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Resident Evil CG film

ComingSoon reports that Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and game studio Capcom are set to produce an animated film based on the Resident Evil franchise, which is currently titled Biohazard: Degeneration….

Bee Movie opens in theaters today!

…rating. Nonetheless, how will Bee Movie fare in theaters? While the IMDB Studio Briefing predicts that American Gangster could give the film some healthy competition, Box Office Report and Box…

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…

Up information revealed

…Pixar movie, Bird hinted that it will be targeted at a more mature audience than the studio’s previous films. “I think it’s a really great, emotional, whimsical [story],” Bird states….

Steven Spielberg to Receive Visual Effects Society Lifetime Achievement Award

…producers, technology developers, educators and studio executives. Its 1,600 global members contribute to all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos, games and new media. VES…

My nose ain't that big! Does Pinocchio's Platinum ring true or false?

…fans already own them in the Pluto Treasures set? There’s also tons of vintage production Studio footage, all shot around the time of Pinocchio‘s making, and where are the original…

Looney Tunes and Jack Frost on DVD!

…milestone), but the 1979 stop-motion holiday special created by the Rankin/Bass studio. Famous for classics Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, some of their later…

Racehorse pic among worst movie pitches

…animation studio. The pitch is recalled as, “A down-on-his-luck racehorse is worried he may be off to the glue factory because he just can’t seem to win the big one….

Casper and Wendy’s Ghostly Adventures

…about a friendly ghost in 1945 and submitted their unpublished children’s book to Famous Studios. Famous Studios quickly bought the idea and released the first Casper cartoon, The Friendly Ghost,…

Madagascar penguins get TV series

…strike force from its Central Park Zoo headquarters, will be produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California and is scheduled to premiere on Nick in early 2009. “This…

New Horton Hears a Who trailer

Coming Soon reports that a new trailer for Blue Sky Studio’s computer animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who is now online. Directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve…

Shrek The Halls in the UK

DreamWorks’ animated festive offering, the Shrek special Shrek The Halls is set to play on UK screens this Christmas Eve at 6:35pm on BBC1. The studio’s sequel to the original…

Jeffry Katzenberg talks Bee Movie, and more

RottenTomatoes.com carries an exclusive interview with the Dreamworks CEO, Jeffry Katzenberg, wherein he talks about the studio’s latest CG feature Bee Movie and more….

Warner goes Blu-ray exclusive

Warner Bros., the only major studio to release their films in both competing high-def optical disc formats, today announced that they will be dropping their support for HD-DVD and instead…

Character Animation Panel Discussion

…panel will be moderated by Frank Gladstone and will include important guest panelists from several animation studios. More details follow: The Future of Character Animation: What Do New Technologies Mean…

101 Dalmatians run loose at the El Capitan

…lights up Hollywood Blvd. Disney’s Soda Fountain and Studio Store next door gets into the Dalmatian theme L to R: Alice Davis, Blaine Gibson, Lisa Davis, Eric Goldberg, Leonard Maltin…

Shrek The Halls

…was also a highly touted partnering between Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new Studio and the old employers he had been through a much publicised acrimonious split from: Shrek The Halls wouldn’t be…

Clone Wars extends its battle to Cartoon Network

…thrilling stories, astonishing visuals and extraordinary music that have always been the hallmarks of the Star Wars saga. Lucasfilm Animation, which is based in Marin County, Calif., with a studio

Tekkonkinkreet wins Japan's Academy Award for Animation

AnimeNewsNetwork reports that Michael Arias and Studio 4°C’s Tekkonkinkreet has won Animation of the Year award at the 31st Japan Academy Prizes on Friday. This is the second year that…

DreamWorks drops HD DVD

Despite a baffling announcement yesterday that the studio was stuck with HD DVD despite the disc’s recent demise, it seems DreamWorks will be dropping the format according to High Def…

New Monsters vs Aliens information and image

…brand new promotional image. Monsters vs Aliens will be the first animated film to be entirely shot in 3-D, a trait nicknamed “Ultimate 3-D” by studio CEO Jeffery Katzenberg. The…

Warner Bros and Disney/Pixar to co-produce Brad Bird's live-action film

…vulnerable to the sort of fire that breaks out when the Great Earthquake of 1906 hits San Francisco. 1906 will also mark a return for Bird to the studio that…

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….

How to Train Your Dragon voice cast

…Dragon. Directed by Peter Hastings, Dragon marks the second film the studio will produce in Ultimate 3-D after Monsters vs. Aliens. How to Train Your Dragon is slated for a…

DreamWorks Animation names new head of development

…the studio. Alex’s excellent relationships across the board will help us move forward with this initiative. We are lucky to have her on our team.” Schwartz said, “It’s truly thrilling…

Ratatouille art auction

UpcomingPixar reports that Sanders Art Studio in Ogden, Utah is auctioning few original art sketches from Disney/Pixar’s Academy award winning film Ratatouille drawn by Artist Tim Rogerson. The three sketches…

Cartoon Network announces 2008 programming

…by Thurop Van Ormon and is produced at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, Calif. Voice Cast: Thurop Van Orman (Flapjack), Brian Doyle-Murray (Captain K’Nuckles), Roz Ryan (Bubbie) The Secret Saturdays…

Bolt comes to life, plus new Narnia contest!

…Cinzia, who’s now at Warner Bros and hoping for a revival of an animation unit at that Studio, describes Bolt as a real return to form for Disney Animation. I’m…

Eric Rollman president of Marvel Animation

…home entertainment. Rollman, previously the Vice President of Marvel’s Home Entertainment & TV Production sect, will oversee the animated projects in works at the studio, as well as potential partnerships….

Back to Witch Mountain for Eisenmann and Richards

…as a waitress and sheriff respectively, in the Studio’s re-imagining of the first adventure, Race To Witch Mountain. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson takes on the Eddie Albert role of an…