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The LA Times<\/a> via Animated News<\/a> reports that along with Barbie, Bratz and Tickle Me Elmo, the small Cars<\/i> diecast cars, have driven up profit for Mattel (the company that bought the smaller company which owned Rex).<\/p>\n

Revenue at the company’s entertainment division were driven up 27%, primarily by toys tied to the movie “Cars” from Pixar Animation Studios.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/span> says the article. Great news for Pixar and Disney.<\/p>\n

Also, Jerry at Cartoon Brew<\/a> talks about how he had a chance to screen the 3-D version of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The original Henry Selick film was always a lot of fun (and let’s not forget Joe Ranft’s important contributions to the story) – and Danny Elfman’s operatic score is one his greatest achievements. A new Special Edition soundtrack album (I snagged a freebie at the screening) contains Danny’s original demo tracks and some great covers by Fionna Apple (Sally’s Song), Marilyn Manson (This Is Halloween) and Fall Out Boy (What’s This?).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

says Jerry. Nightmare<\/span> opens in theaters Friday, October 20, along with Pixar’s short film, Knick Knack<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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