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Judson leaves WB Animation

…head of the division. Taking her place will be Peter Roth, president of Warner Brothers Television. A reason for Judson’s departure from the studio is not mentioned in the article….

Seth MacFarlane lands megadeal

…The pact will keep MacFarlane at the studio through 2012, and is estimated to be worth over $100 million. “I get a lot of pleasure out of making shows. It’s…

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…

Corey Edwards to direct Fraggle Rock movie

…the studio, will helm the picture and write the screenplay. The Jim Henson Co. will produce and TWC will distribute. Just like the series, the film will be populated by…

Roger Rabbit novelist still fighting for his share of profits

…Disney. Wolf signed an agreement with the studio back in 1983 that gave him 5% of “gross receipts” from Disney’s exploitation of his characters. The parties didn’t bother to define…

Pixar 2-set DVDs now on sale for $13 each

/film alerts Pixar fans that Amazon is currently offering six of the studio’s 2-disc special edition DVDs at a 57% discount!…

Animation books reviews

Head over to the SF Gate to check out Charles Solomon’s reviews of two new books about the Pixar studio: David Price’s The Pixar Touch and Karen Paik’s To Infinity…

Disney and John Lasseter going back to female characters with Tinker Bell

The L.A. Times takes a look at the challenge that Tinker Bell might represent for the John Lasseter-run Disney studio: “The female character’s success should be an interesting test for…

3-D "a revelation" for Sigourney Weaver

…an adventure,” the actress tells CanWest News Service. “We were in New Zealand for a lot of it, where I’d never worked. We were working at Peter Jackson’s studio with…

New animated projects for Mike Johnson, Tyler Perry

…Hero of Color City, to be directed by Becky Bristow, while a Tyler Perry project being written now will likely go the 2-D route with a different partner studio altogether.”…

Kermit and Roger back on the big screen for Elstree Film Festival 3

Elstree Screen Heritage strikes back again this year with Elstree Film Festival 3, another week-long celebration of the movies made at the historic studio just outside London in the UK….

Download the new 3D film Big Buck Bunny for free

…world can be lowered tremendously using on-demand computing platforms. Even though the Blender team did not have support of a big studio, they succeeded with the community support, an open…

Pixar animator presents UK animation workshop

Escape Studios is hosting a two-day animation workshop in London on June 10-11 presented by Andrew Gordon, who is currently supervising animator on Pixar’s new short film Presto. During the…

Kung Fu Panda directors take us behind the scenes

…reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, a rare feat for the studio and one largely due to these directors’ vision. The film is now in theaters nationwide so make sure you go…

Kung Fu Panda kicks box office with $60M, #1 opening

DreamWorks Animation’s latest, powered by rave reviews and an underserved family audience, had the studio’s highest opening for a non-sequel with an estimated $60M gross over the three-day weekend. That…

New Muppets film in the works

…to the early ’80s movies where it’s not Muppets in the Sahara or Muppets Underwater. It’s the Muppets getting back together to put on a show, to save the studio.”…

New Orleans artist to sing The Princess and the Frog theme song

…New Orleans,” said Randy Newman. “He’s the real thing in every kind of way.” Randy has known Mac Rebennack since the 1960s, when both men worked as Los Angeles studio

Disney projecting $30 billion in branded retail sales for 2008

…Brothers, who star in the Camp Rock movie that premieres June 20th on the Disney Channel, are being looked at as teh next possible major tween franchise for the studio….

More on Weta's special effects in Prince Caspian

In anticipation of the New Zealand opening of the second Narnia film, the Dominion Post takes a closer look at the special effects for the film created by local studio

Reese Witherspoon's role to be the lead in DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens

…in that it’s the first female lead of an animated film from a major animation studio in quite a while. I just work with studios in trying to find very…

Sony responds to Sit Down walkout

…left the show Thursday, claiming that they were misled by Sony TV that they would be covered by the WGA, while the studio had made arrangements with another union, IATSE….

Panda's 2D opening scene

…traditional animation, with more 2-D character animation being featured in the end credits. The opening sequence was created by James Baxter’s studio, also responsible for the animation in Disney’s Enchanted….

Monsters vs. Aliens toy licensee announced

While Hasbro is the master toy licensee on DreamWorks’ latest hit Kung Fu Panda, the studio will have to settle for a smaller partner on its first stereoscopic 3D film…

More Wall-E clips, Watercolors for sale and a New Pixar short

…27. In addition, UpcomingPixar also shares a Sanders Art Studio link featuring six promotional concept art prints from Wall-E for sale. UpcomingPixar has also posted some information on the next…

Jeffrey Katzenberg promotes upcoming DreamWorks films at Cine Expo

The DreamWorks Animation CEO introduced clips, storyboards and early animation sequences from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and touted the studio’s first stereoscopic 3-D feature Monsters vs. Aliens earlier today at…

Wall•E worldwide premiere and early buzz

…audiences… The answer in 4 days! The reviews that started leaking have been overwhelmingly positive with many applauding the artistic risks that the Pixar studio took once again. Pink News…

Stan Winston to be honored at SIGGRAPH this August

With the recent passing of VFX legend Stan Winston, Sony Pictures Imageworks has decided to change its upcoming SIGGRAPH 2008 “Studio Events” program and instead pay tribute to Stan at…

Marketing budgets for animated features are on the rise

…such huge returns from ancillaries, studios will continue to make the huge outlays for promotion and marketing. There’s also the stock price. DreamWorks Animation is a publicly traded company and…

Sony Animation pushes its next two films back a year

…the much less trafficked January 15, 2010. The studio’s follow up film, Hotel Transylvania, which had originally been announced for September 25, 2009 has now been postponed to 2010 with…

The recipe to Pixar's success

The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at Pixar’s winning streak and tries to break down the reason for the studio’s consistent success. Stability, smarts and techno-savviness are key according to…