Tag Archives: stop motion

Video: Robot Chicken’s Stop Motion Couch Gag From The Simpsons

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Including some behind the scenes clips too.

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Disney Producer Don Hahn On Frankenweenie, The Studio’s Evolution, Roger Rabbit Rumours And More

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

The realities of making a movie like Frankenweenie somewhere like Disney.

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First Image And Voice Cast For The Shadow King

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

As sales company K5 prepare to take Henry Selick’s frozen-in-carbonite stop motion movie The Shadow King to the European Film Market, they’ve started listing it on their official site.

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The Shadow King Is Trying To Escape The Disney Vaults

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Fresh hope for one of the most wastefully halted of all film productions.

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Frankenweenie Producer Allison Abbate Has “Auteurs” Lining Up To Make Stop Motion Movies

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The future of stop motion animation. Okay, “a” future of stop motion animation.

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Laika Have Passed On Henry Selick’s Film The Shadow King

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Bad news, everyone.

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Three More Clips From Frankenweenie Show Off Its Monster Movie Credentials

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

This Autumn’s best stop motion horror film for kids. And, you know, it had some pretty stiff competition.

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Frankenweenie Featurette Packs New Footage, Chatter

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Tim Burton, his cast and producers have some yammering to do, and some clips from Frankenweenie to show in between. Do be warned that this featurette gives away some plot specifics that have been kept pretty much under wraps until …

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Who On Earth Could Resist ParaNorman After This Video?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Including some very groovy stop motion demonstration video.

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Stunning Frankenweenie Clip Sets Up The Sci-Fi Elements Of The Story

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Mary Shelley might have been moved to call it Frankenweenie; or the Suburban Prometheus.

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Online Only Trailer For Paranorman Is Full Of Beautiful, Stylised Images

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Tristan Oliver‘s cinematography has captured the bold, stylised colour designs of Paranorman beautifully and this web-only trailer really shows off some of the more extreme shots. We’re talking about almost Wong Kar Wai richness of colour, just pouring off the …

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Disney Pull The Plug On Henry Selick’s Next Film

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The director of Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas just felt the axe.

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Fantastic Trailer For Toys In The Attic – Like Toy Story But With Stop-Motion And Live Action Not CG

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Dark and dirty attic time.

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Video: Paranorman’s Director On How Crappy Childhood Made Him Who He Is, And Made Him Make This Film

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

We’ve all been there. It’s always sucks.

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Charlie Kaufman And Community’s Dan Harmon Team Up For A Stop Motion Film, Take It To Kickstarter

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Yes please.

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Coraline’s Henry Selick To Direct The Graveyard Book, But Before That…

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Everything I know about Shadmaker, Cinderbiter and The Graveyard Book for now.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox And Coraline Talents Uniting For Goblins Movie

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Phillip Reeve posted some excerpts from the reviews of his new book, Goblins, to his blog. Amongst the genuine reactions, he included some apparently from the goblin characters in his story. Here’s a couple. MoRe thAn wun HUNDRID sheets of …

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VIDEO: Pingu Stars In The Best Remake Of The Thing Since 1982

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

This new remake shows considerable fidelity to both The Thing a la John Carpenter and Pingu, the chirpy little penguin with a voice like Tom Hardy’s Bane if he were huffing helium through that mask. Kudos to the short’s director …

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