15 years later, the director of Rango looks back: 'We didn't know how to make an animated movie'

Rango still stands alone. Beginning as an independent venture from Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski, the animated western was rejected by several studios b ...
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'Rango' wins Oscar for best animated feature film

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rango," starring Johnny Depp as the voice of a pet chameleon who tries to bring law and order to a town in the Wild West, won the Oscar for best animated feature film on ...
CNET

With 'Rango,' ILM wrangles first animated feature

SAN FRANCISCO--When he started making his new film "Rango," director Gore Verbinski knew he wanted it to look and feel much like many of the Westerns it evokes: gritty, dirty, and sweaty. "He wanted ...
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The Best Animated Western Borrows From a Beloved John Ford Classic

Austin Allison is an Animation Feature Writer for Collider. He is also an illustator, avid cartoon watcher, and occasional singer. His karaoke favorites include singing Rainbow Connection as Kermit ...