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Shane Acker Joins Reel FX To Direct “Beasts of Burden” Film
Santa Monica and Dallas-based Reel FX has no plans to slow down. Already producing two features—Jimmy Hayward’s Turkeys and Jorge …
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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.
Tom Whalen’s “Yellow Submarine” tribute
Artist Tom Whalen has designed a set of four Beatles posters, a tribute to the animated feature Yellow Submarine (1968).
“Where Mary Lives..” by Shako
Journeyman animator Shako (aka Shibabrata Chakraborty) created this beautifully creepy short.
“The Chase” by Rok Predin
The latest short from UK's Trunk Animation director Rok Predin is a haunting little art film starring some nasty cat-demons and a rather cute car.
Friday Feb. 1 in LA: An Evening With Bill Plympton
Plympton is coming west, making one of his rare West Coast appearances at The Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood.
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.
Animation Dominates the Top 20 Highest Grossing Features of 2012
All told, it was an incredible year at the box office. The top six animated features contributed over $1 billion dollars gross to the US box-office.
“Beluga” by Shin Hashimoto
Shin Hashimoto's latest film is a dark, disturbing NSFW retelling of The Little Match Girl. Not exactly appropriate for Christmas, but so fascinating I couldn't take my eyes off it.
Annie Award Nominations 2012
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for its 40th Annual Annie Awards.
“Rise of The Guardians” talkback
Critic A.O. Scott in The New York Times had mixed emotions about Dreamworks’ Rise of The Guardians saying, “like so much animated …
VIP Partch and Spumco Comics Coming in 2013
2013 is shaping up to be quite the year for animation books. We already know about Pete Docter’s Disney Nine Old Men flipbooks and Tod …
Watch the Worst Milt Kahl Interview Ever
Imagine that you could interview Milt Kahl at the height of his powers and ask him anything you wanted. That’s the opportunity a little …
Four Fantastic New Books: On McKimson, Gottfredson, Henson and Wreck-It Ralph!
To recap: this season has already brought two must-have books – J.B. Kaufman’s Snow White history, The Fairest One Of All and Charles …
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 …
“Ringo” by M.R. Horhager
Happy Halloween! Ringo – or The Story of a Couple who Tried to Revitalize Their Relationship but Instead Ruined a Child by M.R. Horhager …
Disney Buys Lucasfilm, “Star Wars” Franchise for $4 Billion [UPDATED]
It’s not April Fools’ Day. The Walt Disney Company is acquiring Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise for $4.05 billion. The press …
“Turkeys” get Greenlit at Reel FX
Here’s another film to look forward to in 2014: Relativity Media and Reel FX have announced that they will jointly produce and finance …
Why “The Goon” Is A Troubling Kickstarter Project [UPDATED]
Kickstarter launched with the promise of helping independent artists raise funding for projects that otherwise couldn’t easily be …
Waterloo Festival For Animated Cinema Announces Feature Film lineup
Every year at this time I find myself jealous of the people in the vicinity of Kitchener-Waterloo in Northern Ontario, Canada. No, not …
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