Skydance Animation Hires Away Disney TV’s Shane Prigmore For Top Animation Development Role
Skydance Animation scores with another high-profile hire on the management side.
Skydance Animation scores with another high-profile hire on the management side.
John Lasseter-led Skydance Animation will make its big debut in 2022 with the release of two animated features, both directed by women.
The Tiktok era of animated film promotion has arrived.
John Lasseter is running an entire animation studio again.
Peggy Holmes will now direct the first film from John Lasseter's animation studio.
A 5-year, 30-plus country tour is planned.
Say Thompson: "[Lasseter] is presumably being paid millions of dollars to receive [his] second chance. How much money are the employees at Skydance being paid to GIVE him that second chance?"
A lot of industry artists don't want anything to do with Skydance Animation.
Emma Thompson quit Skydance Animation's first feature over "concerns about working with Lasseter."
Holly Edwards will replace Bill Damaschke in the role of president at Skydance Animation.
Women animators dominated the festival this year, winning all of the animation and experimental short awards, as well as the top narrative feature prize.
According to a new report, John Lasseter is seeing a therapist to help him understand unconscious bias.
"We need to get stronger both emotionally and physically," says Women in Animation president Marge Dean. "We need to not be afraid."
Skydance executives are apparently unsure of John Lasseter's ability to keep his hands, mouth, and other body parts to himself.
John Lasseter is an alleged serial sexual predator, and that should raise concerns for women working at Skydance.
Skydance Animation's hiring of John Lasseter "endorses and perpetuates a broken system that allows powerful men to act without consequence."
Watch the trailers for the animated shorts that will compete at Sundance next month.
Skydance has acquired live-action film and tv rights to the hit French animated series.
None of Batman's greatest heroes and villains can resist dancing to the Batman theme song.