Category Archives: Film/TV

Pastoral passions in Disney

The New York Times book review has a piece on The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation (Amazon UK) which discusses the pastoralist view of nature presented (think Bambi which outraged hunters in 1942 on its release) in its films. … Continue reading

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Neil Gaiman’s Coraline sneak peak trailer

OMG, Neil Gaiman’s got a sneaky trailer of the Henry Selick’s animation of Coraline. It looks absolutely fab (its short though) and reminds me a little of Tim Burton’s animation style or Jan Svankmajer. Coraline is one of my all … Continue reading

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The BBC gets Mervyn Peake

The BBC show on Mervyn Peake has just been out forward to March 5th according the Sebastian Peake’s blog.

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Holly Black launches film thread

Holly Black has set up a thread on her Livejournal for the Spiderwick Chronicles film.

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Tolkien Estate suing New Line for share of Lord of the Rings profits

According to the Times, the Estate and heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien are suing New Line for their share of the profits of the trilogy. The rights granted in 1969 granted them a 7.5% share of the gross profits for both … Continue reading

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Spiderwick Chronicle premiere pictured

Holly Black has a link to pictures from the Spiderwick Chronicles premiere held on a brown carpet. Its a long page with pictures of Hayden Panetierre, Tony Derlizzi and Holly Black, Freddie Highmore, Rachel Fox, Sarah Bolger amongst others.

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BBC 4 explores the Worlds of Fantasy

BBC Four is to begin a series of programmes entitled “The Worlds of Fantasy” starting on March 18th at 9pm. The following programme will be on Mervyn Peake on March 25th. The BBC site doesn’t have much more detail but … Continue reading

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Guillermo de Toro to take on the Hobbit?

It appears that Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, Cronos) is in talks to take on the Hobbit film. Jackson is up to his eyeballs in projects but will be the executive producer with creative control. The film itself will … Continue reading

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Faerie gets technical in the Spiderwick Chronicles film

LinuxJournal has a piece on the use of Linux to render the CGI in the forthcoming Spiderwick Chronicles movie which comes out in the UK on 21 March. (Sorry, annoyingly its behind a pay wall at the moment online but … Continue reading

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Preview of Jumper: Jumpscars comic online

Oni Press are releasing a preview comic of Jumper, a soon to be released cool film of Steven Gould’s novel. Titled Jumpscars, it promises to reveal an ancient war that has been happening around us. Jumpers are individuals who can … Continue reading

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