According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ellen DeGeneres will be doing the lead voice in “Dog Show.” The animated film, about a stray dog who gets involved in the world of fancy dog shows, will be produced by Warner Brothers. This will be Ellen’s first work in a big screen, animated movie since she voiced Dory in “Finding Nemo” in 2003. No word on a release date, but this one should be worth waiting for.
The guys behind “Dog Show”, Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons” are also the writing team for “Master Mind”, DreamWorks 2010 animated super- hero movie. Ben Stiller is producing “Master Mind” and Robert Downey, Jr. and Tina Fey will be doing the voices of the lead characters.
And, the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards nominations are out. Here are the selections in the animated movies categories:
Best Animated Feature – “Bolt”, “Kung Fu Panda”, “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”, “WALL-E”
Best Voice from an Animated Film – Ben Stiller (“Madagascar…”), Jack Black (“Kung Fu Panda”), Jim Carrey (“Horton Hears a Who!), Miley Cyrus (“Bolt”)
Voting begins on March 8th. The winners will be announced on the KCA’s, March 28th.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.