Nine Illuminating Notes From ‘Despicable Me’ Producer Chris Meledandri
Illumination Entertainment's founder admits he has no idea what's in store for the future of animation, but it will probably arrive online in short-form.
Illumination Entertainment's founder admits he has no idea what's in store for the future of animation, but it will probably arrive online in short-form.
A new book explores the original, un-Disney-like goals of Pixar's first feature effort.
Cops, carnies, and a Cretaceous Caligula are coming to your screens.
The two companies will work together to create films that "both entertain and encourage children across the world."
Analyzing the performance and acting in the Academy Award-nominated film "Song of the Sea."
If there had been a proper art book for Henry Selick's "Coraline," this is some of the art that would have been in it.
Disney's hugely popular Princess brand is about to get even more lucrative with the introduction of its first Hispanic princess.
Steve Hulett remembers the time when Disney artists were told they were being moved to a warehouse off the lot, and the animation division's first "gong show" pitch session.
"I do think that animation can have a language of its own, rather than simply mimicking live action."
"Pim and Pom: The Big Adventure" was not only made on a tiny budget, but had the added challenge of translating the visual style of one of the most beloved Dutch children's book illustrators.
The Sundance Film Festival has announced the film and installation selections for their upcoming edition, which will take place in Park City, Utah between January 22 and February 1, 2015.
Our new Animation Festival Guide is a hand-picked list of calls for entries from respected festivals around the globe. This week, we add three new calls for entries from Annecy, France; Zagreb, Croatia; and Melbourne, Australia.
Suppose you wanted to make an animated film or TV series, but you didn’t have any new ideas and (gasp) you don’t want to remake the same old properties. Take heart: there’s a lot of great material out there just begging to be adapted into animation.
While animation has been made in Romania for many decades and the country has even produced some internationally recognized figures like Ion Popescu-Gopo, the contemporary animation scene hadn't received much exposure until the founding of the Anim'est festival.
"BoJack Horseman" creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and director Mike Hollingsworth speak with Cartoon Brew about the making of the show, its dark but sincere tone, and the lighter side of bestiality.
Animation historian John Canemaker talks about the process and challenges of creating the monumental new biography "The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis & the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic."
"Basil of Baker Street" by novelist Eve Titus was an illustrated children's book centered on a mouse who fancied himself an ace detective. The mouse resided (naturally enough) inside the walls of 31 Baker Street in London, home of a human-sized ace detective, the name of whom escapes me.
Join Mr. Piggy on an adventure through time and space. Please wear 25-D glasses.
"Annedroids" creator J.J. Johnson talks to Cartoon Brew about science-based kids programming, the challenges of making live-action/animation hybrids, and why not understanding the animation process can work to a producer's benefit.
Masaaki Yuasa's fourth TV show wraps up in a fairly satisfying way with a briskly paced and nicely animated climax that brings emotional closure to the story with a cathartic showdown and thread-tying coda.