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Buscemi, Noni Rose Join ‘Khumba’s’ Voice Cast
South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios announced this week that Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) and Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog) have joined the voice cast of its upcoming feature Khumba. The 3-D, CG-animated feature, which will make its debut at the Annecy Festival in June, also showcases the [...]
RGH Sends ‘Santa Claus’ to Cannes
RGH Entertainment, a division of Rubicon Group Holding, has begun production on Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, an animated feature film to be released in CG 3-D Stereoscopic. Directed by Anthony Bell (Alpha and Omega, Rugrats, and the upcoming Norm of the North) from a screenplay written by Rob [...]
Iger: No 2D Features in Disney’s Immediate Future
An overall strong year for Disney did little to quell questions at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting this week, including the future of 2D animated features. When asked about the future of 2D animation on the big screen, CEO and Chairman Bob Iger said: “To my knowledge we’re not developing [...]
Jonathan Groff Joins Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Cast
Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced that its extreme mountain man character Kristoff from the upcoming animated comedy-adventure Frozen will be voiced by Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff. The film is set to hit theaters in time for the holidays next year on November 27, 2013. Frozen, billed as a [...]
Disney’s New Princess Sofia Sparks Controversy
It seems like yesterday when Disney’s Princess Tiana (Princess and the Frog) generated lots of debate over the depiction of multicultural characters in animated films and TV shows. Now, the studio’s latest princess Sofia the First, who stars in the Disney Channel movie on November 18 and will lead her [...]
Academy Awakens ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in 70 MM
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the 1959 Disney classic Sleeping Beauty as part of its “The Last 70mm Film Festival” series on Monday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The film will be introduced by acclaimed animator Andreas [...]
More Details Revealed About Disney’s ‘Frozen’
Disney released more information about its upcoming November 2013 CG-animated feature Frozen today. Directed by Chris Buck (Tarzan, Surf’s Up) and produced by Peter Del Vecho (Winnie the Pooh, The Princess and the Frog), Frozen features the vocal talents of Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Hit & Run) [...]
24-Hour Disney Jr. Channel Launches This Friday
Disney Junior, the multiplatform brand aimed at kids age 2-7 and their parents and caregivers, will become a 24-hour channel this Friday (March 23). The new channel (which will be available on Comcast, Time Warner, Cablevision, Bright House and Verizon), will be the home of classic Disney preschool shows and [...]
Eric Goldberg Teaches Master Class at Laguna College
Here’s some great news for anyone who would like to learn the art of animation from one of the top talents working in the field today, Eric Goldberg. The Laguna College of Art and Design is offering a special Animation Master Class from June 9 thru August 25th with Goldberg, [...]
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Feature Will Be CG-Animated
Disney’s holiday 2013 feature Frozen will be a CG-animated version of a project that used to be called The Snow Queen, according to Slashfilm.com. The movie, which has been in development for many years, is loosely based on the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. However, it was rumored [...]
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