PEUR[S] DU NOIR

Last month, we wrote about RENAISSANCE, a black-&-white French animated noir that’ll be released theatrically this Spring. Now there’s …

Disney’s The Wild

This recent GLOBE AND MAIL story reveals that the cost of Disney’s upcoming THE WILD was $80 million. Judging from the film’s nearly …

Project Firefly Article

There’s a worthwhile article in today’s ORLANDO SENTINEL about Project Firefly, an independent animation studio created out of the …

OSCAR SHORT NOMINEES

And the nomineees are:Badgered (A National Film and Television School Production) Sharon ColmanThe Moon and the Son: An Imagined …

OSCAR FEATURE NOMINEES – NO CG

The nominees are:Howl’s Moving Castle (Buena Vista) Hayao MiyazakiTim Burton’s Corpse Bride (Warner Bros.) Tim Burton and Mike …

Daily Show Does Disney-Pixar

The DAILY SHOW looks at the Disney-Pixar merger, and they take good shots at Jobs, Iger, Randy Newman and Pixar’s films, all in two …

2006 Animation Predictions

Better late than never. Here are a few thoughts from your Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – about what might happen in animation …

BUBBLEGUM FINK

Get your fix of 60s kitsch at Bubblegum Fink – a blog full o’ fun stuff like comics, saturday morning cartoons, record covers, model …

COMING SOON: PRINCE VLADIMIR

Just when you thought cel animation was dead and shipped to Siberia: PRINCE VLADIMIR, a Russian production, will be released in the …

HANNA BARBERA LAND

Back when the family vacation was a real trip: Steve Thompson has been posting brouchures from the 1972 and 1973 King’s Island Happy Land …

ONE MORE QUESTION

Sting (at right) is featuredin THE SWEATBOX (2002)In all the delirium over the wonderful Disney-Pixar news this week, one burning …

Eggleston, Pinkava, Docter

Speaking of Pixar, as we’ve been doing all week long, Dan Caylor has posted a great 14-1/2 minute video clip on his site that features …

Lasseter at Disney

Paul Briggs, a story artist at Disney Feature, shares on his blog the story of his first encounter with John Lasseter this week. An …

Toy Story 3 No More!

Let the good times roll. According to the LA TIMES (reg. req’d or BugMeNot), TOY STORY 3 has been shelved. The announcement comes hardly …

WE LOVE MARY BLAIR

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Archive Blog has started posting images from Mary Blair’s long-out-of-print Golden Book of Little Verses and archivist …

FRENCH ANIMATION AT MOMA

Miayazki is the talk of several websites right now (due to his films being showcased this month on TCM), but another international …

New Blogs

Good stuff worth checking out. Nate Pacheco: Talented artist and Flash technical guru who has worked on Renegade’s HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI …

Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak

We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …

Thoughts on the Sale?

Any artists at Pixar, Disney or beyond with thoughts on what the sale means — for Disney, Pixar, the animation industry as a whole? Are …

David Stainton Out!

Here’s the email that Walt Disney Feature Animation President David Stainton sent out today. From: Stainton, DavidSent: Tuesday, …

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