Posts Tagged ‘dreamworks’

R.I.P. Pres Romanillos

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

I was saddened to hear of the death of animator Pres Romanillos on July 17. An extremely talented artist – some of his work can be seen on his art blog, Romanillos worked on numerous animated films for Disney and Dreamworks. Most recently, he worked on Prince Naveen in The Princess and the Frog. He had been battling leukemia and the cancer ultimately took his life at the unfairly young age of 47.

Cartoon Brew’s obituary for Romanillos includes a number of links to tributes and remembrances by his friends and family. My heart is with them during this sad time.

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Upcoming Animation – Shrek Forever After

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

The 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?

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Upcoming Animation – How To Train Your Dragon

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Another new trailer for an upcoming animated feature film has just hit the internet. This one is for DreamWorks Animation’s latest movie: How To Train Your Dragon. A lot of the excitement about this film is based on the fact that it’s directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the directing team responsible for Disney’s Lilo and Stitch. Since Sanders left Disney after being removed as the director of the film that eventually became Bolt, animation fans have been eager to see what he and his writing and directing partner would come up with next. And now, we get our first taste.



Once again, I want to know what you think. Are you looking forward to this movie or does it leave you cold? Is Disney going to regret losing Sanders and Be Blois? Do you see success on the horizon for DreamWorks, or failure?

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Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks’ Turning Point?

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

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Prior a week ago, I had never seen Kung Fu Panda.

I know, I know. It’s not something I’m proud of. I could say that previous DreamWorks animated films – particularly Shrek – hadn’t impressed me or that the trailers made it look like little more than “fat guy does martial arts.” But I had the positive reviews of numerous critics and animation fans to go on, plus the fact that the film swept the 2008 Annie Awards. So why did it take me so long to actually watch the movie? I can only chalk it up to my own bad judgment. Because not only was I missing out on a good animated movie, I was missing what DreamWorks Animation really had to offer.

Kung fu beatdown after the cut.

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