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Pixar and Disney Animation president Ed Catmull has always had a reputation as a decent person, but newly revealed court documents show that he's been working against the interests of Pixar's employees for years, as well as trying to hurt other studios who didn't play by his rules.
The 2011 Spanish animated feature "Wrinkles," based on Paco Roca's graphic novel, will be released onto DVD and VOD in the United States on July 15.
The nominations for the 66th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the big animation news isn't who was nominated, but who wasn't: "The Simpsons"
Disney is developing a live-action feature based on the 1941 animated film Dumbo. Ehren Kruger, who has written or co-written three of the four Michael Bay "Transformers" films, will write the script
Tech site Pando Daily has been providing amazing coverage of the Department of Justice antitrust invesigation and subsequent class action lawsuits over wage-fixing amongst Silicon Valley tech companies and animation studios.
Hand-drawn feature animation from Brazil is gaining momentum on the international festival circuit. Last month the Brazilian feature "The Boy and the World" ("O menino e o mundo") won the top feature prize at Annecy.
Actor Andy Serkis may have changed his tune somewhat from earlier this spring when he insisted that animators do nothing but add 'digital makeup' on top of his acting.
My wrestling match with Ken Anderson now over, I returned once more to Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman and Larry Clemmons, working on the story end of "The Fox and the Hound."
David OReilly, a blazing star of the contemporary animation scene, released his first game titled Mountain on July 1st.
The Internet animation community is talking about one thing today: a series of tweets last night by "Adventure Time" storyboard revision artist Emily Partridge in which she identified artist Skyler Page, the creator of the Cartoon Network series "Clarence," as sexually assaulting her.
Yesterday, we celebrated the momentous decision to replace the practical effect-dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" with CGI animation. Today, we look at the other side of the issue: the effect that CGI has had on traditional puppet-makers, animatronic artists, and stop motion animators whose work has increasingly been relegated to the sidelines.
"Pinchaque" tells the story of the Discovery of a new tapir species that lives in the Colombian Andes. This discovery was made by two Franch scientist from the 19th century. It also describes the role of this species in the forest and its relation with native people.
Margaret Loesch, a forty-year children's TV veteran, has announced that she will step down as the founding president and CEO of the Hub Network when her contract expires at the end of this year.
Typically, the airport is a place that travelers want to spend as little time at as possible, but cartoon fans may want to rethink that strategy. In Japan, a four-day animation festival will be held entirely in an airport later this year, and in San Francisco, a new exhibit of cartoon advertising characters will open this weekend.
I was back in Don Duckwall's office, exchanging insincere smiles with him. I had been on "The Fox and the Hound" with Larry, Woolie, and everybody else for half a year. But now Don wanted me to go on another assignment.
"The Story of a Tornado" by Veronika Kocourková follows a family of four air molecules. As the hot sun warms the Earth, the molecules grow and soon enough they no longer fit into their house.
Animation veterans Eric “Bibo” Bergeron and Mike de Seve have partnered to launch a new venture called Monkey’s Uncle, which they announced at Annecy a couple weeks ago.
Peco and Dragon battle it out in a fierce match, and Peco's victory paves the way for a climactic showdown between old friends.
The Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the world's oldest and biggest animation festival, wrapped up its 38th edition on June 14th. Here is the complete list of winners.
In its second weekend, "How to Train your Dragon 2" eased 49% to an estimated $25.3 million. The drop was significantly greater than the 34% second-weekend decline of the original film in the series. Combined with the lower-than-expected opening weekend, the sequel is now all but guaranteed to finish below the original film's $217.6 million domestic gross.