Christine McCarthy Could Be The First Woman To Become Disney CEO
Iger is back, but only for two years, and the search is on to find a successor sooner rather than later.
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‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ Wins Best Animated Feature From New York Film Critics Circle
Eighteen out of twenty NYFCC animated feature winners have gone on to earn Oscar nominations.
Level Up Your 2D Animation Like A Pro With Cartoon Animator
Cartoonist and animator Garry Pye shares quick and easy steps CTA users can take to up their 2d animation game.
Netflix’s ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ Bucks Trend, Cracks Streamer’s Top 10 Global List
Stephen Donnelly’s ‘Scrooge’ has done what films from Richard Linklater, Nora Twomey, and Henry Selick could not.
27 Animated Features Are In This Year’s Oscar Race, Including 6 Films From Netflix
Just three distributors/producers are responsible for nearly half of the contenders.
A Guide To 24 Animated Features Releasing In 2023
A big year is on deck for animated features. We run down 2023’s most anticipated U.S. releases.
Production Workers At Nickelodeon Voted To Unionize But The Studio Refused Voluntary Recognition
According to The Animation Guild, Nickelodeon’s lawyers are pushing to divide workers based on job title to unnecessarily prolong the unionization process.
Jonathan Gales, BAFTA-Winning Factory Fifteen Co-Founder, Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver In L.A.
Gales was a principal in Factory Fifteen, which has done work for Formula 1, Samsung, Tokyo Olympics, and The British Film Institute.
NBCUniversal Boss Jeff Shell Says His Company’s Animation Business Is More Attractive Than Disney’s
In the battle for American feature animation supremacy, NBCUniversal’s chief takes a shot at struggling competitor Disney.
Warner Bros. Is Finalizing A Deal With Amazon For DC Animated Content
“With animation, we used to be about staying in-house but now we are doing it on different platforms,” says WBTV chief Channing Dungey.
Thilo Kuther, Founder Of Oscar-Winning VFX Company Pixomondo, Dies At 58
The German-born Kuther grew Pixomondo into a global brand, eventually winning a special effects Oscar for its work on “Hugo.”
Disney’s ‘Strange World’ Plummets 60% In Its Second Weekend
Disney’s latest feature was unable to recover at the box office in its sophomore frame.
Disney Produces Its First Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Short In Nearly 95 Years
Disney legend Eric Goldberg directs, with animation by Goldberg, Mark Henn, and Randy Haycock.
Retraction – Cartoon Brew Has Deleted A Real Estate Story Which Was Published On Saturday
The story has been removed from the website, and we will avoid publishing similar stories going forward.
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Nikita Diakur
Diakur’s utterly original films have garnered acclaim for using software glitches and defects to tell sensitive stories about equally broken humans
‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War,’ ‘One Piece’ Heading To Shahid Streaming Platform
“Anime is extremely popular in the Middle East region – particularly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” says a Shahid executive.
Eleven Under-The-Radar Films Competing For Best Animated Short At Oscars 2023
Our fourth look at contenders that have qualified for the 2023 Oscars.
‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ Creator Sunghoo Park’s New Studio Project Headlines Disney’s Upcoming Anime Slate
‘Project BULLET/BULLET’ is the first project from ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ creator Sunghoo Park’s new studio E&H Production.
Recapping Bob Chapek’s Time As CEO Of The Walt Disney Company, And What Went Wrong
A detailed timeline of Chapek’s missteps while in charge at the House of Mouse.
Animation Is Back, Baby! Short Film Oscar Presentation Will Return To Live Broadcast In 2023
The other seven categories dropped from last year’s live broadcast will also be back for March’s awards ceremony.
Annapurna Launches Dedicated Animation Division To Be Led By Robert Baird And Andrew Millstein
The new animation division’s first production will be the former Blue Sky Studios feature ‘Nimona,’ releasing on Netflix in 2023.
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