Books

The Art of Pixar’s Short Films

A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …

Disney

Visit Pixar for $14,700!

How much is it worth to you to visit Pixar? What if we threw in tickets to the world premiere of Wall*E, a tour of Disney Studios Studios …

Disney

New Pixar Little Golden Book

I’ve been going ga-ga over the Disney and Pixar Little Golden Books for several years now. Jenny Lerew tipped us off to the new …

Disney

The Pixar Story Hollywood Screening

We’ve plugged Leslie Iwerks’ new Pixar documentary on the Brew many times before. It’s a must see. I want to alert the Los Angeles area …

Events

2D or Not 2D Animation Festival

The second annual 2D OR NOT 2D Animated Film Festival will be held at the New Everett Theatre in Everett, Washington, on November 2nd and …

Disney

Disney at PhillyFest

A ‘heads up’ on some Disney Programs at the upcoming 16th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival, April 5th through 18th. Friday, April 6 …

Old Brew

Animation News To Be Aware Of

1. Chris Meledandri, head of Fox Feature Animation, jumps ship to Universal where he’ll try his best to produce another ICE AGE and not …

Old Brew

Barrier on ANIMATION BLAST #9

Esteemed animation historian Michael Barrier has commented on his website about the John Sibley article in the new ANIMATION BLAST #9. …

Disney

Robert Zemeckis and Disney?

TMZ ran a breaking story yesterday that says Disney is courting Robert Zemeckis and his “uncanny valley” brand of animated filmmaking. I …

Old Brew

VAN EATON ANIMATION EVENT

Wednesday night (3/22) at the Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, H.B. Lewis will be on hand to discuss his work in illustration and …

Old Brew

More Thoughts about Disney-Pixar

Many of the most insightful comments about the Disney-Pixar merger are not coming from the mainstream media, but rather from artists …

Old Brew

Disney’s The Wild

This recent GLOBE AND MAIL story reveals that the cost of Disney’s upcoming THE WILD was $80 million. Judging from the film’s nearly …

Genius

2006 Animation Predictions

Better late than never. Here are a few thoughts from your Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – about what might happen in animation …

Old Brew

Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak

We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …

Old Brew

DISNEY BUYS PIXAR

In case you haven’t heard — now it’s official. Jobs is Disney’s largest shareholder. Any way you slice it – he’s now the big cheese. …

Old Brew

Disney+Pixar=?

Former ANIMATO! editor (and current PC WORLD editor) Harry McCracken asks the questions that are weighing heavily on the collective mind …

Old Brew

Disney/Pixar News Roundup, Pt. II

The NY TIMES reports that Disney may announce their acquisition of Pixar as early as tomorrow. According to the TIMES, “the deal would …

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