More Power to Penguins This Summer

Just because the holiday season is over, doesn't mean you've seen the last of the penguins. Coming June 8 is Sony's "Surf's Up," with a great trailer.

Here are the details from a story in today's New York Times under the headline "A Procession of Penguins Arrives on Madison Ave.":

"The next significant date for peddling penguins -- and penguin peddling -- is June 8, when the Sony Pictures Animation division of Sony is scheduled to release an animated film, 'Surf's Up,' a mock documentary about a young surfing penguin (voiced by Shia LaBeouf) and his mentor (Jeff Bridges).

"Trying to describe the idea, Premiere magazine wrote, "Think 'Point Break' meets 'This Is Spinal Tap,' with penguins."

You'll remember that The News Journal had a story about the power of penguins in the commercial world that began with "March of the Penguins" and grew with "Happy Feet." Our link is dead, but I found one in our sister paper in Cherry Hill.