36th Annual Annie Awards
The Annie Awards will be presented on January 30th, 2009 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles. Even though the award season still seems a long way away, Kung Fu Panda is poised to become a big winner during the upcoming award season. The Jack Black animated flick received a leading 17 nominations for the 36th Annual Annie Awards. The Annie’s honor animation in the film, TV and video game industries. Kung Fu Panda is a contender for Best Animated Feature alongside the likes of Bolt and WALL-E. Kung Fu Panda cast members Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane and James Hong also earned individual nominations for the movie.
Other nominees in some of the key categories included…
Best Animated Feature
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- $9.99
- WALL-E
- Waltz With Bashir
Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
- Batman: Gotham Knight
- Christmas Is Here Again
- Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Bucks
- Justice League: The New Frontier
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
Best Animated Television Production
- King of the Hill
- Moral Orel
- Phineas and Ferb
- Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
- The Simpsons
Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children
- A Miser Brothers Christmas
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
- The Mighty B!
- Underfist: Halloween Bash
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
- Ben Burtt – WALL-E
- Dustin Hoffman – Kung Fu Panda
- James Hong – Kung Fu Panda
- Ian McShane – Kung Fu Panda
- Mark Walton – Bolt
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production of Short Film
- Ahmed Best – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
- Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy
- Dwight Schultz – Chowder
Let the award show season nominations begin!
Enjoy the show!
Dr. Rus
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