With awards season in full force, it seems like each week brings a fresh set of winners from the various guilds, societies, associations, and what have you. This past weekend saw both the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Awards and the Art Directors Guild Awards, with Rango, Hugo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:…
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Here's your best indicator yet as to what the crop of nominations for the Best Picture Oscar is likely to be. The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced its nominations for 2011 awards, which will be doled out on January 21. The ten films nominated for the PGA's top honor include expected pictures such…
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In 2010, only 15 films were eligible for the Best Animated Film Oscar. Under the current rules, at least 16 films have to be eligible to have more than three nominees and this year that's looking likely. Eighteen films have been deemed eligible to be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 84rd Annual Academy…
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam wonder about the future of Akira and Uncharted, get psyched about David Fincher's next film, and express their disgust for The Hangover: Part II. Special guest Katey Rich joins us from CinemaBlend. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us…
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This past awards season, The Hollywood Reporter posted full hour long roundtable interviews with the directors, screenwriters, animators and actors of the award season contenders. It seems like that was so successful that they have done the same thing for their Summer 2011 movie preview. After the jump you can watch a 58-minute roundtable interview…
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I'm in Las Vegas at Cinema Con, the movie exhibition convention formerly known as ShoWest. This is where movie theater owners, managers, industry merchants, the guys who design concession stand and projection equipment, and others gather to network with other professionals, learn about new equipment, trends and of course -- get excited about upcoming movies.…
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I was invited Friday morning to a presentation of Dreamworks Animation's 2011 slate. Jeffrey Katzenberg hosted the dog and pony show at the Directors Guild of America, where Hollywood press gathered to see the latest computer animated sequels/spin-offs. We got to see the first half of Kung Fu Panda 2 and 15-20 minutes of Puss…
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DreamWorks Animation has revealed a couple of the new characters we'll see in Kung Fu Panda 2 on the film's Facebook page. Hit the jump to check them out. Here are some of the new characters: [gallery order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="ID"] Here is information on the new characters: The Wolf Boss and his pack were once…
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Disney and Pixar have always been the undisputed champions of animation but a new contender has been rising in the ranks over the last several years: DreamWorks. The studio that brought us the Shrek films, Antz, Chicken Run, Madagascar, Bee Movie and many others has been fighting the good fight for the better part of…
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"This could mean the end of kung fu." We saw a hint of Kung Fu Panda 2's animated animal wuxia action in the Super Bowl commercial, but here is a full trailer. You know, just in case you care about ancillary stuff like story. Check it out after the break. There's a lot of the…
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Sometimes trailers flash by our eyes so fast, it's hard to describe what you see. That's especially the case when you see several never before seen trailers back to back. A /Film reader was at the Russian International Film Market this week and experienced just that as Paramount reportedly showed several never-before-seen trailers, many of…
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Here are some nuggets of news from two upcoming sequels that are in radically different stages of production: Star Trek 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2. Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof are still "boldly going" on the script to the second Star Trek, which, at the moment, has a June 2012 release date…
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We've previously written about the "DreamWorks Smirk", but /Film reader Jake Mckay has noticed a new trend in the Hollywood marketing of animated movies... the Worried Face.
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DreamWorks Animation has premiered the Super Bowl television spot for Kung Fu Panda 2, or Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom as it is officially titled. The trailer is now online, as is the official plot synopsis. Hit the jump to watch it now, but keep in mind it's purely a teaser trailer. And…
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We won’t know until this Sunday which two teams will be playing in Super Bowl XLV on February 6 (Let’s go Jets!) but we do know several of the movies that will be competing during the commercial breaks. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Paramount has five commercial spots for some of its upcoming films:…
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What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 (!?!) different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.…
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There has been one brief teaser trailer for Kung-Fu Panda 2 ("kung-fu staring contest!") that offered only a slight bit of actual footage. Now there is a TV spot that delivers a bit more. Check it out after the break. This is pretty skimpy stuff, I know, but in the week between Christmas and New…
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DreamWorks Animation has premiered the first teaser trailer for Kung Fu Panda 2, or Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom as it is officially titled, in front of prints of Megamind. The trailer is now online, as is the official plot synopsis. Hit the jump to watch it now, but keep in mind it's…
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A few weeks ago it was reported that Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro spends time each week at DreamWorks Animation developing upcoming projects, acting as a creative consultant on several specific projects. This entails helping out on design or story, and other things he's executive producing and developing, none of those projects…
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DreamWorks Animation has announced plans to release five feature films every two years, up from their previous two films a year schedule. The company cites their "three very successful franchises" as one of the reasons to produce an extra film every other year. Apparently the plan is to release one or two sequels a year,…
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We knew it was in the works, but DreamWorks Animation has officially announced that a 3D sequel to Kung Fu Panda will hit digital theaters and IMAX theatres on June 3rd 2011. The sequel will follow Po, "the world's biggest kung fu fan, as he continues his journey as the chosen one who fulfills an…
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Paramount Home Entertainment have announced that a companion film/sequel to Kung Fu Panda will be released on DVD/Blu-ray on November 9th, bundled with the original film as part of a "Pandamonium Double Pack". The companion film is titled Secrets of the Furious Five. While the slug-line "The Kung Fu Panda story continues" leads you to…
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DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says that the computer animation studio is in talks for a Kung Fu Panda sequel, and plans to have at least one more Madagascar film, if not more. Katzenberg told reporters on Wednesday that they are currently having conversations about a possible Kung Fu Panda 2, and to expect an…
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Kung Fu Panda was the first non-Pixar computer animated film that I really enjoyed. When I saw the film a few months back, I said to one of my friends “This is gonna be huge, lets hope they don’t f**k it up by making a sequel.” Well guess what... A story crew has already begun…
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