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"Animaniacs" follow-up (theatrical film or straight to video resolved)!!!

Published at:  Jan 20, 1999 3:15:54 PM CST



Glen here...



...with a follow-up to Coaxial's HREF=http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=2837> previous report about
Warner Bros.' development of a feature-length Animaniacs project. Said report indicated
that a decision making process was underway, which would determine whether the project would be
released theatrically, or straight-to-video.

In an article in the New York Post (today I believe), it is revealed that the Animaniacs
project in question will be released straight-to-video. HREF="http://www.newyorkpost.com/entertainment/2975.htm"> Here's a link to the Post's
report.

Thanks to AUGIE for calling this to my attention.




In other Animaniacs news, FLAVIO wrote-in with a little more news about this
project. It won't make any sense unless you've read HREF=http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=2837> Coaxial's first report on the
subject.

Here's what Flavio had to say:




"The Animaniacs project was not shot in 2 vesions - it was shot in a TV ratio,
and if it were to be released theatrically, they might crop it to give it a theatrical ratio (I think this is a
bad idea, it would ruin the intended
composition.)



I understand it was also done with digital ink and paint. If so, it has never
been on film, and has never really intended for theaters. Digital ink and
paint is amazingly clean, by the way (I think it was used on the All Dogs straight to
video). It really is the wave of the future."






So, there you have it, folks. ((sigh)).




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  • Jan 20, 1999 6:06:03 PM CST

    "sigh"

    by ace windex

    *sigh*... that sucks.

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  • Jan 20, 1999 9:56:03 PM CST

    Digital Ink & Paint, eh?

    by maruku

    I assume this isn't specifically the software that was used to facilitate the creation of Space Jam? Regardless of how I feel about (Space Jam) the movie, I won't deny that the animation is mostly pretty well-coordinated. Obviously it's extremely clean; that's hard to avoid when one uses software. I've often wondered why I haven't seen more movies that made use of the software, since it obviously helps tremendously. A couple of years back, I got to see the final cut of the opening animation for the Sony Playstation game "Ghost in the Shell" (you can see a downscaled, 15fps rendition of the animation in the game's opening sequence), and the audience was told that it was created using the same "Space Jam" software. Well, the Japanese do tend to put a lot more effort into making their animation solid and well-coordinated, and I can vouch for this stereotype in this case because it's my honest opinion that the PSX-GitS opening animation is the single most impressive example of animation I've yet laid eyes on. I would be excited to hear that a Japanese animation studio acquired the rights to do a whole movie with the Space Jam software. Anyway...

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  • Jan 20, 1999 9:57:48 PM CST

    I choose to reserve judgement.

    by neuracnu

    TSIA. I anxiously await my own sources in WBA land to either confirm to deny this report. The theatrical release of the Animaniacs movie is not dead, and I will let you know when and if it is. (I'm not REALLY that full of myself, just an optimist ];-)

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  • Jan 21, 1999 11:11:53 AM CST

    Digital ink & Paint????

    by mckracken

    oh so THATS how they are able to crank out animation after animation after animation...I was wondering how there could be six "Land before Time" movies, 3 Swan Princess movies. 2 or 3 "All Dogs go to Heaven" movies, 3 "Aladin" movies...and the list goes on and on....does ANYONE know how a 2d/3d animation hobbiest like myself can get ahold of said digital ink and paint software? WAY BACK in the early `90's, my step father got me the "Disney Animation Studio" for the PC, as far as I know, its not availible anymore and Disney has never released a version on CD ROM!! (dispite me calling them and asking them for a newer version)

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  • Jan 21, 1999 1:36:41 PM CST

    Ink N' Paint

    by ogre

    Disney's been using digital ink and paint since The Rescuers Down Under for their animated features. They Call it "CAPS" (Computer Aided Painting Software)
    So it's not just for for straight to video or special animation effects.

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  • Jan 22, 1999 12:59:48 AM CST

    2D Animation Software

    by snapt

    If you're interested in doing 2D computer animation for the web, you can download a 30 day trial version of Macromedia Flash 3.0 (http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/). It's very much like the old "Disney Animation Studio" software, only much, much better. It's the same type of software Spumco (http://www.spumco.com) uses to do their great George Liquor cartoons.

    Chris Crosby
    http://www.crosbycomics.com

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  • Jan 22, 1999 4:59:29 PM CST

    Is there a chance?

    by homer1

    Well, I have no idea what the hell Digital Ink & Paint is, but as a semi-regular poster to the alt.tv.animaniacs newsgroup, I know that, at least to Tom Ruegger's knowledge, there was always a chance of the movie going to theaters. And I think TR would know if it was being animated in a way which would be specifically for video. He would certainly never lie to us. So, that's enough to convince me that there was, at least at one point, a chance. According to Mr. Ruegger, the movie is now being screened for LA audiences to see if it'd do well enough in the box office. So I'm still keeping my fingers crossed...

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