A GOOD HAIR DAY… MPC CROWNS NARNIA; PRINCE CASPIAN
… the two armies pour it on, with the balance swaying this way and that for nearly a half-hour of CGI-dominated mayhem. Pic is still able to play a couple visual-effects trump cards that provide something audiences haven’t seen before.
… the cascade of visual effects are even more impressive than they were the first time around…
Todd McCarthy, Variety
…But there's still much to appreciate in those gorgeous special effects and grand-scale battle sequences…
Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
MPC has provided nearly 900 animated character shots for Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media’s second instalment of the Chronicles of Narnia franchise; Prince Caspian, directed by Academy Award nominee Andrew Adamson.
Star of the digital cast is Reepicheep, a swashbuckling mouse-chief who leads a posse of mice into dangerous missions and daring castle raids. MPC's art department provided Reepicheep's design, concepting his facial features, body and carefully detailed fur. Reepicheep was voiced by Eddie Izzard, giving MPC's animation department a bold guide for bringing the character to life. Two book ending scenes feature intimate performances between the mouse and the movie's young cast; Reepicheep's first, distrustful meeting of Prince Caspian, and Reepicheep's eventual rescue from near death by Queen Lucy. MPC also provided large scale battle sequences and a wide range of other characters.
The movie opens in Russia on May 15th, and in the USA on May 16th. The UK release date is 26th June 2008.
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