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Matthew Modine On Board Bakshi’s ‘Coney Island’
Over the weekend, we got word that actor Matthew Modine has signed up to voice the lead character in Ralph Bakshi’s upcoming short The Last Days of Coney Island. The project which has already brought in close to $78,000 in pledges on Kickstarter.com, aims to raise about $165,000 in the [...]
Kickstarter Watch: Moonbot Campaigns for ‘Golem’ Game
Shrevepport, Lousiana’s Moonbot Studios (the clever folks behind William Joyce’s award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore animated short and app) is reaching out to the online community through Kickstarter to help fund their latest game venture, The Golem, based on the Jewish folktale monster. Set in the [...]
BrainZoo Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Series
L.A.-based animation shop BrainZoo Studios has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its popular short Pepe & Lucas. The crowd-sourcing plan is to adapt the eight-minute short about clowns, mimes and a pie-launching device, into a full 22-minute pilot episode for an animated TV series. “We’ve been creating character driven animation for [...]
Plympton’s ‘Cheatin’ Raises Over $75,000 Via Kickstarter
Bill Plympton’s Kickstarter campaign exceeded its $75,000 goal earlier this week thanks to the 1000-plus backers that pledged between $1 and $5,000 to the project. With 14 days left to go, the campaign announced a new “stretch goal” of $90,000 to help with prints and advertising costs. Backers of Cheatin’ [...]
Tyrus Wong Documentary Launches on Kickstarter
A new documentary about legendary animator Tyrus Wong has launched a new fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.com. Produced and directed by Pamela Tom, the project is titled Tyrus Wong: Brushstrokes in Hollywood and offers a comprehensive look at the life and times of the iconic artist, who is still going strong [...]
Michel Gagne Launches ‘Rex’ Kickstarter Project
Brilliant artist/animator and game designer Michel Gagne, who created the multi- award-winning game Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, has launched a new animated feature project titled The Saga of Rex on Kickstarter. The pic, which is based on his graphic novel, centers on a fox named Rex, which is plucked by [...]
Nicolas Villarreal Launches ‘Pasteurized’ Book Campaign
Nicolas Villarreal’s animated short Pasteurized has been slowly building buzz on the festival circuit over the past few months. The resourceful artist and teacher also launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund an Art of Pasteurized book featuring illustrations and images from his project. We caught up with him recently to [...]
Fincher Launches ‘Goon’ Kickstarter Campaign
Oscar-winning director David Fincher (Social Network) has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new animated feature based on Blur/Dark Horse Studios’ The Goon. Finch will exec produce the project, which will be co-directed by Blur Studio’s president Tim Miller and Jeff Fowler. Based on an offbeat [...]
Cartoon Saloon Launches ‘Vegtoons’ Kickstarter Campaign
Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Skunk Fu!) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to secure financing for a new animated series titled Vegtoons. The series is described as an entertaining, educational show that is designed to raise awareness for living more compassionately and to promote a vegetarian [...]
‘Dick Figures’ Movie Hits Kickstarter Goal
The fans have spoken, and the sassy minds behind the sassy stickmen of Dick Figures are listening. The hit web series created by Six Point Harness Studios for Mondo Media’s YouTube channel (Mondo Mini Shows) has reached their Kickstarter funding goal for Dick Figures: The Movie. The campaign launched on [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
