Archive for February 28th, 2008

Where can you find SeaWorld & Universal?

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

If you answered Orlando - you are right, you can find a SeaWorld theme park (next to the unique sister park “Discovery Cove” and the all new water park “Aquatica”) and as well as a Universal Resort (featuring the Islands of Adventure park, the Universal Studios park, the City Walk entertainment disctrict as well as hotels) in Orlando Florida … but there is another answer that is correct:

soon in DUBAI (UAE - United Arab Emirates)!

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Verbinski getting animated…

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

… but not about the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise he helmed for Disney … instead in an upcoming project! Well that could be great news for Disney - after delivering treasures to Disney that even Jack Sparrow could only dream of he now joins the heart of Disney - animation. But let’s not be too fast here … because his animated feature is NOT a Disney project.

As the Hollywood Reporter announced GoreVerbinski developbed the (at this point) undisclosed idea for the animated action-adventure through his own company, Blind Wink Productions jointly with producer John B. Carls. They are supposed to be in talks with screenwriter John Logan (who just scored big with the movie script for “Sweeney Todd”, based on the Sondheim musical)  to write the script for the film. Little side note: one of the secret of early hit movies in animation was the storyboarding … so …

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