Tag Archives: feature films

Great Muppet Movie Ever Script Reviews

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. [...]

Where The Wild Things Are Trailer

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

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 [...]

First Look at "Where The Wild Things Are" Creatures

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 [...]

Update on The Hobbit

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 [...]

Spike Jonze Talks About Where The Wild Things Are

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 [...]

Dante’s Inferno Now on DVD

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 [...]

Get Ready For More Cats & Dogs

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 [...]

Lili at the Santa Monica Puppetry Festival

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

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 [...]