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Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson serenade crowd at Sing premiere
20 contenders left in Oscar visual effects race
Moana’ animator talks film and female leadership in animation
How the indie The Red Turtle became an animated feature contender
Why The Dam Keeper is destined to be an Oscar-winning animated short
Robert Zemeckis explains why Roger Rabbit sequel won’t happen
Laika needs to license their properties to thrive
Moana

Disney knows their way around princess movies. But while Moana is very beautiful and very entertaining, who knows how far they could have gone if they’d taken a few more risks instead of playing it safe.

Dwayne Johnson works out his singing muscles for Moana
Moana helping women animators make strides
Fox Animation developing The Dam Keeper movie
Disney’s Thomas Schumacher elected chairman of Broadway League
Writing Moana a team effort
Sausage Party to get serious awards push
2016 Animation Hall of Fame inductees announced
Why European animation execs want their own Annie Awards
Did animation kill the family-friendly horror genre?
The Animation Show of Shows includes likely Oscar nominees
First look image and new cast and plot details on Emojimovie

From the Sony Pictures Animation press release: Sony Pictures Animation announced today that Emmy and Tony award winner James Corden (Into the Woods) and Emmy nominee Ilana Glazer (Broad City) would join previously announced T.J. Miller (Deadpool) to lead the cast of summer 2017’s animated comedy Emojimovie: Express Yourself. Emojimovie: Express Yourself unlocks the never-before-seen […]

Aardman previews 2018 release Early Man

Nick Park will direct Aardman Animation’s Early Man, set for release in 2018. More details available on their official website and Twitter account.

Tim Burton’s history in animation
Fan-made animation imagines an Indiana Jones cartoon