Springfield Comes to Life, Food Included

In another animation/food crossover it has just been learned that Universal Studios Orlando will be building a whole area at their park modeled after the town of Springfield as seen in The Simpsons and that many of the famous food items seen on the show will be included.

The burning question on everyone's mind: Will it have staged holdups of the Kwik-E-Mart by a Universal cast member dressed as Snake?

Read the full article at FoodBeast.

Oliver & Company 25th Anniversary Edition

Celebrate the 25^th Anniversary Tale of the Beloved

Kitten Oliver and His Adventure to Find a Home

Available for the First Time on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def, August 6, 2013

And Features Amazing Music of Billy Joel and Bette Midler

Synopsis:                                     Celebrate the 25^th anniversary of a Disney classic with the stunning Blu-ray debut of Oliver And Company, featuring perfect picture and sound. Relive this charming animated adventure, packed with excitement, fun and unforgettable songs by Billy Joel, Bette Midler and Huey Lewis.

In the heart of New York City, Oliver, a mischievous orphaned kitten, is befriended by Dodger, a carefree pooch and his ragtag family of misfit mutts. Life gets even better for Oliver when he is adopted by a lonely little girl named Jenny. But when tough guy Sykes and his Doberman sidekicks try to keep Jenny and Oliver apart, the spirited kitten and his newfound friends discover the meaning of courage and find a home where they truly belong.

Voice Cast:                                 Joey Lawrence (Summer Rental, Urban Legends: Final Cut) as Oliver, Billy Joel (Hangover Part II, 13 Going on 30) as Dodger, Cheech Marin (The Lion King, Grindhouse) as Tito, Richard Mulligan (Little Big Man, Trail of the Pink Panther) as Einstein, Roscoe Lee Browne (Treasure Planet, Babe) as Francis,  Dom DeLuise (All Dogs Go to Heaven, History of the World: Part I) as Fagin, Natalie Gregory (Alice in Wonderland, Wait Until Spring) as Jenny, Bette Midler (Fantasia/2000, Beaches) as Georgette

Directors:                                    George Scribner (Heavy Metal, The Black Cauldron) & Dan Hansen (Aladdin, The Emperor’s New Groove)

Writer:                                         Jim Cox (Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest, The Rescuers Down Under)

Release Date:                            August 6, 2013 (Direct Pre-book: 6/11; Distributor Pre-book: 6/25)

Packaging:                                  2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (BD + DVD)

Ratings:                                        G

Feature Run Time:                  74 minutes

Blu-ray Aspect Ratio:             1.85:1

Blu-ray Audio:                           English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio; French & Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital

Blu-ray Subtitles:                     English, French & Spanish

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UP Gets Way More Real

A day or two ago I was wondering if I'd ever see any more examples of things from Pixar's UP being brought into the real world (I think this stream of consciousness may have started when I saw a dog that reminded me of Dug while I was on a walk). Then I thought. "Nah... there's probably not going to be anything else." Well, I'm happy to say I've been totally proven wrong. Following a pin on my niece's Pinterest board I was led to this blog entry of a real life couple at the UP house I've mentioned before where they even go inside the house and pose to recreate various scenes from the beginning of the movie. You have to go there to see all the incredible pictures (they've even recreated the cane with the tennis balls on each foot). Here's just two photos as a very brief tease:

More photos here at Rock and Roll Bride.

WALL•E Slide Show

Found this interesting photo album on flickr by user itsagiraffe:

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Click here to go directly to the photo album. When you're there you can click on "Slideshow" to see it even bigger.

Animation Fascination Shorts at NBFF

Tomorrow night, April 30th, at 8:30pm the Newport Beach Film Festival will be showing some animated shorts at The Triangle in Costa Mesa. Here's the lineup:

1. Strings | Tal Arbiv, Lior Golan 2012
2. Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto | Johan Oettinger 2012
3. Shelved | James Cunningham 2012
4. Junkyard | Hisko Hulsing 2012
5. The Boy in the Bubble | Kealan O'Rourke
6. Eye (Un Ojo) | Lorenza Manrique 2012
7. Amen! | Moritz Mayerhofer
8. The Waterwheel (La Naria) | Karla Castaneda 2012
9. Oh Willy... | Marc Roels, Emma de Swaef 2012
10. Story of Him (História d'Este) | Pascual Pérez 2011

Tickets can be purchased here or probably at the box office prior to the show. More about the program can be seen here in the festival's digital flipbook. "The Boy in the Bubble" is narrated by Severus Snape himself, Alan Rickman, and I'm wondering if Karla Castaneda is any relation to Carlos Castaneda.

Dead Toy Walking

From "Proof That The Walking Dead and Toy Story Have the Same Plot:"

View the whole story here. Coincidence?

Epic Movie Standee

IMAG1438, a photo by christianz1969 on Flickr.