When the folks behind Disney Junior’s reboot of “Muppet Babies” were asked to build the new show, they wanted not only to introduce a new generation to the wonders that are the Muppets, but to tell meaningful stories that beyond what many shows for preschoolers feature.
“When Disney talked to me about the show, I said ‘What are you looking for? A show about numbers or “Today’s color is blue?” Ep Tom Warburton explained. “They said they didn’t want that. They wanted entertainment with a good moral center that was funny and that would be enjoyed by both preschoolers and their parents.”
They are on the right track. An episode of the show has been nominated for a prestigious Humanitas Prize, a recognition that honors writers “whose work inspires compassion, hope and understanding in the human family.”
The episode, “You Say Potato, I Say Best Friend,” written by Laura Sreebny,...
“When Disney talked to me about the show, I said ‘What are you looking for? A show about numbers or “Today’s color is blue?” Ep Tom Warburton explained. “They said they didn’t want that. They wanted entertainment with a good moral center that was funny and that would be enjoyed by both preschoolers and their parents.”
They are on the right track. An episode of the show has been nominated for a prestigious Humanitas Prize, a recognition that honors writers “whose work inspires compassion, hope and understanding in the human family.”
The episode, “You Say Potato, I Say Best Friend,” written by Laura Sreebny,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Box office blockbusters such as “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians” and small screen series including “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “One Day at a Time” and “This Is Us” are among the finalists for the 44th annual Humanitas Prize, Humanitas executive director Cathleen Young and president Ali LeRoi announced Tuesday.
“It’s always an honor and a privilege to lift up writers who are passionate about telling stories that entertain us, but also deeply explore what it means to be a human in a way that promotes peace and love,” Young said.
A total of 58 writers are nominated for their work in the 30-minute comedy, 60-minute drama, children’s teleplay, independent feature film, drama feature film, comedy feature film, family feature film and documentary categories. The prize was created to celebrate writers “whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the human family.”
“Humanitas enjoyed an embarrassment of riches this year,...
“It’s always an honor and a privilege to lift up writers who are passionate about telling stories that entertain us, but also deeply explore what it means to be a human in a way that promotes peace and love,” Young said.
A total of 58 writers are nominated for their work in the 30-minute comedy, 60-minute drama, children’s teleplay, independent feature film, drama feature film, comedy feature film, family feature film and documentary categories. The prize was created to celebrate writers “whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the human family.”
“Humanitas enjoyed an embarrassment of riches this year,...
- 11/27/2018
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
Disney/Marvel’s blockbuster Black Panther and NBC’s This Is Us are among the nominees for the 44th annual Humanitas Prize. Winners will be revealed in a ceremony February 8 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The prize was created to honor film and TV writers whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the human family.
The February ceremony will also also honor Marta Kauffman with The Kieser Award and Kenya Barris
with the Voice For Change Award.
Here are the nominees:
60-minute Drama
God Friended Me, “Pilot” Written by Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt
Orange Is The New Black, “Be Free” Written by Brian Chamberlayne
The Good Doctor, “More” Written by David Shore and Lloyd Gilyard Jr.
This Is Us, “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life” Written by Kay Oyegun
30-minute Comedy
Dear White People, “Volume 2: Chapter VIII” Written by Jack Moore
One Day At A Time, “Hello, Penelope” Written...
The prize was created to honor film and TV writers whose work inspires compassion, hope, and understanding in the human family.
The February ceremony will also also honor Marta Kauffman with The Kieser Award and Kenya Barris
with the Voice For Change Award.
Here are the nominees:
60-minute Drama
God Friended Me, “Pilot” Written by Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt
Orange Is The New Black, “Be Free” Written by Brian Chamberlayne
The Good Doctor, “More” Written by David Shore and Lloyd Gilyard Jr.
This Is Us, “This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life” Written by Kay Oyegun
30-minute Comedy
Dear White People, “Volume 2: Chapter VIII” Written by Jack Moore
One Day At A Time, “Hello, Penelope” Written...
- 11/27/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Power up. The fourth season of the Transformers Rescue Bots TV series premieres on Discovery Family Channel, Saturday, April 23 at 8:00am Et/Pt. Guest stars in season four include Kristen Schaal and Alex Kingston. This year, Transformers Rescue Bots will hit its 100th episode milestone.
Transformers Rescue Bots is produced by Hasbro Studios for Discovery Family Channel. For Hasbro Studios, Stephen Davis is the executive producer. The series was developed for television by Jeff Kline, Nicole Dubuc and Brian Hohlfeld. The voice cast includes: Lacey Chabert, Elan Garfias, Maurice Lamarche, Jason Marsden, Shannon McKain, Steve Blum, D.C. Douglas, Imari Williams and LeVar Burton.
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Transformers Rescue Bots is produced by Hasbro Studios for Discovery Family Channel. For Hasbro Studios, Stephen Davis is the executive producer. The series was developed for television by Jeff Kline, Nicole Dubuc and Brian Hohlfeld. The voice cast includes: Lacey Chabert, Elan Garfias, Maurice Lamarche, Jason Marsden, Shannon McKain, Steve Blum, D.C. Douglas, Imari Williams and LeVar Burton.
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- 4/12/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Last night was the kick-off with just one film, Silver Linings Playbook, but today the real meat of the fest is served with films screening all day and all evening. Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Friday, November 9th
Chained plays 7:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre with director Jennifer Lynch in attendance (read the Wamg interview with Ms Lynch Here
At the end of an afternoon excursion, Sarah Fiddler and her young son step into a taxi to head home. They never get there. The cab...
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Friday, November 9th
Chained plays 7:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre with director Jennifer Lynch in attendance (read the Wamg interview with Ms Lynch Here
At the end of an afternoon excursion, Sarah Fiddler and her young son step into a taxi to head home. They never get there. The cab...
- 11/9/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Lars and the Real Girl" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" edged out "Juno" to tie for top feature film honors at the 34th annual Humanitas Prize Awards, handed out Wednesday at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
"Lars" writer Nancy Oliver gave an emotional acceptance speech during the ceremony, which honors film and TV writing that explores the human condition. She discussed the difficulty of "trying to sell a story about loss and grief and aggravation that's a comedy."
"Diving Bell" writer Ronald Harwood was unable to make the event.
Each Humanitas award carries a cash prize, with a total of $95,000 handed out Wednesday.
In the TV categories, writers on two historical-themed HBO projects were recognized: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," written by Daniel Giat, in the 90-minute category, and "John Adams (Part 1)," written by Kirk Ellis, in the 60-minute category. Ellis -- following remarks by a couple of...
"Lars" writer Nancy Oliver gave an emotional acceptance speech during the ceremony, which honors film and TV writing that explores the human condition. She discussed the difficulty of "trying to sell a story about loss and grief and aggravation that's a comedy."
"Diving Bell" writer Ronald Harwood was unable to make the event.
Each Humanitas award carries a cash prize, with a total of $95,000 handed out Wednesday.
In the TV categories, writers on two historical-themed HBO projects were recognized: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," written by Daniel Giat, in the 90-minute category, and "John Adams (Part 1)," written by Kirk Ellis, in the 60-minute category. Ellis -- following remarks by a couple of...
- 9/17/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Proving that you can teach an old Pooh new tricks, A.A. Milne's enduring characters make room for a fresh arrival to the Hundred Acre Wood in the irresistible form of a young purple pachyderm.
On the heels of 1999's "The Tigger Movie" and 2003's "Piglet's Big Movie", "Pooh's Heffalump Movie" is by far the best of the DisneyToon Studios bunch.
It's a charming-looking, tenderly told story about friendship and diversity, but its secret weapon is the roly-poly, spirited Lumpy, a terrifically drawn and voiced (by 8-year-old Kyle Stanger) Heffalump who becomes Roo's new best buddy.
With Lumpy destined to become one of Disney's bigger non-Pixar merchandising successes, the film should emerge as a tidy family hit for the studio, carrying a very manageable 63-minute running time that's perfect for young (and not-so-young) attention spans.
When a loud rumbling has the denizens of Pooh Corner believing that they've been invaded by the highly dreaded but never seen Heffalump, Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings), Tigger (Cummings), Eeyore (Peter Cullen), Piglet (John Fiedler) and Rabbit (Ken Sansom) reluctantly set forth on an expedition to catch the elusive creature.
The determined Roo (Nikita Hopkins), deemed too young to join the hunt, has been left in the care of his mother, Kanga (Kath Soucie), but sneaks out of his house early in the morning to embark on his very own Heffalump mission.
It doesn't take long before he comes face to face with the playful Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump III, or Lumpy for short, whose unaffected English accent (courtesy of British-born Stanger) would have been right at home among the orphans in "Oliver!"
The two strike up a fast friendship while the others go about the tricky business of trying to bag a Heffalump.
In Milne's stories the Heffalumps were spoken of but never seen, existing in the imaginations of Pooh, Piglet and company as a representational fear of the unknown.
Thanks to director Frank Nissen, screenwriters Brian Hohlfeld and Evan Spiliotopoulos and the scene-stealing Stanger, Lumpy is very much in the spirit of the other characters created by Milne and illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
The entire voice cast, including Brenda Blethyn as the very Angela Lansbury Mama Heffalump, do a uniformly fine job continuing in the tradition of originators Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell. Fiedler, meanwhile, has been voicing Piglet ever since 1968's "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day."
While the traditional two-dimensional animated style is quaint by current state-of-the-art standards, there's something endearing in its simplicity, while the straight-ahead storytelling has a gentle emotional resonance that gets its message across without condescending to its target demo.
Completing the delightful effect is a buoyant score by Joel McNeely and a number of original songs contributed by Carly Simon that have a habit of sticking with you like the contents of one of Pooh's ubiquitous honey pots.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Buena Vista Pictures
DisneyToon Studios
Credits:
Director: Frank Nissen
Producer: Jessica Koplos-Miller
Screenwriters: Brian Hohlfeld and Evan Spiliotopoulos
Based on characters created by: A.A. Milne
Editors: Robert Fisher, Jr., Anthony F. Rocco
Music: Joel McNeely
Original songs: Carly Simon
Voices:
Winnie the Pooh/Tigger: Jim Cummings
Piglet: John Fiedler
Roo: Nikita Hopkins
Kanga: Kath Soucie
Rabbit: Ken Sansom
Eeyore: Peter Cullen
Mama Heffalump: Brenda Blethyn
Lumpy: Kyle Stanger
MPAA rating: G
Running time -- 63 minutes...
On the heels of 1999's "The Tigger Movie" and 2003's "Piglet's Big Movie", "Pooh's Heffalump Movie" is by far the best of the DisneyToon Studios bunch.
It's a charming-looking, tenderly told story about friendship and diversity, but its secret weapon is the roly-poly, spirited Lumpy, a terrifically drawn and voiced (by 8-year-old Kyle Stanger) Heffalump who becomes Roo's new best buddy.
With Lumpy destined to become one of Disney's bigger non-Pixar merchandising successes, the film should emerge as a tidy family hit for the studio, carrying a very manageable 63-minute running time that's perfect for young (and not-so-young) attention spans.
When a loud rumbling has the denizens of Pooh Corner believing that they've been invaded by the highly dreaded but never seen Heffalump, Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings), Tigger (Cummings), Eeyore (Peter Cullen), Piglet (John Fiedler) and Rabbit (Ken Sansom) reluctantly set forth on an expedition to catch the elusive creature.
The determined Roo (Nikita Hopkins), deemed too young to join the hunt, has been left in the care of his mother, Kanga (Kath Soucie), but sneaks out of his house early in the morning to embark on his very own Heffalump mission.
It doesn't take long before he comes face to face with the playful Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump III, or Lumpy for short, whose unaffected English accent (courtesy of British-born Stanger) would have been right at home among the orphans in "Oliver!"
The two strike up a fast friendship while the others go about the tricky business of trying to bag a Heffalump.
In Milne's stories the Heffalumps were spoken of but never seen, existing in the imaginations of Pooh, Piglet and company as a representational fear of the unknown.
Thanks to director Frank Nissen, screenwriters Brian Hohlfeld and Evan Spiliotopoulos and the scene-stealing Stanger, Lumpy is very much in the spirit of the other characters created by Milne and illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
The entire voice cast, including Brenda Blethyn as the very Angela Lansbury Mama Heffalump, do a uniformly fine job continuing in the tradition of originators Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell. Fiedler, meanwhile, has been voicing Piglet ever since 1968's "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day."
While the traditional two-dimensional animated style is quaint by current state-of-the-art standards, there's something endearing in its simplicity, while the straight-ahead storytelling has a gentle emotional resonance that gets its message across without condescending to its target demo.
Completing the delightful effect is a buoyant score by Joel McNeely and a number of original songs contributed by Carly Simon that have a habit of sticking with you like the contents of one of Pooh's ubiquitous honey pots.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Buena Vista Pictures
DisneyToon Studios
Credits:
Director: Frank Nissen
Producer: Jessica Koplos-Miller
Screenwriters: Brian Hohlfeld and Evan Spiliotopoulos
Based on characters created by: A.A. Milne
Editors: Robert Fisher, Jr., Anthony F. Rocco
Music: Joel McNeely
Original songs: Carly Simon
Voices:
Winnie the Pooh/Tigger: Jim Cummings
Piglet: John Fiedler
Roo: Nikita Hopkins
Kanga: Kath Soucie
Rabbit: Ken Sansom
Eeyore: Peter Cullen
Mama Heffalump: Brenda Blethyn
Lumpy: Kyle Stanger
MPAA rating: G
Running time -- 63 minutes...
- 2/25/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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