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A Record-Setting Weekend: Animation Dominates U.S. Cinemas For Five Straight Weeks!

It happened! Animated features broke a major box office record this weekend.

Feature Film

Ottawa Animation Selects 118 Animation Projects For Competition

The biggest and oldest animation event in North America has announced the official selections for its short and feature film competitions.

Business

‘My Little Pony’ Animation Producer Top Draw Animation Acquired by Grom Social

Kids’ social network Grom has acquired Top Draw Animation, a Philippines service animation studio whose projects include My Little Pony, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, and Tom & Jerry.

Awards

2016 Emmy Nominations: Just the Animation Categories, Please

The new “Powerpuff Girls” revival gets its first Emmy nod, and so does the last episode of “Phineas and Ferb.”

Business

Hasbro Gets Serious About Animation With Acquisition Of Ireland’s Boulder Media

Hasbro has bought the studio that animated “Wander Over Yonder,” “Gumball,” and “Danger Mouse.”

Feature Film

Universal is Making A Live-Action/CG Woody Woodpecker Feature—For Brazilians

Universal is making a live-action/CG Woody Woodpecker, but it’s not what you might think.

Advertising

‘Sausage Party’ Costumed Characters Are Doing The TV Rounds

This is how you sell an R-rated animated feature in the United States.

Cartoon Brew Pick

‘A Morning Without Coffee’ by Jelle van Meerendonk

The coffee is gone. Hot air is blazing over the desert. Look beyond. The horizon rubbers.

Feature Film

Chinese Hit ‘Monkey King: Hero is Back’ Gets U.S. Distribution

Jackie Chan leads the English voice cast of the Chinese smash-hit.

Box Office Report

China Shocker: Indie ‘Big Fish & Begonia’ Scores Massive Launch, Expensive ‘Rock Dog’ Flops

Chinese filmgoers have put their support behind an indie hand-drawn/CG animated feature that took 12 years to make.

Box Office Report

‘The Secret Life of Pets’ Breaks Record For An Original Animated Film Debut

Between “The Secret Life of Pets” and “Finding Dory,” animation is owning the U.S. summer box office season.

Cartoon Brew Pick

‘Turkey’ by Harvey Benschoter

The holidays can be very stressful in the ’70s or ’80s or whatever.

Feature Film

Director Chris Renaud On ‘The Secret Life of Pets’

Chris Renaud talks about comic influences on “The Secret Life of Pets,” Illumination’s unconventional workflow, and the studio’s fluid production process that allows humor to be added in during every stage of production.