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    Release Dates: Guillermo Del Toro's 'Crimson Peak,' 'Pitch Perfect 2,' 'Everest,' 'Ouija' And Others

    By Germain Lussier January 31st, 2014

    Universal Pictures just dated seven major upcoming releases including three in 2015. The biggest titles are Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, which will hit regular and IMAX theaters October 16, 2015 and Pitch Perfect 2, which'll be out May 15, 2015. There's also Baltasar Kormákur's star-studded Everest on February 27, 2015 and the Platinum Dunes film…

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    Louis C.K., Kevin Hart Join Universal's Animated Pets Movie

    By Angie Han January 24th, 2014

    The folks that created the Minions are preparing to bring you another adventure involving adorable animated critters. Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, and Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) have joined the voice cast of an untitled Universal Studios / Illumination Entertainment picture about pets in New York City. At the helm are Chris Renaud, who co-directed both…

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    'Despicable Me 2' Trailer And Poster: Guess Who's Back

    By Angie Han March 19th, 2013

    What the earlier Despicable Me 2 teaser trailers lacked in information, they made up for in cuteness. The puffy yellow minions were all over those, performing "Barbara Ann" and investigating otherworldly visitors. Now a full-length trailer has arrived, and while it's not quite as adorable (that's just what happens when you shift focus away from…

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  • Al Pacino Joins His First Animated Feature: 'Despicable Me 2'

    By Germain Lussier February 4th, 2012

    While one could argue that Al Pacino's acting has gotten overly animated in the last few years, he's never actually been animated. Until now. The Oscar-winning actor just signed to voice his first animated character: the villain in Despicable Me 2, which is scheduled for release on July 3, 2013. It's the role Javier Bardem…

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  • 'The Lorax' Australian Trailer Offers A Bleak Look At The Post-Once-Ler Landscape

    By Angie Han November 9th, 2011

    If last month's trailer for The Lorax seemed surprisingly cutesy and sweet for an urgent environmental fable, perhaps the new Australian trailer will balance it out. Where the last one really played up the colorful setting and playful tone, the new video offers a much better look at the destruction the greedy Once-ler (voiced by…

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  • 'The Lorax' Trailer: Adding Backstory To Dr. Seuss' Environmental Tale

    By Russ Fischer October 27th, 2011

    Here's the trailer for The Lorax, the CGI animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. The story describes a budding industrialist, the Once-ler, who destroys a small ecosystem in order to make and sell his invention, the theed, a thing that everyone needs. In doing so he meets the disapproval of…

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  • Villanous Once-Ler From 'The Lorax' Revealed [Gallery]

    By Angie Han October 20th, 2011

    Anyone who read Dr. Seuss' The Lorax as a kid is undoubtedly familiar with the title character, the mustachioed orange grump who speaks for the trees. The villainous Once-ler, on the other hand, has always remained more of a mystery. Seuss' books showed only a pair of long, spindly arms, leaving readers to guess at…

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  • Javier Bardem To Voice Villain In 'Despicable Me 2'

    By Germain Lussier October 6th, 2011

    An Oscar-winner known for calling people "Friend-O" could soon be playing an animated character name "El Macho." Javier Bardem, best known for his villainous turn in the Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men is in negotiations to voice the bad guy in Despicable Me 2, the 3D animated sequel to the 2010 hit starring…

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