The Smurfs and Hong Kong Phooey go live action
It’s been a big week for Hollywood’s goal to turn every crap cartoon of the 1970s into live action blockbuster movies. Take the …
It’s been a big week for Hollywood’s goal to turn every crap cartoon of the 1970s into live action blockbuster movies. Take the …
I always love an excuse to post an obscure Walter Lantz cartoon from the 1930s featuring swing music, rotoscoped dancers and un-P.C. …
Pixar is opening a satellite studio in Vancouver which will be dedicated to producing short subjects. According to a story in The …
I don’t typically republish reader comments in separate posts, but a Cartoon Brew reader named Michael saw a rough cut of The Princess …
Director and animator Emily Hubley is embarking on a nationwide screening tour of her live-action/animation feature film debut The Toe …
Following up on the piece about the 3D papercraft/cut-out trend, here are two new works that are more-or-less from that school of …
The Animation Guild blog linked to this Variety article about the financial woes of animation outfit Imagi Int’l, which has studios in …
Saw Bolt yesterday. Before the screening they gave everyone a promotional deck of playing cards featuring development artwork from the …
Eric Goldberg, a veteran Director, Designer and Animator, has worked extensively in New York, London and Hollywood creating feature …
What hath Alvin and the Chipmunks wrought? It’s being widely reported today that Sony is co-financing a live action/CG Smurfs feature …
(Above: Milt Kahl, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas and Walt Disney flank seated Ollie Johnston) Howard Green just sent over the official …
There are five nominees for Best Short Subject in this year’s Annie Awards, which will be presented by ASIFA-Hollywood tomorrow …
A few random notes on the French animated feature Persepolis: • Upon winning the best animated feature prize from the NY …
Persepolis, opening today in New York and Los Angeles, is as far from the Hollywood status quo as you can get. It’s an important film, …
Several years ago, when Playhouse Pictures closed its Hollywood office, cartoonist Mike Kazaleh purchased some old files being sold off …
Apparently a new Pixar short – their first with extensive 2-D traditional animation – will available on the Ratatouille DVD and Blu-Ray …
From the sublime to the ridiculous… My laryngitis on Wednesday developed into a full fledged cold on Thursday and Friday, forcing me …
Postmodern Times is a new series of short animated films presenting “ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and …
We’ve posted other swipes from Preston Blair before (here, here, here and here) but this one is the mother of them all! Steve …