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‘Blue Umbrella’ Director Saschka Unseld Joins Passion NY
Saschka Unseld, who conceived and directed the Pixar short "The Blue Umbrella," has moved to the East Coast to become the creative director of Passion New York,
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10 Animated Shorts Make the 2014 Oscar Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this afternoon the list of 10 animated shorts which will advance in the voting process for this year's Academy Awards.
Disney Employees Go All-Out For Halloween
Here's a look at how some Disney employees came to work today.
Amid Wage Theft Scandal, ‘Wired’ Calls Ed Catmull A ‘Big Hero’
To accompany its fawning story on the success of Walt Disney Animation, "Wired" labeled John Lasseter and Ed Catmull as "big heroes" on its cover.
‘Book of Life’ Launches with $17 Million
This weekend the $50 million-budgeted Fox/Reel FX film "The Book of Life," opened in the United States with an estimated $17 million.
Interview: Anim’est Festival Director Mihai Mitrică on Romania’s Budding Animation Scene
While animation has been made in Romania for many decades and the country has even produced some internationally recognized figures like Ion Popescu-Gopo, the contemporary animation scene hadn't received much exposure until the founding of the Anim'est festival.
Japanese Company SoftBank In Talks To Buy DreamWorks Animation: Explained
Everything you need to know about the possible sale of DreamWorks to Japanese company SoftBank.
‘Cars’ Co-Creator Jorgen Klubien Debuts His First English Album
Jorgen Klubien lives a double life: he's an animation artist in the United States and a pop singer in Denmark.
CBTV Student Fest: ‘Epilogue to a Breakup’ by Guy Elnathan
After a harsh breakup, our hero, Guy, decides to leave it all and fly to New Zealand hoping to find true love. However, he must first defeat his inner demons before he can put the past behind him.
DreamWorks Delays Release of ‘How to Train Your Dragon 3’
DreamWorks announced yesterday that they will push back the release date of "How to Train Your Dragon 3" to June 9, 2017. No reason was given for the delay.
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.
Early Look at 2014 Feature Film Award Contenders
With eight months of the year nearly passed, we're beginning to get a clearer sense of who the major contenders will be in the upcoming award season.
‘New Yorker’ Makes Animator Profiles Available For Free
As part of their website redesign, the "New Yorker" has made every article they've published since 2007 available for free on their website, including some animation-related pieces.
Disney Plans Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ Remake with ‘Transformers’ Writer [UPDATED]
Disney is developing a live-action feature based on the 1941 animated film Dumbo. Ehren Kruger, who has written or co-written three of the four Michael Bay "Transformers" films, will write the script
Know Your Feature Animation Cliches: The Dead Mother
On a couple occasions throughout the years, people have asked me, Why do so many animated films have dead mothers in them?
Paramount Snatches ‘Frozen’ Head of Animation Lino DiSalvo
Disney veteran Lino DiSalvo, the head of animation on "Frozen" who gained notoriety for comments about animating women, has left Disney to join Paramount Animation as its creative director. He is also slated to direct an upcoming animated feature at the studio.
Short Film Review: Disney’s ‘Feast’
Disney's "Feast" debuted yesterday to a raucous packed house at the Annecy International Animation Festival, alongside some never-before-seen clips from the studio's next feature "Big Hero 6."
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.
This Week in Animation History: Disney’s Day of the Dead Problem, Wayne Allwine and ‘Shrek 2’
A look at animation history via Cartoon Brew's archives.
DreamWorks Animation 20th Anniversary Exhibit Debuts in Melbourne
“DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition” opened last month at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). Clearly inspired by “Pixar: 20 Years of Animation,” which was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York back in 2005, the DreamWorks show includes over 400 items, and covers the studio's twenty-year history right up to the present—there are displays about "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" and "How to Train Your Dragon 2," which will be released next month. It is the largest exhibition in the twelve-year history of the ACMI.
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