“Rise of The Guardians” talkback
Critic A.O. Scott in The New York Times had mixed emotions about Dreamworks’ Rise of The Guardians saying, “like so much animated …
Critic A.O. Scott in The New York Times had mixed emotions about Dreamworks’ Rise of The Guardians saying, “like so much animated …
Here’s a really nice new trailer for Blue Sky’s next feature Epic. Based on a book by William Joyce, directed by Chris Wedge himself, in …
When an animated film is submitted from Nigeria, I sit up and take notice. That’s because it doesn’t happen often. In fact, it never …
Yesterday, Warner Bros. quietly post most of the Fleischer Superman cartoons to their You Tube channel. Normally this wouldn’t be big …
2013 is shaping up to be quite the year for animation books. We already know about Pete Docter’s Disney Nine Old Men flipbooks and Tod …
What some will do for a good cup of noodle soup. Hang on! This is one slick piece of anime goodness – courtesy of our friends at …
Check out this wonderful statue of Superman, adapted from the Max Fleischer theatrical cartoons of the 1940s. Sacramento-based sculptor …
Disney’s tie-in to Barneys holiday-themed Electric Holiday has yield this 5-minute promotional cartoon, meant to run at Barneys stores as …
We get a lot of studio reels submitted here, but this one really stood out. A bunch of incredible animators, including several who have …
I just caught up with these cool-looking new Cheeerios Kids animated commercials, which began appearing on Aol this past September. I …
Animators in Mexico don’t appear content to simply copy the predictable, formula-ridden animated features of their American neighbors. …
Last Sunday, Blur Studio completed its crowdfunding effort for the proposed animated feature, The Goon, based on Eric Powell’s comic …
Imagine that you could interview Milt Kahl at the height of his powers and ask him anything you wanted. That’s the opportunity a little …
It’s crazy-time in L.A. as producers scramble to get their Academy-submitted animated feature films qualified by finding screens to show …
Earlier this year I discovered Germany-based Bernd Müller and his fantastic one-of-a-kind figurines – like this one from Gulliver’s …
Animator Dave Nimitz has informed me that Lucille Bliss passed away on Thursday night (November 8th). Bliss was a pioneering television …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shortlisted ten films for the Best Animated Short category. From these ten …
Designers Bill Younker and Larry Gormley have created a series of “information art prints” which they sell on their site, History Shots. …
In Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph, Nesquik nearly kills two of the film’s main characters. Well, they weren’t joking about the deadly nature of …
Typically, a cheesy low-budget animated feature would be lucky to get one major Hollywood name involved with it. Not so in the case of …