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Kachow! The Cars Speedway Premiere
…to a complete stop as Michael Wallis (voice of Sheriff) took to the carpet. Dressed simply for the rainy weather, he jokingly shifted from place to place, as cameras tried… |
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks
…defense satellite, the Lex 9000, which fails to stop an approaching meteor. This meteor happens to hold Brainiac, the computerized arch-nemesis of Superman. When Brainiac lands at Lex Labs, Luthor… |
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Mike Scully on The Simpsons Movie
…eight months, maybe. We’ve been working on it almost non-stop since then. It’s gone through many incarnations. The rewrites were very intensive. We probably did 70 drafts of the script…. |
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A Conversation with Andreas Deja
…be here. AV: Isn’t it amazing to think how much he’s affected people’s lives? And his influence just keeps going, it doesn’t stop. AD: No, it doesn’t stop. Frank… or… |
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UK TV animator Ivor Wood dies aged 72
…as The Magic Roundabout, to great success. It was through working with Danot that Ivor developed his skills in stop-frame puppet animation, a technique involving the use of fully jointed… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two
…and include Beep Beep, Going! Going! Gosh!, Zipping Along, Stop! Look! And Hasten!, Ready Set Zoom, Guided Muscle, Gee Whiz-z-z, There’s The Go-Go-Go, Scrambled Aches, Zoom And Bored, and Whoa… |
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Pinocchio In Outer Space
…spaceways, apparently, and lately he destroyed a new rocket. Scientists are baffled as to his origins or how to stop him. Pinocchio, feeling bad that he has yet to give… |
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Shrek the Third adds seven voices
…Sleeping Beauty. The group represents an “elite, ninja-like strike force of fairy tale princesses” called upon by Fiona and Queen Lillian to stop Prince Charming and his band of fairy… |
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Justice League Unlimited: Season Two
…coming. The Secret Society is after the corpse of the Viking Prince, buried in a glacier for hundreds of years, and the League must stop them. If those aren’t real… |
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Enchanted
…Giselle to the real world, she makes plans to stop the budding romance by way of another transformation: into the shape of a terrifying dragon. With all the players coming… |
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A Conversation With Andreas Deja
…to think how much he’s affected people’s lives? And his influence just keeps going, it doesn’t stop. AD: No, it doesn’t stop. Frank . . . or Ollie, they keep… |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One
…far more macho than Dr. Quest, he thinks that Dr. Quest can do nothing to stop him. That’s where Harvey Birdman comes in. Birdman always faces off against one of… |
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Monsters vs Aliens: Conrad Vernon vs Animated Views!
…had a very special way for him to move, not just walk but to stop and think and use his hands. Link is more of a macho and we also… |
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The AristoCats: Special Edition
…multiple influences. This is deserved of a little kudos itself, and places The AristoCats in a unique bracket of films. If the story can be argued to stop in one… |
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A Nightmarish interview
…the film in 3-D and its popularity status since its original opening. The trio also mention the upcoming stop–motion movie Coraline, hinting at story points and what the look of… |
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Rumor ruins Disney, NC School of Arts relationship?
In the latest chapter regarding the mysterious Disney stop–motion project reported on September 29, 2007, it appears that the film’s revelation may have hurt the relationship between the Walt Disney… |
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Coraline at Comic-Con
Ain’t It Cool News displays two descriptions of the sights and sounds released during this year’s Comic-Con presentation for the stop–motion feature Coraline. Director and writer Henry Selick and author… |
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Murray, Schwartzman meet Mr. Fox
Director Wes Anderson recently revealed to MTV that Billy Murray and Jason Schwartzman have joined the cast of the stop–motion animated film The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Other actors previously announced… |
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First trailer for Laika’s The Boxtrolls
A brand new first trailer for Laika/Focus Features’ upcoming stop–motion feature The Boxtrolls has been unveiled and is available to watch on iTunes. The new 3D animated feature from Laika… |
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Director Juan Antin talks about Pachamama on Netflix
…visual universe of the film. But, at that time, I was imagining it as a stop–motion film. I even shot a teaser, but then I was delayed by difficulties on… |
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How to cook Chicken
Wired takes a sneak peek behind the scenes of Adult Swim’s hit stop–motion series Robot Chicken. Enlisting a slideshow of 19 images with descriptions, the piece examines the unique methods… |
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More Peter & The Wolf, Madagascar 2 – and a quick catch-up!
…Balloon!) – we speak to the three principle filmmakers behind this Oscar-winning stop–motion film! • Mary Poppins’ Richard M. Sherman: A “Practically Perfect” Songwriter! – Celebrating its 45th Anniversary, we… |
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George Pal’s Puppetoons to get a hi-def release
…feature contains many of the 1940 stop–motion mini masterpieces, along with new bridging animation with more modern animation stars. This limited edition will have only 3000 copies available, and will… |
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Creature Comforts US
Aardman Animations is bringing their popular British stop–motion TV series, Creature Comforts, to American Primetime Television. The US version of Creature Comforts is set to premier on the CBS Television… |
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Announcing Cartoon Brew Films
…That Jack Built by Grantray-Lawrence, and the stop–motion short The Lady Said No by Frank Tashlin. Viewers can leave comments and in some cases submit questions to be answered by… |
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Sony in "final negotiations" for Aardman deal
…them cover their overheads and development.” According to the agreement, once a proposed Aardman stop–motion or computer animated picture is greenlit, Sony will fund the film’s production, marketing and promotion…. |
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Disney Interactive’s animates new short with Google
…Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story. Disney memorabilia collectors will recognize Vinylmation as the line of figurines with mouse ears. It “is a stop–motion animated film that tells the story of… |
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Tim Burton's Vincent enters the third dimension
Tim Burton’s stop–motion short Vincent (1982) will be shown in front of The Nightmare Before Christmas theatrical re-release this October, with both features presented in 3-D. Narrated by Vincent Price,… |
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Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass Productions passes away
…Party was the first of these, a stop–motion comedy that starred Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller. This was followed years later by a very limited theatrical run for Rudolph and… |
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Animation at the 2007 NBFF
The Newport Beach Film Festival has just posted their full 2007 schedule including their animation lineup, which features stop–motion, computer-generated, and hand-drawn animation. A featured animated film this year will… |
