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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Friday
- August 3, 2001
- Shrek Crosses $350 Million
Mark Worldwide
- Osmosis Jones
World Premiere Set for August 7
- Norman Wright Passes Away
- News Link of the Day
- LOTR Gets Computerized
Shrek Crosses
$350 Million Mark Worldwide
(by digitalmediafx.com) DreamWorks Shrek has
crossed the $350 million mark worldwide
as it continues to perform well in several domestic and overseas
markets. The movie has made over $250 million domestically and
over $100 million overseas. $28 million of the overseas gross
has come from the U.K.
DreamWorks
is prepping a special Shrek
2-Disc DVD for release later this year.
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Osmosis
Jones World Premiere Set for August 7
(by digitalmediafx.com) The world premiere for Osmosis Jones
will take place on Tuesday, August 7, at The Egyptian Theatre
in Hollywood. Attending the premiere will be Bill Murray, Laurence
Fishburne, Brandy Norwood, William Shatner, Molly Shannon, producer/director
Bobby Farrelly and animation directors Piet Kroon and Tom Sito,
plus celebrity guests.
Osmosis
Jones is a mixture of live action and animation and opens
nationwide on August 10. It's only PG-rated competition will be
Spy Kids: Special Edition, which opens August 8.
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Norman
Wright Passes Away
(by digitalmediafx.com) Disney animation writer Norman Wright
has passed away at the age of 91. Wright was the last living writer
from Disney's Fantasia. While working for Disney Animation,
Wright held many various positions including animator, writer,
and director. One of Wright's most famous sequences was "The
Nutcracker Suite" for Fantasia.
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News Link
of the Day - LOTR Gets Computerized
According
to World Entertainment News:
"The
Lord of the Rings is set for high-resolution fun and frolics,
with plans to launch computer games and consoles based on the
movie franchise from later this year (01).
Computer game
manufacturer Electronic Arts has signed a contract with New Line
Cinema to develop the series..."
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