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Mattel Films Sets Puerto Rico-Set ‘Bob The Builder’ Film As Its First Theatrical Animated Feature
The film will be produced by Mattel, Shadowmachine, Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, and Anthony Ramos.
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Microsoft Is Laying Off 1,900 Video Game Workers, Mostly From Its Activision Blizzard Teams
The layoffs come three months after the company purchased Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.
Rediscover Chris Lavis And Maciek Szczerbowski’s Oscar-Nominated NFB Gem ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’
A look back at the Oscar-nominated short and the innovative artistry of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls.’
‘No Dogs Or Italians Allowed,’ ‘Chicken For Linda!’ ‘Mars Express’ Score César Award Nominations
The year’s race features a 1920s-set stop-motion immigration tale, a vibrant mother-daughter story, and a sci-fi noir thriller.
Emmy-Winning ‘Rick And Morty’ Executive Producer And Former Sony Exec Rick Mischel Launches New Canadian Studio
Artists Animation Studio will focus on 2d Harmony and hand-drawn animation services for productions aimed at all ages.
Kyoto Animation Arsonist Who Killed 36, Injured 32, Sentenced To Death In Japan
A Kyoto District Court Judge said the man was neither mentally incompetent nor in a diminished mental state at the time of the attack.
Watch Andrew Chesworth’s ‘The Brave Locomotive,’ “A Love Letter To The Andrews Sisters And 1940s Animation”
‘The Brave Locomotive’ is a musical throwback to a bygone era featuring all the hallmarks of mid-century animation.
Jellyfish Pictures Appoints ‘Nimona’ VFX Supervisor Archie Donato As Managing Director Of Animation
Donato is a 30-year industry veteran who recently worked on the Oscar-nominated ‘Nimona’ and Emmy-nominated ‘Entergalactic.’
Netflix Is “Kicking Around The Idea Of ‘Leo 2′” Says Co-CEO Ted Sarandos
‘Leo’ is Netflix’s biggest animated original to date, landing in the streamer’s top 10 English-language film list for nine consecutive weeks.
Iran And Israel Earn First-Ever Animated Short Oscar Nominations
The Academy Awards, which had never before recognized an animated short from the Middle East, nominated two animated shorts from that region today.
Netflix Drops A VFX-Heavy Trailer For Its Live-Action ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Series Adaptation
Viewers will be hoping that Netflix cracked the code to adapting popular animated franchises with ‘One Piece.’
Game Developer And ‘Arcane’ Producer Riot Games Laying Off 530 Employees
The layoffs represent 11% of the company’s global workforce.
Academy Announces 2024 Animation And VFX Oscar Nominees
A look at the animation and vfx titles nominated for this year’s Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Nouns Fest To Distribute $1 Million In Animated Short Project Financing
Projects must feature a Nouns character, but all rights to the shorts, concepts, and characters will stay with the films’ creators.
Audiences Reject Recycled Releases As ‘Soul,’ ‘Spider-Verse’ Post Dismal Weekend Box Office Numbers
Crowds were more interested in catching 2023 holdovers like ‘Migration,’ ‘Trolls,’ and ‘The Boy and the Heron.’
French Cinema Has Its Best Year Abroad Since Before The Pandemic Thanks To Animated Features Like ‘Miraculous,’ ‘Epic Tales’
‘Miraculous’ was the most successful French film abroad in 2023, selling 7.15 million admissions and grossing $34.6 million.
Mascha Halberstad’s ‘Fox And Hare Save The Forest’ To World Premiere In Berlin’s Generation Competition
Ten animated shorts will join ‘Fox and Hare’ in competing at this year’s Berlinale.
Disney Legend Mark Henn Says He May Have Not Retired “If The Work Had Been More Meaningful”
“It wasn’t what I signed up for,” Henn said of his last few years at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Korean Horror Feature ‘Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning’ Will Court Global Buyers At European Film Market
The film is produced and animated by Locus Animation Studios, best known for animating 2020’s ‘Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs.’
Animator Spotlight: Kelly Armstrong
Armstrong animated some of the most memorable and unhinged sequences from the iconic 1990s Nicktoon ‘The Ren & Stimpy Show.’
Indian Animation, VFX, And Video Games Take Center-Stage This Weekend At Animela Festival In Mumbai
Animela is billed as India’s first-ever international festival for animation, vfx, xr, video games, and comics.
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