“Junkyard”, “Arrugas” Win Top Ottawa Festival Honors
The winners of the 2012 Ottawa International Animation Festival were announced earlier tonight at the National Arts Center in Ottawa. The …
Feature Film
From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
Don Hertzfeldt Qualifies “It’s Such A Beautiful Day” For Oscar Consideration
Heads up! Animator Don Hertzfedlt (Rejected) is publicly screening his first feature this week at The Cinefamily (at the Silent Movie …
New “Looney Tunes” Movie from Chipmunk Actress
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed a new Looney Tunes movie is in development at Warner Bros., and it will be written by Jenny Slate, a …
John Coates (1927-2012)
I’ve just heard that John Coates, best known for being the “production supervisor” on Yellow Submarine, a co-producer of Heavy Metal, and …
New “Wreck-It Ralph” Trailer
After several months of ghosts, ghouls and creatures of the night… Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph is looking like a breath of fresh air – in …
DreamWorks Animation Ambition: 12 Features in 3-1/2 Years
DreamWorks Animation has unveiled the most ambitious animated feature slate of any cartoon studio in history. Beginning next spring, …
“The Day of the Crows” Trailer
This looks like a visually lush and promising animated feature. The Day of the Crows (Le Jour des Corneilles) is a hand-drawn film based …
Monty Python Gets Animated In “A Liar’s Autobiography”
Here’s the newly released trailer for A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, a film that we expect to …
“Dorothy Of Oz” trailer
I’m not sure when this coming out, or who is releasing it, but Summertime Entertainment have made a trailer for Dorothy Of Oz avilable to …
Disney’s “Arjun” opens in Hollywood
I’m spending the weekend at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, watching classic movies at the annual Cinecon film …
GKIDS Heats Up the Oscar Animated Feature Race
Today, family animation distributor GKIDS announced that they will qualify four animated features for consideration in the Oscars Best …
Genndy Tartakovsky Talks “Hotel Transylvania”
Genndy Tartakovsky on making Hotel Transylvania: “I took all the aesthetics I like from 2-D and applied them here. I don’t want to do …
Box Office Report: “ParaNorman” Debuts Weak; “Ice Age” Huge Overseas
Laika’s stop motion film ParaNorman opened last weekend in third place at the U. S. box office with $14.1 million. Despite opening in one …
Fox signs five-year Dreamworks Animation distribution deal
Dreamworks Animation has announced today its new theatrical distribution arrangement with 20th Century-Fox. It’s a 5-year deal for …
“ParaNorman” talkback
From coast to coast, the reviews are coming in and its looking good! Betsy Sharkey in The Los Angeles Times says ParaNorman is “the most …
Disney Has Halted Production On Henry Selick’s Stop Motion Feature
Entertainment industry website Deadline.com published a report this afternoon that Disney has halted production on the new feature …
“ParaNorman” Smears
Here’s something I’ve never seen before: sculpted smear models. Over the past decade, 3-D printers have transformed the art of stop …
Meet “ParaNorman” Character Designer Heidi Smith
On August 17th, ParaNorman, the second feature film from Oregon-based animation studio Laika (Coraline), will hit movie screens …
“Toys In The Attic” by Jiří Barta
Jiří Barta’s dark, mixed media (combining stop-mo, hand drawn, live action) feature, In The Attic (2009), is headed for a U.S. …
“ParaNorman” Posters
These striking illustrated posters promoting Laika’s latest film ParaNorman are being displayed around various US cities. I saw them in …
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