Posts Tagged ‘animation’

Nerd Dads' First Potential Copyright Infringement Post

The Kid™ decided last week that she was going to draw Mickey Mouse, and by gum, she pretty much pulled it off! Sue away, Disney!

Zemeckis Going Back To Toontown?

According to numerous reports over the weekend, and a quick quote during an MTV interview, Robert Zemeckis has been using his current A Christmas Carol press junket to prime the pumps for a sequel to Roger Rabbit. He's not just blowing smoke, either, since he's telling people that he's "got the original writers that are [...]

CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS Preview Footage

It looks like the next DC Animated DVD Thing is going to be Crisis on Two Earths, which looks to borrow heavily from the Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely graphic novel, JLA: Earth 2. Of course, it's not a direct adaptation as evidenced by what appears to be an evil parallel universe version of Vibe in the [...]

A Cornucopia Of Super Villains In SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES

For the most part, I've been pretty unimpressed with the offerings from both Marvel and DC's direct to video animated movies, but I'll cop to being hesitantly positive about this week's Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, if for no other reason than seeing all these cold-powered villains together got my nerd senses a tingling! Of course, having [...]

An Animated Jason Short?

Neat!

Clip #1 from Shhh!, the short film from Animidas on Vimeo.

Movies We'll Be Seeing: PLANET 51

Just a few thought about the trailers so far for Planet 51 (trailer 1, trailer 2), an animated family flick about an astronaut who lands on a planet that happens to be inhabited by aliens with a surprisingly typical American way of life. It's sort of like an inverted alien invasion movie with an E.T. [...]

Disney And Dalí's DESTINO

Enjoy it while it remains online - here's Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí's Destino, a short film the two began working on in 1945 that wasn't actually released until 2003. It'll be hitting DVD next year along with a Making Of documentary that'll dwarf the length of actual Fantasia-esque cartoon itself.

PONYO Gets US Release Date, English Trailer

Looks like Disney's settled on an August 14th release date for Ponyo. They've just announced the date, along with a brand new trailer and loads of newborn Nerd Dads excitement about the movie!

Click the pic above to see the trailer. Man, I love me some Miyazaki.