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Top Spanish Project ‘Girl And Wolf’ Kicks Off Production, Watch The First Trailer Here (Exclusive)
‘Girl and Wolf’ is the feature debut of standout Spanish animator Roc Espinet, who adapts his own graphic novel with the film.
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10 Feature Projects We’re Excited To Learn More About At Cartoon Movie 2024
Cartoon Movie returns March 5-7, so we dug through this year’s catalog to pick out a few titles we want to know more about.
No AI, Perpetual License, Developed By Artists: Moho’s Free Side Quest Update Now Exports 2D Characters To Unity, Unreal, Godot, And Blender
Moho’s free 14.4 Side Quest update lets animators export full 2D rigs and animations to Unity, Unreal, Godot, and Blender using the glTF format.
Moonbug Closes ‘Oddbods’ Producer One Animation Less Than Two Years After Acquiring The Studio
When Moonbug purchased the company in 2022, it employed 60 workers in Singapore.
January’s Biggest Stories From The World Of Animation
2024 with a bang as awards season kicked into high gear, Mickey Mouse hit the public domain, and several new features were announced.
IATSE Will Begin Pension And Health Negotiations In March In First Step Towards Animation Guild Negotiations Later This Year
IATSE and Hollywood Basic Crafts will jointly negotiate with the AMPTP on a new Motion Picture Pension and Health Plan .
‘Orion And The Dark’ Reviews Roundup: A Charming Studio Feature With The Heart Of An Indie Flick
‘Orion’ is directed by Sean Charmatz from a screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Animation was handled by Mikros in India and Jungler in France.
Netflix Announces New Hybrid ‘Woody Woodpecker’ Feature, Coming April 12
The streamer also shared new images for upcoming films ‘The Imaginary,’ ‘Thelma the Unicorn,’ and ‘Ultraman: Rising.’
New Report Confirms Worst Fears: AI Will Disrupt Countless Animation Jobs Over Next 3 Years
The startling report makes one thing clear: generative AI is here today and wreaking havoc right now.
Five Streaming Animation Debuts We’re Looking Forward To In February 2024
With the first month of 2024 nearly behind us, we take a closer look at some of the exciting animation releases coming our way in February.
Animated Features Lift Japanese Box Office To New Post-Pandemic Heights
Japanese box office numbers rose from 2022 to 2023, although there is still a long way to go before the country hits its pre-pandemic figures.
The 7 Most-Streamed Films Last Year Were All Animated
Notably, all seven of the films also had theatrical releases, making a strong argument that a theatrical run can pay dividends for years after a film has left cinemas.
Lumiere, Google’s New AI Model, Creates Fully-Animated Video From Text And Photo Prompts
Lumiere advances the tech industry’s push to generate animation through artificial intelligence.
Bring On The Night: A Detailed Look At The Stunning Lighting And VFX Work In Dreamwork’s ‘Orion And The Dark’
Visual effects supervisor M. Scott McKee shares insights and artwork from behind the scenes of Netflix’s upcoming feature.
Embracer Layoffs Continue As Eidos Montreal Lets Go 97 Employees, Cancels ‘Deus Ex’ Sequel
Gaming giant Embracer continues a restructuring made necessary by the collapse of a $2b investment deal in mid-2023.
Artists Can Now Use Nightshade, A Tool That Corrupts Image-Generating AI Models, To Fight Theft
Developed by computer scientists at the University of Chicago, Nightshade confuses AI training models with bad data.
Indian Dystopian Sci-Fi Feature ‘Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust’ Gets An International Trailer For Its Rotterdam World Premiere
‘In Lies We Trust’ is the feature adaptation of Ishan Shukla’s 2016 Oscar-qualified animated short.
‘Despicable Me 4’ Trailer: Our First Look At The Return Of Animation’s Most Lucrative Box Office Franchise
Universal will bring ‘Despicable Me’ back to theaters on July 3.
John Bush, Veteran TV Animation Producer, Dies At 69
Bush’s 30-plus year career included stops at Film Roman, Disney TV Animation, WB Animation, and Jim Henson Company.
Watch The Trailer For Busifan’s Chinese Epic ‘The Storm,’ Touching Down In English-Language Territories This Weekend
The supernatural feature is the latest from ‘The Guardian’ director Zhigang Yang, popularly referred to as Busifan.
Pharrell Williams Is Getting An Animated Lego Biopic Directed By Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Morgan Neville
‘Piece by Piece’ is produced by Focus Features and will hit U.S. theaters on October 11.
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