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Yahoo’s TheWRAP is reporting that Monty Python alums John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones are pooling their comedic talents for a science-fiction comedy feature, Absolutely Anything. The film’s producer Mike Medavoy says that Eric Idle is not on board yet, but he “may join the project as well.” Medavoy adds that Cleese, [...]
Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons) is co-starring in New Year’s Eve, a romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall releasing to theaters December 9, 2011. The film boasts a long laundry list of “big name” stars and celebrities: Robert DeNiro, Ashton Kutcher, Zac Efron, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Biel, Sophia Vegara, Sarah Jessica [...]
BackStage.com has a feature article on “Actors Casting Directors Love” which mostly covers on-camera actors, but there’s an interesting quote from animation casting director Bernie Van De Yacht that I felt was worth repeating here: [As] an animation casting director, I generally don’t try to narrow it down to whether they have voiceover experience or [...]
This article was originally published Feb. 1st 2010 and has since been expanded. Please scroll down for the most recent updates and additions. Shrek Forever After (aka Shrek The Final Chapter in 3D) is reportedly the final film for the Shrek movie franchise scheduled for release May 21st, 2010. Here’s the plot summary via IMDb.com: [...]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the late Orson Welles will narrate a holiday feature film thanks to a recently discovered recording by Welles narrating a self-published children’s novel, “Christmas Tails.” In 1985, just a few months before Welles’ death, author Robert X. Leed (who was friends with Welles) persuaded him to record the narration for [...]
UGO.com is reporting that Jonathan Winters will voice Papa Smurf in The Smurfs computer-animated feature expected to release in theaters on July 29, 2011. IMDb.com and Wikipedia.org both state that John Lithgow and Julia Sweeney are rumored to be involved with the film as well, and IMDb adds that Wallace Shawn is rumored to voice [...]
Shoutcastblog.com reports that Latin Grammy-winner and legendary Cuban singer Omara Portuondo has been cast as Moma Odie for the Spanish dub of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (‘Tiana y el sapo’). Learn more about her career on her official site: OmaraPortuondo.com. Previous Featured Voices.
I might have saved this one for the next edition of Frivolous List Friday except that it involves some heretofore unmentioned upcoming animated feature films and details on earnings from voiceovers — a “hot topic” here as one of this blog’s most-read articles. Names of note on Vanity Fair’s list of “Top Hollywood Earners”: #7. [...]
Rolling Stone reports: Director Robert Zemeckis’ 3-D update of the Beatles’ animated “Yellow Submarine” has found its crew of actors to voice the Fab Four, with “The Princess Bride” star Cary Elwes leading the cast as the voice behind George Harrison. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, Dean Lennox Kelly will voice the [...]
