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Grasshorse to move to Iowa
According to DesMoinesRegister, Grasshorse Technologies plans on moving and expanding its LA-based animation studio to Iowa. The decision was made due to the new tax incentives given to film companies… |
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Steven Spielberg to Receive Visual Effects Society Lifetime Achievement Award
…boundaries of the industry and rethinking the function of visual effects in film, TV, video games and animation to find new and innovative methods of storytelling. There are very few… |
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Speed Racer: Widescreen Edition
…storylines of the comics or the staccato, unimpressive animation in the majority of their television and feature endeavors. There have been exceptions, of course, but my (slow) warming to such… |
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What do Beowulf, Enchanted, and Fritz The Cat all have in common?
A recent article on Rotten Tomatoes touches on Beowulf and Enchanted, two upcoming theatrical features that make use of both animation and live-action techniques, as well as other films that… |
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[AN&V Exclusive!] Bolt poster image
The Animation Building at Disney’s California Adventure theme park now has a display for Bolt, previously known as American Dog. Directed by Chris Williams, the computer animated project is Walt… |
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Veteran Animator Ken Southworth dies
Animation Magazine reports that Ken Southworth, a veteran animator who worked for Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Walter Lantz, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Clokey Prods. and Filmation, has died after suffering several… |
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Mickey of the desert
Yahoo! Video has two recent animation-related segments worth pointing out. The first is rare video footage of a Mongolian rodent known as the “Mickey Mouse of the desert,” while the… |
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Brad Bird wants respect for toon writers
…Bird says, “The whole question of writing for animation is skewed. There isn’t a giant difference between animation and live action. You need characters, stories, themes. It’s called good storytelling.”… |
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Three Little Pigs added to National Film Registry
…Mill) that Walt Disney produced as he learned and refined the art of animation; each film marked another development in his path toward the 1937 feature Snow White and the… |
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DreamWorks to launch theme park in Dubai
Variety reports that DreamWorks Animation has teamed up with Dubai based real estate company Tatweer to develop a range of tourism and leisure projects in Dubai, the highlight of which… |
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Brad Bird radio interviews
…Hollywood filmmaking and about how animation is treated at the Academy Awards. The second interview gets off to quite a bad start when the host refers to animation as a… |
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Ratatouille sweeps Annies
…writing and directing for Brad Bird, best voice acting for Ian Holm, best character animation, music, storyboarding, and production design. Other winners include Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up which won… |
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BAFTA The Future…
…Direction, Supporting Actor Javier Bardem and Roger Deakins’ Cinematography. In the animation and related gongs, Brad Bird’s Ratatouille was perhaps unsurprisingly found to be the Animated Film winner, with Jo… |
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Shrek the Musical opens Sunday 12/14/08 at Broadway Theatre
…characters from William Steig’s book Shrek!, as well as the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series. Shrek the Musical features a book and lyrics… |
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Pixar video tour, Brad Bird videos
UpcomingPixar points at an exclusive video tour inside Pixar Animation Studios available on EmpireOnline. The video tour is hosted by “Pixar University Dean” Randy Nelson. In addition to this, UpcomingPixar… |
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DreamWorks sticking with HD DVD?
…they may have an explanation of what is going on. “Very reliable sources are telling us that DreamWorks Animation is currently authoring and replicating multiple new titles on the Blu-ray… |
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Interview with Andreas Deja
…Deja’s animation principles and also what the studio’s animation team has in store for the future, which includes his work on this winter’s How to Hook Up Your Home Theater…. |
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Disney Book Signing May 17th at Van Eaton Galleries
…the experience. Animation Book Look is FREE and open to the public. For a list of authors and books visit our animationbooklook.com. Van Eaton Galleries 13613 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks,… |
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Bill Plympton's Idiots and Angels getting rave reviews
…and Animation Festival in Korea on May 21, followed by the Seattle International Film Festival on May 30-31, the Annecy Animation Festival in France on June 9-13 and the Edinburgh… |
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CG Cereal Heroes battling the big screen in 2010
Animation studio Fable Works announced today that it is producing the original 3D-animated Feature Film Cereal Heroes! for theatrical release in 2010. The movie will be produced at Sparx Animation… |
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Positive buzz on Kung Fu Panda coming out of Cannes
…masterpiece” (the stunning fight sequences in the film were choreographed by animation veteran Rodolphe Guenoden), adding that “although it’s aimed primarily at youngsters, Kung Fu Panda embraces humor that plays… |
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Is Waltz With Bashir the new Persepolis?
…documentary by Israel’s Ari Folman that combines flash animation, traditional hand drawing and computer-generated images. The animation was based on video interviews Folman shot of himself and other former Israeli… |
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Wall•E, Kung Fu Panda videos
Two video featurettes for Wall•E and Kung Fu Panda have hit the the web. The first, titled “Wall•E: A Hero’s Journey”, can be viewed on Animation World Network TV. The… |
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Disney and Pixar: a Hollywood marriage that works?
…NY Times also points out that John Lasseter is no longer opposed to outsourcing some direct-to-DVD animation to India, “a departure from its rigid stance that outside animators could not… |
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Download the new 3D film Big Buck Bunny for free
Sun Microsystems today announced the online release of the 3D animation film Big Buck Bunny rendered using Network.com’s Sun Grid compute utility service. The movie is created using open source… |
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Bernie Mac and Alec Baldwin onboard Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, more images surface
USA Today unveils this morning nine new photos from DreamWorks Animation’s sequel to Madagascar which will roar in conventional theaters and IMAX on November 7, 2008. Don’t expect a sneek… |
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Dumbo Cel Release and Artist Signing
On Saturday, June 21, 2008, The Disney Studios Animation Gallery in Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ will be holding a Dumbo Cel Release and Artist Signing. “Share in the love of Mrs…. |
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Looking back at Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
One of the best animation resources out there, the TAG Blog, takes a trip down memory lane on Disney TV Animation’s 2D series based on the space warrior in Toy… |
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Kung Fu Panda kicking into theaters tomorrow
DreamWorks Animation’s latest film entry is getting an unusual amount of positive reviews for the studio, currently cloking in at 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Jim Hill calling Kung Fu… |
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Kung Fu Panda opening a strong #1 at the U.S. box office
Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that very early box office numbers show that DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda punched out at least a $17 million debut Friday in very wide release… |
