Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
PLYMPTOONS has announced the US release date of Bill Plympton’s new feature mockumentary Hitler’s Folly, a merciless satire in which Adolf Hitler is reimagined as a successful animator and artist. And as a special thank you to his loyal fans, Plympton will make film available, streaming for free, via his website, on Friday, June 3rd. […]
The Netflix original series DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender reimagines one of the most popular fan-favorite series from the 1980s into an all-new action-packed show – from executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery (The Legend of Korra). The trailer dropped today – take a […]
This summer’s Animation Block Party film festival will highlight the film preservation process with a Cartoon Restoration Showcase on Saturday July 30th at BAMcinématek featuring a Q&A with moderator Jerry Beck and silent cartoon historian Tommy Stathes. BAMcinématek is located at the Peter Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, NY 11217. The ABP 2016 […]
Aardman and Studiocanal today announce that Eddie Redmayne has joined Nick Park’s new prehistoric comedy adventure Early Man as the voice of Dug. Pictured in the studio this week Eddie Redmayne is the first cast member to be revealed as production begins. Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed […]
Kubo and the Two Strings is shaping up to be one of the major contenders in the animation contest of 2016. An epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan from stop-motion animation studio LAIKA. The film is directed by Travis Knight and will be released via Focus Featuers on August 19th. Here’s the latest trailer:
Ratchet & Clank, a new CG feature based on a long-running PlayStation game, hits the screen with a clunk. Even for viewers who’ve never played the game, it feels stale and derivative, with elements that recall Star Wars, The Incredibles, The Phantom Menace, Tiger & Bunny, George Pal’s Tulips Shall Grow, The Simpsons, and pretty […]
Congratulations, Universal. You’ve just acquired Dreamworks Animation and all the Intellectual Property it controls. This is a purchase that places you in a stronger position to compete against the Disney company, its movie and theme park business and its massive global merchandising operation. Competition is good – and I wish you the best of luck […]
Eight-time Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken and three-time Oscar nominee and Honorary Academy Award recipient Angela Lansbury will join voice actors Paige O’Hara, Richard White and Robby Benson, supervising animators Andreas Deja, Mark Henn and Glen Keane, key story artist Brenda Chapman, Oscar-nominated producer Don Hahn, and director Gary Trousdale onstage for a 25th anniversary celebration […]
Coming out on July 8th in China, Big Fish and Begonia is an elaborate animated feature directed by Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun. According to this Chinese website, the film was 12 years in the making – and partially funded through crowd sourcing.
The Comcast-DreamWorks Deal is About More than ‘Synergy’
That good ol’ corporate buzzword is being bandied about as the largest development in the animation industry so far this year has been announced. Just what exactly does that mean, and why is there so much more to the deal than that? Comcast has tendered an offer for DreamWorks Animation in the region of three […]