A Look
at Animated Movies Coming Out in 2003
(by Joe Tracy)
With 2002 coming to an end and 2003 on the horizon, Digital Media
FX has assembled a list of animated movies scheduled to hit theaters
in the new year. 2003 has a little of everything: sequels (Jungle
Book 2), anime (Cowboy Bebop), combined movies (Rugrats Meet Wild
Thornberries), and just plain weird movies that make you ask why?
(Lil' Pimp). Here is a list of animated movies and the scheduled
release date (subject to change, of course):
Title:
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Studio: Bandai (U.S. Distributor is Sony)
Release: January 2003
Brief Synopsis: This is a Japanese anime movie based on
the TV series, Cowboy Bebop. The movie is set in the
distant future on Mars where the Cowboy Bebop crew investigates
a virus that kills hundreds of colony people.
Title:
The Jungle Book 2
Studio: Walt Disney
Release:
February 2003
Brief Synopsis: This is the sequel to Disneys animated
movie, The Jungle Book. The sequel picks up where
the original left off with Mowgli deciding to return to the jungle.
The villain Tiger is back, trying to seek revenge. Sound familiar?
Title:
Piglets Big Movie
Studio: Walt Disney
Release:
March 2003
Brief Synopsis: Disney is releasing animated movies back
to back (Jungle Book 2 in February and Piglets Big Movie
in March). Piglets Big Movie follows the adventures of Winnie
the Poohs Piglet character where Piglet must save all of
his friends.
Title:
Finding Nemo
Studio: Pixar
Release: May 2003
Brief Synopsis: A father and son fish get separated and
the son ends up in a fish tank, where a romance blossoms with
another fish. Meanwhile, the father sets out on a journey to find
and save his son.
Title:
The Rugrats Meet the Wild Thornberries
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release: June 2003
Brief Synopsis: The Rugrats have had their own success
in the theater and this time they team up with the Wild Thornberries
in the wilderness. Can the Thornberries save The Rugrats or will
their adventure lead to a strange conclusion?
Title:
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Studio: DreamWorks
Release: July 2003
Brief Synopsis: Sinbad and his friends must conquer the
Goddess of Chaos in this Sinbad adventure, which has had many
different movie versions. Brad Pitt voices Sinbad. It is a blend
of 2D and 3D animation or to use one of DreamWorks favorite words
tradigitally.
Title:
Lil Pimp
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Release:
July 2003
Brief Synopsis: This will likely be a PG-13 rated movie
(ala Adam Sandlers Eight Crazy Nights) that is designed
completely with Macromedias Flash. It is based on an animated
Flash series about a 9-year old boy that is a pimp.
Title:
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Studio: Warner Bros.
Release: Winter 2003
Brief Synopsis: This is a mixture live action and animated
movie where the human characters are real and the cartoon characters
are animated (like Warner Bros. Space Jam). In this movie, the
cartoon characters parallel their lives in the real world where
Bugs and Daffy are actors until Daffy quits to go on his own adventure
to find a valuable diamond. Can Bugs Bunny find him and convince
him to return?
Title:
Bears
Studio: Walt Disney
Release:
Winter 2003
Brief Synopsis: A young Indian boy sets out to kill the
bear that killed his father only to be transformed into a bear
himself to see what life is like through the animals eyes.
--
Joe Tracy
is publisher of Digital
Media FX and editor of AnimationProducts.com.
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