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Showing at the local multiplex: a new method in the creation of digital animal doubles that not only makes the characters indistinguishable from their real-life counterparts, but saves the studio considerable time and money.
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This latest feat in photorealism can be seen in Underdog, Spyglass Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures' live-action adaptation of the 2D cartoon of the same name that ran on television from 1964 to 1973. In a throwback to the premise of Superman, an unassuming beagle named Shoeshine Boy (voiced by actor-comedian Jason Lee) develops an extraordinary ability to speak following an accident in the mysterious ...