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Sunday
- November 25, 2001
- Harry Potter and Monsters
Have Stellar Weekend
- ADV Gets Steel
Angel: Kurumi
- The Lion King Confirmed for
IMAX
- News Link of the Day
- Big Bucks in Small Fry Film Fare
Harry Potter
and Monsters Have Stellar Weekend
(by digitalmediafx.com) Both Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone and Monsters, Inc. had excellent weekends at the box office.
According to weekend estimates, Harry Potter scored a huge $58.6
million over the weekend while Monsters, Inc. improved upon its
prior weekend by making $24.5 million. Both films will reach the
$200 million mark before the end of the week.
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ADV Gets
Steel Angel: Kurumi
(by digitalmediafx.com) ADV Films has acquired U.S. distribution
rights to the anime series Steel Angel: Kurumi, a unique production
blending anime styles that switch from realistic to extremely
stylized artwork. Steel Angel: Kurumi is already a franchise in
Japan with merchandise, art books, costumes, novels, and action
figures.
"We here
at ADV are very excited to finally be bringing Steel Angel: Kurumi
to the States," says ADV Films President John Ledford. "It's
a fun, exciting series, and the animation is some of the best
I've ever seen -- and I've seen a LOT of animation. Plus, I think
the fans are going to be absolutely thrilled when they find out
some of the exciting plans we're working on for the Kurumi series."
Steel Angel:
Kurumi tells the story of Nakahito, a shy young man who stumbles
across and accidentally awakens Kurumi, the vanguard of a new
breed of extremely sexy androids -- known as "Steel Angels."
Kurumi immediately pledges her services to Nakahito but unfortunately,
Nakahito isn't the only one who wants to get a hold of these lovely
"girls" -- the military wants to use the Steel Angels
as weapons in their deadly game of global dominance. Action, intrigue,
and hilarious misadventure are the order of the day in this wonderfully
entertaining series.
The home video
release of the series will include English language audio tracks,
along with the Japanese language version with English subtitles.
The 24-episode saga will be delivered on 6 DVDs. ADV Films has
not publicly announced the release date, although speculation
is that the series will be delivered in 2002.
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The Lion
King Confirmed for IMAX
(by digitalmediafx.com) It is now confirmed that Disney will
be bringing The Lion King to IMAX theaters in 2003. To
help promote the film, the four minute Lion King "Circle
of Life" segment will air prior to Beauty and the Beast
on IMAX screens beginning January 1, 2002.
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News Link
of the Day - Big Bucks in Small Fry Film Fare
According to the LA Daily News:
"Children's
movies are bigger than ever. And if not quite better than ever,
they've at least been better than average for the genre lately.
With abundant wit, lavish production care and high entertainment
value generally applied to every scene, as a group, Spy Kids,
Shrek, Monsters, Inc. and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone have made most of the films that Hollywood has tried
to craft for older audiences this year look pretty shabby by comparison.
That's why
the hottest Oscar race of the season, so far, is between the two
hit computer-animated spectaculars, DreamWorks' Shrek and
Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc., in the brand-new feature
animation category this year..."
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