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Seth MacFarlane Stole ‘Ted,’ Lawsuit Alleges
Seth MacFarlane has been accused of ripping off the foul-mouthed-teddy-bear concept for his 2012 film “Ted” from a California company called Bengal Mangle Productions.
Disney TV Inks Deals With Aaron Springer, Jhonen Vasquez, Jesse LeDoux, and Ryan Quincy
Disney TV Animation announced an unusual series of pilot deals and projects today with an un-Disney-like roster of creators.
Cuba’s First CG Feature ‘Tom Little and the Magic Mirror’ Opens This Sunday
Add Cuba to the list of the countries that has produced its own computer-animated feature. “Meñique y el espejo mágico” (“Tom Little and the Magic Mirror”) opens this Sunday, July 20th, in Havana.
Criterion Will Release ‘Watership Down’ on iTunes
Criterion is adding another animated to its collection: Martin Rosen’s “Watership Down.”
All-New ‘Big Hero 6’ Trailer
The first full trailer for Disney’s “Big Hero 6” is out today!
Amazon Prime Inks Exclusive Aardman Streaming Deal
Just when you thought Netflix was gobbling up all of the high quality kids programming, Amazon Prime Instant Video announces a licensing agreement with Aardman Animations for online streaming in the United States.
RIP Dickie Jones, Voice of Pinocchio
Dickie Jones, the voice of Pinocchio in the 1940 Disney film, died on July 7, 2014. He was 87 years old.
Disney and DreamWorks May Have Been Part of Illegal Pixar/Lucasfilm Wage-Fixing Cartel
Tech site Pando Daily has been providing amazing coverage of the Department of Justice antitrust invesigation and subsequent class action lawsuits over wage-fixing amongst Silicon Valley tech companies and animation studios.
Brazilian Hand-Drawn Feature ‘Until Sbornia Do Us Part’ Trailer
Hand-drawn feature animation from Brazil is gaining momentum on the international festival circuit. Last month the Brazilian feature “The Boy and the World” (“O menino e o mundo”) won the top feature prize at Annecy.
Andy Serkis Is Giving More Credit to the Animators Now
Actor Andy Serkis may have changed his tune somewhat from earlier this spring when he insisted that animators do nothing but add ‘digital makeup’ on top of his acting.
Know Your Feature Animation Cliches: The Dead Mother
On a couple occasions throughout the years, people have asked me, Why do so many animated films have dead mothers in them?
Learn How To Do Porky Pig’s Stutter—In Thirty Seconds
In thirty seconds, voice actor Bob Bergen eloquently breaks down one of the most difficult to replicate classic cartoon voices: the stutter of Porky Pig.
Game Review: Mountain by David OReilly
David OReilly, a blazing star of the contemporary animation scene, released his first game titled Mountain on July 1st.
Exclusive: ‘Clarence’ Creator Skyler Page Out of Cartoon Network After Sexual Assault Allegations [UPDATED]
The Internet animation community is talking about one thing today: a series of tweets last night by “Adventure Time” storyboard revision artist Emily Partridge in which she identified artist Skyler Page, the creator of the Cartoon Network series “Clarence,” as sexually assaulting her.
SIGGRAPH Announces 2014 Computer Animation Festival Winners
SIGGRAPH has announced the winners of its 41st annual Computer Animation Festival. These projects will be shown amongst more than 100 pieces at the 2014 conference that will take place August 10-14 in Vancouver, Canada.
This Poster Glorifies Animation Artists As Movie Stars
Young ladies, put down that issue of “Tiger Beat” because this is the only poster you’ll ever need to hang above your bed.
Teaser for First CGI ‘Astérix’ Feature
The first teaser is out today for the French animated feature “Astérix: Le Domaine des Dieux” (“Asterix: The Land of the Gods”) directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy.
Sony Animation Is Promoting ‘The Smurfs’ Early and Often
The all-CG “Smurfs” reboot won’t be released until 2016, but you wouldn’t know that from the aggressive manner in which Sony Pictures Animation is promoting the film.
Why Do Practical Effects Get Replaced with CGI?
Yesterday, we celebrated the momentous decision to replace the practical effect-dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” with CGI animation. Today, we look at the other side of the issue: the effect that CGI has had on traditional puppet-makers, animatronic artists, and stop motion animators whose work has increasingly been relegated to the sidelines.
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