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Genndy Tartakovsky to Direct 3D 'Popeye'

Damon Houx — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:13:30 +0000

The cartoon character ‘Popeye’ is missing an eye, right? He’s always got one closed and he is a sailor, so it’s likely that he lost one handling hooks, or fighting with some aquatic creature. But even though Popeye can’t see stereoscopically, he’s getting the animated 3D treatment from director Genndy Tartakovsky. Tartakovsky is best known [...]

The Jim Henson Company Making a 'Frog and Toad' Movie

Jacob Hall — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:03:11 +0000

It’s an announcement that will surely have thousands of childhoods buzzing with nostalgia: the Jim Henson Company will be taking Arnold Lobel’s ‘Frog and Toad’ book series to the big screen as an animated movie. Of course, the Jim Henson Company is the studio behind everyone’s favorite Warm And Fuzzy Childhood Memory, the Muppets, which [...]

'The Devil Wears Prada' Getting a Sequel

Sean O'Connell — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:09:10 +0000

Why didn’t ‘The Devil Wear Prada’ get a sequel? Even ‘Garfield’ got ‘A Tale of Two Kitties.’ And ‘Prada’ was a flat-out hit. It earned $326M worldwide (on a reported $35M budget). It nabbed Meryl Streep yet another Oscar nomination. And it elevated the already rising stars of both Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt. All of these factors should have led to a sequel. Now, 6 years later, it just might.