Looking forward to Sofia Coppola’s new film, Somewhere but have to wait until December 22, 2010

evil plots

Weta Legs currently come in two sizes, Small and Large. It is crucial that you measure your leg correctly and order the right size. Discomfort or injury can otherwise occur.

shrek day

Opening day of the film and we had lots of green stuff

We all got goodie bags.

green cotton candy…gee this looks moldy.

consumer products

OPI nail polish in shrek colors and free manicures

Pinocchio and Puss in Boots. Pino also dj’ed music outside.

This tasted like a green apple jolly rancher.

These are 2 different cakes — if you’ve seen the film, you’ll get this joke.

I never realized just how ingrained this seemingly innocuous video has been a large part of my movie going experiences. If you’re from Hawaii you know what i mean.

how to train your dragon day at work. click to see the image larger

The latest project from my studio: How to Train your Dragon

I just saw it (in 3D) and it looks amazing. It’s a touching “misfit boy and his ‘pet” type of film but lots of action too. Craig Ferguson is a stand out as the character, “Gobber”. This film is based on the series of childrens books by Cressida Cowell

Yay for the ink and paint women

“The end of the assembly line usually inherits all the problems.”
I know this feeling all too well.

From the March 2010 issue of Vanity Fair:
Coloring the Kingdom
Behind the breakthrough magic of Walt Disney’s first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and his other 30s and 40s classics—Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi—toiled as many as 100 young women, the inkers and painters, working from dawn to dusk on thousands of cels that brought his dreams to life.

But let’s not forget, at that time, this was the only ‘artistic’ job available to women at Disney

What the cuss?

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Based on the book by Roald Dahl and directed by Wes Anderson, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” is sweet, funny, ironic and not necessarially for very young children. While the kids may be amused by the talking animals, a lot of the humor may go over their heads. The look of the film reminds me of a child’s picture book and stop motion is a great vehicle for the animal characters, so no computer animation here. There is a “Rushmore” (an earlier Wes Anderson film) quality to some of the relationships in the film. If you like Wes Anderson’s other films, you’ll like this one too. And as Mr. Anderson is rewarded for his work, so are we. This is also fantastic: