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- July 30, 2001
- DreamWorks Preps Shrek 2-Disc DVD
- Grown Up Rugrats Bring
Huge Ratings
- Release Charts: Animated, Anime,
and FX DVDs
- News Link of the Day -
Brief History of Planet of the Apes
DreamWorks Preps
Shrek 2-Disc DVD
(by
digitalmediafx.com) DreamWorks is quietly preparing a 2-disc DVD
set for its hit animated movie Shrek. The DVD is expected to be
shipped in November. The artwork for the cover (pictured here) is ready
to go. DreamWorks has yet to publicly release details of exactly what
will appear on the 2-disc set and whether it plans to do a rerelease of
Shrek this fall to try and top The Lion King as the highest-grossing
animated movie of all time. Shrek is currently the second highest
grossing animated film of all time.
In other Shrek
news, MediaForce (an digital copyright enforcement firm specializing in
Internet anti-piracy solutions) announced that Shrek is the fifth
most pirated movie online. Tens of thousands of downloads of the entire
movie have taken place drawing attention to the issue of digital piracy.
Many movies are surprisingly pirated and available online before they
make it into theaters.
Grown Up Rugrats
Bring Huge Ratings
(by digitalmediafx.com) Nickelodeon experienced its highest ratings
ever with a special 10th anniversary episode of The Rugrats that showed
the babies all grown up. The episode pulled in an audience of 12 million
viewer, breaking many cable records, including the biggest kids TV audience.
The episode, titled ""All Growed Up," was brought to the
attention of dFX Newsletter
subscribers in the July
15 issue.
Release
Charts: Animated, Anime, and FX DVDs
(by digitalmediafx.com) It's a very slow week for animated, anime,
and FX DVDs. The only DVD coming out this week in the three categories
is Trumpet
of the Swan. Trumpet of the Swan was originally suppose
to be on VHS and DVD last year. However, after the Academy announced a
new Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the movie was revised for a limited
showing on the big screen. It opened to largely negative
reviews (article
1 & article
2).
The Trumpet of
the Swan is directed by Richard Rich, who also directed The Swan
Princess and Warner Bros. animated The King and I. The movie
stars the voices of Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen, Reese Witherspoon,
Joe Mantegna, and Seth Green. The Trumpet of the Swan is the story
of Louis, a voiceless trumpeter swan and his adventure in learning new
ways to communicate.
News Link of the
Day - Brief History of Planet of the Apes
According to AP:
The Associated Press
has released a list of the history of Planet of the Apes on film. To view
the list:
Click here for the full story.
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