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Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts to be screened in LA & NYC
With the Oscar awards nominees announced and the awards ceremony set for February 2011, the nominees for Best Animated Short are being …
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PREVIEW: 2011 U.S. Animated Features
2011 promises to deliver a brand new slate of American animated features. But how new is it? Our list of sixteen features below reveals …
“Yogi Bear” talkback
“Yogi Bear” gives cheap hackwork a bad name” – Michael Phillips, LA TIMES “This mostly live-action film is a bland 21st-century family …
Is Disney Closing the Book on Fairy Tales?
The LA Times had a front page story yesterday reporting Disney Animation is closing the book on fairy tales, saying: …the curtain …
Mike Myers as Pepe LePew
It’s one thing to destroy Yogi Bear. It’s quite another to violate Pepe LePew. New York Magazine is reporting that Warner Bros. is …
Peter Fernandez (1927-2010)
According to our friends at Toonzone, Peter Fernandez, best known to animation fans as the voice of Speed Racer, passed away this morning …
The Men Who Would Be King
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book: The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called …
“Not Your Grandfather’s Snow White”
Director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand) is planning a live-action version of Snow White in 3-D. Ratner isn’t involved …
Ruby-Spears and Sid and Marty Krofft Team Up
Pray for animation, these are scary times. The animation industry has been experiencing a nasty relapse into the crumminess of decades …
Looney Tunes Censored 11 to screen in Hollywood
Warner Bros. and TCM are running a Classic Film Festival in Hollywood on April 22nd-25th, showcasing restored prints of more than a dozen …
Virus Attack
Cartoon Network may be trying to attract teens through live-action, but never fear – they haven’t left animation completely behind. …
Fox should just switch to Animation
Why is it a no-brainer (literally) for major studios to green-light live action CGI remakes of classic cartoon properties as feature …
Arnold Stang 1918-2009
One of my favorite actors and character animation voices, Arnold Stang, has passed away at age 91. In animation, Stang will live forever …
Gene Deitch: Quo Vadis Animation?
Veteran animation director Gene Deitch and his wife Zdenka were invited to the Xiamen International Animation Festival (Oct. 30th-Nov. …
Meet the President of Fox Animation Studios
Since 2007, Vanessa Morrison has been President of Fox Animation Studios. Morrison started as an intern at 20th Century Fox fifteen years …
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 …
Dallas McKennon 1919-2009
Just got word that Dallas McKennon passed away this morning. Sunday would’ve been his 90th birthday. Dal was a prolific voice in …
EXCLUSIVE: Early Review of The Princess and the Frog
I don’t typically republish reader comments in separate posts, but a Cartoon Brew reader named Michael saw a rough cut of The Princess …
Xtranormal: A Glimpse Into the Future of TV Animation Production
Over the past year, I’ve been sent links to a number of online start-ups that allow consumers to create their own animated films using …
Jonny Quest: the Real adventures
It was announced several months ago that Warner Bros. is developing a live action feature based on Hanna Barbera’s Jonny Quest, with Zac …
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