‘Book of Life’ Earns $10 Mil in U.S., ‘Big Hero 6’ Almost $5 Mil in Russia
“The Book of Life” scored $10 million in its second weekend, which was good for 5th place at the U.S. box office, while “Big Hero 6” opened strong in Russia.
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California Expands VFX Subsidies in Futile Attempt to Win Back Work
The state of California recently expanded its tax credit program for film and TV productions. Here’s why it won’t work.
Hideaki Anno Launches ‘Animator Expo’ Streaming Shorts Program
Yesterday at the Tokyo International Film Festival, animation director Hideaki Anno unveiled a new streaming called “Animator Expo” that intends to give exposure to up-and-coming filmmakers in the Japanese animation industry.
Screen Novelties Creates ‘Elf’ X-Mas Special For NBC
The funny stop motion specialists at Los Angeles-based Screen Novelties have created a new hour-long holiday special “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas.”
This Weekend: See ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’ In These Cities
See Isao Takahata’s Oscar-contending “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” in the following theaters this weekend.
Benedict Cumberbatch Thinks ‘Penguins of Madagascar’ is A Disney Film
The general public gets a lot of flak from the animation community for not being able to tell the difference between the studios that make mainstream CGI features.
It’s Official: Animating is One of the Coolest Jobs on the Planet
Looks like we finally have a definitive answer to the age-old question: Is being an animator one of the coolest jobs on the planet?
‘Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker’ Trailer
We don’t often post trailers for animated shorts, but the 2-minute teaser for “Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker” has attracted a lot of attention over the past few days, and deservedly so.
Cartoon Characters as Pancakes
Kevin Blankenship makes pancakes in the shapes of various cartoon characters.
Ward Kimball Is Featured In ‘The Who, The What, and The When’
“The Who, the What, and the When” is a new book by Jenny Volvovski, Julia Rothman and Matt Lamothe that celebrates the “secret sidekicks of history” who propelled famous historical figures to greatness.
Peter Sohn Named New Director of Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Yesterday evening, Pixar quietly revealed on Twitter that the new director of “The Good Dinosaur,” scheduled to be released in November 2015, is Peter Sohn.
Tyler Perry and Bento Box Produce Direct-to-Video ‘Madea’ Feature
Actor Tyler Perry, whose drag performances as an elderly African-American woman named Madea have resulted in explicable live-action success, has transferred his Madea act to animation with the dreadful-looking “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love.”
Oscars 2014: Best Animated Short Film Contenders
Cartoon Brew looks at some of the likely contenders in the Oscar race for this year’s best animated short film.
Amid Wage Theft Scandal, ‘Wired’ Calls Ed Catmull A ‘Big Hero’
To accompany its fawning story on the success of Walt Disney Animation, “Wired” labeled John Lasseter and Ed Catmull as “big heroes” on its cover.
‘The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl’ by Mike Roush
Meet the Burrowing Owl. He has recently lost his mate to a large predator that is hunting in his treacherous natural habitat. How will he survive in this dangerous wilderness alone? This is a story of love lost… and survival.
Glen Keane, Nora Twomey, Roger Allers, Robert Kondo, Graham Annable Will Present at Spark Conference
This week in Vancouver, the Spark CG Society will hold its annual Spark Animation conference and festival with an impressive group of presenters including Glen Keane, Nora Twomey, Roger Allers, Robert Kondo, and Graham Annable.
Breaking: Disney Sets ‘Moana’ For Late-2016 Release
Disney announced this afternoon that Moana, their 56th animated feature, will be released into theaters in late-2016. The film will mark …
‘Book of Life’ Launches with $17 Million
This weekend the $50 million-budgeted Fox/Reel FX film “The Book of Life,” opened in the United States with an estimated $17 million.
6 Comedy Lessons that Chuck Jones Learned From Tex Avery
In this 1980 tribute to legendary animation director Tex Avery, fellow legendary director Chuck Jones shared six lessons that he learned about comedy from working with Avery in the 1930s. The advice remains essential to animation director working today.
‘Jamón’ by Iria Lopez
José is a teenage pig living in a Spanish town; he is the only pig in his family. One day a new neighbour moves in next door, and José starts to come to terms with who he really is.
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