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10 for Best Picture
It was announced yesterday that the Academy will now nominate ten films for Best Picture. From their press release:For more than a decade …
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Animation for Adults?
Animation is not strictly a kids medium, despite the general perception (here in the U.S.) that it is. Clearly – South Park, Adult Swim …
Forbes Magazine on Animation
Forbes.com just posted a rather flimsy column about animated features, discussing how much money they make and claiming there are “45 or …
The 3-D Onslaught
Coraline was the first time I’d seen a film in 3-D in a very long time, and while I enjoyed the film immensely, the 3-D technology was a …
Academy Awards Talkback
The Oscar winners were announced tonight. The winner for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM was Pixar’s WALL•E. For BEST ANIMATED SHORT, …
Coraline Opens Today
The first animated feature out of Laika, Henry Selick’s Coraline, opens in theaters today. Jerry loved the film, I haven’t seen it yet. …
Animation’s 2nd-Class Status
Film reporter Patrick Goldstein, in today’s LA Times, writes about movies that are long shots for the Oscar’s Best Picture nomination. …
2008 Annie Award Nominations
The nominations for the 36th annual Annie Awards were announced today. Kung Fu Panda recieved 17 nominations including Best Animated …
Oscar Qualified Features
The Academy has released its list of animated features that qualify for Oscar consideration. 14 titles. Had Universal deemed to enter The …
Weekend Inspiration
As we head into the long holiday weekend, I thought it’d be nice to take a moment and share some inspiring images I’ve run across this …
The Alchemy of Animation
Head’s up on Don Hahn’s new book The Alchemy of Animation, which will be available on October 7th. Hahn is, of course, the producer of …
The Disney Company on Ollie Johnston
(Above: Milt Kahl, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas and Walt Disney flank seated Ollie Johnston) Howard Green just sent over the official …
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Geri’s Game Remakes
Readers may recall that last year I posted about a group of Brazilian film students who had created a scene-by-scene live-action remake …
Persepolis opens today
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, …
Annie Awards
I’m getting an award! The Annie Award nominations were announced this morning. The big news is that the juried awards are going to …
San Diego Comic Con: Animation Programming
They’ve just posted the complete schedule of programming for the San Diego Comic Con, July 26-29. Below I’ve extracted the animation …
AMID AMIDI: Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Animation has been a passion of mine for the longest time. Looking back at what sparked this lifelong love for the art form, it wasn’t …
The Mouse Goes Mo-Cap
“Hi! I’m Mr. Mo Cap! I’m the future of animation!” I woke up this morning to the news that Disney is entering a partnership with …
Academy Award Nominees & Analysis
The nominees were announced today.Best Animated Feature CARS (Pixar)HAPPY FEET (Warner Bros.)MONSTER HOUSE (Sony)Notes on the Feature …
Predicting the Oscars
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a couple pieces recently about ’06 Oscar predictions for animated features and animated shorts. Jerry …
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