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Animation Summit to Spotlight ‘Rise of the Guardians’
DreamWorks Animation’s eagerly anticipated feature Rise of the Guardians has been generating huge buzz and emerged as one of the major frontrunners of this year’s very competitive award season. You’ll have a unique opportunity to learn about the making of this beautiful animated pic and meet the director Peter Ramsey and [...]
Sony Sets New Release Date for ‘Cloudy’ Sequel
Sony has set September 27, 2013 as the release date for its much-anticipated sequel, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. This is roughly the same weekend that the studio released its blockbuster hit Hotel Transylvania this year. Directed by Genndy Tartakovksy, the light-hearted spookfest has made over $152.3 million [...]
The World Animation Feature Films & VFX Summit
Toons’ Top Talent and Producers to Converge and Converse on the Future of international Co-production at the World Animation Feature Films & VFX Summit Set for Oct. 28-31 at the California Yacht Club in beautiful Marina del Rey, Calif., the World Animation Feature Films & VFX Summit will bring together [...]
‘Frankenweenie’ Gets Run Over by ‘Hotel Transylvania’
The weekend box office numbers are in and it looks like Tim Burton’s highly anticipated 3-D, black and white stop-motion feature adaptation of his cult hit short Frankenweenie came out the victim of a hit-and-run with Sony’s 3-D CG project Hotel Transylvania, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Hotel Transylvania has impressively [...]
Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Checks in at No. 1
It was a frightfully great weekend for Sony Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, which checked in at the number-one spot at the box office, with an estimated $43 million total in 3,349 theaters stateside. Directed by acclaimed TV veteran Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack) this crowd-pleasing take on popular movie monsters [...]
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. [...]
Tartakovsky and Hartman Lift Spirits in Ottawa
We had plenty of sunshine and lots of inspiring panels on the first two days of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the TV Animation Conference (TAC) held this week in the charming capital city in Ontario, Canada. On Wednesday morning (September 19), Moira Marguin, head of animation at the [...]
Win Tickets to Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’!
The generous folks at Sony are offering Animag readers five pairs of tickets to see a very special screening of Hotel Transylvania on Saturday, September 29 at the Mann Chinese Theater in Hollywood at 10:30 a.m. The first five Animag readers who email me (ramin@animationmagazine.net) with their name, address and [...]
Pixar’s ‘Nemo’ 3D Re-release Hooks $17M in Debut
More than $17 million poured in the box office coffers this weekend for Disney-Pixar’s release of Finding Nemo in 3D. A solid showing, it still was only good enough for second place for the weekend. The winner this weekend was Resident Evil: Retribution. Based on the popular video game series, [...]
Sony, DWA, Pixar Directors Top VIEW 2012 Slate in Italy
Top animators Genndy Tartakovsky, Eric Darnell and Mark Walsh will take the lead at the VIEW digital technology conference, set for Oct. 16-19 in Turin, Italy. The 13th annual event, which is dedicated to assemble experts in computer graphics, also will feature TV director Daniel Attias and Oscar-winning sound designer [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
