SAN FRANCISCO--When he started making his new film "Rango," director Gore Verbinski knew he wanted it to look and feel much like many of the Westerns it evokes: gritty, dirty, and sweaty. "He wanted ...

Rango, a quirky, delightfully unique and inspired animated film, was released in cinemas back in March where it made quite the impression, grossing an estimated 2M worldwide and kick-starting this ...

Look out, Pixar and DreamWorks, there’s a new (animated) sheriff in town. After the success of their CG animated hit, the trippy Johnny Depp-lizard-western Rango, earlier this year, Paramount Pictures ...

The first animated feature from Industrial Light & Magic, the film is richly detailed, from the dirt billowing across the desert to the way the animal characters’ eyes dart back and forth. How did the ...

Hollywood, CA, September 06, 2011: The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, have announced that “Rango” will receive this year’s Hollywood ...

Gore Verbinski’s animated extravaganza Rango is a rather unusual piece of work. For a start, it’s not the most obvious story ever: a chameleon with an identity crisis (Depp) tries his best to save the ...

Anthony D’Alessandro tracks the most robust 2011 weekend competition so far, which nonetheless still tracked behind last year (top ten box office chart, trailers and review rankings below): Aside from ...

Jennifer Yuh Nelson is named best director for “Kung Fu Panda 2.” By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Rango was named best animated feature, and won three additional competition categories for writing, ...

With his first animated feature, Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski shows ambitions considerably beyond producing the usual standard of most children's fare. To put it plainly, Rango is ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rango," starring Johnny Depp as the voice of a pet chameleon who tries to bring law and order to a town in the Wild West, won the Oscar for best animated feature film on ...

Animated films made for children have long included winks directed at the grown-ups who’ve been dragged along; it’s a tradition almost as old as the medium itself. The classic Disney and Loonie Tunes ...

Gore Verbinski's approach to the Western genre, with elements of the Hero's Journey and slapstick humour, makes this a great ...