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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Monday
- July 9, 2001
- Shrek Tearing Up Overseas
Box Office
- Tomb Raider Ride
Concept Drawings
- Release Charts: Animated,
Anime, and FX DVDs
- News Link of the Day
- Disney Hopes to Revive Magic
 Shrek
Tearing Up Overseas Box Office
(by digitalmediafx.com) Shrek is tearing up the box
office overseas. In its opening weekend throughout the U.K. and
Ireland, Shrek made £4,686,000, three times more
than its nearest rival. According to BBC News, Shrek "looks
set to become the most successful animated film ever, overtaking
The Lion King, which earned £222m."
Meanwhile,
in the U.S., Shrek
remains the highest grossing film of the year, with receipts totaling
$240 million.
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Tomb Raider
Ride Concept Drawings
(by digitalmediafx.com) On July 3, Digital Media FX reported
on plans by Paramount's King's Island to open a new FX-filled
ride based on the movie Tomb Raider. Here are three concept drawings
for the ride:
This is a concept drawing of the entrance to Tomb Raider: The
Ride.
This is a concept drawing of the que line for the ride.
This is a concept drawing of the ride itself, although many details
are still hush-hush.
Here
is Paramount Kings Island's official description of the adventure:
"Descend
into the ancient tomb of the illuminati guarded by the Warrior
Goddess Durga, just as the planets align - and become enmeshed
in an epic test of fire and ice! Hurtling through the darkness,
you'll come face-to-face with glistening, razor-sharp stalactites
and roiling, red-hot lava pits, twisting and turning as you struggle
against the fury of nature's polar opposites in a desperate effort
to escape! So suit up and strap yourself in. The ride of you life
is coming in 2002!"
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Release
Charts: Animated, Anime, and FX DVDs
(by digitalmediafx.com) Here is a list of new animated, anime,
and FX DVDs being released tomorrow. As you can see, it is a slow
week.
Monkeybone
- Special Edition (2001 - animation/FX)
The
Great Muppet Caper (1981)
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News Link
of the Day - Disney Hopes to Revive Magic by Selling More
Stuff
According
to the LA Times:
"In an
effort to re-energize its gold-plated brand, Walt Disney Co. is
launching a product blitz that will put Mickey Mouse and the gang
on toothbrushes, cereal boxes, juice cartons and even bottles
of plain water.
Though two
recent studies show the Disney brand remains strong, operating
income for the company's Consumer Products division has fallen
by $438 million over the last three years, a nearly 50% decline…"
Click
here for the full story. (free access to article very
temporary. Expires July 15)
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