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Astro Boy Adds High Profile Thesps To Voice Acting Cast
Summit
Entertainment and IMAGI Studios
have entered into a global alliance whereby Summit will distribute
IMAGI’s upcoming CG-animated motion
picture Astro Boy worldwide except
for IMAGI’s reserved territories of
Japan, Hong Kong and China. The announcement was made jointly by
Rob Friedman, Co-Chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment and
Douglas Glen, CEO of IMAGI Studios.
“We are pleased to join with IMAGI Studios in bringing the exceptional world of Astro Boy to both existing and a new generation of fans alike,” said Friedman. “The team at IMAGI Studios is capturing the spirit of this popular post-modern franchise by doing great things with the story, characters and animation. Astro Boy promises to be an excellent addition to our existing slate of family films.”
Glen said, “Astro Boy has been one of the world’s best-known and most loved superheroes for more than fifty years. We are pleased to partner with Summit to deliver Astro Boy’s first CGI feature film to worldwide audiences on a grand scale. IMAGI and Summit are a great fit, with high energy, entrepreneurial cultures and a vision of building movie-driven global brands.”
The World of the Voice Over Artist Explored in the Corporate World of Branding
Professor
Andrew Linn of Sheffield University released the mathematical
formula for the perfect voice: a female talking 164 words per
minute with a 0.48 second pause between sentences that fall rather
than rise in intonation holds the most appeal to the panelists who
were part of the research.
Falling into this category is voice-over artist Natascha Slasten. Natascha has won voice-acting roles for companies such as Heineken and Toyota. German born Natascha has a perfect command of English but it is the use of her mother tongue that is building her career - a career that is about to stretch all the way to Hong Kong. Chapel Kensington engaged her as the German audio guide on the fleet of tourist buses in London and Dubai, currently in operation with ‘The Big Bus Company.’
Kim Cattrall Signed as Voice of Dee in “Producing Parker”
Kim
Cattrall has signed on as the voice of Dee in the highly
anticipated animated sitcom PRODUCING PARKER, slated to premiere
in spring 2009 on E! in Canada. The announcement was made Thursday
by Kevin Gillis, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson, the Executive
Producers at Breakthrough Animation.
Cattrall will star as Dee, Parker Kovak’s self-absorbed, high-maintenance boss and host of THE DEE SHOW, a daytime talk show that sells viewers the myth of having it all. Each episode of PRODUCING PARKER follows the outrageous adventures of Parker, the show’s overworked and underpaid television producer, as she manages her boss’s delicate ego, the quirky production crew and all the hilarious behind-the-scenes antics of THE DEE SHOW.
Entertainment
Studio sessions for the Incredible Hulk voice overs were grueling adventures for those involved. Find out more about what kind of stamina it takes to voice The Incredible Hulk and how one of the Hulk voice actors kept his voice intact.
Comedic actor Jack Black takes on the lead voice acting role in Kung Fu Panda to the delight of more than a few critics, opening in theatres on June 6, 2008.
Iron Man, the movie, did well at the box office but the reviews coming in for the video game are mixed.
Business
Looking to pick up another dialect to add to your voice acting business? Learn how you can study up for free and listen to native speakers to pick up the nuances and lilts of their accents at the International Dialects of English Archive.
In light of recent events to do with the Grand Theft Auto IV voice acting cast it appears that bridge building between voice actors and game developers must occur first before any progress can be made on a larger scale to welcome the notion of additional pay.
Riding the bus in London, ON? The Forest City’s transit commission has a new voice. London Transit commuters listen up and take in the voice of Liz Raphael Helgesen, an international voice talent, and voice on the move.
Media
U.S. Golf Association Goes ‘Soft’. Erroll Morris directed latest spots with voiceovers by Ed Burns.
While some TV series are better off without voiceovers for a variety of reasons, Dexter seems to have struck a chord with audiences, helping viewers to get inside the private protagonist’s head.
Some high profile voice actors give from within through volunteer work at AIRSLA reading for the blind and seeing impaired.
Technology
Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox and Christina Ricci reprise their Speed Racer roles as voice actors in the video game, Speed Racer.
The Incredible Hulk videogame is coming to stores near you with some action-packed Hulk rage which players can control to realize ultimate power.
Will the sequel make it past the bulldog at the gate? Another look at Two Worlds : Temptation by developer Reality Pump.
