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A Conversation With Andreas Deja
…Research Library, is they kept all the cleanup drawings. So all the scenes are there in their cleaned up stage but they didn’t keep the roughs. AN: Really? AD: That… |
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South Park renewed
The official site for Comedy Central’s South Park has recently announced that the show has been renewed for three more seasons. “[Trey] Parker and [Matt] Stone will continue under the… |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit takes top animation honors at Critcs' Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association hosted the 11th annual Critics’ Choice Awards Monday night, honoring the top actors and movies of 2005 in each of 19 categories. In the Best… |
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Hayes is South Park chef no longer
…Central’s South Park as the voice of Chef stating that he feels the show is intolerant of religion. South Park co-creator Matt Stone fired back accusing Hayes of religious favoritism…. |
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Simpsons set for two more seasons; King Of The Hill back for one more
…19 and making it the longest-running entertainment primetime series on the air. Fox’s other popular animated comedy, King Of The Hill, will also return in January 2007. In related news,… |
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Greater glimpse at Space Chimps
…story of “Ham, the grandson of the first chimp in space, who has all the wrong stuff, who’s teamed up with Lucy, a buttoned-up Ms. Right Stuff.” Producer John H…. |
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Hussein "tormented" by animated self
…on pretty good information from the Marines on detail in Iraq that they showed him the movie. That’s really adding insult to injury. I bet that made him really happy.”… |
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DreamWorks and Aardman split
{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=5971 Animation Magazine}} is reporting that due to the box office failure of Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit and creative friction in the production of the… |
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RIP, Ed Benedict (1912-2006)
…with which he was involved. It was not until the late 1950s that Benedict joined the Hanna-Barbera TV animation studio. There, he helped design the characters for the studio’s first… |
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Joe Barbera, RIP
…making a name for themselves on the small screen. From the late 1950’s on Hanna-Barbera Productions became the name in television animation, winning 8 Emmy Awards along the way. The… |
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The Animated Seuss
…in the 1970s, beginning with The Cat In The Hat in 1971. The Lorax came in 1972, Seuss On The Loose in 1973 (this included short cartoons for The Sneetches,… |
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Extras found for Animaniacs – Volume 3
TV Shows on DVD displays the rear artwork for Animaniacs – Volume 3. The bonus features for the 5-disc set include: “They Can’t Help it if They’re Cute, They’re Just… |
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The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show: The Complete Series
…it entered the realm of the family sitcom, with the introduction of Fred Flintstone’s little girl, Pebbles. The Rubbles’ boy Bamm-Bamm followed the next season, and from then on the… |
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Sabrina, The Animated Series: Witch In Training
…going to the main menu. The main feature, then, does not play the opening again but does end with a single set of credits. Episodes Shrink To Fit – Sabrina… |
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Tintin creator's 100th birthday celebrated
…and Sweden. Likewise, on Monday, the first stone was placed for an Herge Museum outside Brussels. In the meantime, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are helping keep Tintin fresh in… |
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The Astro Boy Essays
…man who is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of Japanese comics – and who also played a major role in shaping the animation industry of the country…. |
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Iranian animation set to break into Guinness Book of World Records
…three and a half minute film in 16 hours and 45 minutes. According to Maqsud Naoimi-Zaker, Saba Institute’s manager, the film Installing Hajar-Ul-Aswad At The House Of God, based on… |
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Justice League: Season One
…a fairly positive note, beginning with an exciting 90-minute debut that establishes the origin of the team. The Secret Origins story was inspired somewhat by the inaugural tale in the… |
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Ariel’s Song: Jeanine Tesori and James Dooley, two fortunate composers under the sea!
In the fourth part of our exclusive dive under the sea and behind the scenes for our Little Mermaid interview series, Jeremie Noyer speaks with the musical minds behind the… |
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Turok, Appleseed DVD updates
DVDActive has the bonus features and artwork for Turok: Son of Stone. The Genius Products and Weinstein Company release will include an audio commentary and a “Making of” featurette. The… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle – The Beruna Bridge Sequence
…them we designed a workable solution that fulfilled all the criteria. Art department model, the red lines indicate the proposed rerouting of the river The actual bridge design team in… |
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Eisner receives Walk of Fame star
Micheal Eisner, ex-CEO of Walt Disney Co., received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, reports Yahoo. At the ceremony, which was held on Friday, Eisner made sure to… |
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Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries
As a tie-in to the new Indiana Jones movie opening today the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, CA, will soup up its Indiana Jones offerings by holding the “Summer of… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma!
…to Los Angeles, where the animation industry was based. He applied to California Institute of the Arts and was accepted into their Character Animation program starting in the Fall of… |
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Oliver & Company's Director George Scribner!
…films that set up the attitudes for The Little Mermaid and Aladdin to follow. The Black Cauldron in 1985 had pretty much killed off epic Disney animation stone dead, the… |
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Michael Giacchino to lead Oscar orchestra
…III, The Family Stone and The Incredibles. He has also composed and conducted the scores for the upcoming Star Trek, Land of the Lost and Pixar’s Up. In 2005 Giacchino… |
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Blu-ray in October
DVDActive reports that Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut on 13th October. The film will be presented in widescreen, along with… |
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The Jetsons: The Complete First Season
…with The Flintstones and the prehistoric age. They also talk about the strange things they invented to put on the show, and how many of them exist today. There is… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1
…they wanted. The kids investigating paranormal mysteries in this 1973 show are journalists, and their dog turns invisible when scared, but otherwise there’s not a lot to distinguish this show… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…their 1990s release years. Occasionally the bulk of the costumes reveal limitations in the performers’ movements, some of the visual effects work reveals the tight budgeting, and the Shredder/Splinter dynamic… |
