Tag: Aladdin
Warner’s Michael Morpugo ‘Toto’ Movie Sniffs Out Director Alex Timbers
Warner Animation Group continues down the Yellow Brick Road with a new companion: Alex Timbers has signed on to direct the studio's animated musical...
Sue Nichols, Influential Disney Story Artist, Dies Age 55
Influential animation visual development and story artist Sue Nichols Maciorowski died on September 1 in East Longmeadow, MA, at just 55 years old. A...
Skydance, Paramount Announce Musical Fantasy ‘Spellbound’ for 2022
Skydance and Paramount Pictures announced Monday that original animated musical fantasy Spellbound, which Paramount Pictures has committed to co-finance and release globally, is now...
Oscar-Winning Lyricist Howard Ashman Celebrated in New Disney+ Doc Aug. 7
Disney+ announced today that the original documentary film Howard will premiere exclusively on the service on Friday, August 7. The film, which first premiered...
Last Chance to Apply! MOMAKIN Pro Consultation Program ‘ASK Animation Support Kit’
How do you make a character roll their eyes in a characteristic way? What should a shrew's fur be made of to make it...
Academy Adds 819 New Members, Surpasses Parity Goals
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 819 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves...
Annecy Panel Unboxes ‘Animal Crackers’
A circus mystery takes some transformative, often furry, twists and turns in Animal Crackers -- a CG animated feature film which will debut in...
Oscar Winner Alan Menken to Make Music Magic for Skydance’s ‘Spellbound’
Skydance Animation announced Wednesday that legendary composer Alan Menken, known for his award-winning work on animated favorites The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast,...
Clip + Q&A: NBC Sneak Peeks Animated ‘Blacklist’ S7 Finale
On the heels of the official episodic trailer released Wednesday, a sneak-peek clip of the innovative animated transformation of NBC's acclaimed drama The Blacklist...
NBC Redrafts ‘Blacklist’ with Animation During COVID-19 Shutdown
While winding up the seventh season, the makers of NBC crime thriller The Blacklist (produced by Sony Pictures TV and Universal Television) decided to...
Disney Taps Animation Vet Vanessa Morrison to Lead Streaming Production
Family feature films veteran Vanessa Morrison has been named President, Streaming for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Production, tasked with overseeing development and production...
Live-Action Hybrid ‘Lilo & Stitch’ in the Works for Disney+
Over a year since rumors first surfaced of a live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 animated hit Lilo & Stitch, TheDisInsider.com reports that production on...
Cartoon Movie: European Animation in the Spotlight
***This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 298)***
We know the first few months of the year are brutal...
‘Frozen II’, ‘ Avengers: Endgame’ Lead Lumiere Award Winners
The 11th annual Lumiere Awards took place Jan. 22, celebrating outstanding achievements in immersive audiovisual storytelling at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the...
‘Aladdin’ Remake Scribe John August Leashed to Warner’s ‘Toto’
Screenwriter John August (Frankenweenie 2012, Corpse Bride, Titan AE) has been tapped to bring a fresh Oz adventure to the screen in Warner Animation...
Oscar Watch: Tunes that Makes Toons Fly
***This article originally appeared in the February ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 297)***
Feature animation and music have been Oscar-night dates for some eight...
Box Office Winners of 2019
The top 10 animated and VFX-fueled big screen blockbusters that closed out the decade with a box-office bang!
Animated Movies
The Lion King (Disney) $543,638,043
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News Bytes: Artios Awards Nominees, Disney+ 2020 First Look, KyoAni Attack In-Depth & More
The Great Animation Strike
Kristin Hunt for JSTOR Daily brings us back to the 1930s, when Sadie Bodin and other fed up artists took a...
In Memoriam: Animation & VFX Greats We Lost in 2019
These past 12 months, we had to say goodbye to many talented men and women who made our favorite art form, and our world...
20 Contenders Advance in VFX Oscar Race
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the...
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