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Matt Williames on Working at Disney

If you read just one blog post this week, make sure it’s this one by animator Matt Williames describing his experience working on …

I can’t wait to get my hands on this book: The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called …

I wrote last month about the plan of Rocko’s Modern Life creator Joe Murray to raise $16,800 in 45 days to complete his animation project …

How could Shrek Forever After debut with an actual take of $70.8 million over the weekend, and still be considered a flop? An analysis of …

The Wall Street Journal reports that this weekend, for the first time ever, a movie theater will charge $20 for a regular admission adult …

If animation executives thought out loud, this is what they’d sound like. Keep a barf bag handy. UPDATE: The folks at Animation …

Richard O’Connor, a co-owner of New York-based commercial studio Asterisk Animation, wrote a post yesterday about how to create an …

This week’s New Yorker offers a towering 11,000-plus word profile of self-described “cartoon schlepper” Haim Saban, who made his money …

Pixar’s new studio in Vancouver, Canada officially opened its doors earlier today. According to this article, the studio will begin …

Joe Murray, creator of Rocko’s Modern Life and Camp Lazlo, has created a Kickstarter campaign to raise $16,800 to complete 2 three-minute …

A piece about internships in yesterday’s New York Times has been making the rounds, and it’s worth a peek for all animation students. It …

Beginning today, the Wall Street Journal reports that many major movie chains, including Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark Holdings …

The Wall Street Journal reports that Wal-Mart will be the exclusive retailer for merchandise related to the DreamWorks feature How To …

Imagi, the LA feature animation studio that went out of business a few months ago, is auctioning all of its equipment and furniture. …

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, the Toronto-based CG/sfx house that produced Disney’s The Wild, shut down this afternoon. The studio has also …

Ireland’s animation industry is still relatively small, but according to this piece in the Irish Times, it is robust and growing. A few …

Imagi, the studio responsible for the TMNT and Astro Boy features, has shut down their American studio in Sherman Oaks, California. The …

Filmmaker Nina Paley explains in the Wall Street Journal how she’s earned $55,000 from her animated feature Sita Sings the Blues by …

Jeff Katzenberg on why there won’t be a second installment of Monsters vs. Aliens: “I’d like to tell you there’s a perfectly rational, …

Imagi, an animation studio that thought it could compete with the big boys, has suffered a major blow after the abysmal opening of Astro …