VOTD: Learn How Science Has Helped Create Realistic Explosions In Blockbusters
A new video from the University of California explains how science has helped create more realistic movie explosions created by digital special effects.
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VOTD: The Evolution Of The Dreamworks And Disney Logos Over The Years
Ethan Jones has created a series of compilation videos showing how the DreamWorks and Disney logos openings have changed and evolved over the years.
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LOL: Monsters Vs. ALIENS
If DreamWorks Animation greenlit a sequel to Monsters vs. Aliens featuring the crossover with the Alien film franchise, it might look something like the above image imagined by Jacob Sparks. via: superpunch
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Dreamworks Say No Way To Monsters Vs. Aliens 2
Despite reasonable success in homeland theatres theaters and on shiny little discs, Monsters vs. Aliens has apparently underperformed internationally and, as a result, Jeffey Katzenberg has nixed any notion of a sequel. Nice to know that we're being listened to, Mr. K. Or, at least, that our little foreign wallets are. Katzenberg was speaking on…
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This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Monsters Vs. Aliens, Away We Go, The Girlfriend Experience, And More
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (SEASON 4) While just about every other sitcom today is either suffering from total creative bankruptcy or…
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Nickelodeon Orders Monsters Vs. Aliens Television Pilot
Last week when we reported that after the success of the Madagascar Penguins spin-off tv show, Nickelodeon had picked up an animated television series based on DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda. In the comments someone joked that, at very least, Monsters vs. Aliens wouldn't be coming to the small screen. That commenter obviously spoke too…
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/Filmcast Ep. 44 - Monsters Vs. Aliens (GUEST: Matt Singer From IFC)
In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the retitling of The Karate Kid, praise the tremendous new trailer for Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, ridicule the changed subtitles of Let the Right One In's home video release, and delve into the merits of Universal Soldier: The…
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Box Office: Monsters Vs. Aliens With Almost $12K Per 3-D Screen! The Future Of 3-D Is Looking UP!
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Dreamworks Animation have definitively proven that Digital 3-D is a blockbuster format. Not only has Monsters vs. Aliens seized a monstrous $58.2M in opening weekend ticket sales, Real-D (the technology provider) and Dreamworks have revealed that $25M or so of that gross was generated specifically from 3-D and IMAX 3-D. Fox is…
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Box Office: Monsters Vs. Aliens With $16M Friday & Possible $56M Opening Weekend!
It is an excellent weekend for Dreamworks Animation. Although the credit crunch prevented financing that would allow exhibitors to undertake the digital conversion of more of its theatres, Monsters vs. Aliens is benefiting spectacularly from the 2,075 or so standard Digital 3-D engagements and the added 143 Digital IMAX runs. The audaciously ambitious animated send-up…
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Box Office Tracking: Monsters Vs. Aliens Is The Widest Non-Summer Release Of All Time
Jeffrey Katzenberg has been the film industry’s strongest proponent of 3-D over the past few years, and this weekend his advocacy will start paying dividends for Dreamworks Amimation. Monsters Vs. Aliens will debut with 4,104 playdates. That makes it the 13th-widest release in modern film history, and it becomes the biggest non-summer debut of all-time.…
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3D Movie Preview In 3D: Toy Story, Up, Alpha And Omega
NOTE: I'll just go over this one more time before we begin. The current polarised lens, digital 3D system is superb; anaglyph systems don't work one tenth as well. Bear that in mind as I share with you some anaglyphic 3D stills from films that will on release come in the digital fashion. These images…
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Academy Award's 2009 Movie Preview
During the credits of the 81st Academy Awards, video clips were shown for many of the films that will hit theaters in 2009. You might have turned off the television after Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture and missed everything. Or maybe you just want to see the awesome Terminator Salvation footage or the first look…
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Monsters Vs. Aliens 3D Super Bowl Ad
Despite having searched a couple different supermarkets, I was never able to get my hands on a pair of the free 3D glasses for the Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Super Bowl advertisement. But I'm sure many of you probably did, and might want to see the gimmick, i mean trailer again, in 3D. I've embedded…
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Paramount Offers To Pay Print Fees Directly To Exhibitors For Digital And 3D Conversions
With more than a dozen digital 3D releases coming out this year (including James Cameron's sure-to-be-megahit Avatar in December 2009), studios have a vested interest in making sure films can be viewed by the audience in the way they were intended. According to Variety, Paramount is now offering to pay "virtual" print fees directly to…
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Our Best Tips For Getting Nail Glue Off Your Skin Without Causing Irritation
Although nail glue on your skin isn't a life or death situation, it can definitely cause irritation.
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Monsters Vs. Aliens Movie Trailer #2
Dreamworks Animation has released the second full movie trailer for their computer animated sci-fi comedy Monsters vs. Aliens. This trailer is a little bit sillier than the last one, focusing more on the wacky monster characters who, turn out to be our only hope against an alien invasion. Leave your comments below. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/monstersvsaliens2.flv 470 196]…
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Dreamworks May Start Charging $5 Extra For 3D Movies
Variety reported this past week on some important goings-on in the world of 3D at the 3D Entertainment Summit in Century City. Apparently, 3D is the future of cinema (not surprising, given the summit's title), but there were also some interesting statistics revealed: Despite the growth in the number of 3D screens in America, they…
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New Monsters Vs. Aliens Featurette
WiReD Magazine has a new featurette for DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens, which takes a look at all the crazy characters that are included in the film. Near the end of the clip you can see some of the new innovations that Dreamworks is bringing to 3D animated filmmaking. For example, the camera rig that…
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Your Guide To The Romantic Invisible String Theory & How It Could Be The Key To Lasting Love
Whether you're swiping the dating apps or looking to rekindle a past relationship, lasting love is out there looking for you.
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How Dreamworks Animation Is Innovating 3D
/Film was invited to the Dreamworks Animation campus to preview some footage from Monsters vs. Aliens, and take a tour of the company's new 3D process (which is actually pretty incredible... more on that later). It all began when Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg saw a screening of Robert Zemeckis' Polar Express in IMAX 3D."I…
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The Creatures And Characters Of Monsters Vs. Aliens
Dreamworks Animation has released eight promotional trading cards showcasing the creatures and characters of their upcoming 3D computer animated film Monsters vs. Aliens. I'm sure these will be available on the comic con show floor somewhere. Monsters vs. Aliens hits theaters on March 27th 2009.
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Cool Stuff: Even Bigger Giant F**king Robots Are Coming Transformers 2 T-Shirt
For the first Transformers film, Michael Bay printed up crew t-shirts which read "Giant F***ing Robots Are Coming". Bay later released the t-shirt online to fans, with the proceeds going to charity. For Comic Con, Paramount/Dreamworks has printed up a new t-shirt for the sequel: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The t-shirt reads "EVEN BIGGER…
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Monsters Vs. Aliens: New Photo And Cast Revealed
DreamWorks Animation has revealed the voice cast and released a new photo for their 2009 computer animated 3D film Monsters vs. Aliens. Based on the horror comic Rex Havoc, the film attempts to reinvent the classic 1950's monster B-movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy, a California girl who, on her wedding day, has the…
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Disney Announces 2009 Release Schedule
Last week Paramount and Fox announced major post-writers strike schedule shuffles. I speculated that because of 'the rule of threes', that one more studio would announce a reshuffled calendar by Friday. And here we are on Wednesday, with a bunch of new dates from Disney. Let's take a look at the new Disney schedule: The…
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Upcoming 3D Movie Release Schedule
At least 5,000 3-D systems expected to be in place by 2009. DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg expects there to be 12 to 18 3D feature films by 2010. 3-D is clearly the future of cinema, at least for the near future. With the recent announcements of Tim Burton's Alice and Wonderland/Frankenweenie, and today's announcement of…
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Release Date Changes: Narnia: Dawn Treader, Monsters Vs. Aliens, The Wolfman
There have been a bunch of new release date changes announced in the last 24 hours, let's take a look. DreamWorks has announced that they are moving Monsters vs. Aliens 3D from May 15th 2009 to March 27th 2009. The monster film was originally scheduled to go head to head with James Cameron's Avatar in…
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Release Dates: Valkyrie Eyes 8-8-08, Monsters Vs. Aliens Sidesteps James Cameron's Avatar
United Artists is targeting August 8th 2008 (8-8-08) to release the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie which stars Tom Cruise in the real life story of the attempted assassination of Adolph Hitler at the height of World War II. Valkyrie will go head to head with New Line's Journey 3-D, Sony's Pineapple Express, Disney's South of the…
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