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Hotel Transylvania composer Mark Mothersbaugh’s DEVO-tion to animation

studio and the players there; I did four or five films with them. That said, there’s a couple of cues in this movie that are played by a zombie mariachi…

DreamWorks Animation reveals massive release date slate

…animated features for the next four years–a record for any studio–and confirms previously rumored titles such as Kung Fu Panda 3 and The Penguins of Madagascar. “What we are announcing…

Don’t be a jerk! It’s a SpongeBob Christmas with Screen Novelties!

…Views: You describe yourselves as an “animation collective”, not a studio. What is your M.O.? Screen Novelties: We are a collective of like-minded artists comprised of the three of us…

Sesame Street Muppeteer Kevin Clash Resigns

…2012. According to Sesame Workshop’s statement, both Clash and the studio felt it was best for him to leave due to recent controversaries surrounding his personal life. Neither Clash nor…

Royal ratings for Sofia the First

…million of those viewers were adults, while the remaining audience fell into the 2-11 age range. The film is set to launch a TV series for Disney, with the studio

Dinner with Pixar Co-Founder

…seems to have been forgotten in the history of Pixar. If you’re a fan of the studio you might find this especially interesting as Smith was present in the days…

New The Croods trailer, DreamWorks 2013 slate details

…those who want a sneek peek at The Croods and other DreamWorks Animation titles coming next year, check out ComingSoon.net’s report on a recent preview that the studio had on…

Warner Brothers Wants More Animated Films

Warner Brothers is tired ofleft out in the cold when it comes to animated films. The studio has decided to take a drastic step by creating a think tank to…

Disney announces release dates for several tentpole films; removes The Little Mermaid 3-D from schedule

…some Disney fans, the planned re-release of The Little Mermaid in 3-D this fall is no longer happening, perhaps because of the studio’s (poor) choice to re-release Monsters, Inc. during…

The Croods Sneak Peek

…feature a glimpse at the studio’s next film, featuring a family of isolated cavemen (cave people?) who are thrown out of their element and tossed into a brand new world….

DreamWorks Animation one of the best companies to work for

…in 12th and was the only Hollywood studio to make the cut. DreamWorks’ head of human resources, Dan Satterthwaite, said “We see this recognition as a validation of how and…

40th Annual Annie Award winners revealed

…Best Animated Short Subject Paperman — Walt Disney Animation Studios Best Animated Television Production For Preschool Children Bubble Guppies: A Tooth on the Looth — Nickelodeon Animation Studios Best Animated…

G-dcast offering student artists summer animation program

…and apps will be screened and used in classrooms, festivals and online. Travel, room, and board are provided. Check out the Studio G-dcast website and their informational video for details:…

Paramount Animation working on slate

…to begin with one release per year”. Several other potential projects have been mentioned previously for the studio, including some based on Nickelodeon shows and a comic from the creators…

Interactive ParaNorman booklet online

Over a period of two years at LAIKA Studios in Oregon, a crew of more than 320 animators, designers, artists, and technicians came together to hand-craft the film ParaNorman. Since…

Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Me & My Shadow pushed back

…the box office,” added CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. Me & My Shadow, which had previously been scheduled for release in March of 2014, will now return to development at the studio….

DreamWorks may layoff staff

…be targeted” but “plans for an unspecified reduction of the company’s 2,000 or so employees already are afoot and should begin before the publicly traded studio reports earnings Feb. 26”….

Escape from Escape From Planet Earth

…With just a week until the film opens, a judge has let some of the plaintiffs off the hook, a financing company, but the case will continue against the studio….

The Grinch is returning to the big screen

Variety is reporting that Illumination Entertainment, the studio responsible for last year’s blockbuster The Lorax, is now planning to adapt another Dr. Seuss classic, but this time it will be…

Rhythm & Hues files for bankruptcy

Deadline is reporting that visual effects/animation studio Rhythm & Hues is filing for bankruptcy, telling some employees not to come in, and delaying paychecks. The news comes just hours after…

Turbo Camero make-over

With their spring release just weeks away, DreamWorks is already looking towards Turbo, slated to come out this summer. IOL Motoring reports that the studio has tricked out a Chevy…

Escape from Planet Earth opens in theaters

…Co. opted not to screen the movie for critics, with a studio rep saying final prints were not ready in time for the press. Meanwhile, Box Office Mojo projects a…

Visual effects spotlighted

…work with Life of Pi. • Prometheus visual effects supervisor Richard Stammers interviewed with Studio Daily. • Philip Brennan, visual effects supervisor for Snow White and the Huntsman, met with…

DreamWorks opening theme parks in Russia

…important markets in the world for us. All of us at DWA are extremely excited to work with REGIONS CG to be the first Hollywood studio to create not just…

Escape from Planet Earth opens better than expected

Escape from Planet Earth beat expectations over its opening weekend, pulling in $16.6 million for a 4th place finish, according to Box Office Mojo’s studio estimates. BOM had projected the…

Behind the early success of Escape From Planet Earth

…in the leads, made by off-brand animators (Rainmaker Entertainment, which had never made a theatrical feature before) for an indie studio (The Weinstein Company), with marketing below the radar, no…

Shane Acker Joins Beasts Of Burden Pack

studio out to make a name for itself, recently picked up the movie rights and Shane Acker as the director. Acker previously directed the robotic science -fiction film 9. Bleeding…

Brave, Paperman, Pi win Oscars

…and Andrew Millstein who have just been great at revitalizing the studio. To Kristina Reed my producer, the cast and crew, everyone who helped on it. They made it so…

How Ted presented at the Oscars

…teddy bear to present, with Mark Wahlberg, Oscars for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. Deadline.com and Coming Soon reveal how Tippet Studio integrated the CGI character into the live broadcast….

The Longest Daycare now online

Fox’s animated Simpsons short film Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare is now online for your viewing pleasure over on the studio’s official YouTube page. The Oscar-nominated cartoon features Maggie…