Italy’s View Conference...
Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...
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An Interview From Abroad with Brenda Chapman
Academy Award winning writer and director Brenda Chapman recently gave a masterclass at the Verdens Beste Children’s Film Festival in Tromso, Norway, meeting professionals from the Norwegian and European animation industry. “I appreciate the European animation and the culture around it. It’s different than the studio system in the United [...]
Disney Publicist Denise Greenawalt Dies at 52
We were saddened by the recent death of longtime Disney publicity exec Denise Greenawalt who passed away in her sleep following a long illness May 22 at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. She was 52. During her 16-year tenure with Disney, Greenawalt played a key role in developing and implementing publicity [...]
IDW to Publish New ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’ Comics
Here is a wonderful new comic-book venture we can all get behind. Over the weekend, we got word that San Diego-based IDW Publishing will be launching a new series featuring Jay Ward’s beloved characters Rocky and Bullwinkle, in conjunction with DreamWorks Classics and Bullwinkle Studios. The new venture will feature [...]
Laurence Fishburne Joins Cast of Triggerfish’s ‘Khumba’
South African animation studio Triggerfish announced today that Laurence Fishburne has joined the voice cast of its upcoming 3D animated pic Khumba as the lead character’s father, Seko. The impressive voice cast also includes Liam Neeson, AnnaSophia Robb, Jake T. Austin, Loretta Devine and Richard E. Grant. Khumba tells the [...]
Buckinghamshire Re-Launches Animation & VFX Degree
Buckinghamshire New University, located in High Wycombe, England, is re-launching its Animation and VFX Degree (BA Hons) program, the content of which is in line with the Core Skills of VFX handbook put together by Creative Skillset to help plug the skills gap in the animation industry and increase the [...]
Bullock, Brooks & Neeson Sign to Toon Projects
It’s a busy week for voice star announcements as a few studios have revealed key names for their upcoming projects. From Universal/Illumination comes the news that Sandra Bullock will be voicing a villain in the upcoming Despicable Me spinoff Minions. Disney-Pixar was pleased to announce the return of Albert Brooks [...]
‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Moved Back to March ’14
The release date for DreamWorks Animation’s much-anticipated CG-animated feature Mr. Peabody & Sherman has changed from Nov. this year to March 7, 2014. The film, which will be distributed by Twentieth Century Fox takes over the March spot previously held by Me & My Shadow, which is heading back to [...]
LAIKA’s ‘ParaNorman’ Receives GLAAD Nomination
LAIKA’s ParaNorman received a much-deserved GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Award nomination for Outstanding Film last week. Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell, the pic is the first mainstream animated children’s movie to include a positive gay character (Mitch, the jock) in a subtle and quite matter-of-fact [...]
‘Bambi’ Designer Mel Shaw dies at 97
Mel Shaw, one of Disney’s most versatile and talented visual development artists, designers, and storymen who contributed to numerous Disney animated favorites from Bambi through The Lion King, has died at age 97. Shaw passed away at Woodland Care Center in Reseda, California on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday November 22nd), from congestive [...]
Anima Vitae Strengthens Ties to Asia and Hollywood
Anima Vitae, the Finnish animation studio behind the movie Niko 2 – Little Brother, Big Trouble, The Flight Before Christmas and The Magic Crystals is expanding to Asia and strengthening its network in Hollywood. The Helsinki-based studio has signed a joint venture agreement to launch a animation studio in Kuala [...]
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...
