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The Secret History of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”
The biographer of the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" reviews the 25th anniversary screening that took place in Los Angeles.
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Owen Hurley Named Technicolor’s Animation and Games Creative Director
Technicolor announced last week that they have appointed Owen Hurley to be the Creative Director of its Animation and Games group. Hurley …
2015 Award Season Tracker
Cartoon Brew will regularly update this page with information about the contenders for various end-of-year animation awards, including …
BREAKING: Disney Shuts Down LucasArts; 150 Staffers Laid Off
The shake-out from Disney’s $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm continues. This morning, Disney shut down LucasArts, the 31-year-old …
Lucasfilm Exec Blogs About Laying Off Animation Artists
If you’re an animation studio executive and you’ve just laid off a a crew of artists, what’s the first thing you should do? Going on …
Trailer for Katsuhiro Otomo’s Shorts Omnibus “Short Peace”
Short Peace is the name of Akira director Katsuhiro Otomo’s new omnibus feature comprised of four different shorts. It appears that …
How Disney Bought Lucasfilm
Good long-read in Businessweek about how Disney bought the Star Wars franchise and Lucasfilm. The article is short on major revelations, …
If Pixar Made “Star Trek”…
After Pixarifying (is that a word?) the universes of Marvel/DC comics, Doctor Who and Star Wars, cartoonist Phil Postma has directed his …
16th Annual NY International Children’s Film Festival
Running March 1st through the 24th at seven New York locations, includes numerous US Premieres of animated features.
An Exhibit About Cameraless Animator Julian Antonisz
The Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Poland, is presenting a retrospective of Polish animator Julian Antonisz (1941-1987), who …
Technicolor Options Rights to Graphic Novel Series “The Deep”
This press release was interesting to me because I wasn't aware that Technicolor is making a push into original content development.
Annie Award Nominations 2012
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for its 40th Annual Annie Awards.
The Disney Purchase of Lucasfilm: What Does It Mean?
Disney’s $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm has generated more questions than answers. The Mouse has made it clear that they bought …
Why The Disney/Lucasfilm Merger Hurts Artists and Creativity
Veteran animation artist Mark Mayerson has some of the most consistently enlightening perspectives on the business of animation, and his …
Modus FX Appoints Le Bouyonnec as VP Production
Montreal, QC — Modus FX announced the appointment of Anne Le Bouyonnec as VP production. Le Bouyonnec will act as liaison between …
Matt Thunell Joins Carbon as Executive Producer Of New West Coast Studio
Santa Monica, CA — VFX house Carbon announced that it has hired Matt Thunell as Executive Producer of the company’s new West Coast …
VIEW Conference Unveils 2012 Highlights
Turin, Italy — The VIEW Conference is proud to announce that award winning director Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai …
Rain Releases Element VFX
RINGWOOD, NJ — Rain Computers, designer of high performance audio and visual production computers for clients including Conan …
Digital Frontier Teams Up With France’s Forge Animation To Co-Produce “Windwalkers: Chronicles of the 34th Horde”
Digital Frontier Inc., Japan’s leading CG production studio, has joined hands with the French cross-media animation company Forge …
Bron Animation Adds To Creative Team
Vancouver, BC — Bron Animation, a new division of Bron Studios that is producing CG animated motion pictures, holiday specials and …
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