{"id":1580,"date":"2007-05-10T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/when-hoodwinked-meets-happy-feet\/"},"modified":"2007-05-10T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T03:55:00","slug":"when-hoodwinked-meets-happy-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/when-hoodwinked-meets-happy-feet.html","title":{"rendered":"When Hoodwinked! meets Happy Feet …"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026 the result is Escape from Planet Earth<\/a><\/i>. Saith the Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ed Jones, an executive producer on feature animation Oscar winner \u201cHappy Feet<\/a>,\u201d has joined Rainmaker Animation<\/a> to produce \u201cEscape From Planet Earth.\u201d The Weinstein Co. is financing the comedy and will handle worldwide distribution.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Steve Nichols has joined Rainmaker as animation director. . . .<\/p>\n

The film marks the first theatrical animated feature for Rainmaker. Production began last week at the company\u2019s Vancouver facility; voice talent has not yet been cast.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarth\u201d is helmed by Tony Leech and written by Leech and Cory Edwards<\/a>. . . .<\/p>\n

\u201cEarth,\u201d an original idea by Leech, is a comedy about an alien prison break from Area 51. . . .<\/p>\n

Jones won a 1989 Oscar for visual effects for \u201cWho Framed Roger Rabbit.\u201d Nichols was the lead animator on the upcoming \u201cPirates of the Caribbean: At World\u2019s End<\/a>\u201d and \u201cHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds like a pretty exciting team. However this film turns out, I\u2019m sure Cory Edwards and his buddies are pretty psyched just to be working with filmmakers of this calibre now.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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