Reed Hastings Reaffirms Netflix’s Goal To Challenge Disney For Animation Supremacy
"We're very fired up about catching them in family animation, maybe eventually passing them."
"We're very fired up about catching them in family animation, maybe eventually passing them."
The new offices "enable storytellers to tap Weta’s production pipeline and work with concept designers, animation supervisors, and other key creatives," says CEO Prem Akkaraju.
"Animation Hotline" is the ultimate vaccine against the Covid blues.
Cartoon Network's new social justice efforts include a series of "Steven Universe" anti-racism PSAs and a comic in partnership with the National Black Justice Coalition.
At Montreal's Les Sommets festival last week, two veteran managers of awards campaigns spoke about their work. Here are our key takeaways.
"To my eyes, this is a genuine work of theater," says Jean.
We speak to finalists in this year's pitching contest about the benefits and challenges of creating animated IP in the region.
"The sprawling story seems to touch on almost every aspect of human life," says Long. "I found it overwhelming and strangely addictive."
The new event will still feature an animation element, but the festival's co-founder and director Sayoko Kinoshita will not be involved.
Matt Maloney, associate chair of Savannah College of Art and Design’s animation department, describes how the pandemic could change the industry for the better.
"I don’t see [France's] cinema theatre as any riskier than school," says Xavier Albert, Universal Pictures France's managing director.
Watch the crew discuss their ambitions for the film — and for Chinese animation in general.
The deal represents Netflix's biggest investment in Arab animation to date.
Prokhorov co-founded the Soviet Union's first private animation studio and created the hugely successful series "Kikoriki."
The petition was started by Robyn Byrd, who has accused the show's creator John Kricfalusi of sexually abusing her as a child.
"I wasn’t sure what the film was about," says Clapin, "and that hardly mattered to me."
Studio head Mike Zaimont is accused of "a pattern of hostility, insults, threats, lying, and harassment."
Matt Watts talks about an important and often overlooked part of the 2D animation process: character rigging.
A female employee has publicly criticized toxic behavior at Rocksteady. The company says other female employees disagree.
Users can now automatically generate head and eyebrow movement from recorded audio.