LOS ANGELES (Tuesday, December 21st, 2010) – It’s a world-shaking event: Scrat, the prehistoric squirrel/rat – and breakout star of the blockbuster Ice Age movie franchise — headlines his own short film, SCRAT’S CONTINENTAL CRACK-UP, in 3D. The short can be seen only at showings of the 20th Century Fox comedy Gulliver’s Travels, which arrives in theaters everywhere December 25.
BURBANK, CA — December 15, 2010 — The original motion picture score for TRON: Legacy, composed and produced by the iconic and critically acclaimed Grammy® Award–winning French duo Daft Punk, debuts on the Billboard 200 at No. 10, scanning over 70,000 units in it’s first week of release (according to Nielsen SoundScan).
This coming holiday season, the sixth highest-grossing worldwide film of all time, Tim Burton’s epic fantasy adventure ALICE IN WONDERLAND, will be the biggest film to ever release on the all-new Blu-ray 3D™ platform for the home in an all-new 4-Disc Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray™ + DVD + Digital Copy) by The Walt Disney Studios on December 7, 2010.
Fans will be the first to get an exclusive look at the brand-new trailer for Walt Disney Pictures “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides†in 3D on December 13, 2010, at AMC Downtown Disney Theatre 12 in Anaheim, California, as part of an exclusive “Pirates Fans First!†event.
Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 — the magical, animated musical masterpiece and the contemporary classic inspired by it — debut in highly anticipated Blu-ray High Definition and DVD 2-Movie Collection Special Editions on November 30. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is opening the Disney vault to be able to present these two films that broke the boundaries of imagination in the highest quality possible.
(Fort Lauderdale, FL) — November 18, 2010 — The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLiFF) brings in the holiday spirit with the annual Can Film Festival, December 3 – 5 at Cinema Paradiso. Admission for all films, with the exception of Sunday morning Cafe Cinematheque, is free with the donation of 2 canned or boxed food item or a new unwrapped toy to benefit The Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
Focus Features’ Africa First program, the company’s unique ongoing initiative awarding funds towards the completion of short films, welcomed 2010’s five winning filmmakers to NYC.