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Top Story: ‘The Wild Robot’ And ‘Arcane’ Lead 52nd Annie Award Nominations

Nearly A Half-Century In The Making, David Allen’s Stop-Motion Hybrid ‘The Primevals’ Is Finally Finished

A look at the long, tortured path to finishing a feature film.

Iconic VFX House Tippett Studio Acquired By India’s Phantom FX

According to Phantom, the acquisition will create 250-300 vfx job in India, the U.S., and Canada.

Shudder Acquires Exclusive Streaming Rights To Phil Tippett’s Stop-Motion Feature ‘Mad God’

The film will stream on Shudder beginning June 16 and is set to be accompanied by a limited theatrical release.

‘Cryptozoo,’ ‘Mad God’ Among Winners At Fantasia Fest 2021

Another winner was “Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story,” a decidedly adult rom-com from the Philippines.

‘The Boss Baby: Family Business’ Director Tom McGrath To Keynote At VIEW Conference

The VIEW Conference has announced its first slate of speakers for its 2021 edition.

Watch Trailers For Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Inu-Oh’ And Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’

“Inu-Oh” will premiere at Venice in September, “Mad God” at Locarno in August.

Fantasia Fest Adds ‘The Deer King,’ Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ To Lineup

The festival will also host the world premiere of a documentary about Tippett, directed by his daughter.

Ed Catmull Heads Line-Up At View Conference’s Free Virtual Edition

Italy’s View Conference is offering 125 events free to stream this year.

Special Effects Master Phil Tippett Among Speakers At 11th Festival Stop Motion Montreal

The 2019 edition will focus on the theme of “stop motion in the digital age.”

Frame-By-Frame Animators Conference Announces Priit Pärn, Julia Pott, And Phil Tippett As Guests Of Honor

The day-long event will take place at DePaul University in Chicago on May 4.

Next Monday In New York City: Phil Tippett At MoMA

Phil Tippett’s visual effects mastery will be celebrated at the Museum of Modern Art.

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.

20-Year Anniversary: Creature Supervisor Phil Tippett Reflects On ‘Starship Troopers’

Visual effects legend Phil Tippett looks back at two decades since “Starship Troopers,” and shares recently unearthed location scout and on-set video from the film.

Stop Motion Master Phil Tippett Brings Hand-Made Vitality to Augmented Reality Holo-Chess Game

Phil Tippett is using augmented reality to bring his classic creatures to life in the new game Hologrid: Monster Battle.

An Oral History of ILM’s ‘Dragonheart’ On Its 20th Anniversary

“Dragonheart,” released twenty years ago this week, was a live-action film that had one of the first digital characters you could believe in. We talk to the ILM artists who created it.

Interview: GLAS Animation Festival Director Jeanette Bonds

“Our primary goal is to broaden and redefine the perception of animation in the US.”

GLAS, America’s Newest and Biggest Animation Festival, Is Only Two Weeks Away

The deadline to purchase an online pass is tomorrow.

Watch VFX Animation Legend Phil Tippett Get A Pie Smashed Into His Face

Who needs an ice bucket when you can have pie?

GLAS Aims To Become The Next Major American Animation Festival

The festival is set to take place next March in California.

Mark Osborne, Phil Tippett, Noelle Stevenson, Pete Browngardt Among Headliners at Pixelatl

Mexico’s largest animation industry conference will take place next month in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

7 Quirky Animation and Comic-Related Programs At This Year’s San Diego Comic-Con

Comic-Con International: San Diego is almost upon us, and the organizers have released the event’s mammoth program schedule. The madness, taking place from July 24-27, includes hundreds of panels, discussions, art demos, and screenings, with everyone from Buzz Aldrin to Betty White getting their moment to shine.

How The ‘Jurassic Park’ Dinosaurs Switched From Stop Motion To CGI

Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park,” along with other early-to-mid-Nineties films like “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “Toy Story,” were all part of a breakthrough era in CGI filmmaking. What many people may not realize, however, is that the decision to create computer-animated dinosaurs wasn’t made until the film was well into production.

Listen to Phil Tippett’s Great Tip To Artists At the Annie Awards

A simple tip to artists from a stop motion master.

Let’s Watch and Talk About the Annie Awards Together

The rest of America can have their Super Bowl tomorrow, but the animation world’s big night is TONIGHT. Slap on your cleanest pair of underwear or panties, wedge that huge tub of ice cream inbetween your legs, and settle in to watch the livestream of the 41st annual Annie Awards from the solitary comfort of your couch. The video below will begin live from Los Angeles at 7pm PT/10pm ET.

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