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A brief history of animation and live action onscreen together
Disney considering bid to buy Twitter
Storks opens

Warner Animation Group’s Storks opens today, in 3,922 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is getting mixed reviews from the critics, garnering a 56% at Rotten Tomatoes. The Wall Street Journal says. “The whole movie seems to be on fast-forward, with crushingly brainless dialogue, hollow imagery and no way of slowing down the […]

Andy Samberg talks Storks
Storks producer discusses process behind finding voice actors
Japan naming 88 manga, animation landmarks to boost tourism
Cast, creator of Storks on making comedy and babies
Jeffrey Katzenberg and the future of Hollywood
The blurry line between animated and live action features
Disney Legend Floyd Norman on documenting his life on film
Inside the YouTube animation boom
Archer wins Best Animated Series Emmy
The Wild Life opens

The Wild Life opens today in 2,493 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is getting pummeled by the critics with just a 15% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. A representative comment from the Washington Post: “It’s no great shock when a movie based on a beloved book falls short of the original, but few […]

Lost Doctor Who episode gets animated regeneration
Looking back at 24 other “stranded island” movies like The Wild Life
Moana resurrects Disney 2D animation in a surprising way
Watch the evolution of stop-motion animation

From Vugar Efendi at Vimeo: “With the release of Kubo and the Two Strings, it is a perfect moment to go back in time and see the evolution of stop-motion animation throughout the years.”

How Western animation has changed
New Lego short The Master to debut before Storks
Eight Storks movie clips released
The seven ways to become an animation powerhouse
Why you can’t buy a Pixar lamp
Kristen Bell to produce animated kids series
Kubo and the Two Strings

A beautiful looking film with a unique plot, some surprising turns, bold choices, and an emotional core, Kubo and the Two Strings is magical storytelling.

The art of animating Kubo’s epic opening scene
Kubo and the Two Strings opens

Laika’s Kubo and the Two Strings opens today in 3,260 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is a hit with the critics, garnering a 94% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus: “Kubo and the Two Strings matches its incredible animation with an absorbing — and bravely melancholy — story that has something […]

Sausage Party

Sausage Party is irreverent, pornographic, sacrilegious, bigoted… and pretty funny! The story is weak but if raunchy humor and seeing touchy topics get ridiculed is something you’re hungry for, then this film will hit the spot!