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Robert Zemeckis Eyeing The Nutcracker 3-D?
12 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Robert Zemeckis is a director who was once mentioned alongside visionaries like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, having directed such blockbusters as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump and the Back To The Future trilogy. He certainly earned that reputation, but lately his career has taken a strange detour into the realm of motion capture technology, where his focus seems to be exclusively on taking existing stories and putting them on the big screen in a new way. Certainly Spielberg and Lucas have been big on pushing technology forward as well, but is Zemeckis letting his desire to pioneer get in the way of making good movies? His latest film A Christmas Carol hit theatres just last weekend and the reviews haven't been so hot, but that hasn't stopped him from lining up another Christmas movie to immediately follow it. According to Pajiba [1], Zemeckis wants to use motion capture to »
- Sean
Aykroyd, Faris, and Timberlake in Negotiations For Yogi Bear
6 November 2009 12:35 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Cartoon/live action hybrids have had a rocky history. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was excellent, aided by the fact that it was more of an original story, but films like The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Garfield weren’t that great (although Bill Murray has the kind of laconic, lazy speech that worked well for the morose cat). However, studios aren’t giving up on the style. Entertainment Weekly reports that three stars have signed on for the live action/CG film Yogi Bear. Dan Aykroyd is planning to voice Yogi, while Justin Timberlake is in talks to voice his sidekick, Boo-Boo. Anna Faris might play Rachel, a nature documentary filmmaker trying to film the two bears for her next project. Right now there is no word on Ranger Smith. Aykroyd seems like a solid piece of casting, but I’ve never actually seen Timberlake act; he must have done something to impress. »
- Jacob
A Christmas Carol Review
5 November 2009 7:28 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
When it was announced that Robert Zemeckis was directing an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” starring Jim Carrey and made with 3D motion-capture, my response was viciously negative. Zemeckis had left behind movies like “Back to the Future” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, movies with characters and charming stories, in favor of 3D motion-captured films featuring CG characters who resembled the voice actor except they were trapped deep within the uncanny valley (the place where CG facsimiles of people look like very expensive animatronics). Throwing Jim Carrey into the mix to have him constantly mug for the camera made the idea of a 3D motion-captured film even more unappealing. And “A Christmas Carol”? How many times do we need to see this story? Seeing it in 3D with Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge was an argument not to make the movie. (Hit the jump to find out why »
- Matt Goldberg
Review: Did you ever see… Who Framed Roger Rabbit
5 November 2009 4:01 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
This week sees the release of the year’s first Christmas movie, Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol. The latest in a long line of adaptations of this classic story, Zemeckis has made it using his motion capture animation. This is the third movie Zemeckis has made using the technique, having perfected it after Polar Express and Beowulf. Zemeckis has been interested in combining human actors and animation for a long time. With news breaking last week of a sequel in development, it’s the perfect time to look back at 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Following huge success with Back to the Future in 1985, Robert Zemeckis was in big demand. This allowed him the clout to take hold of what would be a hugely ambitious project. Live action had been combined with animation previously, most notably in Mary Poppins. No-one yet, however, had attempted a feature length movie.
Bob Hoskins is a 1940’s private dick, »
- Barry Steele
Roger Rabbit 2: Two-Dimensional Toons & CGI Humans?
5 November 2009 12:57 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Don’t act like you’re surprised. You knew this announcement was coming from the moment we first heard that director Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) was making a sequel to his 1988 smash hit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It was just a matter of time, really. With three Mocap (that’s the new slang for “motion-capture”, Fyi) films already under his belt – Polar Express, Beowulf, and A Christmas Carol – it was a natural leap of thought to assume Zemeckis would use his favorite new toy in a Roger Rabbit sequel.
However, it appears that the Toon characters (Roger, Jessica, Benny the Cab) will not be the ones making the leap into the 21st century. According to his interview with MTV, Zemeckis doesn’t plan on using Mocap for those characters, just the human ones (as if that makes it any better). Read what he had to say below:
“I »
- Paul Young
Robert Zemeckis 'Never Been Offered' A Superhero Movie
5 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
From Splash Page: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and "Back to the Future" director Robert Zemeckis is certainly no stranger to the art of bringing fantasy fare to life on the big screen, so when we had the chance to chat with him during a press event for "A Christmas Carol," we had to ask: why hasn't he tackled a superhero movie yet?
"I'm a superhero fan, although I actually have never been offered one," Zemeckis told MTV News. "I've never really brought one to someone and said I really want to do this superhero [movie]. Obviously, I love the form, as movies really are the extension of comic books."
Continue reading Robert Zemeckis Explains Why He Hasn't Directed A Superhero Movie (Yet)
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- Rick Marshall
Roger Rabbit Sequel Will Contain Both 2D and Mo-Cap Animation
4 November 2009 6:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
As Peter reported a few days ago, Robert Zemeckis is going forward with a Roger Rabbit sequel. We all seem to be intrigued by the possibility of returning to Toontown, but Zemeckis' obsession with motion capture really casts a Judge Doom-like shadow over the project. Will he motion capture Roger Rabbit and his Toontown friends? Or will Zemeckis return to the old school of hand-drawn animation?
MTV caught up with Zemeckis, who was quick to assure fans of the bumbling Roger that he will remain his cuddly 2D self. "I wouldn't use it for the cartoon characters, because I think they should stay two-dimensional because that's what - I wouldn't dimensonalize Roger," he said. "And I couldn't dimensonalize Jessica even if I wanted to because she doesn't have a nose. We wouldn't want to give her a nose." But motion capture will be a part of Roger Rabbit 2. The technology is like Zemeckis' whale, »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Motion Capture and Writers for Roger Rabbit 2
4 November 2009 5:19 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Doing the rounds to promote his latest motion capture venture (A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey), director Robert Zemeckis opened up about his plans to revisit Toontown.
In April, the filmmaker simply said he had ideas for a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and new technology had him “starting to think about it.” He later followed this up with a confirmation that Roger would remain in 2D, but didn’t rule out the possibility of 3-D and motion capture, the two techniques dominating his filmography for the past 5 years.
In a brief chat with MTV, Zemeckis said, “All the other characters that [the cartoons] would sort of have fun with would be magnificent in performance capture technology.” Unfortunately, this probably means the sequel will be a combination of 3-D mo-cap and 2-D animation, not the live-action/cartoon hybrid of the original, which explains why Bob Hoskins has been using the “I’m too old” excuse. »
- Jeff Leins
Guttenberg, Danson and Selleck = 'Three Men and a Bride'
4 November 2009 4:45 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
We are now in the age of the 20-year-old sequel. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Wall Street 2, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Beverly Hills Hop 4, The Untouchables: Capone Rising. It hasn't been "too long," it isn't awkward to go back. It'll make you feel young again! Now we've reached the pinnacle of past grabs, as WENN is reporting that Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck, and Ted Danson are reuniting for Three Men and a Bride.
"Disney's developing Three Men and a Bride. That's going to be a smash. A smash hit. They're bringing everybody back for that," says Guttenberg. "Nobody knows about it. I'm the first to talk about it."
Guttenberg might just become king of the It's Never To Late To Return! movement, as he dreams of reviving all of his past franchises. "It's definitely time for another Police Academy. And I think they could make another Cocoon. »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Robert Zemeckis Explains Why He Hasn't Directed A Superhero Movie (Yet)
4 November 2009 2:08 PM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and "Back to the Future" director Robert Zemeckis is certainly no stranger to the art of bringing fantasy fare to life on the big screen, so when we had the chance to chat with him during a press event for "A Christmas Carol," we had to ask: why hasn't he tackled a superhero movie yet?
"I'm a superhero fan, although I actually have never been offered one," Zemeckis told MTV News. "I've never really brought one to someone and said I really want to do this superhero [movie]. Obviously, I love the form, as movies really are the extension of comic books."
"When I was real young, we had the George Reeves 'Superman' on TV all the time," he explained when asked if he had any favorites in the comics world. "I've seen every one of those episodes and probably have them all memorized and »
- Rick Marshall
Robert Zemeckis On (Not) Being A Video Gamer
4 November 2009 9:30 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
From Multiplayer: The director of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and the forthcoming "A Christmas Carol" remake is not much of a gamer. Despite the awesome video game based on the "Roger Rabbit" flick, it seems that Robert Zemeckis has never really been very good at video games, despite being very impressed by them.
Continue reading Robert Zemeckis Sucks At Video Games (And He's Fine With It!)
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- MTV Movies Team
Zemeckis Wants to Use Performance Capture in Roger Rabbit Sequel, But Not For Roger…
4 November 2009 8:50 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
With the original writers of Who Framed Roger Rabbit now at work on a potential sequel, Robert Zemeckis is starting to talk, in very guarded terms, about ideas for the film. Given that he's become a massive proponent of performance capture technology, there have been questions (such as those raised by Brendon) about whether the original film's blend of drawn animation and live action actors would be augmented by new tech. That seems likely to be the case, as evidenced by current statements from Zemeckis. MTV got the director to talk very briefly about his approach to the film and the core characters. When asked if performance capture tech was part of the reason the movie was finally moving forward, he said, That's true, yeah, although I wouldn't use if for the cartoon characters, because I think they should stay two-dimensional. That's their charm. I wouldn't dimensionalize Roger. And I »
- Russ Fischer
Film Experience Readers Celebrating Halloween
4 November 2009 8:11 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Several readers took up The Film Experience challenge and sent photos from their movie related Halloween costumes this past weekend. Cheers to them. Not only are Tfe readers creative, movie obsessed and participatory... they're totally fetching in Halloween costumes!
Keelay went as a Camp Crystal Lake counsellor. I imagine he was very popular with any holiday revellers who happened to be wearing that infamous hockey mask. Love the tube socks. They scream summer camp.
That's Mickie and Mindy as Dallas (Bruce Willis) and Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) from 90s sci-fi extravaganza The Fifth Element. I recognized those orange-loving Gautier costumes instantly. We can only hope that one of their friends sang some technopera as the movie's best blue tentacled hair lady, the Diva Plavalaguna.
From there we race forward to the cinema of 2009. From top left we've got two Rorschachs from Watchmen. To your left is JoFo (with Lady Gaga in background. »
- NATHANIEL R
The Good, The Bad And The Wtf: Sands of Not My Freakin' Dime
4 November 2009 1:09 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
It's the mid-week report of the good, bad and you-know-what-the-what here, as we compile the movie news from the past week and a half. Yes, you'll have more at the end of the week—but for now, let us all cringe together as we see stomach news of the 2012 motion sickness experience, an Mib without Will Smith, and the audacity of some people to shoot a barely visible topless scene and hype it up like it was Basic Instinct 3.
The Good
• For years, there have been several attempts to do a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, none of them ever came close to moving ahead. Speaking to MTV last week, director Robert Zemeckis set the record straight: that this time he is personally involved and really excited to do the sequel, and that he has commissioned original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman to write the screenplay. Let's hope »
- Arya Ponto
Robert Zemeckis Sucks At Video Games (And He's Fine With It!)
3 November 2009 3:07 PM, PST | MTV Multiplayer | See recent MTV Multiplayer news »
The director of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and the forthcoming "A Christmas Carol" remake is not much of a gamer. Despite the awesome video game based on the "Roger Rabbit" flick, it seems that Robert Zemeckis has never really been very good at video games, despite being very impressed by them:
"I love what they do in the technology, the way they move those images, I'm fascinated by the amount of code-writing those guys do to make those games work. But I just have a problem sitting there for hours and hours and hours knowing that I'm always going to end up losing. It's such a fatalistic mindset, I know I'm never going to get to the highest level...but I'm gonna play anyway."
Yeah, rock on Zemeckis! Now you just need to make up for the bad games based on "Back To The Future," "Back To The Future 2," "Back To the Future 3" and "Beowulf. »
- Russ Frushtick
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Sequel?
3 November 2009 9:26 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
MTV News is reporting that Robert Zemeckis is making a sequel to 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
After 20 years, Zemeckis is bringing back his frustrated cartoon bunny to the big screen, and helping the director are the original screenwriters Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman.
So there's a script being developed right now!
A big factor in creating sequel plans for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is the performance-capture technology that Zemeckis employed in "Polar Express," "Beowulf," and the upcoming "A Christmas Carol." »
- Manny
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Sequel to Feature Motion Capture
3 November 2009 8:44 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
It was recently announced that director Robert Zemeckis was moving forward with a sequel to his animated classic, and now it seems he'll be implementing new technology into the sequel. According to MTV Movies Blog, director Robert Zemeckis revealed that his sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? will feature motion-capture technology in the sequel.
During a recent interview with MTV News' Josh Horowitz, Zemeckis made his clearest statement yet that he'll use mo-cap for the human actors and that the movie will be partly in 3-D.
"All the other characters that [the cartoons] would sort of have fun with would be magnificent in performance capture technology," he explained.
Zemeckis did reveal though that he likely wouldn't use 3-D technology with the cartoon characters, only live-action characters.
"I wouldn't use it for the cartoon characters, because I think they should stay two-dimensional because that's what - I wouldn't dimensonalize Roger," he said. "And »
Exclusive: Robert Zemeckis Indicates He'll Use Performance-Capture And 3-D In 'Roger Rabbit' Sequel
3 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
We now know that Robert Zemeckis is playing it old school in at least one respect when it comes to his "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" sequel: the script will be penned by original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman.
But with over two decades of moviemaking technology between the release of his first cartoon bunny film and the beginning of creative brainstorming for the second, the question is whether or not Zemeckis will also play it old school when it comes to the look of the film. Will it merge live-action with traditional animation? Or, building on his work on films like "A Christmas Carol" and "Beowulf," will the director introduce motion-capture and 3-D technology into the equation?
During a recent interview with MTV News' Josh Horowitz, Zemeckis made his clearest statement yet that he'll use mo-cap for the human actors and that the movie will be partly in 3-D. »
- Eric Ditzian
Robert Zemeckis On The Past, Present And Future Of Motion Capture
3 November 2009 7:13 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
You're working primarily in the field of motion-capture these days, what is it about the process that so interests you?
"What attracts me is that I have more control making a movie than I ever had before with live-action. I'm able to maintain performances by actors, which is where I think the magic comes from, and you get to turn the actors loose without any restrictions. They are completely unencumbered as you don't actually have to photograph them. They can do whatever they want to do and then I can simulate them later with complete control. For me, it's a dream come true."
Did you decide to make A Christmas Carol with mo-cap because it really gave you the chance to authentically recreate Charles Dickens' grotesque characters?
"Usually you'd have to put heavy rubber appliances of actors' faces to get the same effect. If you look at these movies »
Is a Roger Rabbit Sequel Really Necessary?
2 November 2009 8:14 PM, PST | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »
Yes, I loved the original Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which I saw in the theaters when I was still in my single digits. It was pretty ground-breaking, effects-wise, for the time, with the interaction between live action and animation, and it featured a scandalously racy character in the form of Jessica Rabbit. If I remember correctly, I was even a little scared by Christopher Lloyd's performance as a toon disguised as a man. But to be honest, I haven't really thought about it since then. Has anyone else? Well, Robert Zemeckis, the director, has, and according to this article, he's gearing up for another installment. »
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