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The Superbowl is going to be on TV this Sunday. While the Superbowl is usually not an event that is considered a “must see” for many artist types, there are many animated reasons to watch this year.

First of all, there are the commercials. Even in such an economically depressed times, there should be many animated commercials. In other years, the Superbowl commercials have been like a mini film festival, with many different styles and techniques on display.

Secondly, we should be seeing a new trailer for the Disney/Pixar film “Up”. I would love to see something along the lines of the Mike & Sully through the closet door type of thing, where the trailer is not made up of content from the film. I think that tends to give away too much.

Another great reason to watch is the 3D trailer for the Dreamworks film “Monsters Vs Aliens”. Before the game, be sure [Read more…]

Entertainment Tonight has posted a behind the scenes piece they did on the upcoming Dreamworks film “Monsters Vs Aliens”. While the piece doesn’t show too much more than the voice cast, they do show some of the crew and talk a bit about the 3D aspect. There is a big focus for stereoscopic 3D at Dreamworks, much more so than at any other animation studio so far. Dreamworks Animation has announced that it will begin releasing all of its films in 3D, starting with “Monsters Vs Aliens”. You can read more about the process Dreamworks is using by visiting the Intel website here.

from the Variety article:
“This is the first thing I’ve ever seen that is an actual opportunity for the movie business to become something completely new and unreplicatable at home,” observed Katzenberg.

We will have to wait and see if this translates into higher revenue at the box office, but 3D versions [Read more…]