…animated movies due for release in 2006. Listing the reasons why it believes CGI films normally do big business, the site also points to the recent history of traditional animation….

Following a post concerning a new logo designed for Walt Disney Pictures, The Animation Guild Blog sends a brief description of what the artwork will present. Found in the blog’s…

Yahoo! Movies presents three storyboard slideshows, along with one design art slideshow, featuring work from DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge. Meanwhile, IGN FilmForce applauds the Nintendo DS adaptation of Over…

…animation powerhouse. The site likewise notices Disney’s turn from junk food, a resource which the company has used to help attract younger audiences for its films. According to Hill, toys…

…get from its comic strip incarnation to its DreamWorks Animation film form. Interestingly, the article notes that the project once belonged to Twentieth Century Fox, before the studio lost interest….

It may come as a pleasant surprise to animation fans that Paul Simon’s newest project, Surprise, includes his Oscar-nominated ballad “Father and Daughter,” as heard in The Wild Thornberrys Movie….

Yahoo! Movies has an exclusive page filled with storyboards and concept art for DreamWorks Animation’s Over the Hedge as well as three finished clips from the film. Over the Hedge,…

…Jim Hill Media Floyd Norman discusses an in-joke in Cars in favor of the continuance of traditional hand-drawn animation. Finally, Yahoo! Movies has released an exclusive trailer from the film….

With Dark Horizons, Variety spreads the word that Vanguard Animation and Nash Entertainment have adopted Santa Paws, an idea from producer Bruce Nash. The pitch regards “a stray dog that…

A new and improved website for Flatboy Productions has opened, offering previews of the company’s work in animation and visual effects. Furthermore, the site showcases a demo for Flatboy, lending…

…While the movies’ plots are unknown at this time, the first of the films will likely hit theaters by 2010. Responding to worries that the computer animation market may already…

…career history while also examining what he intends to do as Chief Creative Officer for Walt Disney Feature Animation. The latter report likewise features a handy timeline of Pixar’s past….

Walt Disney’s live action/animation hybrid spectacular Mary Poppins will be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Monday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m….

…and music video when the album is released June 6th.” Available now are five video podcasts on Cars. “Take a ride behind the scenes and learn about the magic that…

…until now was the only alternative to the traditional frame by frame animation. ActiveMotion “is especially good for generating realistic motion for complex terrains, dangerous or specialized stunts, non-humans, or…

Over the Hedge director Tim Johnson learned a few tricks from a big, green ogre. The Toronto Sun reports that the Shrek movies have set the standard for DreamWorks animation…

…Wanda Sykes about her role as a crabby skunk named Stella and the experience of providing a voice for animation. Teen Hollywood also offers a lengthy sit-down with Sykes along…

…slapstick and clever animal characters. One gets the sense though that the animation team isn’t pushing the edges of their computers the way the Pixar gang does. Directors Tim Johnson…

…movies than director. “I’m very interested in producing kid-friendly effects films, and I have always had a love for animation – this could be my way in,” comments Bay. Yahoo!…

The official website for Sony Pictures Animation’s Monster House currently showcases an interesting rating box for the creature feature. While the film has been rated “PG,” for “scary images and…

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The Jim Henson Co., Flame Ventures, and Prana Studios are all working with The Weinstein Co. to bring audiences old tales with new twists, according to the Animation World Network….

…that topics in the conversation include “the role artists play at Pixar, the obsession with creating great stories, the believability of characters, and the difference between CGI and traditional animation.”…

…Plain Dealer and Jeff Kasunic of the Over the Hedge digital lighting department lends more insight into the technical aspects of the film, as does Slate‘s piece on Hedge’s animation….

Barring its many computer generated effects and character animation, the newly opened X-Men is largely, and intended as, a live-action movie, but it’s still just within our genre of reporting…

A recent article at VFX World looks at the steadily reviving animated shorts program at Disney, the never-dormant shorts program at Pixar, the new short First Flight from DreamWorks Animation,…

…will be a brand-new documentary of Pixar, in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Directed and produced by Leslie Iwerks, the granddaughter of animation legend Ub Iwerks, the show will reveal…

…will discuss their own experiences, take questions and offer their thoughts on the future of traditional animation. More information and advance tickets are available at {{link http://www.tais.ca/events-June%208.htm the TAIS website}}….

{{link http://refrederator.com/ ReFrederator}}, which posts free classic cartoon podcasts daily, has announced that this week’s downloads will feature some of the great animation shorts directors from the golden age of…

…Alice in the Jungle, so this is a good chance to see an authorized public screening of some of Walt Disney’s earliest animation work. The cost is $5 for members…