Tag: The Prince of Egypt

  • Can Live-Action Remakes of Animated Movies Please Stop?

    Can Live-Action Remakes of Animated Movies Please Stop?

    Those live-action remakes of animated Disney movies have proven so lucrative at the box office since 2010 that it was inevitable that other studios would get in on the act. I had a hunch DreamWorks Animation would always be the next one to jump into this fray given that the studio has an extensive library…

  • Why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’s Wolf Is an Awesome Villain

    Why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’s Wolf Is an Awesome Villain

    Editor’s Note: The following article contains full spoilers for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.Dreamworks Animation has delivered no shortage of fantastic villains over its decades-long career, particularly from the Shrek franchise with Lord Farquard (John Lithgow), the Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders), and Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn). There are of course examples from their other films…

  • Kelly Asbury, Director of ‘Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron’ and ‘Shrek 2,’ Dies at 60

    Kelly Asbury, Director of ‘Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron’ and ‘Shrek 2,’ Dies at 60

    Kelly Asbury, an animator who directed Oscar-nominated films such as “Shrek 2” and “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” has died. He was 60.Asbury died Friday morning in Los Angeles following a long battle with abdominal cancer, a representative for Asbury, Nancy Newhouse Porter, told Variety.Asbury, who started his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation in…