Director and cast return for 'Narnia' sequel - Yahoo! News UK

A sequel to the wildly successful movie "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe" is set to begin production later this year, with Andrew Adamson returning as director.

The film's backers, Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, are eying a Christmas 2007 release for "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian."

Director and cast return for 'Narnia' sequel - Yahoo! News UK

Toy Story 3 gets the Axe

John Lasseter, the creative chief of Pixar Animation Studios, has wasted no time asserting who is boss after Pixar's takeover by Walt Disney - by stopping production of Toy Story 3, the controversial sequel to the two wildly successful animated films.

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Fire destroys Wallace and Gromit home

October 10 2005: A fierce blaze at the home of the animation company behind the Wallace and Gromit films has destroyed the film-makers' "entire history". Read more here.

The fire has destroyed the props and sets for some of Aardman Animations' best-loved characters, including early versions of Wallace and Gromit. Here are some of the company's classic figures.

Behind the Scenes of Wallace & Gromit

Take a trip behind the scenes of The Curse of the Were-Rabbit featuring our favorite clay characters, Wallace and Gromit. This behind the scenes look just boggles me on how the animators can have the patience to animate a such a slow and painful process (looks like that to me) to bring out heart and laughter in the end. I deeply respect these animators. Support these very talented people and watch in the movie theater or buy the DVD when it comes out.

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Previews of Narnia

Wow, after watching the "behind the scenes" look of the CG characters in Chronicles of Narnia, this will be definitely in my list of must-see movies. Asland especially was simply jaw dropping in their test footage. Click the link below to view. Warning! Download to your browser can take awhile. It's best just to right click ans 'save as' to your harddrive.

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Can you say, '3DS Maya'?

Well, it looks like it happened. Autodesk, the makers of 3D Studio Max, has aquired Alias and it's Maya software. Here's the proof from the www.alias.com website:

"Autodesk today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alias, a privately held developer of 3D graphics technology, for $182 million in cash. This acquisition will grow Autodesk’s expertise and offerings in the film and video, interactive games, media, Web, consumer products, industrial design, automotive, architecture and visualization markets. Autodesk anticipates that the transaction will close within the next four to six months."

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New Trailer of Pixar's 'Cars'

Hot off the press is new trailer from Pixar's 'Cars'. Looks more promising than the previous version. But since it's Pixar, it will be all good when it come out!

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Here's Johnny!

For those who have seen 'The Shining' with Jack Nicholson, you need to click the link below. Someone had apparently made they're own trailer version of the movie which is indeed more strange and disturbing. You'll be surprised.

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