Mikros Animation And Cinesite Vancouver Are Hiring For ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ reboot has been given an official title, title treatment, and theatrical release date.
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Cinesite Acquires Majority Stake In Quebec’s Squeeze, CG Producers Of Marvel Studios’ ‘What If…?’
Cinesite is making a big bet on Quebec animation by its second Montreal studio in as many months.
Seven Decades Of Animation: The Rock & Roll Career Of ‘Heavy Metal’ Director Gerald Potterton
At 91 years young, the animation legend keeps plenty busy at his farm near the U.S.-Canada border.
Montreal’s Sommets Starts Today With Reformatted Canadian Animation Competition
The festival’s opening night film is Anne-Laure Daffis and Léo Marchand’s Les voisins de mes voisins sont mes voisins.
Six Departments At Montreal’s Oasis Animation Join Existing Union
Oasis animators voted to unionize in 2019, and will now be joined by comp, rigging, scene planning, storyboards, and layout and color workers.
Cinesite Staff Can Now Work Permanently From Home
“Things will never be the same again for our teams,” says the company.
RIP Lina Gagnon, Animator Who Worked On ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’
Gagnon was also an influential educator, teaching animation at Cégep du Vieux-Montréal for over two decades.
First Trailer For ‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie,’ Disney’s First 2D Feature In Over A Decade
After years of delays, reschedulings, and stretches of radio silence, “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” is gearing up for a release on May 27.
Animating Anxiety: Caroline Robert Discusses Her New Interactive Web Project ‘Brainstream’
Have you ever given a brain massage before?
Montreal Targets American Talent In Its New Animation & VFX Recruitment Drive
High-caliber projects, low living costs: that’s the pitch Montreal is making to West Coast workers.
Watch The Trailer For ‘Fireheart,’ The Second Feature From Montreal’s L’Atelier Animation
The movie is coming to UK and Ireland theaters on February 11, 2022.
Disney’s Nigerian Series ‘Iwájú’ To Be Produced By Cinesite In London And Montreal
“Iwájú” is set to premiere in 2023 on Disney+.
‘Cryptozoo,’ ‘Mad God’ Among Winners At Fantasia Fest 2021
Another winner was “Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story,” a decidedly adult rom-com from the Philippines.
DNEG Plans To Expand To Toronto And Create Up To 500 Canadian Jobs
The new Toronto base will work on vfx for film and episodic projects, feature animation, and technology.
Festival Stop Motion Montréal Announces Virtual 13th Edition
This one’s for the stop motion gang!
Cinesite Montreal Makes Four Senior Hires As Studio Grows
The studio is welcoming vfx supervisors Dottie Starling, Damien Hurgon, and Ellen Poon, as well as feature animation head of production Nathan Santell.
A Montreal Artist Is Keeping Classical Hand-Drawn Animation Alive By Tattooing It Onto People
His current, and most ambitious, project to date is a 60-frame cycle of Koko the Clown dancing.
Fantasia Fest Adds ‘The Deer King,’ Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ To Lineup
The festival will also host the world premiere of a documentary about Tippett, directed by his daughter.
Digital Dimension And Lex+Otis Launch Krakn Animation
Based in L.A. and Montreal, the new studio will work on “premiere real-time 2d and 3d series and features.”
‘Poupelle Of Chimney Town’ And Satoshi Kon Doc Among Titles In Fantasia Fest Lineup
The virtual festival will run August 5–25 and be geo-locked for Canadians.
