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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Talk about awkward. The last headline below this one is an endorsement of mocap filmmaking from Steven Spielberg. But the major industry talk today that wasn't centered on SXSW was all about how the mocap film Mars Needs Moms absolutely tanked in its debut weekend. There is some significant fallout from that failure: Disney has…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released a third movie trailer for the Robert Zemeckis’ produced adaptation of Berkley Breathed’s children's book Mars Needs Moms. This trailer is a minute and a half long and titled "Stay Cool." The performance capture film is being directed by The Prince of Egypt/The Time Machine helmer Simon Wells and stars…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released a second movie trailer for the Robert Zemeckis’ produced adaptation of Berkley Breathed’s children's book Mars Needs Moms. The performance capture film is being directed by The Prince of Egypt/The Time Machine helmer Simon Wells and stars Seth Green, Joan Cusack and Dan Fogler. I have been disappointed with everything…
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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 32 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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We've seen a poster and one image from Mars Needs Moms, the Robert Zemeckis-produced Disney film that adapts Berkeley Breathed's book of the same name. Both suggested that quite a few liberties had been taken with the material, and now there's a trailer to show just how far Disney has taken it. First thing I…
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We've seen one poster image (with a strong Close Encounters vibe) for the Disney film Mars Needs Moms. Now there's a new image from the film that shows off both the aliens and a couple of human characters.The film's title always makes me assume it's a kitschy kids film -- which would be fine --…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released the first movie poster for the Robert Zemeckis’ produced adaptation of Berkley Breathed’s children's book Mars Needs Moms on Yahoo. The performance capture film is being directed by The Prince of Egypt/The Time Machine helmer Simon Wells and stars Seth Green, Joan Cusack and Dan Fogler. Hit the jump to…
Read MoreIMAX and Walt Disney Pictures announced today that the Robert Zemeckis-produced Mars Needs Moms starring Seth Green and Joan Cusack, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Pixar's Cars 2, will all be released in IMAX 3D (in addition to the traditional 2D and 3D releases). Mars Needs Moms is not much of a…
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Very unexpected news from the Disney camp today: the studio has just issued a press release saying that, after production finishes on Mars Needs Moms, the Robert Zemeckis studio ImageMovers Digital will be closed in 2011. We don't have a lot of details on the closing right now, but a statement from Walt Disney Studios…
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Disney has announced a release date for the Robert Zemeckis’ produced adaptation of Berkley Breathed’s children's book Mars Needs Moms! and Paramount Pictures has confirmed the release o fthe Steven Spielberg-directed 3D performance capture adaptation The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Details after the jump. Mars Needs Moms! will hit theaters on…
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It seems that I'm doubting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rather a lot today (after questioning Mike Leigh's sole credit on screenplays) but I do have a real issue with their lack of recognition for stunt teams. If somebody dies making a film, chances are it was one of the stunt team…
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The motion-captured movie of Berkley Breathed's Mars Needs Moms is getting stacked up with cast and The Hollywood Reporter have named the three latest signings to join the mission: Seth Green, Joan Cusack and Mindy Sterling. Taking advantage of the body-morphing facilities of the mo-cap process, Green's character will be little Milo, a mere lad…
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As any bad observational comedian will tell you, you can wait all year for a Berkley Breathed news story to come along, and then two will come along at once. One of these is from a nameable - and therefore, visibly verifiable - source, and the other... I can't tell you who told me. So…
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Johnny Depp has told Disney that he would be willing to return for a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean, but now word comes that director Gore Verbinski (who helmed the three previous films) is uninterested in helming the project. "Gore's sick of pirates. If I wrote a scene that had to be shot on water,…
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