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Seth MacFarlane Talks Ending FAMILY GUY, Rebooting STAR TREK, and More

For those who think that maybe the return of the once canceled animated comedy series Family Guy has run its course since being brought back from the dead, you may have one pivotal team member on your side: series creator Seth MacFarlane. In a recent cover story from THR, the man who has been dominating Fox’s Animation Domination with series like Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and American Dad, says he thinks the show may need to call it quits on TV. MacFarlane says, “Part of me thinks that Family Guy should have already ended. I think seven seasons is about the right lifespan for a TV series. I talk to the fans and in a way I’m kind of secretly hoping for them to say we’re done with it. There are plenty of people who say the show is kind of over the hill. But still the vast majority go pale in the face when I mention the possibility.” However, even if the series were to end, that wouldn’t be the end of the Griffins. MacFarlane said he would love to be able to make a movie every couple years, “Creatively, that would be the way to do it for me. Do a really fantastic final episode while the show is still strong.” Fans would be disappointed, but in a way it’s good to hear that MacFarlane himself knows that he might need to quit before the show overstays its welcome.
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ketel&tonic said:
I am so goddamned sick of this movie already and it's not even out. It seems like the place I work has been working on it FOR-E-VER.

Now, TinTin...that's a whole' nother story. I cannot WAIT for that one to come out!
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Ok, get the burnout...but for the uninitiated...what say you?
 
Mastodon Team Up With ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’

The recent love affair between cartoons and metal has been a passionate one. The seemingly separate worlds most notably collided in 2006 in the animated series ‘Metalocalypse,’ which went on to become a worldwide phenomenon and a staple show for Cartoon Network. It seems like the metal gods are far from finished with the cartoon world, as Mastodon bassist-vocalist Troy Sanders recently revealed that the progressive metal band and ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ have decided to team up for what is sure to be a brutally funny collaboration.

Sanders discussed Mastodon’s involvement with ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ in a recent interview with myYearbook. “Yes, we’re actually going to be involved in an upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode. That’s always fun to do, it’s always a unique opportunity to go in and do music and voice-overs. It’s such a fun way to do something that is Mastodon-ish but also unexpected,” stated Sanders. “We’re very fortunate that the Adult Swim family has embraced Mastodon and has tried to include us on many things. We hope to have more opportunities like that because it’s such a great experience.””

This won’t be the first time Mastodon and ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ have teamed up. In 2007, Mastodon helped create a heavy metal parody of the classic ‘Let’s All Go to the Lobby’ movie theater jingle for ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.’

There is no word yet on whether Mastodon will appear in the episode as themselves, but it’s a definite possibility, with rock legends such as Glenn Danzig and Zakk Wylde having both played themselves on past ‘Aqua Teen’ episodes.
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The new Mastodon cd firmly cements them as the Queensryche of the new metal scene. Very prog. And a very difficult listen. You need to be in the mood, but damn it pays off.
 
jerseydevil said:
Ok, get the burnout...but for the uninitiated...what say you?
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For as much of a hassle the marketing for this one has turned out to be, it better be good. Actually, word has it it's pretty enjoyable. But jesu christo, man. We've been working on it, no joke, since the beginning of the year. Or so it seems. But like I said, the animated movie I'm looking forward to at year's end is TinTin. My dad was a huge TinTin fan as a kid, even he's excited about this one, and he doesn't go to movies.
 
ketel&tonic said:
For as much of a hassle the marketing for this one has turned out to be, it better be good. Actually, word has it it's pretty enjoyable. But jesu christo, man. We've been working on it, no joke, since the beginning of the year. Or so it seems. But like I said, the animated movie I'm looking forward to at year's end is TinTin. My dad was a huge TinTin fan as a kid, even he's excited about this one, and he doesn't go to movies.
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The SDCC panel with Spielberg/Jackson was magic. Edgar Wright/Joe Cornish worked on the script and the boys(Frost/Pegg) were a part of it. The footage looked great. Little concerning that they picked/pecked from the TinTin canon, but I cannot see it NOT being cool as ****. Whether that translates to Box Office success, who knows.
 
ADGY!!!!! Please tell BT that there is indeed a FOURTH season of METALACOLYPSE on the horizon. Read it in a back issue of Revolver.
 
DreamWorks Animation Wins Bidding War For 'Captain Underpants'

Another popular series of children’s books has just been purchased for adaptation and this one features an old man walking around in his underwear. On Wednesday, DreamWorks Animation won a bidding war for the rights to the Scholastic book series Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. The eight book series is about two fourth graders who hypnotize their evil principal into becoming a superhero named Captain Underpants however, being as he has no superpowers, the boys have to stealthy follow him around to make sure he doesn’t get into trouble. The series is critically acclaimed, a best-seller, and has been on Hollywood wishlists for over a decade but Pilkey didn’t want to sell the rights until now. There’s more after the break.

Deadline broke the news that DreamWorks won the bidding war against several other companies, but didn’t say which others were interested. DreamWorks Animation CCO Bill Damaschke did say the following about why he’s wanted the property since it first hit shelves in 1997.

There’s a great anarchic combination of kid and adult humor, and George and Harold are these terrific mischievous characters. And we felt that hypnotizing the principal is one of those great ideas. We’re all big fans of the book.
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Poster for the new Studio Ghibli movie.

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1st look at Robot Chicken's slightly NSFW DC superheroes special | Blastr

The guys at Robot Chicken love spoofing sci-fi. They make stop-motion fun of everyone from Optimus Prime to Boba Fett, and now they're devoting an entire special to the heroes and villains of DC Comics. Catch a sneak peek of the hilarity in this slightly NSFW duel between Green Lantern and Sinestro.

The special—entitled "RC/DC" and set to premiere sometime next summer on Adult Swim—was announced at New York Comic Con earlier this month by Robot Chicken co-creator Seth Green and DC Comics chief creative officer (and writer of Justice League, Green Lantern and Aquaman) Geoff Johns.

The preview clip was posted on Adult Swim's site yesterday and tweeted to the world by Johns:

"A taste of the Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special Summer '12 on Adult Swim! (Not for kids!)"
The clip features a supervillain battle that goes horribly wrong for Green Lantern, forcing him to find a new way to use his signature power ring. Dirty joke fun ensues
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PUSS IN BOOTS Review

Puss in Boots is an adventure movie, but the advertising and the film’s first act would like you to believe otherwise. The filmmakers can’t be held responsible for DreamWorks Animation’s marketing campaign, but they can take the blame for setting up their movie as an action-comedy before choosing to drop the jokes and shifting into a rote adventure film that takes no chances, makes dated references, and short-changes its title character. Ironically, the technical aspects of the movie are full of passion, but the story is as soulless and calculated as they come.
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Here’s a brief synopsis:

A misunderstood boy who can speak with the dead, takes on ghosts, zombies and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, in order to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
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The first trailer for the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman has been released. The film comes from LAIKA, the animation studio that brought us Coraline, and centers on a boy whose ability to talk to the dead comes in handy when his town is ravaged by zombies, ghosts, witches, moronic grown-ups, and a centuries-old curse. We don’t get any dialogue from this teaser, as it’s just a montage of scenes with Donovan’s appropriately titled “Season of the Witch” playing over the scenes. The images here are pretty spectacular, as expected, and I like the design of the characters. The tag of the trailer really got me as well. I’m excited to see more from this peculiar little fella.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film features the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In), Casey Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, and Alex Borstein. ParaNorman opens August 17th, 2012.

Click over to Yahoo! to watch in HD.
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Like the look of this.
 
Review: ‘Puss In Boots’ A Fun Adventure & Worthwhile Spinoff From The Lagging ‘Shrek’ Franchise > The Playlist

Suffice it to say that you’ll probably enjoy the film even more if you’re a cat lover, given its shrewd observations of their behavior; there’s nothing quite as amusing as an anthropomorphized character succumbing to his animal nature, and Miller and co. do a great job of making those moments count. But “Puss in Boots” is a great, and great-looking, little adventure, which requires no prior knowledge of the title character from previous films, and conjures such an intriguing world that neither the filmmakers will ever have to go back to “Shrek” to find more material, nor will the audience have to revisit them to understand it. At the risk of endorsing corporate ambition, DreamWorks has made a film worthy of its own franchise, and one which reflects the company’s evolving maturity as tellers of stories with more substantial shelf lives. Overall, “Puss in Boots” is a fun, beautiful and brilliantly-executed 3D opus, because unlike the last two “Shrek” films, its execution exemplifies the first half of the company’s name, without evoking the crass, machinelike execution of the second. (B+)
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BoobyTrap and I saw this this weekend and I pretty much agree with the summary above. It was a lot of fun and I think we'll be buying it when it comes out.
 
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