Tag: Despicable Me
Warner Bros. Ratchets Up Animation Feature Push
Warner Bros. Studios is making a big push to produce more animated features at the studio in order to compete with Disney, Sony, Fox...
‘Angry Birds’ Movie Takes Producer Under Wing
The hottest mobile gaming (and now merchandising/licensing) sensation of late is on track to take movie theaters by storm with the Angry Birds flick...
Illumination Announces Partnership with Fuji TV
Santa Monica-based Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, The Lorax) and Japanese leading broadcaster Fuji Television have made a strategic alliance in Japan. The deal brings together...
Universal’s Minions Movie Gets Release Date
Mark your calendars, Minion fans! The upcoming movie featuring the little yellow guys from the Universal/Illumination hit movie Despicable Me will be released on...
The Minions Get Own Spinoff Movie!
Those popular, little yellow guys from Universal/Illumination’s Despicable Me franchise will be starring in their own feature. Deadline.com reports that the Minions will be...
‘Escape From Planet Earth’ Gets a Weinstein Screening
The case of writer-director Tony Leech and producer Brian Inerfeld against the Weinstein company over the studio’s handling of the CG-animated movie Escape From...
DQ Plants New $45 Mil. ‘Jungle Book’ Movie
Indian powerhouse studio DQ Entertainment has launched a dedicated feature division division which plans to produce a steady slate of motion pictures in the...
Illumination Plans a ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Movie
Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford the Big Red Dog will be wagging his tail on the big screen again, thanks to the team at Illumination Entertainment...
Warner Bros Flies with Carell’s ‘Ravens’
After delighting fans with his voicing talents in Despicable Me and Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, actor Steve Carell plans to produce a...
‘Lorax’ Rakes in $70.7 mil. Worth of Green
An overwhelming marketing campaign and familiarity with the Dr. Seuss brand pushed Universal/Illumination’s animated feature The Lorax to the top of the U.S. box-office...
Universal’s ‘The Lorax’ Expected to Top the Charts
How the team at Illumination Entertainment put a shiny new 3-D polish on Dr. Seuss’ cautionary, environmentally themed The Lorax.
More than 40 years after...
Al Pacino to Voice New ‘Despicable Me’ Villain
Universal/Illumination’s sequel to Despicable Me just added more star power to its voice lineup. Deadline reported that master thespian Al Pacino has signed to...
Russell Brand to Get Animated for Fox
Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment are working on an animated series based on the life of British comedian and actor Russell Brand, the trades...
Universal Buys MacGuff for Illumination Ent.
Universal Pictures has bought French animation studio Mac Guff Ligne for Illumination Entertainment, according to Deadline.com. Illumination and Mac Guff worked together on CG-animated...
New Aussie Trailer for ‘The Lorax’ Reveals More
A new Australian trailer for Universal’s 2012 feature Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax offers more clues about the much-anticipated project. Directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable...
Johnny Depp to Portray Dr. Seuss for Illumination
The life of celebrated children’s author Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel) is being adapted into a live-action Universal feature, produced by Illumination’s Christopher Meledandri...
‘Nos Amis’ Across the Sea
How the French government is bolstering international animated co-productions, plus a whirlwind tour of top toon houses.
As a country renowned for its artistic temperament,...
Giordano and Breton to Shine at Illumination
Illumination Entertainment, the company behind last year’s underdog hit Despicable Me and 2013’s The Lorax, has tapped Brooke Braton to be the senior production...
Voice Cast Set for ‘Escape From Planet Earth’
The Weinstein Company and Canada’s Rainmaker Entertainment announced today that the voice cast of their 2012 animated movie Escape from Planet Earth will include Brendan...
Joe Murray Looks Back at ‘Rocko’s Modern Life’
Animated People: Joe Murray
Creator of Rocko’s Modern Life, Camp Lazlo
We recently had the chance to catch up with Joe Murray, the brilliant creator and...
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