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Sony Acquires ‘Knights of Valour’ for Spain
Antonio Banderas is continuing this lucky streak with animated features, after his success with DreamWorks’ Shrek franchise, Puss in Boots and The Missing Lynx, which was produced by his company, Green Moon. This week, Sony Pictures Releasing picked up Spanish theatrical rights of his upcoming 3D stereoscopic family feature Justin [...]
Disney Announces Release Date for ‘Maleficent’
Mark March 14, 2014 as the day Angelina Jolie will begin scaring the living daylight out of young audiences. That’s the date Disney will release its live-action version of Maleficent, the retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, with Jolie in the lead role. Jude Law (Stefan) and Elle Fanning [...]
A Conversation with Bill Damaschke, CCO of DreamWorks
Bill Damaschke first joined DreamWorks in 1995 as production coordinator on Prince of Egypt. He quickly rose through the ranks and became head of production and development in 2005 and co-president of production for feature animation soon after. In early 2011, he became the division’s chief creative officer, overlooking all [...]
Brenda Chapman and the See-Through Ceiling
When early press started coming out about Brave, Disney/Pixar’s summer 2012 release, a lot of it centered on the fact that it was the studio’s first feature film to be directed by a woman. A few short months later that publicity angle flew away like an arrow, when Brenda Chapman [...]
Oscar Loves ‘Rango,’ ‘Hugo’ and ‘Lessmore’
After several months of collecting critics’ and guild trophies, Paramount’s underdog feature Rango took home the Best Animated Feature Oscar during a star-studded ceremony held at the Kodak Theater on Sunday (Feb. 25). Directed by Pirates of the Caribbean veteran Gore Verbinski and animated by the talented folks at ILM, [...]
DreamWorks To Unveil Joint Venture Plans in China
DreamWorks Animation has announced it will be partnering with two state-owned Chinese media companies—Shanghai Media Group and China Media Capital—with details of the landmark joint venture to be revealed Friday, according to The Financial Times. The three companies will build a studio in Shanghai for the purpose of developing film, TV [...]
‘Rango’ Rides Home with Top Annie Prize
In what may be a bellwether for Oscar night, Paramount/Nickelodeon’s quirky CG-animated feature Rango won the prize for Best Picture at the Annie Awards this Saturday (Feb.4). The Gore Verbinski-directed pic, which centers on the adventures of a chameleon in the Wild West, also won the award for best writing [...]
Animation Oscar Nominees React to Happy News
We were lucky enough to catch up with some of the talented artists who were nominated for Oscars this morning. Here is what they had to say about waking up and getting the big courtship call from Mr. Oscar himself! Jennifer Yuh Nelson, director of Kung Fu Panda 2: “I [...]
2011 Animated Oscar Noms Offer Surprises
The nominees for the 84th annual Oscars were announced Tuesday morning, with the best animated feature race falling to A Cat in Paris Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli (GKids) Chico & Rita Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal (GKids) Kung Fu Panda 2 Jennifer Yuh Nelson (DreamWorks) Puss In Boots Chris [...]
Tintin Takes Home Another Best Animated Trophy
Continuing its winning streak after taking the Golden Globe Award a week ago, Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin took home the Producers Guild Award for Best Animated Feature on Saturday. The other nominees included Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2, DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss In Boots and Paramount’s Rango. [...]
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