Italy’s View Conference...
Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...
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Aardman Animates The Staves’ Music Video
Bristol based animation powerhouse Aardman teamed up with Atlantic Records and British folk rock trio The Staves to deliver a visually stunning music promo to accompany the single ‘Winter Trees’ from their debut album ‘Dead & Born & Grow’. Aardman directors Karni and Saul, wanted to create a beautifully emotive [...]
Nick Launches New Animated Shorts Program
Think you can come up with the next SpongeBob? Then check out Nickelodeon’s new Animated Shorts Program. The cable studio is looking for new creator talent and has kicked off the new year by inviting creative types to share their ideas for a funny original animated short. Here are the [...]
Motus Celebrates Holidays with Herby the Elf
Motus Digital, a motion capture studio in Plano TX, has created a live animated Christmas show that allows the viewer to Skype with a live, interactive animated Christmas elf. The children’s parents log into www.elfhotline.com , select a time to talk to Herby, and fill out a couple questions about the [...]
Barry Purves Ascends With ‘Plume’
British writer/director/animator Barry C. Purves has been making outstanding stop-motion shorts and directing children’s series such as Postman Pat and Fifi and the Flowertots since he burst onto the scene in 1989 with Next, his amazing take on Shakespeare’s works. This past year, his latest projects Tchaikovsky and Plume continued [...]
Saldanha Signs Five-Year Fox Deal
Rio director Carlos Saldanha (also of Ice Age fame) has signed an exclusive five-year production and development deal with 20th Century Fox, which released the Brazilian-flavored CG flick last year, Variety reports. The 3-D film took in a worldwide box office total of about $485 million. The deal will include [...]
Wizart Releases New Pics, Trailer for ‘Snow Queen’
We have covered the progress of Russian studio Wizart’s epic new CG-animated feature The Snow Queen in the magazine before. The new take on the 19th century fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a brave young girl who sets out the cold-hearted villainess is written and directed by Maxim [...]
‘Laland’ Seeks Co-Pros at Cinekid 2012
The kid-targeted HD CG-animated series Laland (52 x 7), produced by Kotoc and represented by Nottingham Forest, has been selected to participate in Amsterdam’s Cinekid media festival and professional event, which wraps this week. Currently in development, Laland is an animated series incorporating Second Screen App technology—increasing audience participation. Laland [...]
‘Billy Bam Bam’ Begins Life on BabyTV
A new CG-animated series titled Billy Bam Bam is coming to Fox-owned BabyTV, the 24/7 commercial-free channel targeted at, what else, babies and toddlers! The new show is now available during the channel’s daytime programming and offers five-minute episodes that follow the story of a brother and a sister who [...]
Genndy Does the Monster Mash
Acclaimed animation world veteran Genndy Tartakovsky brings some old cartoon-y magic to Sony’s summer frightfest Hotel Transylvania. Last summer, when Sony Animation announced that TV veteran Genndy Tartakovsky would take over the reins of its animated feature about a resort for monsters, fans unanimously took a deep breath of relief. [...]
A Fresh Order of Heroes in a Half-Shell
Nick launches a brand new CG take on an ‘80s classic with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This month, fans of the classic ‘80s comic and toon property (and a whole new generation of would-be fans) will be introduced to the shiny, new CG-animated faces of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, thanks [...]
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...
