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Sample Article Alice writer to script "Maleficent"

Having written the script that re-imagined Alice in Wonderland for Tim Burton, writer Linda Woolverton has been hired by Disney to tackle Maleficent, a live-action take on the evil queen from the animated classic Sleeping Beauty.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project could reunite the writer with Burton, who is considering directing the movie.

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Tim Burton directing Stop-Motion Addams Family movie

Tim Burton has his 3-D follow-up to Alice in Wonderland booked: He’ll be directing a stop-motion animation version of The Addams Family, according to Mike Fleming at Deadline Hollywood. File under “things that make sense.” And also “things I am excited for.”

Burton’s Addamses will be based on Charles Addams’ original cartoons and not the old TV show or the ’90s movies. Read Full Story >



Sample Article Bleach the movie

Warner Bros. is negotiating a deal with VIZ Media to obtain the feature film rights to the popular manga and anime series Bleach, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Featured Articles
Sample Article List of the best Video Game Design Schools

The following is a list of colleges and universities with programs that would help someone in their pursuit of a career in Character Animation and Video Game Design. The list is dedicated to schools that many game studios feel caters to both the technical and artistic field of Character Animation and Video Game Design...

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Sample Article How to Become a Video Game Designer

One of the most exciting jobs out in the market today is video game designing. Many have the impression that it would take too much time and skills to accomplish this. Well reality check people...it does not! If you are into video games and love spending your leisure time (even your work time!), playing games then you have already passed the qualifying stages to becoming a video game designer.

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character animation The Increasing Role of Character Animation in Video Games

"Almost every video game today uses character animation. It's become a standard element in modern entertainment software," says Mark Stuart, who is a video games designer for Bionic Games and is currently working on Spyborgs...

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Animating for Video Games Animating for Video Games

Video game animation offers a plethora of exciting opportunities and hurtles. For those involved, this digital playground offers a rich and rewarding experience, creating animation that connects to the audience on a more personal level then ever before. (Most sudios also mostly hire full time, rather than by contract!) For those interested in pursuing a career in this field, Sam recommends, "Find your passion, and just do it."

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Artist of The Month
Featured Artist: Character Modeler Sven Juhlin

I see from your website that you are currently doing some work for Marvel, are you allowed to talk to us about this project?

Well I'm not allowed to tell you much, but the work I'm doing has to do with the Avengers movie that is being developed now. Marvel is a great company and the characters of the Marvel universe has always been a real inspiration for me.

How did Marvel find you or did you approach Marvel for this project?

I did a version of Captain America that turned out pretty good. They saw it and contacted me and asked if a wanted to help out with some stuff. Posting stuff on different sites will eventually make someone like what you are doing and it will hopefully lead to some work :)

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Featured Video Game Review
Grand Theft Auto IV

Matt Makepeace

I am fully confident when I say that never in the history of video gaming has a fictional world been so completely realized. I've often found myself just walking down the street and marveling at the hustle and bustle going on all around me. Taxi cabs speed down the streets honking wildly at cars that aren't going fast enough for their tastes. Three kids sit on the porch to a ratty apartment building, laughing and talking about skateboards. A man gets a call on his cell phone and starts talking about business deals. A woman gets out of her car and starts unloading groceries. A seedy looking man standing outside an Italian restaurant casually smokes a cigarette and eyes you as you strut past. I cannot stress enough how real the world feels. It is made even more impressive by some of the best next-gen physics and graphics on the market. It came as very little surprise to me when I discovered that GTA IV cost over 100 million dollars to produce and had a team of over 1000 people working on it pretty much nonstop since the Xbox 360 and PS3 were launched...

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Featured Comic Book Review
Joker

by Hugo Bravo

I once was asked what comic book universe I would prefer to live in, Marvel or DC. I immediately answered Marvel. Not because I prefer Marvel over DC, but because there is no way I could ever live in a universe with the Joker in it. Brian Azzarello's new graphic novel, simply titled Joker, reinforces my answer in a way that only the best Joker stories are able to do so. Joker is a deep-layered introspective tale that doesn't just give you a glimpse of Clown Prince of Crime's Gotham City. It takes you deep in her darkest, vilest corners, dragging you by the neck and making you witness every inch of her. It leaves you feeling dirty after every page, as if you've just witnessed something that you will pay dearly for later on.

A low level hood named Jonny Frost takes the job as the Joker's wheelman, eager to make a name for himself. For unknown reasons, the Joker has been released from Arkham, with intent to take back Gotham City. It's a straightforward story elevated to greatness by great dialogue, and violence that will make you wince; not just at the gore aspect of it, but at revelation that the Joker truly loves what he does in life, and savors every kill like a full-course meal. Some acts of violence are completely calculated, some completely senseless and random. Some are both, some are neither. When his boss gruesomely slaughters an elderly couple just to lie in bed with their corpses, Jonny realizes that he has no way out. In some ways it reminded me of the movie Training Day, where a Ethan Hawke's character gets involved in the life he dreams of following Denzel Washington around town, and soon finds himself way over his head...

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