All posts tagged "Brad Bird"
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Schools
‘Vanity Fair’ Fetes CalArts Alums
February 12, 2014In the heated ramp-up to the Academy Awards, Vanity Fair‘s annual Oscar issue is tipping a...
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Festivals & Events
‘The Simpsons’ Sam Simon to Receive WGA Award
November 20, 2013Veteran television writer-producer Sam Simon, who co-developed Fox’s long-running animated series The Simpsons and has been...
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Features
New ‘Star Wars’ Pic Will Be Out on Dec. 18, 2015
November 8, 2013So yesterday, after much fanfare, Disney and Lucasfilm confirmed that Star Wars: Episode VII will be...
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Top Stories
The Best Western You’ve Never Seen
October 10, 2013I’ve written before about the increasingly thin barriers between animation and live-action filmmaking, barriers that are...
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Top Stories
The Shrinking Vocal Middle Class
October 3, 2013One hears about the shrinking middle class all the time on the news, though a similar...
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Features
Pixar Confirms Peterson’s Departure from ‘Good Dinosaur’
August 30, 2013Pixar president Ed Catmull has confirmed that the studio has removed director Bob Peterson from its...
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Features
Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Starts Shooting in Vancouver
August 26, 2013Principal photography has begun on Disney’s mystery adventure Tomorrowland. Directed and co-written by Brad Bird (The...
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Features
DreamWorks’ ‘Turbo’ Ready to Race the Minions
July 16, 2013Turbo, DreamWorks’ second animated feature of 2013, offers a high-energy tale about an unlikely hero who...
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Features
Disney Release Plans Include ‘Planes’ sequel, Marvel slots
June 14, 2013Updates to the Walt Disney Studios’ release schedule have revealed plans for a 2014 sequel to...
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Festivals & Events
Matt Groening to Receive WGA’s Writing Award
November 27, 2012Matt Groening, animation icon and the creator of The Simpsons and co-creator of Futurama (with David...
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Features
Dawn of the Dead Pets
October 4, 2012Director Tim Burton pays homages to his favorite monster movies and his childhood pet in the...
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Features
Brad Bird Teams Up with ‘Lost’ Creator
May 6, 2012Here’s some good news and bad news for fans of Pixar veteran Brad Bird. The good...
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Festivals & Events
Academy Hosts Animated Short and Feature Program
February 1, 2012The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present five public events celebrating this year’s...
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Features
How to Create a Spanish Gem
December 10, 2011Director Ignacio Ferreras discusses the joys and challenges of adapting the graphic novel Arrugas (Wrinkles) into...
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Festivals & Events
WGAW Honors Animation Writers McDuffie and Kress
November 17, 2011Dwayne McDuffie and Earl Kress will be the recipients of the Writers Guild of America’s 14th...
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Features
A Superbe Year for French Animation
May 29, 2011A record number of top-notch animated movies are slated to be released in France. Is it...
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Festivals & Events
Watch: Brad Bird’s McCay Award Acceptance Video
February 7, 2011As we mentioned in our live Twitter coverage of the Annie Awards on Saturday, Brad Bird...
