3D spices up battle for Oscars animation glory
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A record 20 animated films will vie for Oscars glory in a 2010 race stuffed with wildly popular 3D offerings such as "Up," "Astro Boy," "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Disney`s A Christmas Carol."
Computer-generated films like "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" will duel against stop-motion pictures like "Coraline" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox," and hand-drawn offerings "The Princess and the Frog" and "Ponyo."
More than anything, the list announced on Wednesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shows a bumper crop of 2009 animation features boosted by the mainstream renaissance of 3D.
Others in the running are "Battle for Terra," "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," "The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer," "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," "Mary and Max," "The Missing Lynx," "9," "Planet 51," "The Secret of Kells," "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure," and "A Town Called Panic."
Read the whole story here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/ts … 1111234733
Share your thoughts in our discussion forums.