Friday, June 22, 2018
Raimo Takes Reins at Sony Pictures Animation
Michelle Raimo, who formerly held executive posts at Miramax and Paramount, has been named the new president of Sony Pictures Animation, according to Deadline.com.
Raimo is an executive ... Continue Reading →
DreamWorks to Use Nuke for Compositing
DreamWorks Animation has chosen The Foundry’s compositing package Nuke to be implemented into its in-house production pipeline starting in 2012.
The studio has purchased a site license ... Continue Reading →
Disney XD Animates Tron: Uprising Series
Prepare to greet the fighting programs of Tron through your TV starting in summer 2012.
Disney XD has ordered up a season of Tron: Uprising, which will spinoff the impending Tron: Legacy ... Continue Reading →
Chris Columbus, Timoon Team for Scary Larry
Timoon Animation and director Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures have teamed up to produce the $7 million animated series Scary Larry, Variety reports.
Based on Little Gloomy, a Slave ... Continue Reading →
Disney, D&AD Awards Seek EMEA Toon Ideas
The Walt Disney Co. EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) has teamed up with the 2011 D&AD Student Awards to search for new animation talent and content.
The world-renowned creative ... Continue Reading →
BAFTA Announces Kids Awards Nominees
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominees for its annual children’s awards, including nominees in several animation categories.
The winners will be ... Continue Reading →
CN’s First CG Feature Firebreather Debuts Nov. 24
The feature Firebreather debuts Nov. 24 on Cartoon Network as the network’s first original CGI movie.
The movie is based on the comic book by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn about a half-breed ... Continue Reading →
Legendary Pictures Launches Comics Venture
Feature-film production and finance company Legendary Pictures is getting into the comic book business with the launch of a new publishing arm to be headed up by industry veteran Bob ... Continue Reading →
Shakira’s Dora Book Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Latin-music sensation Shakira is writing a hardcover Dora the Explorer book to celebrate the animated character’s 10th anniversary.
The book, published by Simon & Shuster and ... Continue Reading →
ASIFA to Present Student Annies at Weekend Festival
The first-ever Student Annie Awards will be presented this weekend at the Student Animation Film Festival, presented by the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators Forum.
The second annual ... Continue Reading →
Craft Offers Discounted Annual License for Director Studio
Sweden-based Craft Animation has announced an annual licensing program for its Craft Director Studio Complete and Special Edition Packages.
The renewable offer allows users to integrate ... Continue Reading →
McAvoy, Laurie Join Aardman’s Arthur Christmas
Actors James McAvoy and Hugh Laurie have signed on to provide voices for Aardman Animation’s 3D CG-animated feature film Arthur Christmas.
The duo joins a cast that includes Jim Broadbent, ... Continue Reading →
CTN Expo Brings Moebius, The Illusionist to Burbank Nov. 19-21
Forget about Thanskgiving! For all of us toon fans, the most-anticipated event of November has to be Burbank’s fantastic CTN Animation Expo. For the second year in a row, event organizer ... Continue Reading →
VES Student Award Submissions Due Nov. 30
The Visual Effects Society is accepting submissions through Nov. 30 for its annual Student Award, sponsored by Autodesk.
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in visual effects ... Continue Reading →
VIZ Takes Manga Digital With iPad App
Manga is joining the digital comics revolution, as VIZ Media announces the release of a digital manga application for the Apple iPad.
The free app has launched through the Apple iTunes ... Continue Reading →
MoCCA Presents Directing Animation Discussion
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City will present Nov. 4 a panel discussion and launch party for Directing Animation, a new book by David B. Levy.
Levy is an award-winning ... Continue Reading →
CMG Brings African Features to AFM
Cinema Management Group is bringing the African 3D animated feature films Khumba and Zambezia to the American Film Market in Santa Monica.
Both films are being made by Triggerfish Studios ... Continue Reading →
Starz Toronto to Animate Robosapien
Starz Animation Toronto has signed to animate the lead character in Robosapien: Rebooted, a feature film produced by former Marvel exec Avi Arad and Steven Paul.
The film, about a robot ... Continue Reading →
Black Sets Up Animated Comedy at Fox
Actor Jack Black’s filmmaking company Electric Dynamite has set up an animated TV series titled Tiny Monsters at Fox, according to Variety.
The comedy series is written by Ali Rushfield ... Continue Reading →
Nick Nabs Olive the Ostrich
Nickelodeon U.K. has acquired Olive the Ostrich, a multiplatform series from Blue-Zoo that includes a short-form animated series for preschoolers.
According to a report in Cynopsis ... Continue Reading →
