Taika Waititi has stepped away from Bubbles, the movie about Michael Jackson's pet chimp. As a result, Netflix has pulled the plug on the film.
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I've heard a good number of people say that their favorite late summer film was Laika's Paranorman, and so it may hearten that audience to know that Laika has another film coming. It just isn't coming all that soon. The animation studio has set September 26, 2014 as the date for a film that is as…
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Even as we anticipate this year's big animated pictures, including Pixar's Brave, we're already getting curious about two projects that have been simmering for a while but won't hit for another couple of years. After the jump, check out a fresh bit of concept art from Pinocchio, a 3D stop-motion project being directed by Guillermo del…
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A few years ago Guillermo del Toro started working to produce a stop-motion animated take on Pinocchio. Despite some solid attached talent, like Fantastic Mr. Fox animator Mark Gustafson as co-director with Gus Grimly, whose illustrated take on the story helped spawn the project, this one has taken time to get to the production stage.…
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Animation house Laika has done a few supernatural-themed projects in a row, with Corpse Bride, Coraline and the forthcoming ParaNorman on its CV. Now the studio will make a third, as it plans to produce an adaptation of the Philip Reeve book Goblins, with Fantastic Mr. Fox animation director Mark Gustafson in the director's chair.…
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Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaking force of nature. Seemingly every few weeks, the writer/producer/director announces a new project and the latest will team him up with the Henson Company and Pathe to produce a 3D stop-motion animation version of Pinocchio. Based on a 2002 book of the classic fairy tale, the film will be…
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