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WOO HOO! The Simpsons theme park is coming to Universal Studios

When I was a kid I always wanted to go to Universal Studios. After my favorite Nick shows, it always said "filmed in front of a live studio audience at Universal Studios". Sadly, I never got to be on LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE. I also haven't ridden the JURASSIC PARK ride. I live in Texas. We have Six Flags and a small ass version of Legoland. The reason I am even talking about...

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Mike and Sully do some hard college partying in this new trailer and clip for Monsters University

Rather coincidentally before news of a new trailer and clip for MONSTERS UNIVERSITY came up on my feed, I was actually watching MONSTERS INC. It's that kind of day I suppose. The latest trailer shows more partying and less studying for the monsters. Are they waiting for the drop? Wait for it...wait for it...and BOOM! I believe that's also a scare tactic. Mike and Sully gotta have a...

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Ink & Pixel: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ink & Pixel is a source of pride and joy for me as a writer and as such, I�m always striving to take this column further for those who read and enjoy it. If you yourself, or anyone you know, helped to make any of the amazing feature animated films found within this column, I would love to talk to you to further my knowledge. Please contact me at steveseigh@joblo.com so we can...

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The CW's Wonder Woman series Amazon is still coming, just not this Fall

As the CW announced their Fall slate of series, one noticeable absence was their Wonder Woman series AMAZON. Nowhere to be seen, many began to wonder if it would suffer the same fate as the David Kelley / Adrianne Palicki NBC series with the awful costume. Don't count it out yet, according to Entertainment Weekly . The magazine quotes CW head Mark Pedowitz as saying: �It�s...

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Promo trailer for Disney's Planes attempts to lure you in with a visual feast

So, earlier today I confessed my appreciation for RIO, which is set to release a sequel next year. Now, I have to go the opposite direction for Disney's PLANES, the non-Pixar spinoff of the unfortunately popular CARS franchise. The first CARS film isn't terrible and I have come to appreciate it after being subjected to repeat viewings, almost in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE fashion ....

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Brad Bird is "thinking about" The Incredibles 2; was he approached for Star Wars?

Anytime Pixar announces a new project an audible sigh escapes from fans when it's not for a sequel to THE INCREDIBLES, which is often considered the best of the studio's work and most deserving of another entry. Director Brad Bird has been hounded about the status of continuing the adventures of Mr. Incredible and his super-powered family ever since and in a recent Q&A with THR, Bird...

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Teaser trailer for Rio 2 brings back the whole gang, including Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, and Jamie Foxx

All right, all right, everybody calm down. I know this is a kid's movie sequel, but let's talk about this for a minute, okay? See, I was annoyed when I saw the trailers for the first RIO, thinking to myself, "Birds? I need to see a cartoon about birds?" and generally just piling on the "whatevers" anytime RIO was in my peripherals. It came and went at the theater and one day I got sucked...

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Wicked and trippy trailer for The Congress starring Robin Wright and Harvey Keitel

The first international trailer for THE CONGRESS, starring Robin Wright , Harvey Keitel , Danny Huston , Paul Giamatti , and Kodi Smit-McPhee has arrived and it's an odd, trippy, and wicked looking affair. Written and directed by Ari Folman , who did the brilliant documentary WALTZ WITH BASHIR, which was equally trippy in that it used animation to recount a tale of war. Now,...

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First CG-animated Marvel film from Disney will be Big Hero 6; Set for 2014 release

Since Disney first bought Marvel, the prospects of seeing the unique library of the comic company's stable of properties come to life via animation have been widely speculated. Visions of Pixar-animated Marvel superheroes seemed like a dream that was closer than ever. And while the live-action stable has cornered the market, nothing's been cooking in the animation kitchen....

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Ink & Pixel: Iron Man 2

Ink & Pixel is a source of pride and joy for me as a writer and as such, I�m always striving to take this column further for those who read and enjoy it. If you yourself, or anyone you know, helped to make any of the amazing feature animated films found within this column, I would love to talk to you to further my knowledge. Please contact me at steveseigh@joblo.com so we can...

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Al Pacino exits Despicable Me 2 and Benjamin Bratt enters as the villain

This is a bit of a surprise. Al Pacino , who has been set to voice the villain Eduardo in DESPICABLE ME 2 for some time now is suddenly exiting the project. What's not so good about this? The film is set to release on July 3rd. But, all is well. Benjamin Bratt has already replaced Pacino. So what was once thought as a bad deal turned out to be a quick mend. Why the exit...

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Director Dan Scanlon explains how a continuity issue will be solved in Monsters University

Recently, I rewatched MONSTERS INC. as soon as it was over something dawned on me-- Did Mike say that he and Sully were in grade school together? So how is it possible that they met for the very first time in college, which is what the story of MONSTERS UNIVERSITY tells us. Do you remember the line? " You've been jealous of my good looks since the fourth grade, pal!...