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An interview with author Emily Zemler on Disney Princess: Beyond The Tiara
…the actual animation or how the films were created. This one is looking at why they were created and what they have generated in our culture in terms of fashion… |
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Meet My Dad The Bounty Hunter‘s Dads
…with over 15 years of experience in the industry, having worked in both capacities at studios such as Blue Sky Studios, Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation. Patrick is also… |
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Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons
…many a classic Disney short. Directorial talent, however, can only go so far, and Grandinetti details how budget, time, and the availability of animation talent adversely affected this series. Anyone… |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
…relied on the effects to carry the film, this film uses just enough that they do not hinder the storytelling. A lot of the visual effects animation is done for… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3
…silver screen, but he got his start producing both hand-drawn and puppet animation. His Puppetoons, released in the USA through Paramount Studios in the 1940s, are among cinema’s most unique… |
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Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is… |
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Watch the beautiful trailer for The Wild Robot
The first trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot is now online, and you can check it out in the player above. It features beautiful animation and will be attached… |
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Watch it all burn in epic full trailer to Arcane season two
…by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. Executive producers include Linke, Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck. The Animation Studio is Fortiche Animation. Voices include Hailee Steinfeld (Vi), Annie Award winner Ella… |
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Knights of Guinevere
…so good it would engross viewers right from the start. Buttressing the narrative would be the alluring designs and animation. The anime influence would be exhibited with how graphic and… |
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CARS multimedia onslaught
Following are numerous multimedia clips from CARS including extended clips directly from the film, song samples, and podcasts. Suitable for viewing before or after seeing the movie. Extended Clip “Race”… |
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Peter Pan Grab Bag III
…DVD are these five menu screens from disc 2 as well as a link to an official Disney podcast: Podcast: Why I Made Peter Pan in Walt Disney’s Own Words… |
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Ron and John, Part Two
Fire up those iPods because The Animation Podcast has just updated with part 2 of their Ron Clements and John Musker interview in which the fabulous directing duo “detail how… |
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Videos: Charlotte's Web, Cars, Over the Hedge, Open Season
…animation-related videos to have recently hit the web. For instance, Japanese trailes for Cars and Open Season have arrived at the films’ official Japanese websites. Concurrently, the third podcast for… |
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David Michael Maurer speaks with Pixar's Jeff Pidgeon
On “The Filmschool Podcast,” Emmy-winning editor and filmmaker David Michael Maurer interviews Pixar story animator and voice actor Jeff Pidgeon (both Toy Story films, Monsters, Inc.). With a running time… |
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Keane interview continues
Clay Kaytis’ Animation Podcast has updated with part 2 of their interview with animator Glen Keane “In part two of the interview Glen talks about being trained under Ollie Johnston… |
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Trailers: Flushed Away, Cars, Barnyard
Coming Soon has the first trailer for Flushed Away, from DreamWorks Animation and Aardman, as noticed by “Wendy’s Jane” at the Animated-News Forum. Humorously, the teaser contains nods toward Wallace… |
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Floyd Norman: Walt Disney's 10th Old Man
Though he prefers to be called a “cartoonist,” few other artists working in animation today can boast a career as diverse as that of Floyd Norman. From Sleeping Beauty and… |
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Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois speak
The Speaking Of Animation website has posted a podcast interview with Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, talking about the making of their current acclaimed hit for DreamWorks, How To Train… |
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Museum of Modern Art to celebrate the 35 years of CalArts
…videos produced by the following departments: Film and Video, Experimental Animation, Character Animation, and Film Directing. Films and videos produced in the MFA program will also be on display. Current… |
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And now for some random 'toon trivia…
…by Walt himself and Ben Sharpsteen,” Freberg remembered, “There was some animation done but Walt was concerned that the segment would be too scary for kids and it was pulled… |
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More \\Fresh Spins\\ on fairy tales
\\Fresh Spins\\, a direct-to-video animated series that takes traditional stories and gives them a, what else, fresh spin, is set for a Spring 2004 release according to \\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1672 Animation… |
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FOX TV animated series to be based on real life radio talkshow host
…known for his ‘theater of the mind’-style show”. (\\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1677 Animation Magazine}}\\ has the info for those without a \\Variety\\ subscription.) Steve Levitan, Phil Lord, and Chris Miller are signed… |
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Brother Bear Not Necessarily Cold and Prickly
…of traditional, hand-drawn animation by seeing Brother Bear in the theaters. The whole industry will be watching to see how good this movie does. We all know that there’s room… |
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More on Brother Bear's "last hope" for 2D
…is dead, and Brother Bear is the last of a dying breed” – despite the flood of quality hand-drawn animation coming from Europe! {{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-10-28-2d-animation_x.htm USA Today}} is the latest… |
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Bugs and Daffy in the digital age.
What happened to the days artist used a paint brush to fill in animation cells? I don’t know, but take a peek at Animation Artist‘s little tid bit about the… |
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Going, going, gone: Big Idea sold for $19.3 million
{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9527 Animation World Network}} announced that Big Idea Productions had been approved for purchase by Classic Media. The Veggie Tales animation company tried to expand too quickly with the… |
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Banderas speaks about Puss-in-Boots
DreamWorks SKG Fansite – Animation also has {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ news on \\Shrek 2\\}}. Antonio Banderas, voice of Puss-in-Boots, talked to {{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-11-09-banderas-shrek_x.htm USA Today}} about his role in the upcoming… |
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\\Shark Tale\\ teaser trailer coming soon?
DreamWorks SKG Fansite – Animation alerts us to two bits of news about upcoming projects from Katzenberg and Co. First up is a {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/sharktale rumor about \\Shark Tale\\}}. They… |
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Disney's TV Cartoons Enter the Spotlight
The Los Angeles Times has an article about the growing role of Disney’s TV Animation unit. The unit is busier than it has been in its 20-year history. Led by… |
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\\Dave the Barbarian\\ coming soon to Disney Channel
{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1768 Animation Magazine}} has a report on the upcoming Disney Channel animated series \\Dave the Barbarian\\, set to debut in January 2004. “Disney’s \\Dave the Barbarian\\ follows the title… |
