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...dozens of darkened rooms in cities across Asia, you will find next year's box office hits taking shape. Animation studios throughout the region house hundreds of works in progress on behalf of the biggest names in entertainment, from Disney to DreamWorks and Warner Bros. Market research firm Digital Vector estimates that last year Western studios commissioned $2 billion in animation contracts from studios predominantly in China, India, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. But for all that Asian input, animated films inevitably "feel" Western. That's because the Western studios dominate the creative process, typically providing the story...
...given his answer: Nope. If anything, this film is a more ambitious project than The Passion--although success does make some things a mite easier. Gibson had to walk a via dolorosa to find a distributor for The Passion and ended up distributing it more or less himself, but Disney's Touchstone Pictures needed only to read Apocalypto's script before signing on to release it in early August...
MAKING THE MOST OF MICKEY Theme parks are often not the first choice of parents, but sometimes the lure of Disney is unavoidable. Fodor's Disneyland and Southern California with Kids offers detailed maps, descriptions of rides (including age ranges and scare factors) and lists of attractions and shows you can skip. Also useful are its tips on the best rest rooms for toddlers and where to find the least crowded stroller rentals...
Consider the films currently in development: Warner Brothers is anticipating huge returns on their $250 million investment in the new “Superman” movie; Fox has high hopes for the third installment of its “X-Men” franchise; Disney is banking on “Cars” to justify the incredible expense of their Pixar acquisition; and Paramount is betting Tom Cruise’s tabloid antics won’t sink “Mission Impossible...
...first live-action movie to franchise its popularity into merchandising at a level that equaled, and then surpassed, the Disney cartoon features. (That revenue, not Lucas? share of the film?s take, was what made him a billionaire.) and the first Hollywood epic, at least so far as I know, that was conceived as a trilogy-proof of Lucas? capacious vision and audacious entrepreneurial reach. AND, as Lucas mentioned in an interview I had with him two weeks ago in preparation for this week?s TIME story on the future of movies, Star Wars was one of the hits whose...