The Weinstein Company showed up at the IGN Theater today at New York Comic Con to show off their upcoming CGI animated feature Igor. IGN Movies editor-in-chief Eric Moro moderated the panel, which featured the film's director Anthony Leondis (formerly of Disney) and writer Chris McKenna (American Dad).  The rest of this story can be read here . 

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Australia's Animal Logic will shortly begin work on Guardians of Ga'Hoole.  This CG feature film is based on the children's books by Kathryn Lasky.  Like Happy Feet, Warner Bros. will distribute this Village Roadshow film.  The story revolves around Barn Owls who live in peace until their kingdom is threatened by an evil that could destroy their home. 

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A four minute featurette for Wall-E is available here .  This CG feature from Pixar/Disney will open this Summer. 

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Ollie Johnston, the last of the "nine old men" of animation passed away today.  He was 95 years old.  We may miss him, but his legacy will live on.  Our thoughts go out to his family.  Roy Disney had this to say about the man.

Ollie was part of an amazing generation of artists, one of the real pioneers of our art, one of the major participants in the blossoming of animation into the art form we know today. One of Ollie’s strongest beliefs was that his characters should think first, then act…and they all did. He brought warmth and wit and sly humor and a wonderful gentleness to every character he animated. He brought all those same qualities to his life, and to all of our lives who knew him. We will miss him greatly, but we were all enormously enriched by him.  [quote via Cartoon Brew]

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Not to be left out, Disney is also releasing the storylines to upcoming animated films.  Here is what they have to say about King of the Elves, directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker.

Legendary storyteller Phillip K. Dick's short story (his only experiment in the fantasy genre) becomes the basis for this fantastic and imaginative tale about an average man living in the Mississippi Delta, whose reluctant actions to help a desperate band of elves leads them to name him their new king. Joining the innocent and endangered elves as they attempt to escape from an evil and menacing troll, their unlikely new leader finds himself caught on a journey filled with unimaginable dangers and a chance to bring real meaning back to his own life. 

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