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Will Vinton Set to Direct CGI Film “The Quest”
It was announced last week that animation director Will Vinton, creator of the term Claymation and recipient of an Academy Award for his …
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Ottawa International Animation Festival Selects 106 Films in Competition
North America’s biggest animation festival, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, has announced the feature film and short film …
Laika’s Next Feature Will Be “Boxtrolls”
Laika, the Portland studio that made Coraline and ParaNorman, announced this morning that its third feature will be Boxtrolls. The film, …
Terry Gilliam tribute on “Fringe”
This week's episode of Fox's Fringe contained a pretty cool homage to Terry Gilliam's animation on Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Annie Award Nominations 2012
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for its 40th Annual Annie Awards.
Our Secret Cyber-Monday DVD Contest!
It’s “Cyber Monday” in the US, the Monday after Thanksgiving: the biggest online shopping day of the year. However we at Cartoon Brew …
Academy Considering Twenty-One Animated Features
Who? Who will win the Oscar this year, at the 85th Academy Awards? Hey Krishna? The Mystical Laws? Walter & Tandoori’s Christmas? …
GKIDS Heats Up the Oscar Animated Feature Race
Today, family animation distributor GKIDS announced that they will qualify four animated features for consideration in the Oscars Best …
Animate Chapman Competition Launches
LONDON, UK & NEW YORK, NY — In celebration of the new feature film A Liar’s Autobiography — The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s …
Patton Oswalt’s Important Message To Creators And Executives
Comedian Patton Oswalt delivered an inspiring keynote at last week’s Just For Laughs Comedy Conference in Montreal. He presented it in …
PREVIEW: 2012 Animated Features
Let’s ring in the new year with a look ahead at the animated features of 2012. The animated feature glass was half-full last year. …
“How Beavis Saved My Life” by John Andrews
When it started airing on MTV in 1993, Beavis and Butt-Head was more than just a popular animated series, it was a cultural phenomenon. …
Terry Gilliam Teaches Cut-Out Animation
Wow, here’s something I’d never seen before: Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam discussing his animation techniques on Bob Godfrey’s …
“Chico & Rita” to open European animation forum Cartoon Movie
The UK-Ââ€Spain co-Ââ€production will be shown to over 630 animation professionals from across Europe // Acclaimed …
Stan VanDerBeek Retrospective in Ottawa
There’s a lot of good stuff happening at the Ottawa International Animation Festival this week. Eric Goldberg, Henry Selick, David …
What Tex Avery And Frank Zappa Both Knew About Making Great Entertainment
Want to understand why entertaining cartoons are all but impossible to produce nowadays? You can have the answer in just two short …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #4
An irreverent take on the holidays by Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam. This piece originally aired in 1968 on the TV series Do Not …
Stan VanDerBeek
(Photo © Amy Drown) I’m currently fascinated with the work of avant-garde filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984). There seems to be …
THE SECRET SHOW
As animated features currently dwell in a CG rut of fairy tale spoofs and talking animal adventures, television animation has become the …
Weebls Wobble Good
One of the gigs I have had the privilege to work on recently was THE NICKTOONS FILM FESTIVAL (last episode on this Sunday at 7:00 pm, …
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