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Submissions wanted for WBIAS 2004: Raider's search for Independent animated shorts
…to receiving and reviewing your submissions. Yours truly, Aaron Keogh Creative Producer Tel: 001-604-291-7727 Fax: 001-604-291-7727 Website: {{link http://www.raiderproductions.com www.raiderproductions.com}}, {{link http://www.nabias.com www.nabias.com}}, {{link http://www.wbias.com www.wbias.com}} (coming soon). E-mail: aaronkeogh@raiderproductions.com… |
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TV Shows On DVD on looneys, wackies, cats and cavemen; Top Cat needs help!
…Golden Collection 2}} release date and bonus Clampett documentary, the release date set for {{link http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1828 The Flintstones Season 2}}, a release date for {{link http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1827 Top Cat: The Complete… |
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\\Barnyard\\ opens today
…{{link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1153230-barnyard_the_original_party_animals/ Rotten Tomatoes}}. The \\{{link http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1222163_1_0_,00.html Detroit Free Press}}\\ complains that the film is “poorly animated and barely scripted”, while \\{{link http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1222163_1_0_,00.html Entertainment Weekly}}\\ notes that the story “swipes… |
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The battle for Disney heats up: Philadelphia 2004…
…Disney shareholders’ meet. Of most interest are {{link http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24411-2004Mar2.html interviews with Michael Eisner}}, the point of view from {{link http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/03/business/03comcast.html Comcast’s Brian Roberts}} and especially a great page from {{link… |
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Tons of movie updates
Over at {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.php Dark Horizons}} the site seems to have a ton of updates on animation-related projects. It seems that DreamWorks is looking to {{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040527g.php remake Forbidden Planet}}… |
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ASIFA Alert: Oct. 23 Evening With Tom Sito
The UCLA Film Workshop presents a evening dedicated to the veteran animator, author and ASIFA Vice President, Tom Sito. Tom’s credits include such classics as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The… |
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Annie Award nominations announced
The {{link http://www.asifa–hollywood.org ASIFA}} has announced the nominees for this year’s {{link http://www.annieawards.com/ Annie Awards}}, honoring the best in the world of animation. \\The Incredibles\\ led all films with 16… |
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2010 Annie Award nominations announced
ASIFA–Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 38th Annual Annie Awards. The nominees for Best Animated Feature are Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, Tangled, The Illusionist, and Toy… |
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Academy event to honor 25th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast
…ID, and may be purchased online at www.oscars.org. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org…. |
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Shrek the Musical World Premiere at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre
…Theatre, visit www.5thavenue.org. www.shrekthemusical.com BIOGRAPHIES DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Book & Lyrics) was most recently awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, which premiered on Broadway last… |
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John Hench dead at 95
…a {{link http://disney.go.com/vault/legends/index.html Disney Legend}}. Last year he co-wrote a book called \\{{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786854065/qid=1070287522/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3010564-1554439?v=glance&s=books Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show}}\\. ASIFA–Hollywood announced earlier this year that he… |
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DreamWorks, Aardman split official
…have created together and also greatly admire Aardman’s passion and expertise for stop motion filmmaking and brilliant storytelling.” The companies have clamped down on rumors of a split in the… |
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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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Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series
…and his Vulture Squadron, including the sniggering dog Muttley, attempt to stop a carrier pigeon from delivering his messages. The Sweatbox Review: 1969 saw two significant events for Hanna-Barbera: the… |
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Song of the Summer? Timberlake releases Can’t Stop the Feeling from DreamWorks’ Trolls
Justin Timberlake released Can’t Stop the Feeling today, which will be featured on the soundtrack for DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls. The video for the song includes co-stars James Corden, Anna Kendrick,… |
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Strange Magic
…Return To Oz set, respectively. An ongoing dabbling with animation (the stop–motion Twice Upon A Time was an early experiment) resulted in the creation of the unit later sold to… |
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New website for clay animation now available!
…on the clay animation and stop motion animation process. This website is designed with interactive tutorials on how to create, animate and edit clay animation and stop motion animation projects.”… |
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Missing Link goes missing at the box office
…the worst debut that stop–motion animation studio Laika has seen to date, grossing just $5.8 million according to studio estimates. Prior to the weekend, tracking didn’t have Missing Link faring… |
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
…on December 19, 2010. Robot Chicken is a stop–motion, half hour comedy series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. Every episode features pop culture parodies from TV sitcoms, movies,… |
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Frankenweenie resurrected?
Last Saturday, September 29, word arrived via Ain’t It Cool News that Disney would soon announce a new stop–motion project from “the creative mastermind behind the majority of stop–motion pictures… |
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WALL•E wins over the critics; Brit legend Oliver Postgate RIP…
…He’s a hitherto unknown name in American animation, but was a genuine legendary pioneer of stop–motion in Britain, famous for his many long-running animated series that would inspire the likes… |
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The trailer for Phil Tippett’s Mad God promises a twisted nightmare (viewer discretion advised)
…Phil Tippett (Star Wars, Jurassic Park), the world’s pre-eminent stop motion animator, every set, creature, and effigy in this macabre masterpiece is hand-crafted and painstakingly animated using traditional stop–motion techniques…. |
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A Town Called Panic prepares for two-week engagement
The stop–motion feature A Town Called Panic a “hilarious and frequently surreal” stop–motion extravaganza based on the Belgian animated cult TV series, is due to open at the Film Forum… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…Hollywood presence that dominated Comic Con the last couple decades had diminished immensely. Programs were getting altered or getting cancelled outright. Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. pulled out, The Walking… |
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Alice In Wonderland
…of collaborations followed: there was another stop–motion film, James And The Giant Peach, another personal black and white feature, the exceptionally brilliant Ed Wood, and an intended crowd-pleaser, the underrated… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part One – Ogres Are Like Onions!
…borin’.” Chicken Run was the first stop–motion animated feature from DreamWorks Animation as well as the first full-length film from acclaimed production house Aardman Animations. It told the story of… |
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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
…stop–motion animated Christmas specials Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty The Snowman, the Rankin/Bass team were much better at structuring their television outings rather than anything feature-length, though they had… |
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The Boxtrolls coming to Blu-Ray January 20th
…here – literally! – is how Snatcher’s face changes shape due to his cheese allergy. o DECONSTRUCTING THE DANCE Discover how LAIKA combined traditional stop–motion animation with visual effects in… |
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The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
…bring Tintin and his colorful cast of companions to the screen, including a 1940s stop–motion film and two live-action features in the 60s, the only really authentic (and Hergé approved)… |
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Nyback's Cartoon Extravaganza now in motion
…works by Winsor McCay (Gertie the Dinosaur); Otto Messmer (Felix the Cat); Ub Iwerks; Walter Lantz (Woody Woodpecker); Ladislas Starevitch, the legendary Russian master of stop-action animation; and Tex Avery…. |
