Magik circus is a short animation from France (but no speech in it), directed by Sun Limet from Planktoon.

Two weeks ago, Shrek the Third had the best opening weekend ever for an animated movie. One of the reasons for this is the large marketing machine of Dreamworks. Here are some examples:

• Through the intensive cooperation between Dreamworks and HP, the computer builder has hired Princess Fiona to promote the HP laptop with the slogan: “The computer is personal again”

• The cooperation between Shrek & McDonalds
• Dodge Caravan commercial (Click more for these and more ads)

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In Walt Disney World Florida you can go see the musical of Finding Nemo. It’s the first time ever Disney made a musical from a non-musical movie. Robert Lopez and his wife Kristen Anderson Lopez wrote the songs. “Just keep swimming”, the sentence Dory often hummed, is of course the most obvious choice for a hit song.

In a video report from Broadwayworld.com you get a pretty good idea of this production. It’s surprising to see how those fish in the sea can be portrayed on a theater stage. The most difficult part of the job for the actors was the combination of singing and controlling the puppets. The spectacle lasts a mere 30 minutes. Click for the behind the scenes look.