Italy’s View Conference...
Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...
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Leprosy Charities Cause ‘Pirates’ Changes
Aardman Animations, the Bristol, U.K.-based animation powerhouse behind last year’s Arthur Christmas, have announced changes to their upcoming stop-motion 3-D feature The Pirates! Band of Misfits after the film’s trailer raised objections from leprosy charities, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, based on the books by Gideon Defoe, is [...]
Oswalt to Host VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced comedian/actor Patton Oswalt (Young Adult, Ratatouille) as the host for the org’s tenth annual VES Awards ceremony, to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, February 7. This year’s duties will mark the popular funnyman’s third appearance at the event, which [...]
Cartoon Movie Picks Announced
The organizers of the Cartoon Movie event, set to be held March 7-9 in Lyon, France this year, have revealed their animated feature selections. The 50 selected titles will screen for producers and distributors from 17 countries during the event—among them the well hyped Zarafa (Remi Bezancon & Jean-Christophe Lie, [...]
Bruno Bozzetto Plans New Feature
Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto, who earned an Oscar nod in 1991 for his short Grasshoppers and is well known for his politically satiric works and hapless Signor Rossi character, has announced plans for his first feature film project in 36 years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 73-year-old Bozzetto has revealed [...]
Belle of the Stereo Ball
How Disney Feature Animation blended artistry and technology to bring Beauty and the Beast into 3-D. In the midst of the stereoscopic Renaissance, with technology evolving ever more rapidly as audience demand for bigger and better 3-D features grows, it is not surprising that top studios want to give their [...]
New Nick Toon Episodes for MLK Weekend
This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend, kicking off January 13, tune in to Nickelodeon to catch all-new episodes of top-rated series featuring special guest star appearances! Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Penguins of Madagascar and T.U.F.F. Puppy will offer spanking new laughs and thrills over the three-day [...]
Academy Reveals New Shorts Rules
The Academy’s Board of Governors have approved the rules for documentary and short film submissions for the Oscars at its recent meeting. Significant changes expand members’ opportunities to view contending films, enabling more members to participate in the voting processes for Documentary Feature, Animated Short Film and Live Action Film. [...]
Goya Awards Reveal Feature, Short Noms
The Spanish Academy of Cinematic Art and Science (Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España) have announced the nominees for the Best Animated Feature and Animated Short Goya Awards. The 26th edition of Spain’s answer to the Oscars is set to take place in Madrid on February [...]
‘Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention’ on DVD, Blu-ray
Aardman Animations’ hilarious (and Oscar-winning) stop-motion duo are coming to home entertainment shelves in their new six-part series Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention. The show features the hapless inventor and his canine sidekick-turned-cameraman as they introduce viewers to amazing real-world contraptions and gadgets. Available for the first time in [...]
VIZ Simulcasts ‘Lagrange’ Japan Debut
VIZ Anime is getting 2012 off to a great start with anime fans by simulcasting the new series Lagrange – The Flower of Rin-Ne which has just launched in Japan. Episode 1 is now available on vizanime.com and through Hulu; where new episodes will arrive each Sunday. Lagrange is a [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
