Jon Brion to Score Animated Film ParaNorman
Composer, producer and all-around virtuoso Jon Brion is working on the score for a new stop-motion animated thriller titled ParaNorman. Made by the same people behind 2009’s Coraline, ParaNorman follows a 13-year-old boy who can speak to the dead on a mission to save his town from zombies. Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin and John Goodman are signed on to do voice acting. As a composer, Brion has written music for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I ♥ Huckabees, and as a producer he has worked with Kanye West and Elliot Smith.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCoraline Team Returns with Animated Film ParaNorman
The team that brought Coraline to the screen is joining forces once again for ParaNorman.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe 25 Best Movies of 2009
Our favorite movies of 2009 belie a diverse appreciation ranging from a quiet rumination on death to gruesome horror; from a mostly ad-libbed, low-budget character study to the most expensive movie of all time. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayOscars Considering 20 Animated Films
A record 20 titles will be considered for Best Animated Feature Film in next year’s Academy Awards, a stark reflection of this year’s colorful craze.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCoraline Hits the Screen, Stage and Page
While author Neil Gaiman is perhaps best known for... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesCoraline
Stop Motion Animation is a misleading adjective to describe the... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsNeil Gaiman nabs director for The Graveyard Book
On the heels of Coraline, Neil Gaiman announced recently that he's found a director for The Graveyard Book.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsThe 29 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009
The new year is upon us and moviegoers are finally getting around to seeing some of 2008's big-name films (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road, Gran Torino, Defiance, The Wrestler). But what about the rest of the year? Austin listed his five to watch a while back, but I will see his five and raise him 24. Here are the 29 movies due in 2009 that have caught my eye. What's missing? Let me know in the comments section.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayTrailer Stash: Harry Potter, Star Trek, Up, Che, The Wrestler, more
And now, a look at a few of the latest movie trailers to hit the web:... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VStephin Merritt inspires shoes, preps music for Neil Gaiman
What do you do when you find yourself so inspired by the Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs album you call it "the most beautiful CD of the 20th century"? You make shoes, apparently.... read more
Found in: Music, News