Will Someone Save PDI/DreamWorks’s Pirate Bar?
Now that PDI/DreamWorks is shutting down, who will save the studio's Pirate Bar?
Now that PDI/DreamWorks is shutting down, who will save the studio's Pirate Bar?
DreamWorks just announced to it staff that it will shut down one of its main studios, PDI DreamWorks, in Redwood City, California.
The major studios filed a motion last Friday in federal court asking a judge to dismiss the antitrust wage-fixing lawsuit that had been filed by animation industry employees.
"Why should kids be the only ones who get pleasure out of animation," says the revered indie animation director Bill Plympton. "It offends me that American animation is stereotyped this way."
DreamWorks announced this afternoon that veteran producers Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria, the respective lead producers of the studio's "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Madagascar" franchises, will oversee creative development and production for DreamWorks Animation’s theatrical releases.
"I do think that animation can have a language of its own, rather than simply mimicking live action."
For the first time in 17 years, no animated feature earned enough global box office dollars to rank among the top ten-grossing worldwide theatrical releases.
The American animation industry's wage-fixing scandal received the most attention on Cartoon Brew this year, with three of our most viewed stories focused on that topic.
Disney is dubbing Pixar's "Finding Nemo" into the Navajo language.
"LEGO Movie" Phil Lord and Chris Miller turned down an offer to run Sony Animation because "it’s too hard to do great work there."
"Pim and Pom: The Big Adventure" was not only made on a tiny budget, but had the added challenge of translating the visual style of one of the most beloved Dutch children's book illustrators.
Ed Catmull allegedly told Disney artists they were free to find higher-paying work at other studios while he knew they couldn't.
Disney-Pixar has debuted the first full trailer for its next film, "Inside Out," directed by Pete Docter.
Walt Disney Productions changed forever when two guys named Mike and Frank showed up.
If you love animation, you'll want to check out this list of animated features that will be released in 2015.
This Disney France limited edition poster for Pete Docter's "Inside Out" (titled "Vice-Versa" in French) might just be the most attractive piece of promo art for the film yet.
Former Pixar art director Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi talk about the challenges of directing their first independent film "The Dam Keeper."
Laika's "The Boxtrolls" topped the noms with a total of thirteen; the awards will be handed out January 31, 2015, in Los Angeles, California.
There are bad trailers, and then there's this incomprehensible thing promoting "Strange Magic," an animated feature that feels like Blue Sky's "Epic" produced by the people who made "Delgo."
The wage-theft scheme run by big animation studios is finally receiving some mainstream media attention after a significant piece was published today by Bloomberg News.