"I've been calling it photographic," said Tim Alexander, the "Rango" visual effects supervisor at ILM. "That's the look of the film. It comes from our live-action background and it's a common ...

Playing a grumpy desert toad in the animated film “Rango” took a lot more acting skills than just reading a few lines. Actor Joe Nunez, who voices Rock-Eye, the toad who has a brief exchange ...

Conventional animation is, essentially, illustrations that move. Rango’s roots are in live action. “We treated it like any of our previous live-action collaborations with Gore,” says Knoll.

Paramount’s ‘Rango’ Has Lit Up a Smoking Controversy A Conversation With … Anti-smoking group questions whether animated critters in Johnny Depp PG-rated film should be lighting up on screen ...

But first, Verbinski cleared up some plot details. Rango (Depp) is a pet chameleon who lives in a terrarium. “He’s a thespian in search of an audience,” says Verbinski.

Review: A delicious 'Rango'In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Spoons, left, voiced by Alex Manugian, and Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp are shown in a scene from the ...