Sherman, Menken Team Up for...
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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 [...]
NW Animation Fest: Final Call for Entries
Here’s a little sunshine to brighten the protracted Pacific North Western winter! (The first day of spring was Tuesday? Very funny.) The Northwest Animation Festival is wrapping up its call for entries for the 2012 event, set to be held in Portland this May. Special treats in store for this [...]
Nick Kicks Off New Animated Shorts Program
Nickelodeon is kicking off a new animated shorts program designed to develop comedy-driven content. The initiative which was announced today by Brown Johnson, animation president for Nick, MTVN kids and family group will feature ten 60-second shorts that will be made with the potential of becoming long-form series on the [...]
BAAs Seek Favorite Brit Toon of All Time
The British Animation Awards (or BAAs) today launched its final call for entries for the U.K.’s top toon production awards and announced the search for the Favourite Ever British Animated Character! The winner will be announced at next years BAA ceremony to be held March 15 in London at the [...]
Google Celebrates Gumby Creator’s 90th Birthday
Google honored the 90th birthday of Gumby creator Art Clokey today (Wednesday, Oct. 12) with an interactive stop-motion homepage doodle featuring well-known characters from the popular series. The doodle features a block with the letter “G” followed by five balls of colored clay for the letters in the search firm’s [...]
Comic-Con: Aardman Presents ‘Arthur Christmas,’ ‘The Pirates!’
Besides roaming the San Diego convention hall and gaping at the spandex-wearing masses, Comic-Con attendees get the chance to get an early peek at some of the most anticipated animated and vfx-driven features and TV series. On Thursday, toon fans were treated to a wonderful panel featuring Aardman Animation Studio founder [...]
Cast, Composer Added to Laika and Focus’ ‘ParaNorman’
ParaNorman, the next 3D stop-motion animated feature from Laika and Focus Features, has added composer Jon Brion to its ranks, as well as cast members Tucker Albrizzi, Alex Borstein and Jodelle Ferland. The studio’s follow-up to the 2009 hit Coraline is in production at Laika’s Oregon facility. ParaNorman is directed [...]
Stop-Motion ‘Community’ Special Airs Thursday
Fans of classic holiday-themed stop-motion animation have a real treat in store for them when they tune in to NBC’s popular sitcom Community this Thursday (December 9). In this homage to favorite Rankin-Bass specials such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, Abed (Danny Pudi) wakes up in [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
