Tag "Aardman Animation"

Aardman’s ‘Pythagasaurus’ Goes Back in Time

October 27, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Those crafty folks at beloved U.K. animation studio Aardman Animations are offering up delightful new CG toon for their fans: Pete Peake’s Pythagasaurus. The short film stars two amusing cavemen who seek the help of a mathematician dinosaur to deal with a live volcano! Peak wrote and directed the short, [...]

Wallace & Gromit’s Charity Auction Set for Nov.

October 19, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The children’s charity, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, will hold an online animation art auction from November 1st to the 10th. The event, which will benefit the Bristol Children’s Hospital allows animation lovers to bid and buy original pieces and signed prints from some of the world’s top stars of [...]

New Trailer for Sony/Aardman’s ‘Arthur Christmas’

July 12, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Aardman, Sony and Columbia are reminding movie goers it’s only six months to the holidays by releasing the second trailer to the animated comedy feature Arthur Christmas. Here’s how the studios describe the film: The 3D, CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas, an Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation, at last [...]

Hugh Grant Captured by ‘Pirates!’

May 5, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Actor Hugh Grant will be the lead voice in Aardman Animation’s upcoming feature The Pirates! Band of Misfits for Sony Animation. The British actor will voice the bearded Pirate Captain who travels far and wide in a quest to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award. Pirates is directed [...]