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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Thursday
- May 31, 2001
- Santa vs. The Snowman Coming
to IMAX 3D
- Interplay May
Be Acquired
- New dFX Newsletter Tomorrow
- News Link of the Day
- Shrek Breaks Disney Stranglehold; Disney Gets Ideas From
Japan
Santa vs.
The Snowman Coming to IMAX 3D
 (by
digitalmediafx.com) Steve Oedekerk's original animated film, "Santa
vs. The Snowman," is being reformatted into IMAX 3D in time
for a November 2002 holiday release to IMAX theaters throughout
the nation.
The special
first aired on ABC in 1997 and will have some additional work
added to it for the IMAX release.
"When
I saw the animation come alive in 3D, I couldn't believe it and
I'm sure that audiences will have the same reaction. This is the
perfect format for this classic holiday story and I'm very excited
to be working with IMAX on this and potential future projects,"
said Steve Oedekerk, president of O Entertainment, which did the
original animation along with DNA Productions.
"Santa
vs. The Snowman" tells the story of a lonely Snowman who
at first is swept away by the magical wonders of Santa's Village,
only to ultimately wage war on Santa because he's jealous of all
the attention Santa gets during Christmas time. An epic-scale
polar war develops. The hilarious battle features such holiday
defense mechanisms as hot chocolate squirt guns, giant Igloo Robot
Walkers and even a 50-foot tall toy soldier manned by Santa himself.
"'Santa'
is a fantastic movie and I'm proud that Steve not only shares
our desire to bring innovative IMAX 3D entertainment to audiences
worldwide, but that he is taking the lead in partnering with us
to repurpose his terrific animated film for the giant IMAX screen,"
said IMAX's President, Filmed Entertainment Greg Foster.
Discuss this
story here.
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 Interplay
May Be Acquired
(by digitalmediafx.com) Interplay, a leading developer, publisher
and distributor of interactive entertainment software, put out
a surprise press release this week saying that it is "engaged
in discussions with a third party concerning the acquisition of
the company, but that no binding or definitive agreement had been
reached."
The announcement
was a surprise because usually companies wait until an acquisition
attempt is public knowledge or the deal is concluded before announcing
it. Interplay has failed to say what company it is in negotiations
with, causing a lot of speculation.
Since the
announcement, Interplay's stock has dropped more than 12% (hovering
in the $2.60 - $2.70 range as of Wednesday).
Interplay
is based in Irvine, CA.
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New dFX
Newsletter Tomorrow
(by digitalmediafx.com) A new edition of the free dFX
Animation and Visual Effects Newsletter is being delivered
tomorrow to those subscribed
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of every month with original animation and FX news. In addition,
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News Link
of the Day - Shrek Breaks Disney Stranglehold; Disney
Gets Ideas From Japan
According to a Pulp Culture editorial:
"While
the masses were filling theaters for Pearl Harbor over
the weekend, I decided to see a movie that might actually be good.
(I don't have to see Pearl Harbor to know what kind of
superficial, soulless pyrotechnics to expect from director Michael
Bay.)
Happily, I
wasn't alone, as Shrek actually took in more money during
its second weekend than it did during its first. That is what
good word of mouth can do for a film…"
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here for the full story.
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