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Mexico’s largest animation industry conference kicks off
via Cartoon Brew, September 10, 2015 | Category: News
Anomalisa director Charlie Kaufman on the expressiveness of stop-motion
via Hollywood Reporter, September 9, 2015 | Category: News
Hotel Transylvania 2 to open Romania’s Dracula Film Festival
via Romania Insider, September 9, 2015 | Category: News
Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival unveils 2015 program
via Animation World Network, September 9, 2015 | Category: News
Hayao Miyazaki plans Ghibli themed nature park
via Animation Magazine, September 8, 2015 | Category: News
Disney Movies Anywere expands to Microsoft, Amazon, Roku
via CNBC, September 8, 2015 | Category: News
Take a video tour of the Pixar Animation campus
via Slash FIlm, September 8, 2015 | Category: News
Motion capture improves animation of animals
via BBC News, September 8, 2015 | Category: News
Inside the persistent boys club of animation
via BuzzFeed, September 1, 2015 | Category: News
Marvel film chief Feige now reports directly to Disney after reorganization
via Hollywood Reporter, September 1, 2015 | Category: News
Animation Guild ratifies contract
via Animation Magazine, September 1, 2015 | Category: News
Fifth Harmony unveils video for Hotel Transylvania 2 single
via Music Times, September 1, 2015 | Category: News
Gary Leib talks about American Ultra’s animation sequence
via Cartoon Brew, August 27, 2015 | Category: News
Producer reveals Castlevania animation plans
via Animation Magazine, August 27, 2015 | Category: News
Promo for Peanuts Movie puts spotlight on the crew
via Cartoon Brew, August 25, 2015 | Category: News
A Greek Tragedy: Women, animation and the classics at Annecy 2015
via Animation World Network, August 25, 2015 | Category: News
The story behind Franklin, Peanuts’ first African American character
via Sacramento Observer, August 25, 2015 | Category: News
Shaun the Sheep Movie
James R Whitson, August 6, 2015 | Category: Theatrical

Skillfully made and utterly charming, Shaun the Sheep Movie is filled with wooly situations, sheep thrills, and good-natured fun. You won’t have a baaaad word to say about it afterwards.

How Shaun the Sheep creators used no words in new film
via LA Times, August 6, 2015 | Category: News
Shaun the Sheep Movie opens
August 5, 2015 | Category: News

Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep Movie opens today. The film is a hit with the critics, garnering a stellar 100% rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Their critical consensus: “Warm, funny, and brilliantly animated, Shaun the Sheep is yet another stop-motion jewel in Aardman’s family-friendly crown”. Box Office Prophets projects a $15 million five-day opening.
Disney’s Feast director takes on the Battling Boy movie
via ComingSoon.net, July 30, 2015 | Category: News
How animation’s first great brain-trust created a legend
via Washington Post, July 30, 2015 | Category: News
Pocahontas Legacy Collection soundtrack announced
via Film Music Reporter, July 27, 2015 | Category: News