Once Batman the Animated Series became a huge success, a follow-up featuring the Man of Steel seemed inevitable. That it took until 1996, four years later, was the only crime in the process. The equally successful adaptation from the comics lasted four seasons and 54 episodes, helping set the stage for the bets adaptation yet: Justice League/JL Unlimited . On Tuesday, Warner Home Video releases a...
Filmation was created by Lou Scheimer and Hal Sutherland, who met while working at Larry Harmon Pictures, in 1963 (Rod Rocket) and their last production was in 1993 (Happily Ever After). The studio was purchased by the L'Oreal cosmetics company in 1989 and the film library has been owned by various entities since then. The studio was perhaps best known as the chief competitor to Hanna-Barbera Productions...
Recommended The Show: For those of us who were mere rugrats back when Saturday morning TV was as sacred as a Barbie Townhouse or a Mike Schmidt rookie card, the notion of reliving that experience via DVD is damned near irresistible. Alas, nostalgia-addled fare like Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s, Volume 2 inevitably falls short of expectations. Revisiting the boob tube of our formative years never...
They were the melodies that announced that cartoon funtime was here, that it was time again to surrender to the animated haze. In our Pavlovian raptures, us kids didn't notice that a lot of those songs were pretty lousy. Presenting part two of a three-part exploration we're calling Saturday Morning Nightmare: The Worst Theme Songs In Cartoon History . Gluttons for punishment and sugary breakfast cereals...
They were the melodies that announced that cartoon funtime was here, that it was time again to surrender to the animated haze. In our Pavlovian raptures, us kids didn't notice that a lot of those songs were pretty lousy. Presenting part two of a three-part exploration we're calling Saturday Morning Nightmare: The Worst Theme Songs In Cartoon History . Don't worry - you'll still understand what's going...
A couple of years after I morphed out of my fetal stage, I remember watching a cartoon rabbit with a big. slow-witted sidekick on the family's small, black-and-white set. The cartoon characters' names were Crusader Rabbit and Rags the Tiger. I didn't realize that I was watching teevee animation's pioneer show ... "[Jay Ward] and a childhood friend from pre-kindergarten, Alex Anderson, who was...
They were the melodies that announced that cartoon funtime was here, that it was time again to surrender to the animated haze. In our Pavlovian raptures, us kids didn't notice that a lot of those songs were pretty lousy. Presenting part one of a three-part exploration we're calling Saturday Morning Nightmare: The Worst Theme Songs In Cartoon History . Gummi Bears Nobody could have predicted that this...
Clay Shirky is brilliant as ever. This comes from his latest, an exploration of the various ways bookstores can be "saved." This is my favorite part: ...the spread of electronic commerce for everything from music to groceries is part of the increase in empty store fronts on shopping streets, leaving a series of Citi branches, ATT outlets, and Starbucks that repeat at regular intervals, like...
More Saturday morning magnificence from Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes #3 (cover dated October 1968). Get down with Birdman in "The Solar Scorpions" and Young Samson and Goliath in "The Cosmic Werewolf"! (Hey, where's my Quake cereal')
I’ve been pretty good at resisting temptation for the past several months and not buying any DVDs…though the current financial crunch at TDOY has had a lot to do with that than just my being well-behaved. But last week, a belated birthday present landed in my mailbox (courtesy of sister Debbie) and it just so happened to be the recently-released Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s, Volume...
Anna Faris and Dan Aykroyd are in negotiations to star in "Yogi Bear," Warner Bros.' feature take on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Faris will play a nature documentarian who follows the antics of a bear in fictional Jellystone Park..
Batman first appeared in Detective Comics in 1939 and was little more than detective who wore a superhero costume. Batman's powers evolved along with the character through the years, eventually ending up on prime-time tv on the ultra-campy BATMAN (1966) tv show starring Adam West and Burt Ward. The popularity of this show eventually led to the creation of the first animated Batman series, Filmation's...
Justin Timberlake could be moving into Jellystone Park. The singer is in talks with Warner Bro's (and crossing his fingers) to act as Yogi's sidekick boo boo in the live-action/CG animated feature Yogi Bear . The Hanna-Barbera class cartoon is also talking with Anna Farris to play a nature documentarian and Dan Akroyd as the voice of Yogi. The film is reportedly slated to start shooting in New Zealand....
Live action/CG family comedies for everyone! That's right, yet another hybrid animated film is moving forward this week, with the announcement of some pretty big names entering discussions for the Warner Brothers adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear. It looks like the studio has found voices for both Yogi and Boo-Boo, plus an actress for their first live action role. According...
I could make another joke about how Hollywood is out of ideas, but why bother? However, as further proof of the concept, a live-action/CGI Yogi Bear movie is in the works based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon from way back when. Dan Aykroyd will be lending his voice for Yogi and Justin Timberlake will be the voice of Boo Boo. Did anyone else just feel a cold shiver down their spine? Anna Faris will also...
Eric Brevig has come on to direct Warner Bros.' feature take on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear , which will be produced as a 3-D project. readmore
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