Alright folks, Sir Moggy is here with the latest animation coolness for you! First up is his news on where all you Los Angeles residents can see an advance screening of THE IRON GIANT, this Sunday! Then he goes on to talk about that CGI Sinbad flick we've heard so little about. So read on...
Exclusive "Iron Giant" Screening at L.A. Convention This Weekend
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This is your big chance!! For any of you dying to see Warner Bros. "Iron Giant" before the official release and live in the L.A. area, keep on reading. "Iron Giant" is scheduled to screen on Sunday, July 11th at The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention. Movie tickets will be given out at the convention held at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Center, 700 West 32nd St, in L.A.
In addition to seeing a sneak-peak preview of "Iron Giant," hats, movie posters, and buttons will be given away. Admission is only five dollars to the entire convention. For more information check www.comicbookscifi.com, or call (818) 954-8432.
Synopsis and Info Behind "Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists"
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Here's some major news regarding the upcoming film, "Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists." As you may know, an company called Pentafour Software & Exports Ltd. of Bangalore, India is currently in production on a 100% "motion capture" film. This will be in fact the first full "motion capture" film ever made. Don't know what "motion capture" is? Motion capture is a process where the studio uses actual humans to do the actions of the characters, but instead of having the actor as the final product, his movements and expressions are captured on computer and rendered into animated looking characters. The technique has been used midly in some television shows and commercials, but never to such an extent.
The big news is that I have the entire plot of the story for ya. No spoilers, don't worry. The film exists in a mythical kingdom by the ocean where we meet a princess named Serena (voiced by Jennifer Hale) and Baraka (Leonard Nemoy). Baraka is dying of malnutrition after a major shipwreck, so the Princess takes him back to her palace where he meets her father the kinf, Akron. Just when everyone thinks Baraka is a poor starving fellow, he turns out to be an evil wizard who had been exiled from an undersea kingdom. Baraka uses his magical powers to switch places with King Akron and throwns him in the palace dungeon. The Princess uncovers the truth and decides to hire Sinbad the sailor (voiced by Brendan Fraser) to travel to the end of the world to find the ingredients of potion to save her father.
Hope this of good use to you!!!
Stay Tooned,
