. Hogan to direct "Bone" and Animal Logic to animate

    I last published a post on the new Bone film in the summer. Now there is a new director.
    Australian director P.J. Hogan will direct. He directed Muriel’s Wedding, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and the 2003 version of Peter Pan. And show Greek creator Patrick Sean Smith will write the script. I haven't seen any of those things so I really don't know if this will be good.
    Two films are in the works and there is still no talks if Bone author and illustrator Jeff Smith (also my idol) will be working on a script. But until then it will be shot in Australia (I would of thought that they would shoot in Oregon since most good films were shot there like The Goonies, and since in the comics of Bone it snows and rains and has beautiful creatures and beautiful sites witch is what Oregon is, and like the book Oregon has some strange people, to see what I'm talking about check out Portlandia on IFC because 1: its in Oegon and 2: Fred Armisen is in it).
       The Happy Feet movies and Owls of Ga'hool animation studio will animate. But they do allot of fur and animal stuff I don't know how there gonna make these cartoony creatures. Since I always thought of Jeff Smith's cartooning like a mix of Walt Disney cartoons with Walt Kelley art in a Harry Potter world.
        I really hope that they don't ruin Bone. I still read them and as I know that my friends have grown tired of these comics I still found them to be in my heart, which is what animation does.

New episode of "Angry Birds" seasons short

Well the new levels for Angry Birds Seasons is about a Chinese festival and hears an amazing looking animated short. Hear it is.

Progressive ad featuring "Sonic"

This is by far the best ad I've seen (next to the KIA rat dudes shuffling to Party Rock). The ad features Mario's competitor Sonic. Also makes the lovable Flo into an animated character.

"Tintin" wins Golden Globe

The Golden Globes to me is like a sneek peek at whats coming for the Oscars. Well I saw the Golden Globes and it was the worst one I've seen. I mean none of the people I wanted to win won except for Sofia Vergara and Modern Family. I mean 50/50 was amazing in every way possible. And so was Bridesmaids. Especially with War Horse. But noooo, movies that I never even heard of won like The Artis or whatever.
But still Tintin won. I didn't really care which film won I saw all of them and they were great, I just didn't want Cars 2 to win. Why Cars 2? Why not Winnie the Pooh or Kung Fu Panda even Rio would of been good. The winner announcements above.
Also in awards is The Peoples Choice Awards (doesn't really count) for favorite voice winner is Johnny Depp in Rango. Next to Ann Hathaway, Jack Black, Katy Perry, and Owen Wison.

New "Frankenweenie" image

   This kinda looks good. It shows the heartend side of this horror emotional black and white animated film that only Tim Burton can do. Image above.