I just finished and very much enjoyed Brian Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. I’m excited for the movie, but
there’s still a part of me that wishes it had been animated. With a few rare exceptions, I think animation is the ideal format for translating comics into film or television, especially when the original artwork is as distinctive and iconic as O’Malley’s. So I’m overjoyed to see that an animated Scott Pilgrim short is going to be airing on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. Entitled Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation, the short cartoon will air in two parts at 12:00 and 12:30 AM on Thursday, August 12. If you don’t have cable, don’t panic! The short will be made available on the Adult Swim website and Facebook page as well as the Scott Pilgrim movie Facebook page. I’ll be very surprised if the short doesn’t end up as a bonus feature on the DVD release, since it’s designed to help promote the movie and even features some of the movie cast doing voice work. But if you want to see it now or don’t want to risk missing it, you’ve got plenty of options.
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Upcoming Animation – Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010NEW “Toy Story 3″ Trailer
Thursday, February 11th, 2010What excellent timing!
Toy Story 3 Trailer #2 in HD
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Discuss amongst yourselves.
Upcoming Animation – Shrek Forever After
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009The trailer for DreamWorks’ fourth Shrek film is up. Shrek Forever After (Get it? Four-ever After?) is said to be the last film in the series. Judging from the trailer, it looks like Shrek’s latest adventure could have been called “It’s An Ogreful Life”:
Thoughts?
Upcoming Animation – Despicable Me
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Hot on the heels of the first full length trailer for How To Train Your Dragon comes the new trailer for Universal’s Despicable Me. I haven’t found an embedable version of this one yet, so check it out here.
Thoughts?
Upcoming Animation – Toy Story 3
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Perhaps you already know, but there is a trailer for Toy Story 3. Not the teaser with the toys building the logo that’s been kicking around since Up came out, an honest-to-goodness footage from the movie trailer.
(If you want to see a higher definition version, The Animation Blog has some links.
It seems that all the rumors are true. A teenaged Andy is about to leave for college and the toys end up at the daycare from hell. (An odd turn of events, considering that very early drafts of the original Toy Story portrayed just such a place as the ideal home for toys where they would be played with and loved forever.) There’s clearly plenty of comedy, but Randy Newman’s melancholy vocals and Woody looking out at an Andy’s room that has seen much change make it clear that there is a lot of sadness at the heart of this tale.
So what do you think? Are you excited or disappointed? Will Pixar’s big gamble mean another hit for the studio? Or is this the equivalent of having Christopher Robin sell Pooh and Tigger for money to buy an XBox?
