Salta Burger is opening a real-life Krusty Krab restaurant in Palestine’s West Bank. Salta hopes to “create an experience for customers that could be mistaken for a trip to one of the top eateries in all of animated television.” For construction pics and info, click here.
The Atlantic‘s Sarah Boxer provides an interesting exploration of the age-old question…and a closer look at a more recent animation trend — the wacky, widower dad!
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Keane’s film starts at 54:00, but there’s some charming how-to/behind the scenes stuff before that.
Sadly, none of that makes the statement any less true.
R.I.P. Jeff Buckley!
A live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan is film currently in production in Japan, with a release scheduled for 2015. It is being directed by Shinji Higuchi, the special effects supervisor on the 90s Gamera reboot and a writer.storyboard artist on The End of Evangelion. The film was written by Yusuke Watanabe and Tomohiro Machiyama, with Hajime Isayama — the creator of Attack On Titan — acting as supervisor. For casting and shooting info, click here.
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Disney and Pixar have announced their newest animated short, Lava. Directed by longtime Pixar animator James Ford Murphy, Lava is “a musical love story taking place over millions of years that is inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes.” Lava premiers June 19, 2015 in front of Pete Docter’s Inside Out. Click through for the full poster. Continue reading
(And most painful.)
The barefoot LEGO firewalk, via Bullmoose
I love it when crappy-looking cartoons suddenly wow you with a surprisingly sweet moment of animation. Example: This rollicking roundhouse kick comes courtesy of Filmation’s normally blah-looking She-Ra: Princess of Power. Who knew they had it in ‘em?
GIF via Forever Young.
Dynamite Entertainment and DC Comics are going to co-publish a comic where Django meets Zorro. The book will be co-plotted by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner (Mage). Apparently, Tarantino considers this comic as an official sequel to Django Unchained. Via.
And…that’s it. For now. The above image is a concept painting by Richard Daskas. Tartakovsky’s CG take on E.C. Segar’s classic character is slated for release sometime in the vaguely worded future. In addition to pre-production on Popeye, Tartakovsky is currently directing Hotel Transylvania 2 and developing a brand new passion project, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Can You Imagine?
Kinda makes you feel lazy, don’t it?
Jordy288 has collected 73 screen-caps of the background paintings from Studio Ghibli’s films. The artwork is sumptuous. Careful, though. Stare too long, and you may never want to look away. The real world pales in comparison to the wondrous world of Ghibli!. Click here to view.
Thor, that’s who.
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‘Where Are My Pants’ Guy, Larry the Overpriced Coffee Barista, Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Scratchen-Post the Cat Lady — The LEGO Movie‘s most memorable walk-ons are now available for purchase! And just cuz I find their scribbled customizations so cute, here are the links for Biznis Unikitty and Sharpie-Smile Good Cop.
Danger Mouse will be returning to TV next year! The CBBC has officially green lit 52 new 11 minute episodes. The series is being rebooted by Ireland’s Boulder Media (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, El Tigre), with Horrible Histories‘ Ben Ward writing scripts.
Remember when the most controversial Spongebob news items were gigantic gravestones and a XXX parody? Ah, the good ol’ days. (Via.)
People Magazine has put together a list of 5 Real-Life Disney Castles That You Can Rent. While Isla Mujeres’ Casa Caracol/King Triton’s castle is undoubtedly off-model, it IS adorable. Plus, if you visit in August — hurricane season — your ‘castle’ may truly be ‘under the sea’!
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Director Pete Docter revealed quite a bit more about Pixar’s upcoming Inside Out at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival in France yesterday. The industry insiders at Variety brought back the best bits: Continue reading
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Sony Pictures Animation has announced their intentions to make Medusa, an original animated comedy that will tell the secret story behind Greek mythology’s sinister, snake-headed seductress. Lauren Faust, the effervescent Emmy-winner responsible for the brilliant My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is attached to direct.
For more info, click here.
(For the adorable inspiration behind this post’s title, click here.)
DANGERDOOM’s 2005 album, The Mouse and the Mask, is an amazing example of advertising-as-art. Created by two of music’s more idiosyncratic artists — producer Dangermouse and rapper MF DOOM — it simultaneously served as an extended ad for Cartoon Network’s mid-2000s programming and a truly great rap record. Continue reading
Quick show of hands. Who here loves the ugly, off-model artwork Disney uses on their DVD and Blu-Ray releases? Anyone? Anyone?
That’s what I thought.
Artist Miguel Roselló is also not a fan. But instead of just sitting around typing rhetorical questions about it, he’s creating a series of sumptuous slipcovers for your Disney Blu-Rays — and they’re FREE! What’s more, he’s formatted them so that all you have to do is print, cut and insert. How cool is that? Click here to begin.
F*cking family weddings. They keep you away from the things that really matter, things like new trailers for upcoming cartoons!
It took a while, but we’re finally looking at the entire team from Disney/Marvel’s upcoming animated film, Big Hero 6.
From left to right:
Wasabi: Wasabi is a trained chef who uses various swords to fight. He can also give form to his Qi-Energy, usually materializing it as throwing knives that can paralyze opponents.
