A board-splittin' new trailer for Dreamworks' "Kung Fu Panda" is now up on the official site.
To watch the trailer, which is pretty sweet, swing on over to the official Kung Fu Panda website, and tell em' ol' Dave sent you. Not that there is anyone to actually tell, or that anything would happen even if there was, but just sort of say it to your monitor once you arrive at the site.
It will make us both feel better.
Official Kung Fu Panda Website
Character Design has posted new images from Dreamworks' upcoming "Kung Fu Panda."
Lots more at the CD blog, so swing on by. The first thing that struck me is the rich color palettes that are used and the wide variation in tones between the shots. The second thing that struck me is how much of a dork I am for typing something like that.
Kung Fu Panda Images at Character Design
I somehow missed that a new trailer for Dreamworks' upcoming "Kung Fu Panda" has been released.
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with one of the writers of the film, and he said that he was "super excited for people to see the film, as it is something brand new that hasn't really been done before." While he wouldn't reveal anything about the film's plot or characters, he did say that people will be "blown away" by what they see.
I trust him, but then I also imagine the writer for "Happily N'Ever After" probably said similar things before that movie's release.
In either case, hit the link below or the image above to check out the latest "Kung Fu Panda" trailer.
Kung Fu Panda Trailer
Official Kung Fu Panda Website
It's a slow news day, so all I really have is this new trailer for the "Kung Fu Panda" videogame.
Be warned that there may or may not be spoilers in this trailer. I have no idea since I (obviously) haven't seen the movie yet.
Tomorrow I'll try to track down some more amazing footage like this.
Oh yeah! It's time once again for Movie Poster Monday!
Truth be told, Bleeding Pixels has never had a Movie Poster Monday, and probably never will again. Just look at the poster and be happy it isn't Malaria Monday.
Dreamworks' "Kung Fu Panda" now has a website up and running, though outside of a cast, and this one image, there isn't much to look at yet.
According to the site, the film is set to star: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Ian McShane, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Hong, and Randall Duk Kim
This looks to be a really solid cast, and I'm hoping the film lives up to the normal Dreamworks standards. If you'd like to go to the site and check out the same things I just posted in a different font and with a black background, hit the link below.
Official Kung Fu Panda Website
Discuss this post on the BP Forums!
According to Variety, both the penguins from "Madagascar" and the... well... pandas from "Kung Fu Panda" will be getting their own TV shows via Nickelodeon.
Both projects are in the early stages of development. Tom Martin ("The Simpsons") will pen the pilot script for "Panda." Paul Rugg ("Freakazoid!") is aboard to write the "Madagascar" offshoot, centered on penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private in a series of new adventures.
Teaming brings together two of the biggest brands in animation: Nick is still home to genre's top-rated "SpongeBob SquarePants" franchise, while DreamWorks Animation counts "Shrek," "Shark Tale" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" among its feature hits.
CGI Animation on TV is a tough thing right now. People are used to what they see in theaters from Pixar, Dreamworks and the like, so when they see versions on the TV that were created on much tighter time and financial budgets, the shows just don't meet expectations. This is going to be the case even moreso with an established franchise, like "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda," as people will be even more acustomed to the level of animation for those characters.
I understand that, like the videogame industry, companies would rather take a risk on established franchises than on brand new IPs, but it just seems that this could really backfire for Nick and DW.
Variety Article on "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" TV Shows
