Annapurna Animation Unveils ‘Stray’ Feature Adaptation And Chris Wedge’s Next Feature, ‘FOO’
Annapurna also revealed that ‘Nimona’ director Nick Bruno has a new project in development at the studio.
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‘Scrat Tales’ Team Reminisces About Blue Sky’s Swan Song
Scrat Tales executive producer Chris Wedge, production designer Mike Knapp, and producer Anthony Nisi discuss Blue Sky Studios’ final production.
Five Things I’ll Miss About Blue Sky Studios: Recollections Of A Former Employee
Jen Hurler reflect on her time at the studio, which will shut down in April.
How To Organize A Conference Track At An Animation Event
Cartoon Brew’s vfx editor explains how he put together a conference track with major animation directors at the upcoming FMX conference in Germany.
SURPRISE! ‘Monster Trucks’ Beat ‘Rogue One’ At the Monday Box Office [Updated]
Defying critics, box office pundits, and even the studio that made the film, audiences have turned out to see “Monster Trucks.”
Q&A: Director Chris Wedge on the Road to ‘Monster Trucks’
How Blue Sky’s Chris Wedge went from animation to live-action for ‘Monster Trucks’.
‘Monster Trucks’ Lost Paramount $115 Million—And The Film Isn’t Even Out
Paramount is very confident that you won’t see “Monster Trucks.”
Oft-Delayed ‘Monster Trucks’ Finally Has A Trailer
“The monster is in the truck!”
Fox Acquires Animation Rights To ‘The Eagle Huntress’
The girl-empowerment doc which premiered at Sundance could become a CGI animated film.
Paramount Sets ‘Little Prince’ Release Date, Delays ‘Monster Trucks’ Again, Announces ‘SpongeBob 3’ and ‘Amusement Park’
Paramount Animation will be releasing lots of random animated films over the next few years.
How Did Sony Animation Hire An Exec Who Bought An Emoji Movie Pitch?
A leaked Sony email reveals part of the decision-making process that led Sony executives to hire Kristine Belson as the head of their animation division.
Chris Wedge’s Live-Action Directorial Debut ‘Monster Trucks’ Delayed
The brakes have been applied on the new project from the ‘Ice Age’ director.
Paramount Snatches ‘Frozen’ Head of Animation Lino DiSalvo
Disney veteran Lino DiSalvo, the head of animation on “Frozen” who gained notoriety for comments about animating women, has left Disney to join Paramount Animation as its creative director. He is also slated to direct an upcoming animated feature at the studio.
Directors Mostly Named Chris Discuss Feature Filmmaking
It’s been a great year for people named Chris.
13 Animation Directors You Might Not Have Known Also Voiced Characters
Whether it be for lack of budget or a desire to take center stage, TV series creators lending their own voices to their animated …
“Epic” Continues Its Unepic Box Office Run In the U.S. and Abroad
Blue Sky’s Epic continued its mild box office run last weekend with a respectable decline of 28.5% and $11.8 million in U.S. box office …
“Epic” Box Office Plummets in U.S., Slow Abroad
In its second weekend at the U.S. box office, Blue Sky’s Epic plummeted a troubling 50.4% for a take of $16.6 million and a fifth-place …
“Epic” Talkback
Blue Sky’s eighth feature film, Epic, directed by Chris Wedge and based on a book by children’s author Bill Joyce, opens in the United …
“Mulan” Director Tony Bancroft Will Teach You How to Direct Animation
Animation veteran Tony Bancroft (co-director of Mulan) has an interesting sound book in the works. It’s called Directing for Animation: …
Fox Releases New “Epic” Trailer
The next major animated release in the U.S. will be Blue Sky’s Epic, out on May 24th. Fox just released this new trailer for the Chris …
New “Epic” trailer from Blue Sky
Here’s a really nice new trailer for Blue Sky’s next feature Epic. Based on a book by William Joyce, directed by Chris Wedge himself, in …
Call For Entries: The Woodstock Film Festival Animation Program Curated by Bill Plympton Seeks Entries, $2000 Prize
May 23, 2012 (Woodstock, NY): The Woodstock Film Festival’s Call for Entries for its 13th Annual Festival (October 10-14) is now open. …
A Few Thoughts on Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo”
Above right is a photo of me in Paris some years ago standing besides the grave of French filmmaker and visual fx pioneer Georges …
