Guillermo del Toro will produce the CG-animated horror comedy The Day of the Dead, Deadline reports. The flick features a “Romeo and Juliet-style love story”, with Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations acting as a backdrop. Jorge R. Gutierrez will write and direct the project, which is set for a 2014 release. Animation studio Reel FX is […]
Continue readingGael Garcia Bernal is Zorro Reborn
Move over Antonio; your swashbuckling will now only be done in the guise of that boot-wearing gato. Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Science of Sleep) looks set to star in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming adventure flick Zorro Reborn. According to Variety, the picture is “a futuristic reboot of the Zorro mythology that will not […]
Continue readingInterview: Chris Miller (director of Puss in Boots)
Interview: Chris Miller (director of Puss in Boots). By Simon Miraudo. Chris Miller is one of the driving creative forces of the Shrek franchise, having begun as a story artist and writer of additional dialogue on the first film and eventually graduating to director on Shrek the Third. Those pictures inspired many imitators, and since […]
Continue readingThe cat with no name – Puss in Boots review
Puss in Boots – Starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and Zach Galifianakis. Directed by Chris Miller. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. The Shrek franchise has aged terribly. Once considered the sharpest and most refreshing animation out there, it has since been lapped (and lapped again) by recent Pixar efforts and even one-offs like Cloudy with […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Puss in Boots
The trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots has debuted online. Featuring the voice of Antonio Banderas as Puss, it looks remarkably similar to Banderas’ Zorro films. Although the Shrek films have long since run out of steam, Puss remained the saga’s best and most entertaining character. Will that translate in his graduation […]
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