…film will be live-action, it will feature a CGI-animated Babe the Blue Ox, voiced by Eddie Griffin. Exodus’ animation team, ElectroAge, will provide the CGI animation for Bunyan and Babe….

…The means of animation to be used in the film are unknown at the time, but one could expect it to use stop-motion animation given Selick and Vinton’s track record….

Thanks to ‘anvil’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=5522#post5522 Animated News Forum}} for posting a link to Harry McCracken’s {{link http://www.harrymccracken.com/messagecenter/index.cgi?read=555 Message Center}}, where he writes about his visit to Pixar Animation…

The Associated Press writes that on Tuesday, underwriters for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. set the terms of the company’s pending initial public offering at 29 million common shares, with an…

Animation legend Don Bluth has provided animation for New York based band Scissor Sisters’ music video Mary. Picked by the critics as one of the highlights of Scissor Sisters debut…

…Imagine a Hanna-Barbera cartoon series produced circa the time of Atom Ant (1966 or thereabouts) but with more lush animation. Props to Director/Producer Scott Jeralds for capturing the look of…

…The Incredibles, writer-director Brad Bird and Pixar Animation Studios pioneer the creation of a computer-generated world so rich, complex and inventively “alive” that the motion picture experience it creates is…

In what the article describes as “animation style wars”, The New York Daily News compares the animation techniques and styles used for The Incredibles and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie….

Walt Disney Television Animation has named Meredith Metz Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs and has promoted Lisa Salamone Smith to Senior Vice President, Production, according to {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=12388 Animation World…

Greg Spiridellis of {{link http://www.jibjab.com/ JibJab Media}}, creators of the “animated web sensation” \\This Land\\ parody, revealed information about their next project. According to \\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=3202 Animation Magazine}}\\, he said…

…out on seeing it, animation fans took notice. Critics embraced the film, giving it a 97% fresh rating on the {{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron_giant/ Rotten Tomatoes tomatometer}}. At “animation’s Oscars”, {{link http://www.annieawards.com/…

Head on over to Apple’s Movie Trailers page and catch TV-level animation in the full trailer for {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/poohs_heffalump_movie.html Pooh’s Heffalump Movie}} and the new preview for the animation-inspired sequel…

…was a producer on \\The Simpsons\\, \\The Critic\\, and \\King of the Hill\\. He was the founder of the independent animation studio Film Roman. A trailer for \\Grandma Got Run…

…new supplements that are very magical in their own right! The Cat That Looked At A King is a witty new piece, while the Japanese-produced animation style, directed by Disney…

…being 2D rather than 3D Brad wanted to dispel the myth that CGI is easier to do than hand-drawn animation. He said that it is harder and that they had…

…with their British-made computer animation movie Valiant. The {{link http://www.filmjerk.com/new/article1128.html Film Jerk}} website lists the film, produced by Ealing Studio-based Vanguard Animation in a partnership Disney hopes will groom the…

Over at Animation World Magazine there’s an interview with stop-motion director Henry Selick, where he discusses a wide range of topics. Selick’s current film The Life Aquatic, in which he…

Variety [paid registration required] indicates that Disney Feature Animation will go ahead with plans for Toy Story 3, using a story from a young writer by the name of Jared…

…from Disney). Though somewhere in between the highs and lows of its predecessor, Mulan II is well-paced, well-balanced, and well-voiced. Considering it is a direct-to-video title the animation is quite…

In the surprise announcement of the moment, Granada Ventures in the UK will release the {{link http://www.filmaxanimation.com/index.htm Filmax Animation}} feature Pinocchio 3000 {{link http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006L7OES/qid=1106736427/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-3056756-5900633 on home video and DVD}} this…

The Internet Movie Database indicates that Roy E. Disney applauds Dream On Silly Dreamer, veteran Disney animator Dan Lund’s documentary on Disney’s move from traditional to computer animation. Partially animated…

Animation Insider interviews voice actor Charlie Schlatter, voice actress Candi Milo, and animation producer Bill Schultz of Mike Young Productions’ CGI television series Pet Alien. The comedy focuses on the…

For those in the mood today for some amorous animation Animation World Magazine has all the info on a 24-hour Pepé Le Pew marathon showing on Cartoon Network’s Boomerang channel….

Though it’s dated at February 3rd, this article about the tech of Valiant has just appeared at HDTV Buyer Online. “Vanguard Animation was founded in 2002 by John H. Williams…

…in the Internet age, an age of technology, an age of hip, cool animation, and something that we hope will resonate with that age group,” explained Sander Schwartz, president of…

…animation, Ryan uses computer animation that peels away skin and bone to reveal fluctuating collapsed skulls, decayed bodies and whittled skeletons as a visual metaphor for personal and psychological scars.”…

DIK Animation Studios has announced that they will be creating an animated series based on the live action TV series smash hit Friends. Studio chief, Dan Mutschler, states, “Friends left…

…film is enjoyable enough, though the sheer aggressiveness of the very commercially-minded comedy sat a little uneasily. It’s not all bad: the animation is DWs’ usual brand of attention to…

…just as worthwhile to attend as last year’s, where industry professionals and aspiring industry professionals and animation enthusiasts gathered for workshops and to discuss their appreciation of traditional hand-drawn animation….

The Big Cartoon Database reports that the computer animation company CritterPix Studios has announced the closing of a private $2.1 million secured convertible bridge note financing, placed by Laidlaw and…