“Moist is what we do.”
Blue Sky Animation Studios is a solid anomaly in the animation world. Like the number five pitcher in your rotation, they never seek to surprise or keep anyone on their toes, they just want to deliver something that goes right down the middle of the plate. They rely more on stunt casting & crowded, busy composition than they do on creative voice casting or innovative storytelling (the hallmarks of the better animation studios in the industry).
Therefore, it’s hard to be too critical of their latest animated feature, Epic, as it has no real ambition beyond getting kids to sit down and shut up for ninety odd minutes. Don’t get me wrong: there’s lots of things to nitpick and pull apart in this film, but because it took no real risks, it’s virtually impossible for me to look down my nose at the film.
Maybe I’m just getting soft, but judged solely on its ambitions, Epic achieves more or less exactly what it set out to achieve.
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Tim Burton has just signed a deal to direct Big Eyes for The Weinstein Company. The film will reunite him with Ed Wood writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski and is set to star Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) and Amy Adams (The Master).
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Seven New “Epic” Character Posters
20th Century Fox has dropped seven new character posters for Blue Sky Studios’ upcoming animated film, Epic.
The seven posters feature the characters of Mandrake (Christoph Waltz), Bomba (Jason Sudeikis), General Ronin (Colin Farrell), Queen Tara (Beyonce Knowles), Mub (Aziz Anzari), Grub (Chris O’Dowd), Bufo (Pitbull) and Nim (Steven Tyler).
Epic also stars the voice talents of Amanda Seyfried and Josh Hutcherson, with a release date set for May 24th.
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In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Will Smith revealed that he turned down the titular role in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Apparently, Smith felt that the Django role wasn’t the lead of the film, which wasn’t what he wanted.
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“Epic” (2013) U.S. Trailer #2
A new trailer has been dropped for Blue Sky Studios’ latest animated flick Epic.
The trailer offers new footage into a movie that sees Amanda Seyfried’s character Mary Katherine being brought down to a whole new and unseen world. There she must band together with a ragtag group of heroes to save not only the forest, but our world as well.
What’s great about this trailer — depending on which side of the fence you’re on about the cast — is that audiences finally get a glimpse into much of the film’s voice talents aside from the main cast.
Epic features the voice talents of Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farell, Josh Hutcherson, Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Anzari, Pitbull, Steven Tyler, and Beyonce Knowles.
The movie opens up on May 24th.
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New International Trailer For “Epic”
Blue Sky Animation Studios has released this new international trailer for their upcoming film Epic.
Based on the William Joyce story, The Leaf Men, the film centers on a young girl who is shrunken down and discovers a new world where she must band together with rag tag group of heroes to save not only the forest, but also our world as well.
The film features the voice talents of Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudeikis, Aziz Ansari, Beyonce Knowles, Steven Tyler and Pitbull.
Epic hits theaters May 24th, 2013.
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The biggest event of the cinematic year happened last night: the Oscars.
After Steven, Pao, Ernie and myself gave our predictions yesterday, find the complete list of winners below after the break.
I’m just happy that Argo got some recognition.
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Blue Sky Studios’ “Epic” Gets Three New Character Posters
The character posters feature three of the film’s primary characters: two of the film’s protagonists and the movie’s antagonist.
The film’s directed by Chris Wedge, who is best known for the original Ice Age and Robots, and it will be his first solo gig in a directing role.
Epic features a cast that includes the likes of Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudeikis, Aziz Anzari, Steven Tyler, Beyonce Knowles and Pitbull.
The film hits theaters May 24th.
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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, James Remar
A bounty hunter recruits a slave to finish one of his jobs, and in exchange offers his help to track down and rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.
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New “Django Unchained” TV Spot
A new one-minute TV spot for Django Unchained has been released and though it largely features footage from the trailers released thus far, a few new short clips of Samuel L. Jackson are included in this TV spot.
The latest film from director Quentin Tarantino stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo Di Caprio, Kerry Washington, Jonah Hill, Don Johnson and James Remar, and opens up on Christmas Day.
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New International Trailer For “Django Unchained” Shows First Glimpse Of Samuel L. Jackson
If you saw the US trailer which was released last week for Django Unchained then you have basically seen this trailer too. Indeed, this is very much the same trailer, with a couple of new glimpses and a different intro.
Oh, and we have the first shot of Samuel L. Jackson during the closing titles.
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First Trailer For “Django Unchained”
Like many of us, I had written off Quentin Tarantino after his excesses got the best of him with Kill Bill Vol. 2 & Grindhouse, but Inglourious Basterds got me right back on the bandwagon.
Here’s the first trailer for his latest film Django Unchained starring Oscar winners Jamie Foxx & Christoph Waltz, as well as Oscar nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson & Bruce Dern, and with the exception of that ridiculous tagline (Django is off the chain), this looks pretty killer.
Django Unchained opens in the US on Christmas Day.
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More New Images From Tarantino’s “Django Unchained”
With the release of Django Unchained’s first trailer set to appear before 20th Century Fox’s Prometheus, new stills from the film have hit the web in anticipation.
The six new images feature the two main characters played by Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz, the film’s main antagonist played by Leonardo DiCaprio, along with director Quentin Tarantino.
The film centers around a recently escaped slave named Django (Jamie Foxx), who sets out to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from the sadistic plantation owner, Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) with the aid of a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz).
Django Unchained opens up Christmas Day.
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First Images Of Tarantino’s “Django Unchained”
The first images of Quentin Tarantino’s latest film have hit the web. The film, which Tarantino dubs a “southern” rather than a western, centers around a slave (Jamie Foxx) who makes a deal with a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to free him and search for his wife (Kerry Washington) in exchange for vital information to settle his score.
The images above are of Jamie Foxx as the title character Django, Christoph Waltz as the German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz and Leonardo DiCaprio as the brutal plantation owner Calvin Candie.
Django Unchained is slated for a Christmas Day release.
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