Where has Shane Acker been since his CG fantasy 9 hit theaters in 2009? Mostly, it seems that he's been doing pre-vis work at the company Third Floor as he develops other projects. One of those projects is a post-WWIII apocalypse adventure called Deep, with Valve Software involved, and there's a possible Thomas the Tank…
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Shane Acker made his feature directorial debut in 2009 with 9, which was the culmination of years of work that began with the short film of the same title, released in 2005. The former WETA animator (he worked on The Return of the King) didn't get the best reception with 9, but it certainly has…
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One of the /Film Twitter followers pointed out that 2009 will see the release of more than a couple movies with the number 9 in the title: Rob Marshall's musical Nine, the Peter Jackson-produced sci-fi film District 9, the Australian stop-animated $9.99, a Melissa Joan Hart thriller Nine Dead, and Shane Acker's 9. G4's Attack…
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Shane Acker's short animation 9 was a wonderful little fable, a redemption fantasy that blended stitchpunk images with dream-like plotting and a subtle blend of melancholy and fear. I loved it from the second I saw it, and was as such very disappointed to see it lose the Oscar - even to John Canemaker and…
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9 is a computer animated film produced by Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch), directed by former WETA Digital artist Shane Acker, and featuring the music of Danny Elfman. Based on Acker's Academy Award-nominated 2005 film festival short (watch it on YouTube), 9 is a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of…
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