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Wonderlicious wrote:I have to agree with Patrick on this one, however I can imagine the CGI hangover going well into 2007; expect Dreaworks to issue 2 all new and all fun computer generated movies into cinemas...introducing The Frog Prince Plucked from the Pond and Canadian Dog!

Oh 'Canadian Dog' eh? That would be interesting. I mean American Dog looks interesting but of course I would prefer 'Canadian Dog'.

yankees wrote:
Very good point, I posted this in a thread in the Off Topic section. There are no less then 8 CGI movies coming out in 2006:

Ice Age 2 (Fox/Blue Sky)
Over the Hedge (Dreamworks)
The Wild (Disney/CORE)
Cars (Disney/Pixar)
The Ant Bully (Warner)
Flushed Away (Dreamworks/Aardman)
Open Season (Sony)
Meet the Robinsons (Disney)

We also forget that Hoodwinked, by Weinsten is coming out this December to theaters.

Other tentative CGI movies in 2006

The Barnyard (Paramount)
Happy Feet (WB)
Foodfight! (Lions Gate)
Yankee Irving (Fox)

Next year will be a defining year in CGI, people will get tired of it.

I hope so!

maybe then Disney ralize than just 3D or just 2D is not the awnser, but to mix both artistic techniques

Wow 2006 will be a larger year than I thought for new releases. I know I'll get tired of all the CGI animated movies and I'll crave more traditionally drawn or looking movies. (Actually I'm already craving more... I heard about the 2D animated 'Hellboy' movie and TV series in the works and I'm all over that)

CGI is great but I really like animation variety and some of these new Flash shows are getting tiresome. I like some of the interesting styles you can make in Flash (like 'Foster's home for Imaginary Friends') but I really miss the days of other animation. I guess I'll have to rely on Hanna-Barbera's sets or other classic toons for that!

The only 2D movie I see coming out next year is Curious George. Even that I'm afaid of. I hope they don't fill one of my childhood favorites with pop culturere references and innuendos.

Meet the Robinsons I'm not so sure of yet. But the art for it is gorgeous. Looks good, animation-wise.

And Disney would have to start all over from scratch again if they wanted to make 2-D movies again. They pretty much "demolished" their 2-D animation unit by getting rid of everything like artists' desks, tables, etc etc. An artist friend of mine who actually worked at Disney for a time stated this. And it's pretty obvious. But maybe they'll slowly do it from the ground up. But until then, we'll let time cast out 2-D's fate. It's no good to constantly over and over talk about how much 2-D needs to be brought back. If that's the case, then audiences should've bothered to give it a chance when the movies came to theaters.

I'm really interested into seeing Flushed Away. That looks good. It's CG too, yes?

in 2008, Kung Fu Panda from Dreamworks comes out. THAT looks really good! ^_^

Kenai wrote: I'm really interested into seeing Flushed Away. That looks good. It's CG too, yes?

Yep, it's Aardman's (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) 1st CGI picture. It will stay true to Aardman's look and style. I don't know if their future projects Crood Awakening (2008) and Tortoise Vs. Hare (2007) will be CGI or Claymation.

Kenai wrote: It's no good to constantly over and over talk about how much 2-D needs to be brought back.

Yeah constantly talking about it won't help bring it back but I'll never stop.

castleinthesky wrote:

yankees wrote:
Very good point, I posted this in a thread in the Off Topic section. There are no less then 8 CGI movies coming out in 2006:

Ice Age 2 (Fox/Blue Sky)
Over the Hedge (Dreamworks)
The Wild (Disney/CORE)
Cars (Disney/Pixar)
The Ant Bully (Warner)
Flushed Away (Dreamworks/Aardman)
Open Season (Sony)
Meet the Robinsons (Disney)

We also forget that Hoodwinked, by Weinsten is coming out this December to theaters.

Other tentative CGI movies in 2006

The Barnyard (Paramount)
Happy Feet (WB)
Foodfight! (Lions Gate)
Yankee Irving (Fox)

Next year will be a defining year in CGI, people will get tired of it.

I knew I would miss some, I checked out info on thouse movies it looks like most are a go for 06. Getting back to the to the subject of the thread. I'm kinda glad Disney is taking a year off. If it means better movies, I'm all for it.

It's depressing to wait and H O P E that something new and interesting is going to be released in 2008 or 2009. For me that I only can be satisfied with movies like Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast, there is one sure thing;

DISNEY IS DEAD

Aladdin from Agrabah wrote:It's depressing to wait and H O P E that something new and interesting is going to be released in 2008 or 2009. For me that I only can be satisfied with movies like Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast, there is one sure thing;

DISNEY IS DEAD

wow, didn't you know??? he died on December 15, 1966. It's been quite a while, you have to make sure you're up to date now

PatrickvD wrote:

Aladdin from Agrabah wrote:It's depressing to wait and H O P E that something new and interesting is going to be released in 2008 or 2009. For me that I only can be satisfied with movies like Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast, there is one sure thing;

DISNEY IS DEAD

wow, didn't you know??? he died on December 15, 1966. It's been quit a while, you have to make sure you're up to date now

Seriously though, i wouldn't say Disney is dead, dormant maybe..but certainly not dead.

Disney hopefully isn't dead. However, while Chicken Little was a good movie, it lacks much disney magic. The Corpse Bride was much more like a great Disney movie with its musical numbers, story involving good and evil, morals, trippy sequences, and all around greatness, and with the lack of toilet humor.

CGI overload next year.
Id prefer to have no Disney film being released in 2007 if Disney and Pixar make up and release the rat film that year. But having to wait until 2009 2010 (which thinking about it will most likely be the release dates for us in the UK), is just waaay to far away.

Wonderlicious wrote:I have to agree with Patrick on this one, however I can imagine the CGI hangover going well into 2007; expect Dreaworks to issue 2 all new and all fun computer generated movies into cinemas...introducing The Frog Prince Plucked from the Pond and Canadian Dog!

Well Dreamworks beat Pixar for once, as they are gonna release their rat movie first, had Chicken Little and Cars not been pushed back. This might be another story.

Kingpopper wrote:

Wonderlicious wrote:I have to agree with Patrick on this one, however I can imagine the CGI hangover going well into 2007; expect Dreaworks to issue 2 all new and all fun computer generated movies into cinemas...introducing The Frog Prince Plucked from the Pond and Canadian Dog!

Well Dreamworks beat Pixar for once, as they are gonna release their rat movie first, had Chicken Little and Cars not been pushed back. This might be another story.

what do you mean? antz beat bugs life, and shrek beat monsters inc too.

mr jinx wrote:what do you mean? antz beat bugs life, and shrek beat monsters inc too.

In what way did <i>Antz</i> beat <i>A Bug's Life</i>?

Domestic box office?
A Bug's Life $162,798,565
Antz $90,757,863

Worldwide box office?
A Bug's Life $363.4
Antz $171.8

Home video?

Discount Store News wrote:'The release of "A Bug's Life," marked the first time a major animated feature film produced by Disney was released in both the DVD and VHS formats. "A Bug's Life" became the best selling DVD title in the two weeks after its release and the best-selling children's title in the brief history of the new format, according to VideoScan data.

The only way <i>Antz</i> beat <i>A Bug's Life</i> was at being released to theaters first and I guess that was your point so never mind. Should have read it clearer before I researched.

Luke wrote:

mr jinx wrote:what do you mean? antz beat bugs life, and shrek beat monsters inc too.

In what way did <i>Antz</i> beat <i>A Bug's Life</i>?

Domestic box office?
A Bug's Life $162,798,565
Antz $90,757,863

Worldwide box office?
A Bug's Life $363.4
Antz $171.8

Home video?

Discount Store News wrote:'The release of "A Bug's Life," marked the first time a major animated feature film produced by Disney was released in both the DVD and VHS formats. "A Bug's Life" became the best selling DVD title in the two weeks after its release and the best-selling children's title in the brief history of the new format, according to VideoScan data.

The only way <i>Antz</i> beat <i>A Bug's Life</i> was at being released to theaters first and I guess that was your point so never mind. Should have read it clearer before I researched.

Yep, that was my point.


PS: I love this site.

Kingpopper wrote:

Wonderlicious wrote:I have to agree with Patrick on this one, however I can imagine the CGI hangover going well into 2007; expect Dreaworks to issue 2 all new and all fun computer generated movies into cinemas...introducing The Frog Prince Plucked from the Pond and Canadian Dog!

Well Dreamworks beat Pixar for once, as they are gonna release their rat movie first, had Chicken Little and Cars not been pushed back. This might be another story.

Aaaaaaagggghhhh!

This really, really, really makes me mad. For the last time, Flushed Away is not a copy of a Pixar in-production film. The film was officially announded in mid 2002! And they're likely to have been working on it for at least 12 months before the annoucement!

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808406305

Release Date Notes: (5/25/02) I've gotten a tip that DreamWorks has bumped this down their schedule considerably to sometime in 2005, a year later than Wallace and Gromit. (8/29/02) Well, that film has been pushed back to 2005 itself, with DreamWorks now aiming this film for sometime in 2006 ("The Hollywood Reporter"). (9/29/02) This film was originally announced as a possible summer, 2002 release, then for the summer of 2003, and then, for sometime in 2005. (8/10/03) With this movie now sitting on Aardman's back burner, with another project, 'Flushed Away' next up after Wallace and Gromit (which is due in 2005), it looks like this movie might not be released until after 2009 (if at all).

http://www.toonhound.com/forthcoming.htm#flushed

The film was first announced in July 2002. It's Aardman's first all-CGI affair, and in a bold move, they've opted to actually animate the film over in the States, in Glendale, where Dreamworks already have a deep pool of CG talent from which to draw.

Meanwhile, I'm 100% sure the idea was conceived when working with the rats on Chicken Run, so please don't accuse Aardman of copying Pixar.