GKIDS Snags U.S. Distribution Rights To ‘Ernest & Celestine’ Sequel
The film will get its U.S. premiere tomorrow night as the opening film of the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
Feature Film
From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
St. Louis Gets New Animation Studio As ‘Hair Love’ Producer Carl Reed Launches Composition Media
The newly-launched studio already has two animated features and a kids’ tv series in the works.
Animation Coming To Netflix, Disney+, Criterion, Hulu, And More In March 2023
Titles set to hit major platforms in March include ‘Agent Elvis,’ ‘The Magician’s Elephant,’ ‘Kiff,’ ‘Boy and the World,’ and ‘Inu-Oh.’
Stop Motion Rules At 50th Annie Awards As ‘Pinocchio’ And ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ Top Winner’s List – Analysis
Netflix led all companies with 11 wins across 32 categories, while Disney floundered.
‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ Score French Academy César Awards
Visual effects supervisor Laurens Ehrmann also won a César for his work on ‘Notre Dame on Fire.’
The Animation That Changed Me: Bruce Smith On ‘One Hundred And One Dalmatians’
“My first impressions were that animation was a magical medium. I wished that I could do something like that when I got older,” says Smith.
Why The Filmmakers Of Environmental Sci-Fi Feature ‘White Plastic Sky’ Used A Hybrid Style
‘White Plastic Sky’ world premiered at this year’s Berlinale, where we caught up with filmmakers Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó.
‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Score Animation, VFX BAFTA Award Wins
Apple TV’s ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ was selected as the best British animated short over the weekend.
Dean DeBlois To Helm Live-Action ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Adaptation
Universal is producing the live-action remake which is slated to hit theaters in March of 2025.
Netflix’s Upcoming Animated Feature ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ Gets First Trailer
Based on Kate DiCamillo’s book of the same name, ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ will debut on Netflix worldwide March 17.
‘Captain Underpants’ Director David Soren To Direct ‘Geronimo Stilton’ Animated Feature
Radar Pictures is producing in collaboration with Italian ‘Geronimo Stilton’ animated series producer Atlantyca Entertainment.
‘Cheburashka’ Feature Crushes Russian Box Office Records In Its First Month
Nine days after its release, ‘Cheburashka’ was already the highest-grossing Russian film ever. Now it’s more than doubled that total.
‘Puss In Boots’ Debut Tops U.K. Box Office As Dreamworks’ Latest Approaches $400M Globally
U.K. export ‘The Amazing Maurice’ failed to make much of an impact with its North American debut.
Liu Jian’s New Feature ‘Art College 1994’ Added To Berlin Competition Lineup
Liu’s latest was originally meant to premiere at Cannes last year, but Chinese Covid restrictions made that impossible.
DC Animated Content Will Share Canon With Live-Action Titles Say New Bosses James Gunn, Peter Safran
The duo also unveiled the animated series ‘Creature Commandos,’ explaining its voice actors will play their characters in live action too.
Guillermo Del Toro Teases Next Animated Feature, A Stop-Motion Adaptation Of Nobel Prize-Winning Novel ‘The Buried Giant’
Del Toro is working with writer Dennis Kelly (‘Matilda the Musical’), and will begin the design process in two months.
Crowdfunding-Backed Indie Studio Pencilish Takes On Its First Commission, An Animated Feature About The Life Of Jesus (Exclusive Artwork)
Nashville’s Pencilish had previously used crowdfunding to finance all of its original productions.
‘Puss In Boots’ On Course To Surpass Its Predecessor At The Domestic Box Office
Two Chinese animated features, ‘Boonie Bears: Guardian Code’ and ‘Deep Sea,’ featured in this week’s top 10 global box office list.
Animation Coming To Netflix, Disney+, Criterion, Hulu, And More In February 2023
February sees the streaming premieres of ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ ‘My Dad the Bounty Hunter,’ and ‘On-Gaku: Our Sound.’
‘Vox Machina’ Creators Critical Role Sign Multiyear Deal With Amazon Studios, Announce New Series ‘Mighty Nein’
Critical Role will develop and produce its own original tv shows and films.
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