Sunday, January 25, 2015
LAIKA Offers Puppets, Models, Props at Auction
Get ready to bid for an authentic piece of LAIKA.
The Portland, Ore.-based studio behind the hit stop-motion features The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman and Coraline will auction more than 250 ... Continue Reading →
SpongeBob Movie Kicks Off ‘Day of Positivity’
Listen to SpongeBob: Today may be Monday, but it’s also been declared “The Day of Positivity!”
The event, presented by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies in ... Continue Reading →
Five Films Up for PGA Animated Feature Award
The Producers Guild of America offered few surprises in its nominations for the 2015 Producers Guild Awards, announced Jan. 5.
No animated films were among the 10 nominees for The Darryl ... Continue Reading →
Boxtrolls Gift Wrapping Truck Tours L.A. Area
If you’re in Los Angeles and in need of getting some gifts wrapped, keep your eyes open for some animated assistance courtesy of LAIKA’s The Boxtrolls.
The Boxtrolls Gift ... Continue Reading →
Annecy to Spotlight Women, Spain
The Annecy International Animated Film Festival will celebrate women who have left their mark on the history of animation, current figureheads and promising young creatives from film ... Continue Reading →
‘Luxo Jr.’ Named to U.S. National Film Registry
Luxo Jr., the 1986 computer-animated short film directed by John Lasseter, has been named to the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.
The registry selects each year ... Continue Reading →
Mimic Opens Mo-Cap Stage in Berlin
Mimic Productions, most well known for its high-end facial animation services, has added to its repertoire by introducing body motion capture to its clients with a new high-fidelity ... Continue Reading →
Kids Animation Rife with Violent Death Says Study
A new study published in the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal suggests that, while less graphic than a live-action gore fest, children’s animated films seem to feature ... Continue Reading →
Factory Studio Rebrands
U.K.-based animation studio Factory (formerly Factory Transmedia) has unveiled its new rebrand and website, which is rolling out across all of the company’s platforms. The update ... Continue Reading →
Lost Oswald Short Emerges in Norway
A long-lost short film created by Walt Disney back in 1927 has been uncovered in the National Library of Norway. Titled Empty Socks, the newly rediscovered toon features Oswald the ... Continue Reading →
