Obscure Cartoon Character Spotlight: Goopy Geer
Created by Rudolf Ising, this cartoon dog headlined three Warner Bros. cartoons in the early 1930s
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Let Peter Ahern’s ‘Buzzkill’ Take You On A Date To Die For
A thrilling mix of horror and humor, ‘Buzzkill’ doesn’t look like your typical monster flick.
Ibermedia Next Grants Are Now Available To Iberoamerican Productions
Over $160,000 in grants are being given to projects that make use of new technological tools for animation or open-source software.
Cartoon Forum 2023: A Look At 5 More Pitches For New European Shows
Creators and producers from across Europe brought their top projects to Toulouse this week, pitching to potential partners.
Animation Is Film 2023 To Open With ‘The Boy And The Heron,’ Close With ‘Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget’
The L.A.-based festival released its lineup today, featuring 100th anniversary events for Warner Bros. and Disney.
Cartoon Forum 2023: A Look At 5 Pitches For New European Shows
Creators and producers from across Europe brought their top projects to Toulouse this week, pitching to potential partners.
Planning For Life After Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli Sells Controlling Stake To Nippon TV
Nippon executives will take over Ghibli’s business in October, although the studio will maintain complete creative independence.
Prime Video Picks Up Canceled Sci-Fi Series ‘Pantheon,’ Will Debut Unaired Second Season On October 15
Amazon’s streaming service has acquired the rights to both seasons of the show and released a trailer for season two.
Watch The Trailer For Superprod’s CG Fantasy Soccer Series ‘Heroic Football,’ Pitching At Cartoon Forum – Exclusive
In Superprod’s new action-packed fantasy series, soccer isn’t just a sport, it’s the world’s only salvation.
2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Remember How I Used To Ride A White Horse’ Directors Ivana Bosnjak Volda And Thomas Johnson Volda
Drab colors and creative camerawork create a sense of unease shared by the film’s well-designed characters and the audience.
Watercolor, Paper Cut-Outs, And Mehndi-Inspired Hand-Drawn Animation Feature In ‘Sultana’s Dream’ Trailer
The feminist utopian feature will world premiere in competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival this weekend.
Disney Plans To Spend $60 Billion On Theme Parks And Cruises, With New Experiences Based On Animated Features
The company cited titles including ‘Frozen,’ ‘Zootopia,’ and ‘Coco’ as properties that it plans to “bring to life across our business.”
Netflix’s ‘Onimusha’ Adaptation Gets Action-Packed Trailer Ahead Of November 2 Release
The series impressive cg animation is handled by Sublimation and iconic Japanese action film director Takashi Miike is supervising director.
Matthew A. Cherry On Keeping Max’s ‘Hair Love’ Adaptation Grounded In A World Of Over-The-Top Animated Series
The creator and EP also explains the changes his team made to adapt the Oscar-winning short as an animated series in ‘Young Love.’
Pete Kozachik, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ ‘Coraline’ Director Of Photography, Dies At 72
Kozachik was the go-to cinematographer for spooky stop motion, also filling the role on ‘James and the Giant Peach’ and ‘Corpse Bride.’
VFX Giant DNEG Puts Forth New Salary Reduction Proposal After Worker Backlash To Initial Proposal
The company says that the salary reductions will allow it to keep people employed instead of laying off workers.
2024 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘A Kind of Testament’ Director Stephen Vuillemin
Vuillemin’s short earned qualification at the Go Short International Short Film Festival after impressing at Zagreb and Berlin.
Academy Unveils 2023 Student Academy Award Winners
Two French films and one from the U.K. won awards and earned qualification to the next edition of the Oscars.
Netflix Unveils ‘The Twits’ Animated Feature, Coming In 2025
This will be Netflix’s first animated Roald Dahl adaptation since acquiring the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021.
Daria Kashcheeva’s ‘Electra’ Wins Best Short At Toronto
Renee Zhan’s short ‘Snake’ won the Share Her Journey Award, and ‘The Boy And The Heron’ was second runner-up among features.
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Yoko Yuki
Yuki’s body of work work is a beautifully unhinged, mind-drenching, kaleidoscopic explosion of colors, figures, memories, and voices.
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