Tag "Walt Disney Pictures"

Animation Guild and AMPTP Strike a New Deal

June 14, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Animation Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers announced that they have reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. The tentative pact, which came after Local 839 IATSE reps started talks again with AMPTP earlier this week, will run from August 1, 2012 to [...]

Disney Releases New ‘Frankenweenie’ Pics

March 1, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Walt Disney Pictures has released new images from Tim Burton’s highly anticipated feature take on Frankenweenie, which arrives in 2D and 3-D theaters October 5. Check out the official pics below. Based on Burton’s acclaimed short and written by John August, Frankenweenie is the heart-warming if slightly creepy tale of [...]

Roman Knows: What’s In a Name

January 5, 2012 by Michael Mallory No Comments divider image

Phil Roman has settled into being an elder statesman of the animation industry—something of an irony (if an inevitable one) for a man once described by Chuck Jones as “the youngest animator in the business.” When Jones declared him so, in the mid-1960s, Phil really was: he spanned the gap [...]

Disney and Autodesk Sign XGen Agreement

August 9, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

At SIGGRAPH, which is taking place in Vancouver, B.C. this week, Walt Disney Pictures and Autodesk, Inc. (www.autodesk.com, stand 429) announced an agreement to bring the innovative animation and vfx tool XGen to the Digital Entertainment Creation Community. The deal gives Autodesk a license with five-year exclusivity period for use [...]