I’m a filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppeteers and puppetry around the world.
Traditional Taiwanese Puppetry - http://puppetvision.info/2013/06/traditional-taiwanese-puppetry.html
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Youkiza is a 380 (!) year old Japanese Puppet Company - http://puppetvision.info/2013/06/youkiza-a-380-year-old-japanese-puppet-company.html
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The Hampster Dance returns and is highly adorable (UK)
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Punch and Judy Sign
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Creepy Punch
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Punch and Judy Cone Puppets
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Giant puppet engineering
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Effective ad reminding hockey parents to calm down
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Details about The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever have hit the web. News about Jason Segal’s planned Muppet Movie has been hitting the `net this week. I’m told that the working title for the film is The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever and AICN has (spoiler alert) posted the first review of the new Muppet Movie’s script....
The trailer for Where The Wild Things Are is now available online in high definition. Sorry it’s been so long since my last update…the hotly anticipated trailer for Where The Wild Things Are (see previous post) has finally hit the web and wow. I can’t wait to see this. You can check it out on...
Neko Rahmen Taisho is a feature film based on a popular Japanese comic/animation property. Neko Rahmen is a popular Japanese anime series and manga about a cat named Taishou who runs a ramen shop. It’s being adapted in to a Japanese feature film with Taishou being realized as a puppet. If you check out the...
A series of skateboards provide the first look at the monsters of Where The Wild Things Are. The film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are (see previous post) has been hotly anticipated for a long time. The film’s original teaser was released back in 2000 and the movie’s troubled production history has been widely...
Director Guillermo del Toro is directing the two-part Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit. While doing promotion for the new Hellboy II Blu-Ray, director Guillermo del Toro provided some minor updates on his upcoming two-part adaptation of The Hobbit. He reports that filming will commence in 2010 and last an entire year. del Toro...
Acclaimed director Spike Jonze is adapting the children’s classic Where The Wild Things Are in to a feature film (photo via Ain’t It Cool News). There’s been a lot of online nervousness and speculation about Spike Jonze’s feature film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are (see previous post). Very little information and even fewer...
The feature-length toy Theatre film Dante’s Inferno is now available on DVD. Dante’s Inferno (see previous post) – the feature-length Toy Theatre film from a team that includes Paul Zaloom is now available to order on DVD. While it’s the type of indie film that’s probably not for everyone, I had a chance to catch...
A sequel to the 2001 family film Cats & Dogs is headed in to production in Vancouver. Remember Cats and Dogs? I’ve always thought it was a great little family film and its villain Mr. Tinkles has to be one of the funniest animatronic puppet characters ever created. Recently word has been spreading that a...
Leslie Caron with puppets Renaldo the Fox and Carrot Top in the 1953 MGM musical Lili. The inaugural Santa Monica Puppetry Festival kicked off today in Santa Monica, California and runs through Sunday. The festival is paying tribute to actress Leslie Caron and 1953 MGM puppet-themed musical Lili (better known as Carnival – the title...
Oranges: Revenge of the Eggplant is the latest product of Rich Evans and Mike Stoklasa’s “Orange” universe. I’m still playing catch up with stuff since I was MIA here for awhile last month, but one of the (many) things I’ve been wanting to mention – and looking forward to watching – is Oranges: Revenge of...
The Jim Henson Company’s planned feature film version of Fraggle Rock is moving ahead. First, the good news: The Weinstein Company has given the go-ahead to the Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock feature film, which has been in development for a couple years (see previous post). This makes a lot of sense because the Weinsteins...
Puppets Jib and Crash will be promoting movies during interstitials on Cartoon Network beginning this weekend. Jib and Crash (see previous post), are the puppet stars of a new series on Cartoon Network that features interviews with celebrities and publicity for upcoming movies. The segments were devised by Cartoon Network’s ad sales promotions marketing group...