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Charlie Chaplin to be CG animated in India

You know this can’t be good. A press release from Mumbai brings news of a new television series to be based on legendary screen comedian …

The only thing worse than knowing they’re making a live-action/CG hybrid of Tom & Jerry is reading an interview with the film’s producer …

Marmaduke. Watch the trailer which manages to squeeze in some Dr. Dre and 2Pac. Merry Christmas! (Thanks, David OReilly)

Are you a 2D animator? Today’s your lucky day! Somebody on Craigslist wants to hire you for a “very special project.” All they need you …

Fox has announced that they are developing a primetime animated series with actor Matthew McConaughey based on his brother’s life. The …

(click to enlarge image) Understanding the extent to which artists have lost control of the animation process in the past is vital to …

The inevitable Disney knock-off DVD has arrived early this year! On sale December 1st from our friends at Goodtimes Home Video is the The …

Trying to find a free online version of Doug Sweetland’s Pixar short Presto, reader Michael Rianda instead found this: a Chinese …

Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol opens today to a chorus of negative reviews and a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A particularly …

Yeah, this is another post ragging on Cartoon Network as is spirals down the drainpipe of doom. I was at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood …

I have no-idea what this really is. Is it really a Chinese Mickey Mouse knock-off? Or is it from that Beijing Amusement Park we wrote …

There’s a “creative grooming” trend happening in the US right now. Some of the more spectacular results have been photographed by poodle …

I’m all for aiming cartoons towards adult audiences, but here’s one of the strangest Looney Tunes items ever licensed. Currently on ebay …

In my mind, the worst quality a teacher can have is to be close-minded because that narrow interpretation of good and bad is passed on to …

File this under “People who don’t know when to quit while they’re ahead”: The producers of Delgo – the biggest bomb of 2008 – are …

Following up on the report of Robert Zemeckis’ plans for a mo-cap remake of Yellow Submarine, Brew reader Chris Smigliano points out that …

We interrupt our bashing of Cartoon Network to get upset about something else: Variety is reporting that Robert Zemeckis is about to …

I nominate this exchange between director/illustrator Ward Jenkins and his daughter, Ava, as the best animation-related tweet of the day:

The trend toward remaking animated shows into live action, taken to its most illogical extreme: (Thanks, Adam Blake)

This may be the cutest ad I’ve ever seen… albeit one that urges people to save water by urinating in the shower. Kill two birds with …