Animators

Brad Bird’s Next Film Announced

HUGE news out of the Walt Disney Co.’s shareholders’ meeting today! I’m surprised that nobody else has picked up on the story yet. …

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Blogs, Blogs, Blogs

Pixar story artist Jim Capobianco is working on a personal hand-drawn short called LEONARDO and he’s almost done with the rough animation …

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UPA Tribute in LA

The Egyptian Theatre website has posted more information about their highly anticipated UPA tribute taking place Sunday, March 26. It’s …

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Iger Interview

This interview with Bob Iger is an interesting read. He discusses the Pixar acquisition at some length, and says that in his five months …

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Dear Mr. Iger,

Now that you’ve returned a creative producer – an animator, no less – to head Disney Feature Animation and Imagineering, and you’ve …

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Andrew Stanton Interview

How cool is this – Pixar animator Andrew Gordon has done a three-part podcast interview with co-worker Andrew Stanton, the director of …

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Comments on CARS Clips

Pixar previewed a couple clips from CARS at WonderCon in San Francisco last weekend. Here’s a description of the clips shown. More …

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TOY FAIR 2006

I am blown away by images appearing on the internet from the International Toy Fair being held this week in New York. In addition to the …

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Meddling Michael

Did Michael Eisner attempt to break up the Disney-Pixar merger?Use BugMeNot to bypass NY POST registration.(Thanks, klahd222)

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FREE JIMMY

SLIPP JIMMY FRI (FREE JIMMY) is Norway’s first CG animated feature, and also the country’s most expensive film production to date, with a …

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Oswald Questions

Our friend Harry McCracken has a list of questions about the Oswald/Al Michaels trade. The questions are more light-hearted than the set …

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RADIO BREW

MEDIA ALERT: Brewmaster Jerry Beck will be making an appearence on MOVIE TALK, a radio show on New Orleans BizRadio 990am Saturday …

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NOBLE BOY

Scott Morse, long-time art director/story artist with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Universal, Disney, and presently, with Pixar (as well …

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Dedini, Arriola and Ketcham Speak

Here’s the best thing I’ve found online this week: a three-part video interview from 2001 with all-star cartoonists living in Carmel, …

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ANIMATOR ANALYSIS

Over at Jaime Weinman’s Something Old, Nothing New blog, he’s posted a scene-by-scene analysis of which animators did what on the classic …

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SEAL OF DOOM

It always bothers me when I see an animated film advertised with this seal (at right) from the Film Advisory Board. It’s usually pasted …

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Disney’s The Wild

This recent GLOBE AND MAIL story reveals that the cost of Disney’s upcoming THE WILD was $80 million. Judging from the film’s nearly …

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OSCAR SHORT NOMINEES

And the nomineees are:Badgered (A National Film and Television School Production) Sharon ColmanThe Moon and the Son: An Imagined …

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2006 Animation Predictions

Better late than never. Here are a few thoughts from your Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – about what might happen in animation …

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