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, ...

Sequel to Johnny Depp’s Rango Can Happen on 1 Condition

Gore Verbinski, who helmed the animated western comedy movie Rango, recently spoke about what it would take for a sequel to ...
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Rango 2 requires the right “check book” says director Gore Verbinski

Rango was a box office smash when it hit screens in 2011, but there’s hasn’t been a Rango 2, and director Gore Verbinski ...
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 ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Animated 'Rango' is a clever romp

The dusty cards of the Old West are reshuffled into a winning hand in “Rango,” a madly clever animated sagebrush saga with style and wit to burn. Reconfiguring the spaghetti Western into a fusilli con ...
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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 ...