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Paul Gross donates $25,000 from GG Award to Toronto youth arts program
Tuesday December 15th 2009Actor Paul Gross is donating the $25,000 he received as winner of the 2009 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award to a Toronto arts program. The Remix Project helps young people start careers in the arts. Gross received the Governor General’s Award for his First World War film “Passchendaele,” which he directed, wrote and starred in.
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Geneva Film Co. begins work on Foxed! – Canada’s first stop-motion stereoscopic 3D film
Tuesday December 15th 2009Geneva Film Co. has begun production on Canada’s first stop-motion animated 3D film. Following in the footsteps of the immensely successful Coraline 3D, Foxed! leverages the immersive power of Digital 3D and the beauty of handmade stop-motion animation. Written and directed by award winning animator Nev Bezaire, Foxed! tells the story of Emily, a twelve year old girl who is kidnapped by foxes. When complete, the film will be delivered for TV as a regular 2D version and as a theatrical film in 2D and Digital 3D. Foxed! is produced by Geneva Film Co.’s founder and digital 3D filmmaking pioneer, James Stewart, who has led the Digital 3D movement in Canada.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 12/11/09 to 12/13/09
Tuesday December 15th 2009FilmTotalThe Princess and the Frog, BV$24,208,916The Blind Side, WB$15,055,258Invictus, WB$8,611,147The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Sum.$7,960,394A Christmas Carol (2009), BV$6,833,190Brothers, LGF$5,014,426Old Dogs, BV$4,409,7722012, Sony$4,351,565Armored, SGem$3,504,374Ninja Assassin, WB$2,707,470
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Cartoons flip editors’ job
Monday December 14th 2009Live-action editors will tell you theirs is the one of the most misunderstood jobs in Hollywood, but that’s nothing compared to the image problem facing their counterparts in CG animation. The impression is that we just cut the heads and tails off and hook it all together, and there’s your movie,” says Bob Fisher, who cut “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.”
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‘Hangover,’ ‘Up’ on AFI’s top 10 film list
Monday December 14th 2009The American Film Institute largely avoided bigger studio movies and focused on smaller indie efforts as it compiled its list of the year’s top 10 movies. Announced on Sunday, the list, devoted to U.S. productions, included Pixar/Disney’s 3D-animated “Up” (the No. 3 film to date with $293 million in domestic grosses) and Warner Bros.’ boys-gone-wild comedy “The Hangover” (No. 4 with $277 million) but did not include James Cameron’s “Avatar,” which already is being lauded for its groundbreaking effects work.
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Archives for: December 20095
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Paul Gross donates $25,000 from GG Award to Toronto youth arts program
Tuesday December 15th 2009Actor Paul Gross is donating the $25,000 he received as winner of the 2009 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award to a Toronto arts program. The Remix Project helps young people start careers in the arts. Gross received the Governor General’s Award for his First World War film “Passchendaele,” which he directed, wrote and starred in.
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Geneva Film Co. begins work on Foxed! – Canada’s first stop-motion stereoscopic 3D film
Tuesday December 15th 2009Geneva Film Co. has begun production on Canada’s first stop-motion animated 3D film. Following in the footsteps of the immensely successful Coraline 3D, Foxed! leverages the immersive power of Digital 3D and the beauty of handmade stop-motion animation. Written and directed by award winning animator Nev Bezaire, Foxed! tells the story of Emily, a twelve year old girl who is kidnapped by foxes. When complete, the film will be delivered for TV as a regular 2D version and as a theatrical film in 2D and Digital 3D. Foxed! is produced by Geneva Film Co.’s founder and digital 3D filmmaking pioneer, James Stewart, who has led the Digital 3D movement in Canada.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 12/11/09 to 12/13/09
Tuesday December 15th 2009FilmTotalThe Princess and the Frog, BV$24,208,916The Blind Side, WB$15,055,258Invictus, WB$8,611,147The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Sum.$7,960,394A Christmas Carol (2009), BV$6,833,190Brothers, LGF$5,014,426Old Dogs, BV$4,409,7722012, Sony$4,351,565Armored, SGem$3,504,374Ninja Assassin, WB$2,707,470
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Cartoons flip editors’ job
Monday December 14th 2009Live-action editors will tell you theirs is the one of the most misunderstood jobs in Hollywood, but that’s nothing compared to the image problem facing their counterparts in CG animation. The impression is that we just cut the heads and tails off and hook it all together, and there’s your movie,” says Bob Fisher, who cut “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.”
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‘Hangover,’ ‘Up’ on AFI’s top 10 film list
Monday December 14th 2009The American Film Institute largely avoided bigger studio movies and focused on smaller indie efforts as it compiled its list of the year’s top 10 movies. Announced on Sunday, the list, devoted to U.S. productions, included Pixar/Disney’s 3D-animated “Up” (the No. 3 film to date with $293 million in domestic grosses) and Warner Bros.’ boys-gone-wild comedy “The Hangover” (No. 4 with $277 million) but did not include James Cameron’s “Avatar,” which already is being lauded for its groundbreaking effects work.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: December 20095
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Paul Gross donates $25,000 from GG Award to Toronto youth arts program
Tuesday December 15th 2009Actor Paul Gross is donating the $25,000 he received as winner of the 2009 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award to a Toronto arts program. The Remix Project helps young people start careers in the arts. Gross received the Governor General’s Award for his First World War film “Passchendaele,” which he directed, wrote and starred in.
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Geneva Film Co. begins work on Foxed! – Canada’s first stop-motion stereoscopic 3D film
Tuesday December 15th 2009Geneva Film Co. has begun production on Canada’s first stop-motion animated 3D film. Following in the footsteps of the immensely successful Coraline 3D, Foxed! leverages the immersive power of Digital 3D and the beauty of handmade stop-motion animation. Written and directed by award winning animator Nev Bezaire, Foxed! tells the story of Emily, a twelve year old girl who is kidnapped by foxes. When complete, the film will be delivered for TV as a regular 2D version and as a theatrical film in 2D and Digital 3D. Foxed! is produced by Geneva Film Co.’s founder and digital 3D filmmaking pioneer, James Stewart, who has led the Digital 3D movement in Canada.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 12/11/09 to 12/13/09
Tuesday December 15th 2009FilmTotalThe Princess and the Frog, BV$24,208,916The Blind Side, WB$15,055,258Invictus, WB$8,611,147The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Sum.$7,960,394A Christmas Carol (2009), BV$6,833,190Brothers, LGF$5,014,426Old Dogs, BV$4,409,7722012, Sony$4,351,565Armored, SGem$3,504,374Ninja Assassin, WB$2,707,470
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Cartoons flip editors’ job
Monday December 14th 2009Live-action editors will tell you theirs is the one of the most misunderstood jobs in Hollywood, but that’s nothing compared to the image problem facing their counterparts in CG animation. The impression is that we just cut the heads and tails off and hook it all together, and there’s your movie,” says Bob Fisher, who cut “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.”
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‘Hangover,’ ‘Up’ on AFI’s top 10 film list
Monday December 14th 2009The American Film Institute largely avoided bigger studio movies and focused on smaller indie efforts as it compiled its list of the year’s top 10 movies. Announced on Sunday, the list, devoted to U.S. productions, included Pixar/Disney’s 3D-animated “Up” (the No. 3 film to date with $293 million in domestic grosses) and Warner Bros.’ boys-gone-wild comedy “The Hangover” (No. 4 with $277 million) but did not include James Cameron’s “Avatar,” which already is being lauded for its groundbreaking effects work.
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