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Paperman director goes to Paramount’s Shedd
…writing the script, which is based on an original idea from Paramount’s Film Group president Adam Goodman, who oversees the animation division. The studio is keeping the logline under wraps.”… |
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Should Google buy DreamWorks?
…studio. “Google doesn’t just want to own YouTube for others to program… Google has invested directly in popular channels like Machinima and Vevo. It’s done the recent partnership with DreamWorks… |
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Animated Van Gogh movie now in the works
…at BreakThru Films, the studio responsible for the Oscar-winning 2008 animated short Peter and the Wolf. The aim of the film is to tell the story of Van Gogh in… |
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Goldberg reveals Mickey’s de-evolution in Get a Horse
Jim Hill talks with Disney’s Eric Goldberg about how the studio evolved Mickey Mouse backwards for their short Get a Horse. “In order to make Get A Horse really look… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #61: The Last Unicorn – Give Us More Pirate Cat!
…the Harpy and crazy Mommy Fortuna. • Things get Studio Jiggling on us real fast! • List of movies where animals turn into humans and visa versa. • The pirate… |
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New trailer for The Boxtrolls now online
Universal and Focus Features have released a new trailer for their new animated adventure The Boxtrolls, an upcoming stop motion animated feature from Laika Entertainment, the studio behind the visually… |
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First Peanuts teaser trailer from Blue Sky
The first teaser trailer for Blue Sky’s upcoming Peanuts animated film has hit the web. Slated for a 2015 release, the studio hypes the new preview: “For the first time… |
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Rio 2 box office, Blue Sky’s big foreign appeal
…it eventually matches the first movie’s $143.6 million total. But the bigger prize for Blue Sky Studios may come oversees. Buzzfeed reports that while none of their movies “have made… |
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return opens
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, the first animated movie from new studio Summertime Entertainment, opens today on 2,500 screens, Box Office Mojo is reporting. A “sequel” of sorts to The… |
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Exclusive! Legends Of Oz producer talks franchise’s future after box office disappoints
…We’re in a big industry right now, and we’re a very small guy. A very small independent. The project is not owned by a studio. It’s owned by individuals. Hundreds… |
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Here’s your first look at Big Hero 6
…of the studio’s first animated film to be based off of a Marvel comic. “At every turn we try to give the audience something they haven’t really seen before.” The… |
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Penguins of Madagascar bumped up to this Thanksgiving; Home pushed back
…pushed back until 2016. The reason for the switch is unknown, but Dawn Taubin, Chief Marketing Officer at the studio, did give the following statement: “We will continue to be… |
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Maleficent curses the box office
…sympathetic anti-hero of sorts–made a fantastic $70 million according to studio estimates. For those keeping score, that is a lot less than the $120 million Alice in Wonderland opened to… |
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Dates set for Madagascar 4, Puss in Boots 2, Captain Underpants, The Croods 2
…studio to have a January opening, coming out on January 13th, 2017. Two months after that, they will release the long-in-development Mumbai Musical on March 1oth, 2017. Near the end… |
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Enchanted 2 moving forward at Disney (again!)
…will return, for that matter–, but it is set to be directed by Anne Fletcher (who also helmed the popular romantic comedy The Proposal for the studio back in 2009)…. |
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Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction
…Animation Studios as an animator on Hercules, to become later Head of the Animated Short Films Department at Pixar Animation Studios, and now supervises all the Disney Theme Park attractions… |
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Thunder And The House Of Magic
Anton Capital Entertainment/nWave Pictures/Studio Canal (2013), Shout! Factory (September 30, 2014 – Wal-Mart exclusive), 1 BD 3D/2D + 1 DVD, 87 mins, 16:9 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Not Rated,… |
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The Book of Life
…studio had shown they can do good work. And, man do they show it off this time! The Book of Life is absolutely gorgeous. The argument could be made that… |
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Disney officially announces production on Moana
…Frozen’s release last year, the film was confirmed by the studio today, with John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog) sitting in… |
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Big Hero 6 opens
…reach the transcendent creative heights of some recent Disney efforts.” Following the studio’s string of blockbusters, Box Office Prophets predicts a victory over Insterstellar with an opening weekend take of… |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
…and Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space!, ended up being largely unseen, in part because of the studio’s poor handling of them (Gift Of The Night Fury, for… |
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 wins big at Annie Awards
…Spacetime Odyssey’ – Voyager Pictures LLC Best Animated Short Subject ___ ‘Feast’ – Walt Disney Animation Studios Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial ___ ‘Flight of the Stories’ – Aardman Animations Best… |
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The Boxtrolls
…(that don’t come from the Aardman studios) that have come since and, it has to be said, remain in its shadow. None more true is this than about the pictures… |
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Insider Access To Inside Out
…see the film for yourselves. After a few weaker films, Pixar is back on track, and once again solidifies its status as the top animation studio in the USA. Animated… |
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Star Wars Rebels on Blu-Ray and DVD September 1st
…Studios and Pixar Animation Studios; Disneynature; Marvel Studios; Lucasfilm; and Touchstone Pictures, the banner under which live-action films from DreamWorks Studios are distributed. The Disney Music Group encompasses the Walt… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #99: Minions – It is what it is, Just go with it!
…Minions. https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV1388284914.mp3 Highlights Nerdy Couch Discussion: Humor in animated films Potty humor. Is it necessary? Main Discussion: Minions (2015) Our first Illumination Entertainment film! A little history about the studio… |
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Shaun the Sheep Movie
…It may not be what audiences are used to but it’s a refreshing change from the norm. Aardman is arguably the top studio when it comes to stop-motion animation, and… |
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How concept artist Dawn Brown transformed into a director for House Of Monsters
…stop-motion at the time. I’ve always loved the art form and wanted to take a break from working for the big studios and create something of my own. The art… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…properties that had me floored by the end of the first day and left me impatient for their next convention in 2017. The studio enforced a very strict no cameras… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…their skills of action analysis. He turned his studio into school to do Snow White. I feel like that’s what has to happen today. There needs to be the development… |
