Warner Bros. Will Release 3 Animated Features in 2017-’18
Following the success of the "LEGO Movie"—$457 million to date—Warner Bros. is getting back into feature animation in a big way.
Following the success of the "LEGO Movie"—$457 million to date—Warner Bros. is getting back into feature animation in a big way.
Animated Fragments is our semi-regular feature of animation tests, experiments, micro-shorts, and other bits of cartoon flotsam that doesn't fit into other categories. To view the previous 25 installments, go to the Fragments archive.
Today the Annecy International Animated Film Festival announced the feature film selections for their 2014 edition. Eighteen films were selected—nine in competition and nine out of competition. A total of 68 animated features were submitted this year.
After a relatively quiet stretch, John Kricfalusi ("Ren & Stimpy") is popping up everywhere nowadays: at the front "Simpsons" episodes, behind Miley Cyrus, and now, in your milkshake machine.
This short animation of a seemingly CG bear climbing stairs is garnering a lot of attention on the Internet because it's actually a CG bear printed as 3-D models and then animated in stop motion.
Dolphin Burger Studios, a workshop for disabled artists and animators in Brighton, England, has produced a fan-remake of the memorable stop-motion music video for Peter Gabriel's “Sledgehammer.”
After three years of tryouts and short runs in a total of four different cities, Disney Theatrical’s version of "Aladdin" finally opened on Broadway March 20th at the New Amsterdam Theatre. So now that it's here, how does it compare to the animated "Aladdin" we all know and love? After seeing the musical a few days ago, here are my observations.
This weekend, Disney’s "Frozen" became the highest grossing animated film of all time. Its $1.072 billion worldwide gross has surpassed the $1.063 billion of "Toy Story 3," which was the previous record-holder for biggest animated feature.
The 17th edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival concluded last Sunday in Utrecht, Netherlands. The winners of the top prizes for both feature film and narrative short hailed from South Korea.
The autobiographical graphic novel L’Ascension du Haut Mal, (released in English as Epileptic), is being adapted into an animated …
Besides today's bonanza of Genndy Tartakovsky projects, Sony Pictures Animation also made it official that Kelly Asbury ("Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," "Shrek 2," "Gnomeo & Juliet") will direct the upcoming, as-yet-untitled "Smurfs" movie.
Disney Interactive is making a move into sponsored content. They recently launched It’s a Small World: The Animated Series, an …
Seattle-based creative director Bruce Yan opened his first one-man show, "Brand New," last Saturday at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. The pieces offer some clever twists on iconic logos using animated characters.
Nickelodeon has announced a call for submissions for its 2014 global Animated Shorts Program, which is designed to "identify and develop new animation talent and provide a platform for new content for kids."
Surpassing even the most generous box office predictions, Disney's "Frozen" continues to shatter records.
For a brief decade-long period in animation history, between the late-1960s and late-1970s, feature animation filmmakers cast aside their inhibitions and created films that aimed to titillate and shock audiences with the novelty of sexual cartoon imagery.
"Frozen" snagged two awards tonight at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
To acknowledge the crucial role of animators in the evolving world of filmmaking, the Visual Effects Society today nominated Ryan Stone, Bullock's character in "Gravity," for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live-Action Feature Motion Picture.
Disney's "Frozen" won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature tonight.
Disney's recent trademark lawsuit against Phase 4 Films and their movie "Frozen Land" has reignited discussion about 'mockbusters,' the portmanteau used to describe a genre of home video that is dedicated to tricking customers into mistakenly purchasing a low-budget imitation of a popular movie.