Focus Features has struck a deal to take over world rights from Laika Entertainment for the stop–motion animated feature Coraline reports comingsoon.net. The film about a girl who discovers an…

…1981 cult classic Clash of the Titans, for Warner Bros. Pictures. The original film was the final project for which stop–motion legend Ray Harryhausen served as “special visual effects creator.”…

The Appleton Post-Crescent writes of the critical and financial success films of traditional, computer, and stop–motion animation have received in the recent past and possibly near future. “I think people…

The Sidney Morning Herald investigates a form of animation growing in popularity with amateur animators. The animation referred to is none other than “brickfilm,” which utilizes stop–motion animation with building…

SFGate.com surveys The Art of Ray Harryhausen, a new book from stop–motion animation master Ray Harryhausen and friend Tony Dalton. The 230-paged album presents “memories, anecdotes and pictures” from the…

…adventure set in a mythical ancient Japan. It is being brought to life at LAIKA’s Oregon studios via the company’s innovative 3D stop–motion and CG hybrid technique. In addition to…

…stop–motion animated film grossed approximately $16.1 million, averaging $4,417 per theater. Studio research indicates that 68% of sales were from families and 85% categorized the critically acclaimed Curse of the…

…9, while Corpse Bride writer Pamela Pettler will write the screenplay for the project. The computer animated 9 is expected to have a ‘stylized quality’ that will impersonate stop–motion animation….

The {{link http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug05/julaug05_bride.html Editor’s Guild website}} talks to editor Jonathan Lucas about the grounbreaking work he has completed on Tim Burton’s stop–motion animated fantasy The Corpse Bride….

As expected, Warner Home Video will release the immortal 1933 adventure King Kong, featuring iconic stop–motion effects by Willis O’Brien, to coincide with the release of the new version coming…

…Tomatoes. Their critical consensus: “Warm, funny, and brilliantly animated, Shaun the Sheep is yet another stop–motion jewel in Aardman’s family-friendly crown”. Box Office Prophets projects a $15 million five-day opening….

…Venice Film Festival. Regarding the film’s praised style and usage of stop–motion animation, Burton stated, “We feel so lucky, with computers and all taking over, to be able to do…

…character posters for Corpse Bride, featuring Victor Van Dort, the title character, and a ‘bone-a fide’ pooch. Lastly, reviews for the stop–motion flick are already coming in at Rotten Tomatoes,…

Falling only 27%, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit dropped to second place this weekend, with $11.7 million. Thus far, the stop–motion flick has gathered $33.2 million. Coming…

…Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. The stop–motion film won 10 awards, sweeping every feature film category and winning an award in every category it was nominated in. Photos at ASIFA-Hollywood…

Time Out Film shares a brief Q&A session with Tim Burton, who provides his thoughts on working with stop–motion animation and Corpse Bride….

…notes a bit about the Corpse Bride DVD, promising, “There should be some surprises for the hardcore stop–motion geeks to obsess over. Animation tests, character development, that sort of stuff.”…

…million this weekend. Currently, the stop–motion flick has taken in around $50.7 million domestically. For info on how the live-action releases fared over the weekend, be sure to check out…

…date, the Warner Bros. stop–motion film has accumulated a domestic tally of $52,829,776. Box Office Mojo offers this info and more, also dealing with the live-action side of the box…

With NBC5.com’s @ The Movies, Ray Harryhausen, the master of stop–motion animation special effects, shares his thoughts on the recently released Harryhausen Gift Set, which features the films 20 Million…

…difficult it was to use stop–motion animation in the 1933 masterpiece King Kong may find their questions answered in the film’s Collector’s Edition DVD, with its “best making-of documentary,” RKO…

IMPAWARDS shares a poster for the stop–motion animated feature $9.99. Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, in $9.99, an ad alters the life of Dave Peck, an unemployed,…

…French short film, a stop–motion animated parody of Michael Bay’s Bad Boys II, became a YouTube sensation when it made its debut online earlier this year. The movie’s plot, apparently,…

…DVD Active is reporting. The live action/stop–motion animated release will feature the same extras which were included on the 2005 special edition DVD, including a 7-part documentary, a commentary by…