Annie Awards 2012

Rango, de Gore Verbinski, foi o grande vencedor da 39ª edição do Annie Awards, realizado no UCLA Royce Hall, em Los Angeles. O prêmio, considerado uma prévia do Oscar, é concedido pela International Animated Film Society às melhores animações do cinema (longa e curta), TV (produções e comercial) e videogame.

A animação, cujo personagem principal é dublado por Johnny Depp (Piratas do Caribe - Navegando em Águas Misteriosas), ganhou os prêmios de Melhor Animação, Edição, Personagem e Roteiro.

Kung Fu Panda 2, da Dreamworks, era o favorito da noite, mas levou apenas de Melhor Direção de Arte e Melhor Diretor para Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

Os dois longas concorrem ao Oscar 2012 de Melhor Animação.

As Aventuras de Tintin: O Segredo do Licorne, de Spielberg, também recebeu dois Annies, de Melhor Música e Efeitos. A produção ficou de fora do prêmio da Academia, mas ganhou o Globo de Ouro.

O curta animada Adam and Dog, de Minkyu Lee, levou o troféu da categoria.

Na categoria Filme em Live-Action, Transformers: O Lado Oculto da Lua levou o prêmio de Efeitos, enquanto Planeta dos Macacos: A Origem recebeu o de Melhor Personagem.

Na categoria de Vozes, Bill Nighy foi o vencedor por Papai Noel, em Operação Presente, e Jeff Bennett ganhou o mesmo prêmio na categoria TV pelo pinguim Kowalski da série animada Madagascar.

A cerimônia foi conduzida pelo ator Patton Oswalt (Young Adult).

Veja abaixo a lista completa de indicados e os vencedores de cada categoria (em inglês):

Best Animated Feature

•A Cat in Paris – Folimage
•Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
•Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
•Cars 2 – Pixar Animation Studios
•Chico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
•Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
•Puss in Boots – DreamWorks Animation
•Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
•Rio – Blue Sky Studios
•Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall

Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production

•Adventure Time: Thank You – Cartoon Network Studios
•Batman: Year One – Warner Bros. Animation
•Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas – Blue Sky Studios
•Kung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters – DreamWorks Animation
•Prey 2 – Blur Studio
•Star Tours – Industrial Light & Magic

Best Animated Short Subject

•Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
•I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat – Warner Bros. Animation
•La Luna – Pixar Animation Studios
•(Notes on) Biology – Ornana Films
•Paths of Hate – Platige Image
•Sunday – National Film Board of Canada
•The Ballad of Nessie –Walt Disney Animation Studios
•The Girl and the Fox – Base14
•Wild Life – National Film Board of Canada

Best Animated Television Commercial

•Geico “Foghorn” – Renegade Animation
•McDonald’s “Apple Tree”– Duck Studios/Kompost
•McDonald’s “Suzi Van Zoom” – Duck Studios/Kompost
•Norton “Stuff”– Psyop
•Statoil “Good Night” – Studio AKA
•“The Pirate” – Meindbender
•Twinings “Sea” – Psyop

Best General Audience Animated TV Production

•Archer – FX Productions
•Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Warner Bros. Animation
•Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas – Hallmark
•MAD – Warner Bros. Animation
•Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc.
•Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
•The Simpsons – Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production - Preschool

•Chuggington – Ludorum plc
•Disney Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television Animation
•Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation
•The WotWots Season 2 – Pukeko Pictures

Best Animated Television Production – Children

•Fanboy and Chum Chum – Nickelodeon and Frederator
•Kung Fu Panda – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi

Best Animated Video Game

•Bumpy Road – Simogo
•Gears of War 3 – Epic Games
•Gesundheit – Konami Digital Entertainment
•Ghost Trick: “Phantom Detective” – Capcom
•Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcell
•Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One – Insomniac Games
•Rayman Origins – Ubisoft Montpellier
•Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES___________________

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

•Can Yuksel “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
•Chase Cooper “Rango” – Industrial Light & Magic
•Dan Lund “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Dave Tidgwell “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Eric Froemling “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
•Jason Mayer “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Joel Aron “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
•Jon Reisch “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
•Kevin Romond “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
•Willi Geiger “Rango” – Industrial Light & Magic

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

•Branko Grujcic “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”– Industrial Light & Magic
•Florent Andorra “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Industrial Light & Magic
•Gary Wu “Cowboys & Aliens”– Industrial Light & Magic
•Lee Uren “Cowboys & Aliens” – Industrial Light & Magic

Character Animation in a Television Production

•Chad Sellers “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Michael Franceschi “Kung Fu Panda” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•Rebecca Wilson Bresee “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Sihanouk Mariona “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
•Tony Smeed “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production

•Andreas Deja “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Dan Wagner “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Jeff Gabor “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
•Mark Henn “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Olivier Staphylas “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
•Patrik Puhala “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
•Pierre Perifel “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Live Action Production

•Andy Arnett “HOP” – Rhythm & Hues, Illumination Entertainment
•David Lowry “Paul” – Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions
•Eric Reynolds “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” – 20th Century Fox
•Mike Hull “Paul” – Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions

Character Design in a Television Production

•Bill Schwab “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Carl Raggio “Disney Kick Buttowski” – Disney Television Animation
•Chad Hurd “Archer” – FX Productions
•Chris Battle “Dan Vs.” – Starz Film Roman
•Gordon Hammond “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
•Mike Dougherty “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
•Robert Ryan Cory “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” – Cartoon Network Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production

•Jay Shuster “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
•Mark “Crash” McCreery “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
•Patrick Mate “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
•Peter de Seve “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
•Sergio Pablos “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios

Directing in a Television Production

•Brian Sheesley “Dan Vs.” – Starz Film Roman
•Chris Savino & Clay Morrow “Disney Kick Buttowski” – Disney Television Animation
•Dan Riba “Ben 10 Ultimate Alien” – Cartoon Network Studios
•Duke Johnson “Community” – 23 D Films, Inc.
•Gabe Swarr “Kung Fu Panda” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•Ken Bruce “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
•Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice”– Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Matthew Nastuk “The Simpsons” – Gracie Films
•Mic Graves & Ben Bocquelet “The Amazing World of Gumball” – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
•Peter Hausner “Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu” – Wil Film
•Steve Loter, Christo Stamboliev, Shaun Cashman, David Knott “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•Tony Craig “Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas” – Hallmark

Directing in a Feature Production

•Carlos Saldahna “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
•Chris Miller “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
•Don Hall & Stephen Anderson “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Gore Verbinski “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present a Blind Wink/GK Films Production
•Jennifer Yuh Nelson “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Kelly Asbury “Gnomeo & Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures

Music in a Television Production

•Adam Berry, Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•Ben Locket “The Amazing World of Gumball” – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
•Frederik Wiedmann “Green Lantern The Animated Series” – Warner Bros. Animation
•Grace Potter, Michael Giacchino “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda “Pixie Hollow Games”– DisneyToon Studios
•Kevin Kliesch “Thundercats” – Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network
•Shawn Patterson, Zeb Wells “Robot Chicken” – ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim

Music in a Feature Production

•Henry Jackman “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
•John Williams “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
•Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell, “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
•Zooey Deschanel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Production Design in a Television Production

•Mark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” – Cartoon Network Studios
•Peter Martin “Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas” – Hallmark

Production Design in a Feature Production

•Harley Jessup “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
•Paul Felix “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Raymond Zibach “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Tom Cardone, Kyle MacNaughton & Peter Chan “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios

Storyboarding in a Television Production

•Barry W. Johnson “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Benton Connor “Regular Show” – Cartoon Network Studios
•Brian Kesinger “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Dave Thomas “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
•Fred Gonzalez “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
•Joe Mateo “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Justin Nichols “Fanboy & Chum Chum” – Nickelodeon & Frederator
•Katie Rice “Fanboy & Chum Chum”– Nickelodeon & Frederator
•Rebecca Sugar “Adventure Time” – Cartoon Network Studios

Storyboarding in a Feature Production

•Bob Logan “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
•Delia Gosman “Rango” – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
•Gary Graham “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Jeremy Spears “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•Josh Hayes “Rango” – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
•Kris Pearn “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
•Nelson Yokota “Gnomeo & Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures
•Philip Craven “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Scott Morse “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios

Voice Acting in a Television Production

•Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker “Fairly OddParents” – Nickelodeon
•Dan Harmon as Jekyll “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
•Daran Norris as Cosmo “Fairly OddParents” – Nickelodeon
•Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”– Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
•Diedrich Bader as Batman “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” – Warner Bros. Animation
•H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer “Archer” – FX Productions
•Jeff Bennett as Kowalski “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•Jeff B. Davis as Victor Frankenstein “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
•Jessica Walter as Malory Archer “Archer” – FX Productions
•Judy Greer as Cheryl Tunt “Archer” – FX Productions
•Logan Grove as Gumball “The Amazing World of Gumball” – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
•Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
•Scott Adsit as the Creature “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
•Tara Strong as Timmy Turner “Fairly OddParents – Operation: Dinkleberg” – Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

•Ashley Jensen as Bryony “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
•Bill Nighy as Grandsanta “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
•Gary Oldman as Shen “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•James Hong as Mr. Ping “Kung Fu Panda 2” DreamWorks Animation
•Jemaine Clement as Nigel “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
•Jim Cummings as Featherstone “Gnomeo & Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures
•Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Alexander Dumpty “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation

Writing in a Television Production

•Blake Lemons, William Reiss, C.H. Greenblatt, Derek Evanick, Diana Lafyatis, Neil Graf “Disney Fish Hooks – Fish School Musical” – Disney Television Animation
•Carolyn Omine “The Simpsons -Treehouse of Horror XXII” – Gracie Films
•Dani Michaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier, Paul Tibbitt “SpongeBob SquarePants - Patrick’s Staycation” – Nickelodeon
•Josh Weinstein “Futurama - All The President’s Heads” – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television
•Kevin Sullivan, Will Schifrin, Ray DeLaurentis “TUFF Puppy Thunder Dog” – Nickelodeon
•Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis “Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 – The Creditor” – Williams Street Studios, Adult Swim
•Ray DeLaurentis, Will Schifrin, Kevin Sullivan “Fairly OddParents “Invasion of the Dads” – Nickelodeon
•Steve Wermers-Skelton, Kevin Deters “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Feature Production

•Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Mark Burton, Kathy Greenberg, Emily Cook, Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton Shaw “Gnomeo & Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures
•Brian Kesinger, Kendelle Hoyer, Don Dougherty, Clio Chiang, Don Hall, Stephen Anderson, Nicole Mitchell, Jeremy Spears “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
•John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Productions
•Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
•Steve Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cronish “Tintin”– Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall

Editing in Television Production

•Garret Elkins “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburn Industries, Inc.
•Hugo Morales, Davrick Waltjen, Adam Arnold, and Otto Ferrene “Kung Fu Panda” Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
•Jason W.A. Tucker “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
•Paul D. Calder “Futurama” – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television
•Ted Machold, Jeff Adams, Doug Tiano, Bob Tomlin “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation

Editing in a Feature Production

•Clare Knight, A.C.E. “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
•Craig Wood, A.C.E. “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
•Eric Dapkewicz “Puss in Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
•Michael Kahn “Tintin”– Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
•Stephen Schaffer, A.C.E. “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios

JURIED AWARDS__________________________________

Winsor McCay Award —Walt Peregoy, Borge Ring, Ronald Searle

June Foray — Art Leonardi

Special Achievement — Depth Analysis

Kung Fu Panda 2

Pensei em escrever somente a respeito do Kung Fu Panda 2, quando percebi que seria muito melhor se escrevesse a respeito do primeiro episódio também, até para destacar as diferenças entre as duas produções. E, mais do que isso, para ilustrar a inusitada situação de a continuação ser melhor do que o primeiro episódio.

Surpresa total. Obviamente a segunda história é muito mais previsível, mas ao mesmo tempo, tem um apelo muito mais forte e valioso para a mensagem de fundo, que deixa o filme agradável e leve. Apesar de voltado às artes marciais, por incrível que pareça, a continuação de Kung Fu Panda é mais leve, mais superficial, mais tranquila. E por isso mesmo, melhor.

Tudo isso somado à grande qualidade da animação e à força dos seus personagens, o que torna o filme ainda mais divertido do que sua edição anterior. No caso dos personagens, mais destaque para o panda, protagonista, e sua história, dando detalhes que realmente importam. Na verdade, pouco me importa a tigresa ou o louva-a-deus, protagonistas secundários, na trama. Quero mesmo saber a respeito do panda que dá nome ao filme, e que no primeiro Kung Fu Panda, precisou dividir seu espaço com essa turma.

Nesse segundo filme, Po (voz original de Jack Black) agora é Dragão Guerreiro, protegendo o Vale da Paz juntamente com os Cinco Furiosos, seus amigos e colegas mestres do Kung Fu. Porém, surge um vilão que planeja usar uma arma secreta e impossível de ser detida para conquistar a China e destruir o kung fu. Po terá de rever seu passado e descobrir os segredos de suas misteriosas origens e, assim, conseguir revelar a força que necessita para vencer.

O filme já mostrou sua força, tanto que se tornará série de TV, mas independente disso, achei importante as mudanças realizadas. Dando mais foco e profundidade à história, além de destacar o personagem que, de fato, faz a diferença. Dessa vez, uma excelente pedida para os admiradores da boa animação. Um filme que conseguiu superar o trauma da continuação e ser mlhor que seu original. Indicado para toda a família, esse é para assistir e repetir.

FICHA TÉCNICA
Diretor: Jennifer Yuh
Elenco: Vozes na versão original de Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan, Jack Black, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu.
Produção: Melissa Cobb
Roteiro: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Trilha Sonora: John Powell, Hans Zimmer
Duração: 90 min.
Ano: 2011
País: EUA
Gênero: Animação
Cor: Colorido
Distribuidora: Paramount Pictures Brasil
Estúdio: DreamWorks Animation
Classificação: Livre

Kung Fu Panda 2 lidera indicações ao Annie Awards

A International Animated Film Society apresentou nesta segunda-feira (5/12) a lista de filmes indicados ao Annie Awards, considerado o Oscar da animação. Kung Fu Panda 2, animação da Dreamworks, liderou as indicações ao evento.

A animação que mostra o urso panda lutador de artes marciais foi indicada 12 vezes, inclusive ao prêmio de Melhor Filme. Gato de Botas, também da Dreamworks, ficou logo atrás, com nove. O mesmo número foi alcançado por Rango, filme em que Johnny Depp dubla um camaleão em crise de identidade.

Batalham ainda pelo prêmio principal outras sete animações, além das três apresentadas até agora: As Aventuras de TIntim: O Segredo do Licorne, Um Gato em Paris, Operação Presente, Wrinkles, Carros 2, Chico e Rita e Rio.

Nesta edição, o número de categorias chegou a 28, contando com uma extensa lista de indicados.

A 39ª edição do Annie Awards acontece em 4 de fevereiro de 2012, na Califórnia, Estados Unidos.

Veja a lista completa (em inglês) dos indicados:

Best Animated Feature
• A Cat in Paris – Folimage
• Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
• Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Cars 2 – Pixar Animation Studios
• Chico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
• Kung Fu Panda 2 – DreamWorks Animation
• Puss In Boots – DreamWorks Animation
• Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
• Rio – Blue Sky Studios
• Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall

Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production
• Adventure Time: Thank You – Cartoon Network Studios
• Batman: Year One – Warner Bros. Animation
• Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas – Blue Sky Studios
• Kung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters – DreamWorks Animation
• Prey 2 – Blur Studio
• Star Tours – Industrial Light & Magic

Best Animated Short Subject
• Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
• I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat – Warner Bros. Animation
• La Luna – Pixar Animation Studios
• (Notes on) Biology – Ornana Films
• Paths of Hate – Platige Image
• Sunday – National Film Board of Canada
• The Ballad of Nessie –Walt Disney Animation Studios
• The Girl and the Fox – Base14
• Wild Life – National Film Board of Canada and Studio GDS

Best Animated Television Commercial
• Audi “Hummingbird” – The Mill
• Geico “Foghorn” – Renegade Animation
• McDonald’s “Apple Tree”– Duck Studios/Kompost
• McDonald’s “Suzi Van Zoom” – Duck Studios/Kompost
• Norton “Stuff”– Psyop
• O2 “Niggles & Narks” –The Mill
• Statoil “Good Night” – Studio AKA
• “The Pirate” – Meindbender
• Twinings “Sea” – Psyop

Best General Audience Animated TV Production
• Archer – FX Productions
• Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Warner Bros. Animation
• Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas – Hallmark
• MAD – Warner Bros. Animation
• Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc.
• Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• The Simpsons – Gracie Films

Best Animated Television Production - Preschool
• Chuggington – Ludorum plc
• Disney Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television Animation
• Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation
• The WotWots Season 2 – Pukeko Pictures

Best Animated Television Production – Children
• Fanboy and Chum Chum – Nickelodeon and Frederator
• Kung Fu Panda – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
• Penguins of Madagascar – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
• The Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi

Best Animated Video Game
• Bumpy Road – Simogo
• Catherine – Atlus
• Gears of War 3 – Epic Games
• Gesundheit – Konami Digital Entertainment
• Ghost Trick: “Phantom Detective” – Capcom
• Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcell
• Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One – Insomniac Games
• Rayman Origins – Ubisoft Montpellier
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES___________________

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
• Can Yuksel “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
• Chase Cooper “Rango” – Industrial Light & Magic
• Dan Lund “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Dave Tidgwell “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Eric Froemling “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
• Jason Mayer “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Joel Aron “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• Jon Reisch “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
• Kevin Romond “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
• Willi Geiger “Rango” – Industrial Light & Magic

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
• Branko Grujcic “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”– Industrial Light & Magic
• Florent Andarra “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Industrial Light & Magic
• Gary Wu “Cowboys & Aliens”– Industrial Light & Magic
• Lee Uren “Cowboys & Aliens” – Industrial Light & Magic

Character Animation in a Television Production
• Chad Sellers “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Michael Franceschi “Kung Fu Panda” – Nickelodeon
• Rebecca Wilson Bresee “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Sihanouk Mariona “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
• Tony Smeed “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production
• Andreas Deja “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Dan Wagner “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Jeff Gabor “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
• Mark Henn “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Olivier Staphylas “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
• Patrik Puhala “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
• Pierre Perifel “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Live Action Production
• Andy Arnett “HOP” – Rhythm & Hues, Illumination Entertainment
• David Lowry “Paul” – Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/ Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions
• Eric Reynolds “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” – 20th Century Fox
• Mike Hull “Paul” – Double Negative Visual Effects for Universal Productions/Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Productions

Character Design in a Television Production
• Bill Schwab “Prep & Landing” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Carl Raggio “Disney Kick Buttowski” – Disney Television Animation
• Chad Hurd “Archer” – FX Productions
• Chris Battle “Dan Vs.” – Starz Film Roman
• Eric Robles “Fanboy and Chum Chum” – Nickelodeon & Frederator
• Gordon Hammond “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
• Mike Dougherty “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
• Robert Ryan Cory “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” – Cartoon Network Studios

Character Design in a Feature Production
• Jay Shuster “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
• Mark “Crash” McCreery “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Productions
• Patrick Mate “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
• Peter de Seve “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Sergio Pablos “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios

Directing in a Television Production
• Brian Sheesley “Dan Vs.” – Starz Film Roman
• Chris Savino & Clay Morrow “Disney Kick Buttowski” – Disney Television Animation
• Dan Riba “Ben 10 Ultimate Alien” – Cartoon Network Studios
• Duke Johnson “Community” – 23 D Films, Inc.
• Gabe Swarr “Kung Fu Panda” – Nickelodeon
• Ken Bruce “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
• Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice”– Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Matthew Nastuk “The Simpsons” – Gracie Films
• Mic Graves & Ben Bocquelet “The Amazing World of Gumball” – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
• Peter Hausner “Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu” – Wil Film
• Steve Loter, Christo Stamboliev, Shaun Cashman, David Knott “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and Technicolor
• Tony Craig “Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas” – Hallmark

Directing in a Feature Production
• Carlos Saldahna “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
• Chris Miller “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
• Don Hall & Stephen Anderson “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Gore Verbinski “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present a Blind Wink/GK Films Productions
• Jennifer Yuh Nelson “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Kelly Asbury “Gnomeo & Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures

Music in a Television Production
• Adam Berry, Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and Technicolor
• Ben Locket “The Amazing World of Gumball” – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
• Frederik Wiedmann “Green Lantern The Animated Series” – Warner Bros. Animation
• Grace Potter, Michael Giacchino “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda “Pixie Hollow Games”– DisneyToon Studios
• Kevin Kliesch “Thundercats” – Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network
• Shawn Patterson, Zeb Wells “Robot Chicken” – ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim

Music in a Feature Production
• Henry Jackman “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
• John Williams “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
• Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell, “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
• Zooey Deschannel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Production Design in a Television Production
• Mark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” – Cartoon Network Studios
• Peter Martin “Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas” – Hallmark

Production Design in a Feature Production
• Harley Jessup “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios
• Paul Felix “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Raymond Zilbach “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Tom Cardone, Kyle MacNaughton & Peter Chan “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios

Storyboarding in a Television Production
• Barry W. Johnson “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Benton Connor “Regular Show” – Cartoon Network Studios
• Brian Kesinger “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Dave Thomas “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
• Fred Gonzalez “TUFF Puppy” – Nickelodeon
• Joe Mateo “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Justin Nichols “Fanboy & Chum Chum” – Nickelodeon & Frederator
• Katie Rice “Fanboy & Chum Chum”– Nickelodeon & Frederator
• Rebecca Sugar “Adventure Time” – Cartoon Network Studios

Storyboarding in a Feature Production
• Bob Logan “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
• Delia Gosman “Rango” – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
• Gary Graham “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Jeremy Spears “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Josh Hayes “Rango” – Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
• Kris Pearn “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Nelson Yokota “Gnomeo and Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures
• Philip Craven “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Scott Morse “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios

Voice Acting in a Television Production
• Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker “Fairly OddParents” – Nickelodeon
• Dan Harmon as Jekyll “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
• Daran Norris as Cosmo “Fairly OddParents” – Nickelodeon
• Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”– Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• Diedrich Bader as Batman “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” – Warner Bros. Animation
• H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer “Archer” – FX Productions
• Jeff Bennett as Kowalski “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and Technicolor
• Jeff B. Davis as Victor Frankenstein “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
• Jessica Walter as Malory Archer “Archer” – FX Productions
• Judy Greer as Cheryl Tunt “Archer” – FX Productions
• Logan Grove as Gumball “The Amazing World of Gumball” – Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi
• Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• Scott Adsit as the Creature “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburns Industries, Inc.
• Tara Strong as Timmy Turner “Fairly OddParents – Operation: Dinkleberg” – Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in a Feature Production
• Ashley Jensen as Bryony “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Bill Nighy as Grandsanta “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Gary Oldman as Shen “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• James Hong as Mr. Ping “Kung Fu Panda 2” DreamWorks Animation
• Jemaine Clement as Nigel “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios
• Jim Cummings as Featherstone “Gnomeo and Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures
• Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Alexander Dumpty “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation

Writing in a Television Production
• Blake Lemons, William Reiss, C.H. Greenblatt, Derek Evanick, Diana Lafyatis, Neil Graf “Disney Fish Hooks – Fish School Musical” – Disney Television Animation
• Carolyn Omine “The Simpsons -Treehouse of Horror XXII” – Gracie Films
• Dani MIchaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier, Paul Tibbitt “SpongeBob SquarePants - Patrick’s Staycation” – Nickelodeon
• Josh Weinstein “Futurama - All The President’s Heads” – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television
• Kevin Sullivan, Will Schifrin, Ray DeLaurentis “TUFF Puppy Thunder Dog” – Nickelodeon
• Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis “Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 – The Creditor” – Williams Street Studios, Adult Swim
• Ray DeLaurentis, Will Schifrin, Kevin Sullivan “Fairly OddParents “Invasion of the Dads” – Nickelodeon
• Steve Wermers-Skelton, Kevin Deters “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in a Feature Production
• Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Mark Burton, Kathy Greenburg, Emily Cook, Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton “Gnomeo & Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures
• Brian Kesinger, Kendelle Hoyer, Don Dougherty, Clio Chang, Don Hall, Stephen Anderson “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Productions
• Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
• Steve Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cronish “Tintin”– Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall

Editing in Television Production
• Garret Elkins “Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2” – Starburn Industries, Inc.
• Hugo Morales, Davrick Waltjen, Adam Arnold “Kung Fu Panda” Nickelodeon
• Jason W.A. Tucker “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd.
• Paul D. Calder “Futurama” – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television
• Ted Machold, Jeff Adams, Doug Tiano, Bob Tomlin “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and Technicolor

Editing in a Feature Production
• Clare Knight, A.C.E. “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation
• Craig Wood, A.C.E. “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Productions
• Eric Dapkewicz “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation
• Michael Kahn “Tintin”– Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall
• Stephen Schaffer, A.C.E. “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios

Comédias e animações agitam a alta temporada de lançamentos de Hollywood

Na vida real, ressacas nos fazem prometer nunca mais fazer aquilo de novo, ao menos até a próxima vez. Em Hollywood, os fãs estão ávidos por mais desde que assistiram o sucesso surpresa "Se Beber, Não Case!" há dois anos.

Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms e Zach Galifianakis estão de volta, se reunindo para outra manhã seguinte sem a menor ideia do que aconteceu em "Se Beber, Não Case! Parte II". O filme lidera a programação de comédias, romances e diversão para a família do verão americano deste ano.

Dois desenhos animados também são sequências. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie e Dustin Hoffman novamente lideram o elenco de vozes da comédia de artes marciais "Kung Fu Panda 2", enquanto Michael Caine se junta às vozes que retornam de Owen Wilson e Larry the Cable Guy para a aventura de corrida "Carros 2".

A lista de risos também conta com os animais falantes de Kevin James em "O Zelador Animal"; a história para famílias de Jim Carrey, "Os Pinguins do Papai"; o retorno dos amados personagens animados de "O Ursinho Pooh" e "Os Smurfs"; a crise conjugal de Steve Carell em "Amor a Toda Prova"; e dois títulos que dizem tudo, "Professora sem Classe", com Cameron Diaz, e "Patrões Infernais", com Jason Bateman e Jennifer Aniston.

Também há vários filmes românticos de casamento e noivado: "O Noivo da Minha Melhor Amiga" com Kate Hudson e Ginnifer Goodwin; "Bridesmaids" com Kristen Wiig; e "Jumping the Broom", com Angela Bassett, Paula Patton e Mike Epps.

Muitas comédias de 2011 são destinadas a plateias adultas, o que rende cenas com muitos palavrões.

"Geralmente, quando você fala palavrão no set, eles dizem: ‘Nós não vamos poder usar essa fala’, ou, ‘Nós só vamos usar essa, mas vamos recomeçar desse ponto’", disse Cameron Diaz, de "Professora sem Classe". "Isso não é divertido, retomar do ponto em que você solta um palavrão. Quem faz isso? Você usa palavrões de modo judicioso. Você quer ser liberal, ficar empilhando palavrões. Mandar ver."

Bateman e seus colegas de elenco estão igualmente sem rédeas em "Patrões Infernais" e em uma segunda comédia sua neste verão, "The Change-Up", com Ryan Reynolds.

Enquanto os estúdios geralmente atenuam as comédias para receber uma classificação PG-13, que permite que os espectadores mais jovens possam assistir sem o acompanhamento de um adulto responsável, "Patrões Infernais", "The Change-Up" e "Professora sem Classe" exploram plenamente a classificação R (menores de 17 anos só podem assistir acompanhados por um adulto) por linguagem e tom, disse Bateman.

"Eu acho que a estratégia de editar certas coisas fora de um filme visando obter uma classificação PG-13, na esperança de atingir um público maior, parece uma estratégia antiquada, considerando quanto dinheiro as comédias com classificação R arrecadaram", disse Bateman. "O que estamos tentando fazer é copiar a vida real. E a vida real é bem R."

Por David Germain, em 11/05/2011, no link http://cinema.uol.com.br/ultnot/ap/2011/05/11/comedias-e-animacoes-o-agitam-a-alta-temporada-de-lancamentos-de-hollywood.jhtm