Titres, dates de sortie et pitches.
Kung Fu Panda 2 : May 26, 2011. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda) Written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger (Kung Fu Panda). Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong and Michelle Yeoh. In the sequel, Po is living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins... only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.
Le premier est un des meilleurs DW, même s'il manque toujours l'émotion, et le trailer de celui-ci semble amplifier la principale qualité du premier : humour et surtout action/réa bien folles. Glop glop.
Puss In Boots : November 4, 2011. Directed by Chris Miller (Shrek the Third) Written by Tom Wheeler (The Cape). Andrew Adamson (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia) and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) are serving as executive producers on the film. Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris. Way before he ever met Shrek, the legendary Puss In Boots goes on a heroic journey, teaming up with mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the street-savvy Kitty Softpaws to steal the famed Goose that lays the Golden Eggs. It's the adventure of nine lifetimes!
Le personnage est génial mais je pense qu'il l'est parce qu'il n'est pas le héros justement. En personnage principal, je crains que ça devienne vite relou. D'autant plus que le synopsis laisse présager un Shrek-like à la subversivité frelatée dans la revisiste des classiques. La présence de Del Toro en prod (déjà sur le sympatoche Megamind) me rassure un nano-chouïa, mais le réalisateur est celui d'un des pires DW. Pas glop.
Madagascar 3 : June 8, 2012. Directed by Eric Darnell (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) Written by Noah Baumbach (Fantastic Mr. Fox) Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer and Andy Richter. Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent – Madagascar style.
Le premier est passable, le second est sans doute le pire DW. Le réal (et semblablement le pitch) reste le même...mais impossible de nier la surprise quant au nom du scénariste (qui est aussi l'auteur de Greenberg et Les Berkman se séparent). Je suis curieux...mais je le sens quand même pas. Pas glop.
Rise of the Guardians : November 21, 2012. Directed by Peter Ramsey and co-directed by William Joyce. Written by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), based on the forthcoming books by William Joyce. Executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. More than a collection of the well-known childhood legends, Rise of the Guardians is an epic adventure that tells the story of a group of heroes – each with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Le pitch est un peu shrekesque dans son crossover d'icones (genre le Lapin de Pâques, Jack Frost, etc.) mais l'équipe est assez prometteuse. Glop.
The Croods : March 1, 2013. Written and directed by two-time Academy Award® nominee Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon, Lilo & Stitch) and Kirk DeMicco (Space Chimps). Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. The Croods is a comedy adventure that takes us back to a previously undiscovered era in the history of our planet known as the Croodaceous, when nature was still a work-in-progress... full of never-before- seen creatures and landscapes. Audiences will relate to the hilarious family antics as an imaginative and resourceful newcomer helps the Croods navigate their way through the fantastic world beyond their cave.
J'ai du mal à saisir pourquoi l'auteur d'un des meilleurs films d'animation de tous les temps (OUAIS) s'associe à celui de ce qui paraissait être l'un des pires...mais bon...même si je comprends toujours pas l'engouement pour Lilo & Stitch, je lui accorde le bénéfice du doute grâce à Dragons, dont la trame paraît un peu similaire là aussi. Glop?
Turbo : June 7, 2013. Directed by David Soren Written by Darren Lemke (Shrek Forever After) together with Soren. Turbo tells the story of an ordinary garden snail with an impossible dream: to become the fastest snail in the world. When a freak accident gives him extraordinary speed, Turbo sets out to try to make this dream come true.
Pas glop.
Me and My Shadow : November 8, 2013 Directed by Mark Dindal (Chicken Little, The Emperor's New Groove) Written by Tom Astle and Matt Ember (Get Smart). The studio will pioneer a groundbreaking combination of both CG and traditional animation techniques seamlessly together throughout the film. Me and My Shadow tells the story of Shadow Stan, an extremely frustrated shadow who yearns for a dynamic life but happens to be stuck with Stanley Grubb, the world's most boring human. Finally pushed to the brink, Shadow Stan breaks the singular rule of the Shadow World – "They lead, we follow" – and takes control of Stanley!
Le plus pixarien, je trouve. Ca me branche bien même si je flippe que ça parte en couille. Glop.
Mr. Peabody & Sherman : March 21, 2014. Directed by Rob Minkoff (The Lion King) Written by Craig Wright (Six Feet Under). Robert Downey Jr. Based on Jay Ward's classic cartoon, Mr. Peabody is the world's smartest person who happens to be a dog. He and his "pet" boy Sherman discover that someone has stolen their time traveling WABAC machine and is changing moments in history to disastrous and comical results. It's up to this most unexpected of father-son teams to somehow put a stop to this villain before his actions destroy the space-time continuum in Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
Equipe alléchante, pitch sympa, bon casting. Glop.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 : June 20, 2014. Directed and written by Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon) and produced by Bonnie Arnold (How to Train Your Dragon). Also based on the book series by Cressida Cowell, the sequel is being executive produced by Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon) together with DeBlois. How to Train Your Dragon 2 again stars Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, TJ Miller and Kristen Wiig.
C'est bien qu'ils prennent le temps de bien faire les choses plutôt que de rusher la suite. Glop glop glop.
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