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Bruce Timm Creating Virtual Reality Batcave From ‘Batman: The Animated Series’
Bruce Timm is working with tech company Otoy to recreate the Batcave from “Batman: The Animated Series” as an immersive entertainment experience.
Amid Amidi
Never-Before-Seen Eyvind Earle ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Concept Art Headed to Auction
The upcoming Profiles in History animation art auction, that will take place on December 18-19, includes numerous Eyvind Earle concept paintings that you may have not seen before.
Tonight in LA: David OReilly Retrospective
Tonight in downtown Los Angeles: Beyond 3D: The Animated World of David OReilly, a retrospective of work by the Irish filmmaker.
‘Lego Movie’ Wins Best Feature Film At BAFTA Children’s Awards
“The LEGO Movie,” directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, picked up the feature film prize at the BAFTA Children’s Awards.
A CGI Makeover for Aardman’s Morph
Illustrator Stephen Collins in “The Guardian” imagines a CGI makeover for Aardman’s clay character Morph.
‘Dumb Run’ by Caleb Wood
A collection of ideas too half-baked to stand alone, amassed towards no pinnacle of expression.
Happy Birthday, Terry Gilliam!
A collection of animation work by Terry Gilliam on the occasion of his 74th birthday.
The Making of Glen Keane’s ‘Duet’ (Video)
Google’s ATAP group has released a mini-featurette about the making of Glen Keane’s short “Duet,” which was released earlier this week in its intended interactive version.
‘Strange Magic’ Has Something That Resembles a Trailer
There are bad trailers, and then there’s this incomprehensible thing promoting “Strange Magic,” an animated feature that feels like Blue Sky’s “Epic” produced by the people who made “Delgo.”
Cake Massacre, ‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Edition
Following the grueling completion of each DreamWorks animated feature, the company’s employees engage in a ritualistic cake sacrifice ceremony.
Marvel vs. Pixar: Which Acquisition Made Disney Shareholders Richer?
Business publication The Motley Fool offers an interesting assessment of which Disney acquisition—Pixar or Marvel—generates more revenue for the studio.
Oscars 2014: Who Are This Year’s Visual Effects Contenders?
While the Academy still hasn’t released a shortlist for the visual effects category, we identify the frontrunners in this year’s Oscar race.
Casper Cures All
Symptom: Children seem listless and bored. Cure: Casper
‘How to Make a Paramount Record’ by Kelli Anderson and Daniel Dunnam
A handmade video that recreates the inner workings of the defunct Paramount Records factory (where records by artists like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Louis Armstrong and Charley Patton were pressed in the 1920s and ’30s). The video is made entirely from paper atop a plywood set.
People Can’t Stop Buying ‘Frozen’ Crap, As Long As It’s Not Anna
We often hold up box office numbers as proof of a movie’s success or failure, but even for “Frozen,” which is the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, its box office gross is a fraction of the merchandising revenue it has generated for the Walt Disney Company.
Mike Nichols, RIP
Celebrated stage and film director Mike Nichols (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” “The Graduate) died yesterday at the age of 83.
Disney Helped Derail DreamWorks-Hasbro Merger Talks
Troubling new details about the abruptly-halted merger talks between DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro have been revealed.
Ed Catmull on Wage-Fixing: “I Don’t Apologize for This”
The wage-theft scheme run by big animation studios is finally receiving some mainstream media attention after a significant piece was published today by Bloomberg News.
Happy 55th Birthday, Rocky & Bullwinkle
55 years ago today: “Rocky & His Friends” premiered.
‘Chasing Mr. Big’ by David Calcano
Our rabid fan does anything and everything to get close to the thunderous Mr. Big!
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