Animation

Trailer online for Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter

A few weeks ago, I posted details on Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter HERE, which Warner Bros. is releasing on March 24, 2009, soon after the film hits theaters and IMAX. Now MTV has posted an exclusive trailer for the animated epic, which brings to animated life the novels richly layered story-within-a-story, about a ….

Robots from Jonathan Mostow’s sci-fi thriller Surrogates revealed at New York Comic Con

Disney previewed Pixar’s Up and the Bruce Willis sci-fi thriller the Surrogates at New York Comic Con, over the weekend. Up director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera walked the audience through three very extended clips from the new animated film, and explained the some of the technical challenges in creating the movie, including how ….

Astro Boy’s butt cannon concept art revealed at New York Comic Con

I saw footage from Imagi Animation’s upcoming computer-animated Astro Boy movie at New York Comic Con over the weekend, at the Summit Entertainment panel moderated by IGN Movies editor-in-chief Eric Moro. Also revealed were detailed concept designs for the film’s characters and technology. Based on the beloved Japanese manga by Osamu Tezuka, the adaptation will ….

Brett Ratner bringing Youngblood and Fly Wires comics to the big screen

Reliance Big Entertainment has nabbed big screen rights to Rob Liefeld’s graphic novel Youngblood, with Brett Ratner attached to helm, according to Variety. Youngblood follows the exploits of a group of superheroes sanctioned and overseen by the U.S. government. “Most of the great graphic novels are gone, and Youngblood is one of the few comicbooks ….

Black Panther – the TV series featuring voice of Djimon Hounsou to preview at NYCC

He is the King of Wakanda, and soon he will be the King of TV. Marvel Animation and BET proudly present an exclusive look at the upcoming Black Panther cartoon, featuring the voice talents of Djimon Hounsou and more. Reggie Hudlin, executive producer and writer, Denys Cowan, artist John Romita, Jr., and more will discuss ….

Enter your short or animation and win a trip to Beijing and cash from Adobe

I wish this was a FilmFetish.com sponsored contest, but alas… This one is sponsored by Adobe, and it’s for full-time film and design students working in a variety of formats, including short film, animation, motion graphics and much more. The 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards gives higher education students from around the globe the chance ….

Preview screening of Disney-Pixar’s Up at New York Comic-Con

New York Comic Con and Disney-Pixar just announced that the first 50 minutes of Disney-Pixars upcoming animated comedy Up will screen for the first time at New York Comic-Con. Up, the latest feature film from Disney-Pixar, is the story of Carl Fredricksen, a man who spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and ….

Watchmen exclusive DVD Tales of the Black Freighter release details and box art – it will include deleted scene from the movie

Everything seems to be about the Watchmen these days. There is a boat-load of great tie-in products being released with the film, and I hope to get my hands on some at New York Comic-Con next weekend. I have gotten a bunch of details from Warner Home Video, regarding the much talked about Tales of ….

Win one of three copies of Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder on DVD

Off we go, into the wild green yonder! Fox Home Entertainment presents the fourth and final feature-length epic of the animated sci-fi comedy Futurama when Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder arrives on DVD and Blu-ray February 24th 2009. To celebrate, Fox has provided FilmFetish.com three copies exclusively for readers. In order to be entered ….

Win one of three Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa two pack edition DVDs

On Friday February 6th, Paramount and Dreamworks will release the wild and hilarious animated hit Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on DVD and Blu-ray. To celebrate the release, the studios are sponsoring a giveaway on FilmFetish.com. Three lucky readers will have the opportunity to score one of three DVD two packs, featuring the movie Madagascar Escape ….

Tom and Jerry coming to theaters

Warner Bros. is planning to bring Tom and Jerry to theaters to create a new family franchise, according to Variety. Plans are to bring the always-fighting cat and mouse duo to life as CG characters within in live-action settings, similar to how Scooby Doo was brought to the big screen. The film project will be ….

August to pen Preacher adaptation and Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie

Writer John August has scored two high profile projects, that will see him working with directors Tim Burton and Sam Mendes. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he’s been contracted to write the comic book adaptation of Preacher for Mendes, and then the comedic horror Frankenweenie for Burton. Frankenweenie is based on a short film Burton ….