First Shot of Bolt Characters

Once called "American Dog," now renamed to "Bolt," Disney's upcoming release issued its first character shot today.



While it is only one shot, it's pretty easy to tell that the story centers around Harry Potter's dog as it travels to Los Angeles with Pepe Le Pew's girlfriend.

The film is set for an 11/26/08 release.

Happy Holidays!

I hope you all have a safe and happy Holiday Season!

If Christmas isn't your thing, then may you have a very wonderful "your thing" and I'll see you back here in 2008!

Horton Posters!

I Watch Stuff has a bunch of new posters for Blue Sky's upcoming "Horton Hears a Who!" movie.



The film hits theaters on March 14th, but in the meantime you can print all of the posters out and make a flipbook out of them. I did and got to see the whole movie, which is as awesome as I had hoped, but is short, clocking in at just under a second.

Horton Posters at I Watch Stuff

New Wall-E Trailer on IGN

IGN has a brand new trailer up for Pixar's upcoming "WALL-E."



Watching the trailer I was reminded of Spongebob, only with a roach instead of a snail and a giant ship instead of a gay starfish. That and the robot from "Short Circuit" instead of a yellow sponge.

In all serioussness, I found the shots of him entertaining himself with the junk to be the most engaging, and I hope there are more of those fly-on-the-wall moments in the film where we get to see the fascinating way in which the little guy keeps himself busy.

Click the image above or the link below to see for yourself.

IGN's Exclusive WALL-E Trailer

The Art of Surf's Up! Boards

Artist and animator Armand Serrano has posted a bunch of images of the artwork used on the surf boards in Sony's "Surf's Up!"



I loved Chicken Joe's board, but then again I loved everything about "Surf's Up!" I can't stress enough what a wonderful Christmas gift this would make. Well... a copy of "Surf's Up!" and a Ferrari. You get those two things for just about anyone and they'll be thrilled, or my name ain't St. Nick!

Surf's Up Board Art

Horton Hears A Who...

...and I hear me wetting myself with anticipation as I watch Blue Sky's latest trailer!



Seriously... the "Ice Age" films were good, but this trailer just looks nothing short of awesome. Sort of like me when I get a perm and wear a crushed velvet pants-suit.

Click the image above to see for yourself!

UDPATE: Fixed link now takes you to all sorts of sizes, including HD!

I baby'd!

Posts may be slower than usual over the next few weeks as I try to figure this thing out:



What you see in that picture is my son, Sebastian, who was born this past Saturday!

Being that he's my first child, it's going to take me a while to figure out all of the bells and whistles, unless I can find an owner's manual somewhere.

Things are going great, and look for posting to resume soon!

Take care.
-Dave

Annie Award Nominees

The nominees for the 2007 Annie Awards have been announced, and based on the banner below, it looks as though whoever is behind the awards is quite full of themselves.



2007 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie – DreamWorks Animation
Persepolis – Sony Pictures Classics
Ratatouille – Pixar Animation Studios
Surf’s Up – Sony Pictures Animation
The Simpsons Movie – Twentieth Century Fox

Best Home Entertainment Production
Doctor Strange – MLG Productions
Futurama “Bender’s Big Score” – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television

Best Animated Short Subject
Everything Will Be OK – Bitter Films
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Shorty McShorts’ Shorts “Mascot Prep” – Walt Disney Television Animation
The Chestnut Tree – Picnic Pictures
Your Friend the Rat – Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Commercial
CVS Watering Can – Acme Filmworks
Esurance “Homeowners” – Wild Brain
Idaho Lottery: Twister – Acme Filmworks
Oregon Lottery “Alaska” – Laika/house
Power Shares Escape Average – Acme Filmworks

Best Animated Television Production
Jane and the Dragon – Weta Productions Limited & Nelvana Limited
Creative Comforts America – Aardman Animations
Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
Robot Chicken Star Wars- ShadowMachine
Kim Possible – Walt Disney Television Animation

Best Animated Television Production for Children
Chowder – Cartoon Network Studios
El Tigre – Nickelodeon
Little Einsteins – Disney Channel
Peep and the Big Wide World – Discovery Kids
The Backyardigans – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game
Avatar: The Last Airbender “The Burning Earth” – THQ, Inc.
Bee Movie Game – Activision
Ratatouille – THQ, Inc.
Transformers: The Game – Blur Studios

I'm pretty happy with the nominations for Best Animated Feature, and don't think I would have made any different choice as far as that's concerned, but I think the hands down winner has to be "Ratatouille." As far as the other categories, I'll keep my mouth shut (for once) because I frankly don't know a lot of the pieces that are listed well enough to comment on.

Click the image above for even more nominees.

Complete list of Annie Award Nominees