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Sony Animation In Talks With Kelly Asbury For ‘Kazorn & The Unicorn’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday June 22, 2012 @ 4:58pm PDTTags: Kelly Asbury, Sony Pictures Animation

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Asbury is in negotiations to direct Kazorn & The Unicorn for Sony Pictures Animation. Asbury co-wrote and directed 2011 Gnomeo and Juliet for Disney and co-directed Shrek 2 in 2004. Kazorn & the Unicorn follows the adventures of a young man and a unicorn as he seeks to locate a powerful weapon and prove his worth to his true love. Lloyd Taylor is writing the Unicorn screenplay. Sam Raimi, Josh Donen and Russell Hollander are producing. Asbury is already scheduled to work with Sony Animation on Pooch Café, which he is writing. Asbury is also scheduled to direct Will Gallows and the Snake Bellied Troll, a live-action/CGI-animated feature for Elton John and David Furnish’s Rocket Pictures. Asbury is repped by UTA and attorney Nancy Newhouse-Porter

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Sony Animation Taps Kelly Asbury To Write ‘Pooch Cafe’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 4:32pm PDTTags: Kelly Asbury, Michelle Raimo-Kouyate, Sony Pictures Animation

Kelly Asbury, who co-wrote and directed Disney’s Gnomeo and Juliet and co-directed Shrek 2, has been hired to write Pooch Cafe for Sony Pictures Animation, the studio announced today. The pic is based on Paul Gilligan’s syndicated comic strip, which … Read More »

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Elton John Tunes Up ‘Rocketman,’ A Feature Film About His Iconic Music Career

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 21, 2011 @ 3:58pm PDTTags: David Furnish, Elton John, Kelly Asbury, Peter Morgan, Sacha Baron Cohen
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EXCLUSIVE: Rocket Pictures partners Elton John and David Furnish are launching their most ambitious movie project, one that will tell the story of John’s illustrious musical career. They are teaming with Billy Elliot scribe and playwright Lee Hall on Rocketman, … Read More »

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Elton John’s Rocket Pictures And Kelly Asbury Follow ‘Gnomeo’ With ‘Will Gallows And The Snake Bellied Troll’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 26, 2011 @ 4:08pm PDTTags: David Furnish, Emily Blunt, Gnomeo & Juliet, James McAvoy, Kelly Asbury
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Rocket Pictures is re-teaming with Gnomeo & Juliet writer/director Kelly Asbury on Will Gallows and the Snake Bellied Troll, a live-action/CGI-animated feature. Based on the first in a series of books by Derek Keilty, the film tells the story … Read More »

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First Image For Disney’s ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday September 21, 2010 @ 2:08pm PDTTags: Disney Animation, Elton John, Emily Blunt, Gnomeo & Juliet, James McAvoy, Kelly Asbury, Movies

Disney just released what it’s calling the “first image” for GNOMEO & JULIET, the greatest love story ever told, starring garden gnomes. Adapted from Shakespeare, directed by Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2) with classic and original songs by Elton John, it features the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt:

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