Writer’s Strike Brings Animation To The Front

Yahoo News has published an interesting article about the upcoming summer movie season which points out that, contrary to every previous summer in memory, this season’s big draw will not be marquee names or movie stars. In fact, “at least six of the major event films this year are animated or rely on new visual technologies: Atlantis, Shrek, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Cats & Dogs, Osmosis Jones, and Trumpet of the Swan all fit that profile. Several other pictures use fine mid-level actors, while depending on effects or a superstar director for their appeal. Thus Fox has Tim Burton directing Mark Wahlberg in Planet of the Apes, while Steven Spielberg directs Haley Joel Osment and Jude Law in A.I. for Warner and Joe Johnston directs Sam Neill and William H. Macy in Jurassic Park III for Universal.

Source: DVD AniMania