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The Bad Guys
…reformed. The story centers around a heist, and the filmmakers have gone out of their way to get the various tropes of the genre right. Adult fans of films like… |
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Peter de Sève: the time of his life designing A Bug’s Life
…Norton. De Sève has designed posters for Broadway shows, as well as characters for numerous animated feature films, produced by Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, and Twentieth Century Fox’s Blue Sky Studios…. |
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Buried Treasure: The ill-fated voyage to Treasure Planet 2
…on the film. Mike Inman‘s Treasure Planet 2 visual development art Falkenstein went on to work as a storyboard artist for numerous films, including Despicable Me, The Smurfs, and Legends… |
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Exclusive! Legends Of Oz producer talks franchise’s future after box office disappoints
…the movie. I mean, 9 out of 10 people that see the film really like it. They love the new characters and the music. They call it a new, timeless… |
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Cats Don’t Dance
…the animals at the premiere. The way that the song is carried out in the film is incredible and one of the biggest highlights of the film comes when Darla… |
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Cast and crew of Shrek 2 speak about the film
The cast and crew of Shrek 2 speak about the sequel to Coming Soon!. One interesting tidbit in particular comes from the film’s producer David Lipman, who states “Although DreamWorks… |
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"Going Once . . . Going Twice . . . Sold!": Auctioning Off Harry Potter Film Roles
Zap2It reports that two roles in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film will be auctioned off on November 28. If you’ve got any treasure stored away… |
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Buzz and Woody to return to the big screen in upcoming short film
…upcoming short film. To be shown before Cars 2 in theaters next summer, the short would be part of an effort to “find ways to keep the characters alive,” according… |
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How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming holiday special to air on NBC
…the film trilogy and focus on a now married Hiccup and Astrid. In addition to airing on television, a DVD release is also slated for it shortly after its premiere…. |
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Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue
…quality to Peter Pan’s big screen sequel Return To Neverland than the mixed bag of straight-to-DVD sequels that dimmed the memory of many a Disney film over the past fifteen… |
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Watch the Pixar SparkShorts film Purl in full
Disney and Pixar have released online in full the short film Purl. It is one of the first three films from the SparkShorts program, an experimental storytelling initiative designed to… |
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Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie
…in a seven minute small screen episode is much more risky when projected onto the big screen with a feature length running time. This isn’t a silent film, by any… |
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WALL•E gets our Animated View…
…words – thanks bud! One of the reasons I’ve not been around is down to the Elstree Film Festival, the week-long run of classic films made at the local studios… |
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Apple TV+ unveils trailer for animated short film The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse ahead of December 25 debut
Based on the beloved best-selling book by Charlie Mackesy, the short film features the voice talents of Idris Elba, Gabriel Byrne, Tom Hollander and newcomer Jude Coward Nicoll. |
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Please welcome Glago's Guest
…to view three screenshots from this film. Glago’s Guest Director: Chris Williams Producer: Chuck Williams Music: John Brion Conceived and directed by Chris Williams (who makes his feature directing debut… |
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Warner Archive: Freebie And The Bean
…moderate hit. Step forward the WB Archives, where the current video masters for many of these films are dusted down and encoded using a propriety process to blank DVD discs,… |
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Warner Archive: A Distant Trumpet
…was legendary director Raoul Walsh’s final film are the main points of interest to this wild west adventure yarn. Steiner, the man behind such iconic movie music for films as… |
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The Art Of Pixar Short Films
The Art Of Pixar Short Films By Amid Amidi Foreward by John Lasseter Chronicle Books February 25, 2009 Hardcover, 160 pages $40.00 Every Pixar film since Toy Story has gotten… |
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The Boxtrolls
…get me past this specific technique used to create it. Lastly, the fact that almost every major stop-motion film these days seems to have the same focus on the macabre… |
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Tugger: The film that wanted to fly
Cartoon Brew notices the tragic tale of Tugger: The Jeep 4X4 Who Wanted to Fly, as told by the Orlando Sentinel. The story regards the making of a film which… |
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New Preview for French Animated Film Le Tableau
France is usually responsible for some Wonderful and avant-garde animated films. The French animation website Catsuka posted the trailer to a new picture called Le Tableau by director Jean François… |
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Variety on next year's short film candidates…
…whom we might see in the running. {{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20031210/va_sp_ev/animated_shorts_discover_fest_route_is_1 The interesting article}} also touches more on Pixar’s mysterious short Boundin’, as well as Sony’s Early Bloomer (which played with Daddy… |
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Reel FX aims for quality film slate with no “turkeys”
D Magazine has an in-depth profile on the Dallas-based animation studio Reel FX and its CEO Steve O’Brien. In 20 years, the studio has grown from animating direct-to-video films like… |
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Waltz with Bashir and Persepolis up for foreign film BAFTA
Variety reports that Ari Folman’s animated war documentary Waltz with Bashir and Marjane Satrapi’s semi-autobiographical animated feature Persepolis are among the five shortlisted films which will compete for best foreign… |
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Regal's Free Family Film Festival
The nationwide Regal Cinema chain is once again offering its summertime Free Family Film Festival which screens select G and PG-rated movies, most of which are animated. Movies shown vary… |
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The Film Programme interviews author Helen McCarthy
BBC Radio Four’s The Film Programme, via Stone Bridge Press, speaks to Helen McCarthy, author of Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation and co-author of The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide… |
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Last remaining of the Nine Old Men, legendary animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95
…relationship in life and work was captured on film in the charming 1995 documentary Frank And Ollie, their names, characteristically describing the closeness of their friendship, rolling off the tongue… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
…how they influenced the later show, allowing its participants (exec Jean MacCurdy, Ruth Clampett, Sherry Stoner, producer Tom Ruegger and writer Paul Dini) to express at length what the intentions… |
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CINEME International Animation Film Festival Call for Entries
In the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2579#post2579 AN Forums}}, ‘tkt0820’ posts that “The CINEME International Animation Film Festival has announced its Call for Submissions. CINEME will be held September 24, 25 and 26,… |
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Persepolis in motion and life during wartime
…adapted to create a black-and-white animated film that stands apart and follows the filmmakers journey from defining the design of the film to finding distributors and the film’s unexpected success… |
