Albee quit as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation to go live in a cabin in the wilderness of Alaska. Here he created the animation he’d been wanting to make for years, and he did it alone, on two PC workstations.
He wanted to prove he could make an animated feature for $10 [...]
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Kaze: Ghost Warrior
Innocence comes closer
Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2 has been building up anticipation ever since itan excellent reception at Cannes and a consequent Japanese opening. Scheduled for U.S. release in September 17, UK and Europe roll out a few months after this time (earliest territory opening appears to be France (December 1).
U.S. site includes official English trailer
Alternative [...]
2046: Travelling through space/time
The mystery surrounding Wong Kar-Wai’s long-awaited sci-fi-inflected 2046 will soon be revealed in a special preview of the finished feature (when screened at Cannes 2046 was still unfinished, a working print with audio and special effects shots still to be polished), and a Guardian interview with the director, at the National Film Theatre, London.
A [...]
CG animated feature at Venice: Advent Children
Official site (inc. Flash trailers) | Fan site: Advent Children.net
This year’s Venice Film Festival will show a 30 minute preview of the new Final Fantasy film from Square Enix as part of the Venizia Digitale strand:
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children’s renderings of Cloud (the computer game series’ ongoing star) and compatriots are astounding, [...]
God Diva - Immortel Japan mix
Official Japanese site
Apple Japan trailer | QT [7.2M] | Alternative trailer: WMP High (stream)
Nikopol, Horus, and Jill get the dramatic Japanese trailer remix action, as Immortel becomes God Diva for Japanese release. Creating a sci-fi world blended with Egyptian mythology, the film (an adaptation of director Enki Bilal’s own Nikopol Trilogy) is an ambitious [...]
New Jeunet film website
Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles website is now online, featuring film footage. The film (English title: A Very Long Engagement) stars Audrey Tatou (of his previous film, Amelie) and promises to be no less visually engaging than his previous work. Due for release: 27 October in France.
Mindgame
Mindgame is Studio 4°C’s latest transcendental animation. The studio is headed up by producer Koji Morimoto, who made his name directing a section of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Memories (Magnetic Rose was one of three films making up the feature), and recently with his accomplished Animatrix short, Beyond. Studio 4°C’s latest release though has been directed [...]
New Warpfilms site
Warpfilms has a new site. Highlighting an initial roster that is determinedly unclassifiable, featuring as it does projects by Shane Meadows, Chris Morris and Chris Cunningham, the site is now geared up to feature updates on these projects where news has been traditional sparse. In particular look for more information on Chris Cunningham’s feature development, [...]
Ever-growing pulsating positronic brain
I, Robot film marketing ramps up ready for release in mid-July 2004. The eagerly-awaited Alex Proyas full-length feature looks like it won’t disappoint judging by the effects evident in the trailer and teaser sites.
I, Robot trailer [Large] | Alternative trailer at Alex Proyas’ Mystery Clock
I, Robot Now - NS-5 teaser site | I, Robot [...]
Kill Bill Vol.2 Japan remix
Kill Bill Vol.2 opening to stellar audiences illustrates the cross-over potential for genre-fusing, boundary-defying cinema when packaged intelligently. Tarantino, of course, is a master at this. And while we wait for the full animé spin-off from his latest opus, material such as alternate trailers act as an enticing diversion. A perfect example of this is [...]
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