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RIP, Erica Cassetti
…She was 35 years old. Erica Cassetti began her career at Rhythm & Hues on the first Coca-Cola polar bear commercial. She followed that with a nine year career at… |
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Schoolhouse Rock! Earth
…classic (The Energy Blues). The songs are connected by short clips featuring three cartoon polar bears. They are our hosts that introduce the different clips and songs. They are made… |
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The Good Dinosaur
…On a well calibrated system, this is demo material, perhaps even more so than the more visually whimsical Inside Out, and even the supposedly polar-opposites of the hyper-real with the… |
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Norm up next from Lionsgate, Crest Animation
…features a polar bear forced out of his arctic home who finds work in New York. Later this year the two companies will release Alpha and Omega, a “wolves-on-the-run adventure”…. |
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New Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom trailer continues the franchise’s legacy
…It premieres On Demand and in select theaters next year. Norm, the newly crowned polar bear king of the arctic, travels to New York to accept the keys to the… |
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The trailer for Season 2 of His Dark Materials explores new worlds
…very little about where the story is going, but it should still be enough to get fans of the franchise excited (even with a notable lack of warrior polar bears)…. |
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Man can talk to the animals in the Doolittle trailer
…Malek), an enthusiastic but bird-brained duck (Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer), a bickering duo of a cynical ostrich (The Big Sick’s Kumail Nanjiani) and an upbeat polar bear (John Cena, Bumblebee)… |
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Timmy Time
…have nothing to say verbally and their faces express a thousand words, and Shaun continued the tradition perfectly with his series of farm-set escapades. I’m a fan of “silent” comedy,… |
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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…Carter described the sequel to Animated Views as “sort of a Murder on the Orient Express without the murder.”) Joe Beckley’s CGI tests of Georges Hautecourt, Marie and Thomas O’Malley… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 3: The Orlando Features
…deep relationship expressed that way in the whole of animation history. MH: Thanks. That’s the nicest compliment an animator can get. I’m no expert but having the opportunity to see… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…Ink And Paint: It’s becoming harder and harder to express how great films of a certain vintage can look in HD, particularly on Blu-ray, which I do believe to be… |
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War Of The Animated Worlds
The Asia-Pacific edition of Animation Express reports on the release of War Of The Worlds: Goliath, a new 2D/3D animated feature set for DVD and limited theatrical engagements. Produced in… |
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Artist Bob Camp recalls the ill-fated Space Jam 2
…since “it was so long ago.” But he is also aware other artists might express more optimism toward Space Jam 2 in retrospect, to avoid possibly burning any bridges. “Those… |
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Lucasfilm ramping up “secret CGI feature” project
In an interview with Lucasfilm Singapore’s recruiter Heather Brown, Animation Express reveals that Lucasfilm Animation is working on a “top-secret” CGI feature. Brown also speaks about the other recent achievements… |
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Madagascar 3 directors talk story, stars get interviewed
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted hits theatres in just two days. The San Antonio Express-News has a look at how they came up with the ideas for the sequel with… |
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Despicable Me despicably on Blu-ray and DVD!
…Night Live), Will Arnett (Monsters vs. Aliens, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, Ratatouille), Danny McBride (Tropic Thunder, Pineapple Express), Jack McBrayer (TV’s “30 Rock”, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Jemaine… |
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Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
…producer Pam Coats viewed the footage, expressing similar acclaim afterward. Allegedly, one executive even went as far as to compare A Few Good Ghosts‘ quality to that of the best… |
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Walt & El Grupo / The Boys / Waking Sleeping Beauty
…expressing their cultural identities through the exuberant music of the region. As such, any shortcomings I may have mentioned fall by the wayside when one considers the achievement of telling… |
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Sherlock: Season One
…Who, had Moffat not decided to go with Matt Smith, since both characters express themselves in much the same way. Indeed, although Smith may have been too young for Sherlock,… |
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Cars 2
…Springs scenery, how the ideas are taken from concept to realization, and the new-twist resurrection of a classic Disneyland ride. Somewhere In the Pacific (3:34) goes to lengths to express… |
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Puss In Boots: composer Henry Jackman’s Spanish Hour
…the overall tone and direction of the film. He’s good to work with because he has very strong ideas and he expresses them, you know, like a director. It’s not… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…chop their more frivolous moments), but unbalancing the film more than anyone is comic Richard Pryor. A massive comedy star at the time, Pryor’s involvement came when he expressed an… |
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The Art Of Disney’s Tangled: an interview with author Jeff Kurtti
…CG techniques and a hand-drawn/hand-made approach. Did you want to relay that aspect in your book? JK: It was impossible to express within the book the remarkable and innovative visual… |
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Pete Nash talks “wonderfood” animation in Cloudy 2
…and have changed. As a result, in Cloudy 2, there’s more conflict in Flint. How did you express that enriched and more complex personality? PN: Film is a visual medium… |
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Toonpur Ka Superrhero is Bollywood’s newest animated movie
…successful film. The Indian Express provides a detailed review, while Cartoon Brew has the trailer. In the vein of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Aditya is famous actor who neglects his… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…we’ll be back in twelve months to express our opinions again. We don’t know what will be grabbing the top spots, but we’ll see you then! – Ben Simon, Rand… |
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The Incredibles
…similar way to Peter Parker’s attempts in that film, and Bird expressed concern during interviews even though his film had featured that sequence long before Spidey 2 got off the… |
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The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
…letter was begun by three former Disney employees and can be signed by anyone who wishes to express their support. Will this letter be effective? It is hard to say… |
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Director Luiz Bolognesi tells A Story Of Love And Fury
…in the 16th century or spaceships over Rio in the future. Everything is possible. I love graphic novels and history, so animation became the best way to express what I… |
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The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble
…have new voices, causing veteran voice actress Tara Strong and others to express their heartbreak on social media. This meant that the new Powerpuff Girls was hated by many before… |