Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to bring Tintin, Georges Remi’s Belgian comic-strip hero, to life with a trilogy of films to be released possibly by DreamWorks Animation. Spielberg…

With SCI FI Wire, Surf’s Up animation layout supervisor James C.J. Williams explains the ways he and his crew captured a documentary feel for the Sony Pictures Animation release. “We…

Upcoming Pixar spreads the JV Pixar News word that Picasa Web Albums is currently hosting pictures from the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition. The photos were taken while the…

…Magic Gourd this summer. Featuring computer animation and live-action, the movie tells the Zhang Tianyi tale of “a boy who discovers a gourd – a squash-like vegetable often used in…

…in computer animation today. Come hear the war stories animators had to face and take a humorous peak behind the scenes into the world of Shrek. Panelists will include Production…

TAG and Blue Sky Disney both report on the recent Walt Disney Animation Studios meeting, where Glen Keane, co-director of Disney’s upcoming Rapunzel, commented that the restructuring of feature animation…

…with a significant number of the major characters animated, and in which animation figures in no less than 75% of the picture’s running time.” The new rule states that “An…

…studio team at Singapore. Launched in October 2005, Lucasfilm Singapore is headed by the managing director Christian Kubsch who has 20 odd years of experience in animation which includes movies…

StoryMakers Studio is preparing an event honoring Woody Woodpecker and his creator Walter Lantz. With appearances by popular personalities in the animation industry, the ceremony may be seen by both…

…and audio publisher and distributor. Working with licensors from around the world, BCI has acquired an extensive library including animation, action, sports, horror, drama and special interest programming. The BCI…

Soon to be a rival to hand-drawn, stop motion, computer-generated, and motion capture animation is . . . sand animation. The web edition of The Orange County Register features Hungarian…

CNN Money indicates that DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens is now scheduled to be released nationwide on May 15, 2009. The date is one week earlier than had been previously…

Animated Views examines The Complete Adventures Of The Little King. As the latest entry in Steve Stanchfield’s Thunderbean Animation anthologies, the disc contains an appreciated library of truly vintage shorts…

…extras including an audio commentary, a behind-the-scenes documentary about the evolution of the Pixar Animation studio and Animation and Commercial tests. Blu-Ray Disney gives an early look at the dvd…

AWN reports that the release date for Shrek 4 has been set by DreamWorks Animation and Paramount as May 21, 2010. DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg said during an earnings…

It appears that Brad Paisley has added animator to his resume, as USA Today writes of the country singer’s appreciation for animation. Paisley, whom the piece refers to as a…

…Pixar’s Pete Docter is the latest interviewee at the blog Spline Doctors. The conversation covers Docter’s work with animation, as well as the progression of computer animation since Toy Story….

Animation Insider reports that Jetix US has acquired Captain Flamingo for its programming block on Toon Disney. Produced by Breakthrough Animation, Captain Flamingo tells the story of Milo Powell who,…

…have a special in-depth animation program on the last day featuring animators such as Bill Plympton, Steven Bender, as well as Spencer Cook, Animation Supervisor on Spiderman 3, and more….

…Rocky the Rhino Storyboard concepts of the “lost character” Rocky the Rhino were recently discovered at Disney’s Animation Research Library. A key character in The Jungle Book, developed by Walt…

We’ve got three fantastic bonus clips from The Jungle Book: 40th Anniversay Platinum Edition (October 2). The first clip shows how The Jungle Book directly inspired characters and animation techniques…

Animation World Magazine takes a look at some of the animated shorts shown at recent animation festivals around the world. Featured this month are Mr. Reaper’s Really Bad Morning, Birdcalls,…

A recent entry at Cartoon Brew links to an image of a cardboard disc handed out to attendees at the Ottawa International Animation Festival last week which shows a complete…

According to Animation World Network, Reboot, the pioneering CGI television series, has pioneered a new level of fan participation in popular animation by allowing its fans to choose the creative…

…Animation Studios in the spotlight, detailing the Hong Kong company’s creation and aspirations. Supervised by Tim Cheung, Imagi has recruited talented artists from some of the major Western animation studios….

…animation historian Ben Simon, in Animated Views‘ review of the latest entry in Disney’s premium home entertainment series. Of the film, Ben proclaims, “The movie itself is pure gold, which…

The Business of Animation blog points to the website of Critter Pix, where one may learn more about the animation studio’s production plans. Films the company is aiming to make…

…names in animation. Appearing in the lineup are The Simpsons creator Matt Groening at #4 and John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, at #58….