.png){kind=logo}
Genndy Tartakovsky Isn’t Done With ‘Hotel Transylvania,’ Will Direct Third Film in Franchise
Tartakovsky says he got an idea for a third "Hotel Transylvania" film that "made it irresistible to return" and direct again.
Search Results forsmurfs
Review Roundup: ‘Angry Birds’ Fly Into Theaters With High Hopes and Low Ratings
Will audiences defy critics and turn out to support an animated feature inspired by a mobile gaming app?
Sony Takes The High Road And Settles Animation Wage-Theft Lawsuit
While Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Dreamworks are still fighting against their employees, Sony has reached a settlement with the animation workers.
Sony’s Emoji Movie Is Basically One Long Commercial For Mobile Apps
The emoji movie is turning into the app movie.
‘Peanuts Movie’ Opens With $45M, ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Passes $400M Worldwide
Charlie Brown might be a loveable loser, but Fox proved a winner with a $45 million "Peanuts Movie" launch.
Happy 80th Birthday To Floyd Norman, Pioneering Disney Legend
Floyd Norman made history when he started working at Disney in 1956 -- and he's still working in the industry today.
Are You Ready to ‘Get Smurfy’?
"Get Smurfy" is the title of Sony's first all-CGI Smurfs film, and features a separate cast from its live-action predecessors.
Sony’s Top Animation Exec Bob Osher Was Fired Today
In the role that he held for seven years, Osher oversaw Sony Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Creepy Hyperreal Popeye Sculpture Can Be Yours For $300
If you've ever wanted a sculpture of Popeye as a real man, your wishes have been answered.
Tomm Moore on ‘Song of the Sea,’ Reinventing 2D, and Dodging the Studio System
"I do think that animation can have a language of its own, rather than simply mimicking live action."
‘LEGO Movie’ Directors Turned Down Offer To Run Sony Animation
"LEGO Movie" Phil Lord and Chris Miller turned down an offer to run Sony Animation because "it’s too hard to do great work there."
Sony Animation’s Bob Osher Makes $1.25 Million A Year, But Don’t Compare Your Salary To His
Sony tries to trick animation students with "advice" on how to be a successful employee at their studio.
A History of the ‘Gay Agenda’ in Animation
Bit by bit, overtly gay characters are making inroads into animation targeted primarily at children, but the fear of gay cartoon characters has existed for years.
Mexico’s Biggest-Ever Animation Industry Event, Festival by Pixelatl, Begins Today
Festival by Pixelatl begins today in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in what promises to be the largest-ever animation industry event that has ever happened in Mexico.
Lauren Faust: Pitching TV Shows For Girls is “Like Banging My Head Against the Wall”
Sony Animation has posted this nicely produced nine-minute profile of Lauren Faust, who is developing their "Medusa" feature.
Artist of the Day: Konstantin Pogorelov
Today we look at the work of Konstantin Pogorelov, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!
Alvy Ray Smith, Glen Keane, and Tom McGrath To Headline VIEW Conference
The VIEW Conference, which is the largest computer graphics event in Italy, has announced the line-up for its 15th annual conference, which will take place October 14 to 17 in Turin (Torino), Italy.
Sony Taps Lauren Faust to Direct ‘Medusa’ Feature
Sony Pictures Animation today announced that they've acquired an original comedy pitch entitled "Medusa" from screenwriter Todd Alcott ("Antz") and reality TV producer Holly Golden ("Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura"). More interesting: Lauren Faust ("My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic," "Super Best Friends Forever") is attached to direct.
Sony Pictures Animation Will No Longer Animate Its Films in the US
Animation and visual effects studio Sony Pictures Imageworks has confirmed what many in the industry had suspected for a long while: the studio is moving its headquarters from Los Angeles to Vancouver, Canada to take advantage of generous tax credits provided by the Canadian government. This move, combined with Digital Domain's jump to Vancouver and Rhythm & Hues' bankruptcy, prompted "Variety'"s VFX chronicler David S. Cohen to say that the Los Angeles feature film visual effects industry is "in full collapse."
Animation Director Stephan Franck Releases Collected Noir Comic ‘Silver’
Animator and director Stephan Franck ("Iron Giant," "Despicable Me"), who was recently nominated at the Annie Awards for his work on "The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow," premiered a collected paperback version of his adventure comic Silver at the Emerald City Comic Convention last month.
7 of 10