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Chris Robinson Talks about the Ottawa Animation Festival
The Ottawa International Animation Festival takes place next week. If you’ve never been, GO! It’s a wonderful event to catch up with …
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Pixar’s Up is Blammed
How could you improve Pete Docter’s film Up? Let the brilliant minds at the Disney Channel “blam” the film like they’ve doing with the …
Disney’s Annie Awards Withdrawal
Last Wednesday we posted a link from Variety in our Industry Headlines column (at right), Disney Withdraws from Annie Awards, which …
Directors of Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks Films
Even though I’ve always been aware of the dominance of CalArts alumni within the West Coast industry, I was still surprised to see the …
Henry Selick returns to Disney
No joke – and good news! Variety is reporting that Henry Selick has signed an exclusive long term deal to produce and direct movies for …
Next Weekend: CTN-X Animation Expo
Next weekend (11/20-22) is the CTN Animation Expo, and that’s where I’ll be with several hundred of my friends. It’s a convention/trade …
The Continuing Media Bias Against Animation
And so it goes: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was the number #1 film in the country last week, grossing $30.1 million dollars in its …
Luxo sues Pixar/Disney
Poetic justice – or inevitable? The Los Angeles Times reports that the Norwegian lamp maker is suing over non contractual uses of its …
Animation for Adults?
Animation is not strictly a kids medium, despite the general perception (here in the U.S.) that it is. Clearly – South Park, Adult Swim …
Pixar opening shorts studio in Canada
Pixar is opening a satellite studio in Vancouver which will be dedicated to producing short subjects. According to a story in The …
Forbes Magazine on Animation
Forbes.com just posted a rather flimsy column about animated features, discussing how much money they make and claiming there are “45 or …
Upcoming Disney Books
I got a peek at the latest Disney Book Group catalog, prepared for this week’s London Book Fair. There are plenty of things coming up …
Amid Talks Disney vs. DreamWorks
This morning I appeared on the Fox Business channel to discuss the rivalry between Pixar and DreamWorks. The other guest was esteemed …
Animation’s 2nd-Class Status
Film reporter Patrick Goldstein, in today’s LA Times, writes about movies that are long shots for the Oscar’s Best Picture nomination. …
2009 Animation Book Preview
While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …
LoC honors Harryhausen, Lye and a Disneyland home movie
Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically” …
If Disney is Mickey Mouse… is Pixar Silly Symphonies?
Within the last two weeks I saw Disney’s Bolt and rewatched Pixar’s Wall•E (as well as moderating a Q&A with writer/director Andrew …
The Alchemy of Animation
Head’s up on Don Hahn’s new book The Alchemy of Animation, which will be available on October 7th. Hahn is, of course, the producer of …
The Disney-Pixar Merger…Two Years Later
In yesterday’s NY Times there was a lengthy article about how things are going at Disney two years after its merger with Pixar. The …
Disney Artists To Self-Publish Rocket Johnson
In recent years, many artists at feature animation studios like Pixar, DreamWorks and Blue Sky have become involved in self-publishing …
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