Alice in Wonderland and Avatar production designer to be honored by Hollywood Film Festival

Oscar-winning production designer Robert Stromberg, whose work was most recently featured in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and James Cameron’s Avatar, will receive the Hollywood Film Festival’s Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award during the Festival’s October 25th awards gala Ceremony, according to festival founder and president Carlos de Abreu. Stromberg’s selection followed a ….

Cameron may re-release Avatar late summer with new scenes, plus one or two sequels possible

James Cameron and Fox are discussing a possible re-release of Avatar in 3D theaters, late this summer, with get this, additional scenes that were left on the cutting-room floor. This according to a report by THR. As for how much additional footage the director could add to the sci-fi epic, the guessing began earlier today ….

Win one of two copies of Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy

Just in time for the release of Tim Burton’s take on Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland, FilmFetish is giving away two copies of a recent addition to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series titled Alice in Wonderful and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser. The book explores life’s ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps ….

Live music performances, Tim Burton and Alice in Wonderland cast headline free fan event February 19th

Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Records are teaming up with Hot Topic, KIIS-FM, MySpace and musical artists from the upcoming album Almost Alice for a great big ultimate fan event celebrating the upcoming Alice in Wonderland. The star-studded concert event kicks off at 5 p.m. on February 19, 2010, at the Hollywood & Highland ….

Anne Hathaway to join Academy President Tom Sherak for Oscar nominations

Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-nominated actress and Academy member Anne Hathaway. Sherak and Hathaway will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference at the Academy’s Samuel ….

Toy Story 1 and 2 returning to theaters in 3D, plus updates on a boatload of new 3D projects

Low-cost quality hosting and domain names: byhandmedia.net On October 2nd, Disney/Pixar has scheduled a short-run release of the Toy Story films as a double feature, according to Screenrant. For two weeks the films will play in theaters. This of course, is meant to lead up to the Lee Unkrich-directed Toy Story 3, slated for release ….

Tron, Alice in Wonderland and more footage to be in 3-D at Comic-Con ’09, plus Miyazaki and Lasseter to attend

Disney has released its Comic-Con 3-D heavy lineup, and the studio confirmed that it will showcase 3-D footage of the new Tron film, along with 3-D clips from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol. Directors Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton will join Tron producers Sean Bailey and Steve Lisberger on ….

New production art from Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland

Some beautiful production paintings have gone online at a French blog called The Art of Disney Animation, via AICN. Absolutely stunning! Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, which is based on the Lewis Carroll classic novel, is due in theaters on March 5, 2010, and stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, ….