Minions, Monsters, The Croods-animation wins big in 2013
0 Comment(s)
Print
E-mail CNTV, December 27, 2013
It has been proven time and again that animated characters are as good as real-life actors at bringing characters to life. And filmmakers have treated audiences to a feast of animated flicks this year. From Gru and his cuddly Minions, to the powerful comeback of Monsters Inc, we take a look now at some of the most successful animated features from 2013.
 |
|
Animated movies were huge in 2013, and the sequel to "Despicable Me" earned well over nine hundred million dollars... and counting! |
Animated movies were huge in 2013, and the sequel to "Despicable Me" earned well over nine hundred million dollars... and counting!
Steve Carell returned as the voice of former super-villain Gru in the super-hit.
"Parents, generally speaking, would do anything - even at the sake of their dignity - for their kids," said Carell, before explaining that he's often asked by his children's friends to do the Gru voice.
"Their friends come over and say 'Mr Carell, would you do the Gru voice?' 'Well of course! What do you want me to say?' And it seems to never get old."
"Despicable Me Three" is in the works, and the Minions' own movie is out in 2015.
Another animated smash was the prequel to Pixar's Oscar-winning "Monsters Inc."
|
|
|
Stone Age adventure "The Croods," |
In "Monsters University," Mike and Sully meet and become best friends, earning Pixar three quarters of a billion dollars.
Billy Crystal had to find Mike's voice again, twelve years on.
"John Goodman and I sat there and watched little bits of the first movie again," he noted. "We just started improvising together as these guys, but we tried to be seventeen, and talk about what seventeen-year-olds would, you know, sound like and then it started to happen again," Billy Crystal said.
Helen Mirren voices Headmistress Hardscrabble. Dame Helen, like most stars, loves voicing animation.
"It's so great not to have to get up at five in the morning and sitting in hair and make-up,” Helen Mirren said.
Another hit in 2013 was Stone Age adventure "The Croods," which took ten years to make. Nicolas Cage played knuckle-dragging lunkhead dad Grug.
"One of the things about him that really makes him a caveman is he likes to scream a lot," "I like the way David Lee Roth from Van Halen could, like, put two notes together and go 'huh!' I can't do it right now, but it's... so I was trying to put that in Grug's voice," Nicolas Cage said.
Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)