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‘The Nut Job 2’ Gets A New Release Date
A release date has been set for a sequel to the Korean/Canadian CGI talking-animal comedy.
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GLAS Festival Announces International Jury, Henry Selick, and Installations (Exclusive)
The United States is about to get something that it hasn't had in many years: a world-class international animation festival.
Festival Review: Anim’est 2015
Filmmaker Tess Martin visits Anim'est, Romania's biggest annual animation event.
Sony’s ‘Pixels’ Packs VFX Punch, But Not Much Else, Say Critics
Critics pretty much couldn't stand Adam Sandler's videogame vehicle, but who couldn't see that coming?
Annecy 2015: Thoughts From a First-Time Attendee
Observations and tips from a first-time attendee of the world's largest animation festival.
‘Cuphead’ Dazzles With Another Amazing Game Trailer
Rubber-hose animation is back -- only this time in a videogame.
Festival Call For Entries from Bucharest, Montreal, and Vancouver
Take advantage of our hand-picked list of call for entries from animation festivals around the globe.
Festival Call For Entries: NY Int’l Children’s Film Fest, GLAS, KROK
Take advantage of our hand-picked list of call for entries from animation festivals around the globe.
David OReilly’s Films Will Screen at MoMA Next Month
The innovative 29-year-old filmmaker will be the subject of a MoMA film event.
Paul Driessen Q&A: “I Don’t Look Back”
The great Dutch shorts director turns 75 years old today and he's not slowing down one bit.
Golden Wolf Creates ‘VANDROID’ Comic Book Trailer
London-based Golden Wolf created this slick animated trailer to promote Horse's upcoming graphic novel release of "VANDROID."
Festival Call for Entries: Annecy, Zagreb, Melbourne
Our new Animation Festival Guide is a hand-picked list of calls for entries from respected festivals around the globe. This week, we add three new calls for entries from Annecy, France; Zagreb, Croatia; and Melbourne, Australia.
World Premieres of ‘Big Hero 6’ and ‘Parasyte’ Set for Tokyo International Film Festival
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is putting a special emphasis on animation this year, and has announced that Disney's "Big Hero 6" will be the opening night film of their 27th edition.
‘Ping Pong’ Recap: ‘Blood Tastes Like Iron’ (Ep. 11)
Masaaki Yuasa's fourth TV show wraps up in a fairly satisfying way with a briskly paced and nicely animated climax that brings emotional closure to the story with a cathartic showdown and thread-tying coda.
‘A World of Characters’ Opens This Saturday At San Francisco’s Airport
Typically, the airport is a place that travelers want to spend as little time at as possible, but cartoon fans may want to rethink that strategy. In Japan, a four-day animation festival will be held entirely in an airport later this year, and in San Francisco, a new exhibit of cartoon advertising characters will open this weekend.
After Reading This, You’ll Never Watch ‘Finding Nemo’ In the Same Way Again
Pixar's "Finding Nemo" told of a touching bond between a clownfish father and son. But according to this fascinating excerpt from Stephen R. Palumbi and Anthony R. Palumbi's new book "The Extreme Life of the Sea", "Finding Nemo" director Andrew Stanton bypassed the most intriguing trait of clownfish, which is that they can change their sex. Had Pixar stayed true to clownfish biology, they would have ended up with a quite different story.
‘Mouse in Transition’: Larry Clemmons (Chapter 2)
Disney's head animation writer in 1977 was cartoon veteran Larry Clemmons, who had first been hired at the studio in 1930. At the time of his hiring, he was a Yale graduate with a degree in architecture, but an Ivy League education was of little value in 1930 when the economy was collapsing...and few buildings were being erected.
DreamWorks Launching YouTube Kids Channel Called DreamWorksTV
During YouTube's splashy Brandcast upfront event on Wednesday, DreamWorks announced the launch of DreamWorksTV, a new streaming children's channel that will offer original animated and live-action programming, as well as vintage animation content.
‘Ping Pong’ Recap: ‘The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear’
A recap of the first episode of Masaaki Yuasa's new series "Ping Pong."
“Random Acts”: Creating A Space for Independent Animated Films in Britain
In October 2011, Britain’s Channel 4 began airing a new initiative entitled Random Acts; this was designed as a space for …
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