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The Little Golden Books have been a staple of childhood across several generations. Created in 1942, the collection is known for bringing picture books to children at affordable prices, with text ranging from adventures and fairytales to educational material. In fact, the story of "The Poky Little Puppy" from the Little Golden Books roster is actually the best-selling children's book of all time.
After delivering classic tales from the likes of Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more, Little Golden Books have also dived into the wide world of established intellectual property, including stories inspired by "Star Wars," "Sesame Street," DC and Marvel Comics, Barbie, Disney, Nickelodeon, and much more. In recent years, Little Golden Books have also been delivering biographies of the most influential people in history, starting with Martin Luther King Jr....
The Little Golden Books have been a staple of childhood across several generations. Created in 1942, the collection is known for bringing picture books to children at affordable prices, with text ranging from adventures and fairytales to educational material. In fact, the story of "The Poky Little Puppy" from the Little Golden Books roster is actually the best-selling children's book of all time.
After delivering classic tales from the likes of Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more, Little Golden Books have also dived into the wide world of established intellectual property, including stories inspired by "Star Wars," "Sesame Street," DC and Marvel Comics, Barbie, Disney, Nickelodeon, and much more. In recent years, Little Golden Books have also been delivering biographies of the most influential people in history, starting with Martin Luther King Jr....
- 3/25/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
As a feat of pure visual craftsmanship, “Elemental” is anything but simple, often delighting the eyes with inventive character designs and trailblazing animation techniques. For that alone, the Pixar-produced, Peter Sohn-directed feature makes a fitting cap for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, closing the prestigious event with an incident rich and formally vibrant showcase for studio animation might.
Though as return to form for Pixar itself – a rekindling of that fire that set hearts ablaze by wedding prodigious technique to (ahem) elementally simple metaphor – the film falls somewhat short of previous highs. By way of pure storytelling magic, the film also unfortunately lives up to its title.
Building on multiple elements from last year’s “Turning Red,” this latest Pixar joint mines family expectations for narrative tension, doing so with a refreshing absence of conventional antagonists. This time, “Elemental” foregrounds the first-generation immigrant experience right from the start,...
Though as return to form for Pixar itself – a rekindling of that fire that set hearts ablaze by wedding prodigious technique to (ahem) elementally simple metaphor – the film falls somewhat short of previous highs. By way of pure storytelling magic, the film also unfortunately lives up to its title.
Building on multiple elements from last year’s “Turning Red,” this latest Pixar joint mines family expectations for narrative tension, doing so with a refreshing absence of conventional antagonists. This time, “Elemental” foregrounds the first-generation immigrant experience right from the start,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Olivia Munn and John Mulaney might be in desperate need of a massage after last night.
The actress shared exhausted photos of herself on her Instagram story on Thursday night after their screaming one-year-old Malcolm woke them up after midnight due to teething pains.
Read More: Olivia Munn Wowed By John Mulaney’s Rendition Of ‘Take Me Out To The Ball Game’ At Wrigley Field
Olivia Munn — Olivia Munn/Instagram story
John attempted to lull the teething toddler to sleep by reading aloud a bedtime story. The book was Mr. Gronkle’s Busy Day, a Richard Scarry children’s book about a cranky warthog.
John Mulaney – Olivia Munn/Instagram story
Olivia captioned the story to her 2.8M followers, “He’s teething again…”
By 12:44 Am, the madness had not stopped, and Olivia and John were still wide awake.
Read More: John Mulaney On Touring With His Infant Son Malcolm: He...
The actress shared exhausted photos of herself on her Instagram story on Thursday night after their screaming one-year-old Malcolm woke them up after midnight due to teething pains.
Read More: Olivia Munn Wowed By John Mulaney’s Rendition Of ‘Take Me Out To The Ball Game’ At Wrigley Field
Olivia Munn — Olivia Munn/Instagram story
John attempted to lull the teething toddler to sleep by reading aloud a bedtime story. The book was Mr. Gronkle’s Busy Day, a Richard Scarry children’s book about a cranky warthog.
John Mulaney – Olivia Munn/Instagram story
Olivia captioned the story to her 2.8M followers, “He’s teething again…”
By 12:44 Am, the madness had not stopped, and Olivia and John were still wide awake.
Read More: John Mulaney On Touring With His Infant Son Malcolm: He...
- 12/23/2022
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Submarine films were a cliché-ridden subgenre when Wolfgang Petersen's "Das Boot" surfaced in 1981 and shattered our conventional notions of what it's like to serve during wartime in a tin can beneath the surface of the ocean. It is, in short, a sweaty, stinky hell. Films like "On the Beach," "The Enemy Below" and "Run Silent, Run Deep" envisaged a spacious, camera-accommodating environment where the characters had to give voice to their characters' cooped-up anxiety. In general, life on a submarine seemed like a rare adventure. The post-apocalyptic bleakness of "On the Beach" aside, these might as well have been recruiting films.
"Das Boot" plunges us into a cramped, frantic environment where the crew scramble through tight quarters like the occupants of an ant farm. Every sailor serves a purpose, and they observe an absurd, yet necessary chain of command as they bustle past one another. Even though this is World War II,...
"Das Boot" plunges us into a cramped, frantic environment where the crew scramble through tight quarters like the occupants of an ant farm. Every sailor serves a purpose, and they observe an absurd, yet necessary chain of command as they bustle past one another. Even though this is World War II,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
As the longer-than-usual Oscars race stretches into a marathon, there’s more time than ever to delve into some of the more obscure categories. Though certainly frowned upon, voters may not always have made time to view every nominated short film in previous years, which makes predicting these categories something of a wild goose chase. With the added time this year, Academy voters have little excuse not to do their due diligence. They will find a rich array of socially-conscious short form narratives, from the traditional to the experimental.
The five animated short film nominees vary widely in tone, visual style, and storytelling approach. Pixar and Netflix, which dominate the Best Animated Feature category with two films apiece, both landed a single nominee among the shorts. The other three, two from outside the U.S., blur narrative conventions to offer poetic moments of social critique. Their perspectives range from playful to fatalistic,...
The five animated short film nominees vary widely in tone, visual style, and storytelling approach. Pixar and Netflix, which dominate the Best Animated Feature category with two films apiece, both landed a single nominee among the shorts. The other three, two from outside the U.S., blur narrative conventions to offer poetic moments of social critique. Their perspectives range from playful to fatalistic,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
This Pixar short - a result of their SparkShorts program that gives their directors six months and a limited budget to make their film with the aim of fostering new talent - should have screened before Soul in a Covid-free world, but made its way to Disney+ instead. It's sweetly old fashioned, both in its style, which made me think of my own childhood picture books - Sharafian has said she was inspired by the likes of Richard Scarry - and its theme of someone building a new home.
Bunny is in the business of burrowing, blueprint in paw. Her plan is a simple one, involving a bed and, potentially, a bit of a disco... but then the neighbours start dropping in. Embarrassed by everyone else's deluxe dwellings - and the way she hugs her plan close to her says it all - the bunny finds herself digging deeper, with plenty of slapstick along.
Bunny is in the business of burrowing, blueprint in paw. Her plan is a simple one, involving a bed and, potentially, a bit of a disco... but then the neighbours start dropping in. Embarrassed by everyone else's deluxe dwellings - and the way she hugs her plan close to her says it all - the bunny finds herself digging deeper, with plenty of slapstick along.
- 3/15/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It’s no surprise Pixar Animation Studios has landed two animated shorts on the Oscar shortlist.
With such films as “Inside Out” and “Up,” Pixar can tell stories like no other. Each tale delivers a warm emotional punch. And that comes from the notion that many of the studio’s stories start from a personal perspective.
It’s no different with its contenders from its SparkShorts program, “Burrow” and “Out.” SparkShorts allows animators six months to develop and produce a short.
Madeline Sharafian has always loved bunnies, her childhood nickname was “Rabbit,” and while going through sketchbooks from her college days, she had found a sketch of a burrow. When the opportunity to create a SparkShort came up, Sharafian jumped at the chance.
Animation supervisor Benjamin Su was immediately attracted when he saw Sharafian’s “Burrow” presentation. “The characters, the message behind the film and the designs were so charming,...
With such films as “Inside Out” and “Up,” Pixar can tell stories like no other. Each tale delivers a warm emotional punch. And that comes from the notion that many of the studio’s stories start from a personal perspective.
It’s no different with its contenders from its SparkShorts program, “Burrow” and “Out.” SparkShorts allows animators six months to develop and produce a short.
Madeline Sharafian has always loved bunnies, her childhood nickname was “Rabbit,” and while going through sketchbooks from her college days, she had found a sketch of a burrow. When the opportunity to create a SparkShort came up, Sharafian jumped at the chance.
Animation supervisor Benjamin Su was immediately attracted when he saw Sharafian’s “Burrow” presentation. “The characters, the message behind the film and the designs were so charming,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a little more than 25 years since the CG breakthrough of “Toy Story,” and Pixar still continues developing new animation tech. And that includes utilizing its vaunted shorts program as a training ground for testing new techniques and launching new directing careers. But, with the recent launch of the more indie-minded SparkShorts program (including the Oscar-nominated “Kitbull”), artists are freer to experiment with different formats and more personal, socially-conscious storytelling.
This Oscar season, two SparkShorts landed spots on the shortlist for Best Animated Short: “Out,” about a man whose accidental body-swap with his dog helps him come out to his parents, and “Burrow,” an adorable and lovely 2D work about a rabbit who dreams of building a cozy home below ground but then runs into a logistical nightmare.
The two shorts hail from creators at different ends of the Pixar spectrum: Steven Clay Hunter, a veteran animator whose...
This Oscar season, two SparkShorts landed spots on the shortlist for Best Animated Short: “Out,” about a man whose accidental body-swap with his dog helps him come out to his parents, and “Burrow,” an adorable and lovely 2D work about a rabbit who dreams of building a cozy home below ground but then runs into a logistical nightmare.
The two shorts hail from creators at different ends of the Pixar spectrum: Steven Clay Hunter, a veteran animator whose...
- 2/19/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
1. TeslaIt’s been a funny old year. Scratch that... it’s been a terrible year, but as far as movie posters are concerned it’s been an odd, disruptive one. For one thing there have been far fewer films released this year: after the normalcy of the first 10 weeks things suddenly ground to a halt and many major releases were shelved. Movie theaters were closed for months (and have still not reopened in New York) and so there was no real need for movie posters per se, but as virtual cinema flourished online we still continued to make them, even if far fewer were actually printed. This year movie posters mostly existed as online keyart thumbnails but we designers continued to design them as if they were to be printed at 27" x 40", even sticking to the convention of leaving an inch and a half of safety on all sides so...
- 12/18/2020
- MUBI
Director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and brother Olivier, who previously worked together on music videos like the Chemical Brothers’s “Star Guitar,” have just released a new quarantine-made clip for the Bristol band Idles. Using a blend of lo-fi animation (Michel’s cardboard cutouts shot by a suspended-overhead iPhone) and CGI (Olivier’s desktop wizardry), the clip, which suggests a Richard Scarry adaptation of Animal Farm, moves from a racist village to the moon. From an article on the video at WePresent: The song is really about the dangerous small-mindedness born out of villages which can sometimes act as […]...
- 8/12/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and brother Olivier, who previously worked together on music videos like the Chemical Brothers’s “Star Guitar,” have just released a new quarantine-made clip for the Bristol band Idles. Using a blend of lo-fi animation (Michel’s cardboard cutouts shot by a suspended-overhead iPhone) and CGI (Olivier’s desktop wizardry), the clip, which suggests a Richard Scarry adaptation of Animal Farm, moves from a racist village to the moon. From an article on the video at WePresent: The song is really about the dangerous small-mindedness born out of villages which can sometimes act as […]...
- 8/12/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Author: Emily Breen
Anyone who has spent more than five minutes in the company of a preschooler has cursed Peppa Pig. Flipping the pig the bird is pretty much a parental right of passage. Along with indelibly imprinting every word of The Gruffalo on your long term memory and continuing to prefix farm animal names with the sound they make, irrespective of whether children are in earshot. Happily, for the former at least, revenge is within your grasp…
Illustrator Ted Sieger’s Molly Monster comes to the big screen this weekend with a monstrously sweet and refreshingly simple story to tell. Molly’s primary coloured, clockwork world is about to be rocked by the arrival of a brand new sibling. The sensible sister-to-be sets to work knitting a cosy hat to help her process the big news and welcome the new baby. Her wind-up pal Edison is not to be so easily won over.
Anyone who has spent more than five minutes in the company of a preschooler has cursed Peppa Pig. Flipping the pig the bird is pretty much a parental right of passage. Along with indelibly imprinting every word of The Gruffalo on your long term memory and continuing to prefix farm animal names with the sound they make, irrespective of whether children are in earshot. Happily, for the former at least, revenge is within your grasp…
Illustrator Ted Sieger’s Molly Monster comes to the big screen this weekend with a monstrously sweet and refreshingly simple story to tell. Molly’s primary coloured, clockwork world is about to be rocked by the arrival of a brand new sibling. The sensible sister-to-be sets to work knitting a cosy hat to help her process the big news and welcome the new baby. Her wind-up pal Edison is not to be so easily won over.
- 4/21/2017
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Walt Disney Animation Studio has just celebrated ten years under the management of John Lasseter and Ed Catmull of Pixar. In that time, these creative leaders have encouraged their team to try new ideas and the results have been admirably diverse. That’s why Zootopia doesn’t look or feel like any other Disney cartoon feature. Its directors have described it as a cross between L.A. Confidential and a Richard Scarry book. However you describe it, it’s singular and highly entertaining. The heroine is a bright, sunny-natured bunny rabbit named Judy Hopps whose dream is to make the world a...
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- 3/4/2016
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
One of our most anticipated movies of 2016 is the latest animated feature from Walt Disney. Zootopia could turn out to be the cleverest non-Pixar release from the studio in ages, and a recent spot highlighting a hilarious scene at a sloth-run Dmv has already made it a huge hit with moviegoers this holiday season. Now there's another full trailer for the feature, which sort of looks inspired by Richard Scarry books but is a completely original work from the animation house traditionally...
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- 1/4/2016
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
One of our most anticipated movies of 2016 is the latest animated feature from Walt Disney. Zootopia could turn out to be the cleverest non-Pixar release from the studio in ages, and a recent spot highlighting a hilarious scene at a sloth-run Dmv has already made it a huge hit with moviegoers this holiday season. Now there's another full trailer for the feature, which sort of looks inspired by Richard Scarry books but is a completely original work from the animation house traditionally known for adapting classic fairy tales. Well, there are some things lifted from other material as homage, such as the umpteenth spoof of The Godfather, but otherwise it's entirely fresh. Zootopia is set in a world full of anthropomorphic mammals, and as we learn from this new...
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- 12/31/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Creative types as diverse as The Muppets, Busytown doyen Richard Scarry and German writer Carl Zuckmayer have tackled Russian folk tale The Town Musicians of Bremen. Now it’s Tinseltown’s turn, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Alan Cumming has signed onto the voice cast of its new animated version, Bremen Town Musicians.If you’re not au fait with it – or Russian – the story of the Bremen musicians features a dog, cat, donkey and rooster who head to the German town in the hope of forging careers as musicians. A kind of Farmyard Idol, essentially.Here, though... well, not so much. According to the trade, Luxor Entertainment’s interpretation will have the King of Bremen requiring his wizard, Cregg, to scour “time and space for the greatest musical troupe ever” to do the honours at his daughter’s nuptials. Gevork, his smart but dorky assistance, and the character Cumming will be voicing,...
- 2/28/2014
- EmpireOnline
Watching the wonder on your child's face as a first-rate story unfolds can be just as much fun as losing yourself in a grown-up book. Share your thoughts on the kid-classics People staffers are enjoying - and let us know what you're reading. Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, Washington Correspondent Her Pick: White Fang by Jack LondonOn a February dog-sledding trip, my 8-year-old son and I fell in love with the dogs, and White Fang is our way of diving into their world. London has a magical way of narrating through the wolf-dog's eyes, even though (ahem - Disney, take note) the animals don't talk.
- 5/16/2013
- PEOPLE.com
I want to make you aware of something that isn’t going to be for all of our readers though I think more of you out there will find this an interesting grab despite its contents. Mill Creek has been sending us some excellent Halloween treats available at some very reasonable prices perfect for a variety of tastes and age groups. As you may know I have a gruesome twosome of little ones at home. Let’s just say that I don’t shy away from showing them some spooky offerings especially around Halloween. My little girls, aged eleven months and eight years old, love TV, and I am making it my duty to get them into the Halloween spirit and darker cartoons and age appropriate horror. For those of you who want to get on my ass about “too much TV” for kids, I am the product of my TV; shove it.
- 10/17/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
So you’re a horror fan, but you’re on a budget. You like a little of everything from Hostel to Browning’s Dracula and the gamut that is run in between especially during the month of October. How do you pick up a respectable horror movie collection, quickly, spending as little money as possible? Mill Creek (not Wolf Creek or Boggy Creek). These guys put out a nice series of collections from the Drive In theater favorites to those rad 100 movie boxes you might find on the shelves of Walmart.
Make sure you take a gander at the selection below and stop by their website. We’ll have product reviews as we watch them and make sure you know what you’re getting inside each box. No matter what, you’ll be getting a pile of movies at a low price. I’m sure you’ll be able to...
Make sure you take a gander at the selection below and stop by their website. We’ll have product reviews as we watch them and make sure you know what you’re getting inside each box. No matter what, you’ll be getting a pile of movies at a low price. I’m sure you’ll be able to...
- 9/21/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
Emily Lou's ghostly horror comedy The Selling is now available on iTunes via GoDigital so if you're in the market for some lighthearted and spooky laughs this weekend (that are intentional, unlike another flick based on a video game franchise opening this week), this is your hot ticket!
The film stars Gabriel Diani, Jonathan Klein, Janet Varney, Etta Devine, Nancy Lenehan, and Barry Bostwick.
Synopsis
Richard Scarry is a real estate agent who tries to talk people out of buying houses they can’t afford. When his business partner, Dave Ross, comes up with a scheme to flip an old house for profit, he only agrees because he needs to find a way to pay for his sick mother’s medical bills. As Richard and Dave start fixing up the house for buyers, it becomes obvious why their real estate nemesis, Mary Best, was so eager to pass the house along to them.
The film stars Gabriel Diani, Jonathan Klein, Janet Varney, Etta Devine, Nancy Lenehan, and Barry Bostwick.
Synopsis
Richard Scarry is a real estate agent who tries to talk people out of buying houses they can’t afford. When his business partner, Dave Ross, comes up with a scheme to flip an old house for profit, he only agrees because he needs to find a way to pay for his sick mother’s medical bills. As Richard and Dave start fixing up the house for buyers, it becomes obvious why their real estate nemesis, Mary Best, was so eager to pass the house along to them.
- 9/14/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Paraskevidekatriaphobics, beware: with three Friday the 13ths in 2012, each thirteen weeks apart, those with a deep, blinding fear of the day might be averse to watching the Special Screening hosted by Tallgrass Film Association on July 13. All others are encouraged to attend a Special Screening of the 2011 Tallgrass Film Festival Audience Award-winning film, “The Selling” at 7:30 p.m at the (purportedly haunted itself) Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum (204 S. Main). The film will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, Emily Lou, and a walking ghost tour of downtown Wichita led by Ann Keefer, Vice President of Marketing for the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation.
“The Selling” follows Richard Scarry (like the children’s book author), a too-honest-for-his-own-good real estate agent who buys a property to flip for a profit…only to discover the house is haunted. “It’s a comedic story about ghosts, demonic possession, and real estate...
“The Selling” follows Richard Scarry (like the children’s book author), a too-honest-for-his-own-good real estate agent who buys a property to flip for a profit…only to discover the house is haunted. “It’s a comedic story about ghosts, demonic possession, and real estate...
- 6/16/2012
- by Staff
- The Moving Arts Journal
For those of you that have followed us long enough, you know that we were a podcast (new format/episodes coming in November) before a full website. Our friends over at the Drunken Zombie podcast have an annual film festival and they are celebrating their forth year. Check out the details below and support Drunken Zombie & independent cinema.
From the Press Release:
We are happy to announce our line up for the 2011 Drunken Zombie Film Festival November 4th and 5th inPeoria,Il. This is the fourth year we have done the film festival and it just continues to get bigger every year. We bring independent horror films to fans that might otherwise have not seen them. This year we are teaming up with Landmark Cinemas to bring you to the best experience yet for the Drunken Zombie Film Festival. Just before the festival they are expanding their back lobby concession stand.
From the Press Release:
We are happy to announce our line up for the 2011 Drunken Zombie Film Festival November 4th and 5th inPeoria,Il. This is the fourth year we have done the film festival and it just continues to get bigger every year. We bring independent horror films to fans that might otherwise have not seen them. This year we are teaming up with Landmark Cinemas to bring you to the best experience yet for the Drunken Zombie Film Festival. Just before the festival they are expanding their back lobby concession stand.
- 10/14/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
A big problem with films that present themselves as horror-comedies is that, all too often, they are neither frightening nor funny. In direct opposition to this trend, Emily Lou’s new film “The Selling” succeeds on both of these fronts—it is strong low-budget comedy and strong low-budget horror. There are consistent, legitimate laughs throughout, and, especially as the movie builds and progresses towards the climax, some solid ghost story action in the midst of all the humor. Richard Scarry (Gabriel Diani, who also wrote the script)—like the children’s author—is your ideal real estate agent. He’s honest to a fault, to the point where he discourages potential buyers from purchasing a home because the mortgage is far beyond their means. Basically he is the kind of broker you want working for you because he will always tell you the truth, he’s just not much of...
- 9/19/2011
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
Emily Lou’s debut feature The Selling is full of spooks and suspense—but, more than anything else, comedy. Written by and starring comedian Gabriel Diani, the film centers on Richard Scarry, a down-on-his-luck, overly nice real-estate agent. When he gets talked into taking on a house that is obviously haunted by the ghosts of a serial killer and his victims, he and his business partner have to come up with a strategy to sell it. Though no potential buyers seem interested, they attract the attention of a young waitress obsessed with ghost-hunting. Meanwhile, Richard has to help pay for his mother’s expensive surgery. Can they get the spirits out of the house in time to sell it?
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- 8/19/2011
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samm Deighan)
- Fangoria
Emily Lou’s debut feature The Selling is full of spooks and suspense—but, more than anything else, comedy. Written by and starring comedian Gabriel Diani, the film centers on Richard Scarry, a down-on-his-luck, overly nice real-estate agent. When he gets talked into taking on a house that is obviously haunted by the ghosts of a serial killer and his victims, he and his business partner have to come up with a strategy to sell it. Though no potential buyers seem interested, they attract the attention of a young waitress obsessed with ghost-hunting. Meanwhile, Richard has to help pay for his mother’s expensive surgery. Can they get the spirits out of the house in time to sell it?
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- 8/19/2011
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samm Deighan)
- Fangoria
To celebrate what would have been the 92nd birthday of one of the most celebrated children’s authors of all time, Richard Scarry, today’s Google Doodle features some of the writer’s characters. Replacing the search engine’s logo on its homepage, the Doodle replicates a small village from Scarry’s book series ‘Busytown’. The scene includes such characters as the pedaling Huckle Cat and the Lowly Worm, working and living in perfect harmony. Scarry, who was born in Boston on June 5, 1919, was a write-illustrator who published more than 250 books. His books have sold over 100 million copies world-wide. He published his first book ‘Two Little Miners’ in 1949, as part...
- 6/5/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
The Selling Review (A Second Opinion)
The Selling is a horror/comedy that focuses on a too-honest real estate agent promptly named Richard Scarry (“like the children’s book author”), who is tasked with selling a haunted house. Watching this film reminded me of the older films like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken or The Burbs, delightfully blending some good scares with equally good laughs. The creative story allows the filmmakers to poke fun at both horror films and the real estate business. A fantastic cast, a good sense of humor, and fun direction make this one of the better horror/comedy in the past decade along with Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell.
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The Selling is a horror/comedy that focuses on a too-honest real estate agent promptly named Richard Scarry (“like the children’s book author”), who is tasked with selling a haunted house. Watching this film reminded me of the older films like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken or The Burbs, delightfully blending some good scares with equally good laughs. The creative story allows the filmmakers to poke fun at both horror films and the real estate business. A fantastic cast, a good sense of humor, and fun direction make this one of the better horror/comedy in the past decade along with Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell.
Thanks for reading We Got This Covered...
- 5/11/2011
- by Kyal Bender
- We Got This Covered
This one has all the ingredients to be something special. Absurd comedy and supernatural shenanigans take center stage in Emily Lou’s “The Selling”, a promising indie horror flick that follows the adventures of a desperate real estate agent as he tries to move an extremely haunted house. Not surprisingly, it doesn’t take long for all sorts of supernatural hijinks to ensue. And you thought buying a house was scary enough, right? Am I right? Before continuing, take a look at this synopsis: Richard Scarry is too nice. He’s a real estate agent who tries to talk people out of buying houses they can’t afford. When his business partner Dave Ross comes up with a scheme to flip an old house for profit he only agrees because he needs to find a way to pay for his sick mother’s medical bills. As Richard and Dave start...
- 4/8/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
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I have to say, exploiting the recent real estate nightmares experienced by homeowners in the United States because of the recession (depression) is a savvy way to create a horror movie plot.
Barry Bostwick (Brad from The Rocky Horror Picture Show!!!!) is in this film as a demented excorcist - about a real estate agent named Richard Scarry (a tribute to the children's author?) who tries to sell a house. Only he can't, because it's haunted. Emily Lou directs The Selling, written by Gabriel Diani. It also stars Gabriel Diani, Janet Varney, Jonathan Klein, Etta Devine, and Nancy Lenehan.
This really silly-looking female-directed feature is screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 29th and May 4th, 2011.
Watch the very amusing trailer:...
I have to say, exploiting the recent real estate nightmares experienced by homeowners in the United States because of the recession (depression) is a savvy way to create a horror movie plot.
Barry Bostwick (Brad from The Rocky Horror Picture Show!!!!) is in this film as a demented excorcist - about a real estate agent named Richard Scarry (a tribute to the children's author?) who tries to sell a house. Only he can't, because it's haunted. Emily Lou directs The Selling, written by Gabriel Diani. It also stars Gabriel Diani, Janet Varney, Jonathan Klein, Etta Devine, and Nancy Lenehan.
This really silly-looking female-directed feature is screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 29th and May 4th, 2011.
Watch the very amusing trailer:...
- 4/6/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
"Five Bedrooms. Four Baths. Twelve Ghosts."
This trailer for a new horror comedy called The Selling (formerly "The Selling of Scary Manor") has been floating around for a day or so. Not sure who disovered it first, but I just watched it over at 28Dla. Anyway, it looks to be a pretty funny little indie about the trials one real estate agent faces when trying to sell a haunted house.
Synopsis:
Richard Scarry is too nice. He’s a real estate agent who tries to talk people out of buying houses they can’t afford. When his business partner Dave Ross comes up with a scheme to flip an old house for profit he only agrees because he needs to find a way to pay for his sick mother’s medical bills.
As Richard and Dave start fixing up the house for buyers it becomes obvious why their real estate...
This trailer for a new horror comedy called The Selling (formerly "The Selling of Scary Manor") has been floating around for a day or so. Not sure who disovered it first, but I just watched it over at 28Dla. Anyway, it looks to be a pretty funny little indie about the trials one real estate agent faces when trying to sell a haunted house.
Synopsis:
Richard Scarry is too nice. He’s a real estate agent who tries to talk people out of buying houses they can’t afford. When his business partner Dave Ross comes up with a scheme to flip an old house for profit he only agrees because he needs to find a way to pay for his sick mother’s medical bills.
As Richard and Dave start fixing up the house for buyers it becomes obvious why their real estate...
- 4/5/2011
- QuietEarth.us
As if the real estate market weren't bad enough, try being a realtor having to sell a haunted house. That's the problem facing one hapless real estate agent in the new horror comedy The Selling of Scarry Manor.
Richard Scarry is too nice. He’s a real estate agent who tries to talk people out of buying houses they can’t afford. When his business partner Dave Ross comes up with a scheme to flip an old house for profit, he only agrees because he needs to find a way to pay for his sick mother’s medical bills.
As Richard and Dave start fixing up the house for buyers, it becomes obvious why their real estate nemesis, Mary Best, was so eager to pass the house along to them. Disembodied voices tell them to leave, walls bleed, and a portal to the spirit realm opens in an upstairs closet.
Richard Scarry is too nice. He’s a real estate agent who tries to talk people out of buying houses they can’t afford. When his business partner Dave Ross comes up with a scheme to flip an old house for profit, he only agrees because he needs to find a way to pay for his sick mother’s medical bills.
As Richard and Dave start fixing up the house for buyers, it becomes obvious why their real estate nemesis, Mary Best, was so eager to pass the house along to them. Disembodied voices tell them to leave, walls bleed, and a portal to the spirit realm opens in an upstairs closet.
- 4/3/2011
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
hollywoodnews.com: When The Good Wife started, Alicia Florrick stood by her husband as he publicly admitted his infidelity. A lot has happened in the last year and a half, so Julianna Margulies is back to talk about playing Alicia. At the Television Critics Association winter press tour today, Margulies shared her thoughts on the show, her Golden Globes trip this weekend and personal health. The Good Wife airs Tuesdays at 10 on CBS.
Q: Has the role changed for you from what you thought it would be in the beginning?
Julianna Margulies: It changes daily. It does. That’s why I’m so happy playing this part. I think the difficulty of television is this sort of getting in a rut of the same old, same old. Of course, you’re going to do a series for hopefully five years at least, that’s going to happen. What’s...
Q: Has the role changed for you from what you thought it would be in the beginning?
Julianna Margulies: It changes daily. It does. That’s why I’m so happy playing this part. I think the difficulty of television is this sort of getting in a rut of the same old, same old. Of course, you’re going to do a series for hopefully five years at least, that’s going to happen. What’s...
- 1/15/2011
- by Fred Topel
- Hollywoodnews.com
Toronto -- Canadian indie producer Cookie Jar Entertainment has cut 35 animation production jobs as it pivots toward more live-action series production.
Toronto-based Cookie Jar in a statement said it was "realigning" its production dollars amid the economic downturn to move deeper into live-action programming.
The Canadian producer added it will expand its copyright promotions licensing group, based in London, and maintain all of its 16 offices internationally.
Cookie Jar is best known for its cartoon properties that include "Caillou," "The Doodlebops" and "Richard Scarry's Busytown Mysteries."
But the studio has also expanded into consumer products and educational publishing. Cookie Jar has broadened its entertainment programming reach into U.S. network series and syndicated fare after acquiring the global brand management group Dic Entertainment for $83 million in 2008.
Cookie Jar has since hired former Columbia TriStar and Paramount TV division boss Tom Mazza to lead a foray into U.S. network series production,...
Toronto-based Cookie Jar in a statement said it was "realigning" its production dollars amid the economic downturn to move deeper into live-action programming.
The Canadian producer added it will expand its copyright promotions licensing group, based in London, and maintain all of its 16 offices internationally.
Cookie Jar is best known for its cartoon properties that include "Caillou," "The Doodlebops" and "Richard Scarry's Busytown Mysteries."
But the studio has also expanded into consumer products and educational publishing. Cookie Jar has broadened its entertainment programming reach into U.S. network series and syndicated fare after acquiring the global brand management group Dic Entertainment for $83 million in 2008.
Cookie Jar has since hired former Columbia TriStar and Paramount TV division boss Tom Mazza to lead a foray into U.S. network series production,...
- 3/16/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Canadian cartoon producer Cookie Jar Entertainment is teaming again with popular kids writer and illustrator Richard Scarry to produce "Busytown Mysteries (Hurray for Huckle!)" for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Toronto-based Cookie Jar, which in an earlier incarnation (as Cinar Corp.) produced the cartoon "The Busy World of Richard Scarry" for Paramount, also will shop the first 26 hours of "Busytown Mysteries" at MIPTV.
The CBC, Canada's public broadcaster, will air the new Scarry cartoon as part of its Kids' CBC preschool programming block.
Based on the popular book series "The Busy World of Richard Scarry," which ran for 65 episodes from 1993-97, appeared on Showtime and Nick Jr. as well as in a host of international markets.
"Busytown Mysteries (Hurray For Huckle!)" revolves around six animated characters solving everyday life mysteries in an imaginary place called Busytown.
Toronto-based Cookie Jar, which in an earlier incarnation (as Cinar Corp.) produced the cartoon "The Busy World of Richard Scarry" for Paramount, also will shop the first 26 hours of "Busytown Mysteries" at MIPTV.
The CBC, Canada's public broadcaster, will air the new Scarry cartoon as part of its Kids' CBC preschool programming block.
Based on the popular book series "The Busy World of Richard Scarry," which ran for 65 episodes from 1993-97, appeared on Showtime and Nick Jr. as well as in a host of international markets.
"Busytown Mysteries (Hurray For Huckle!)" revolves around six animated characters solving everyday life mysteries in an imaginary place called Busytown.
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