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“Monsters University” Scares Up Huge $82 Mil Opening Weekend
Pixar’s Monsters University opened with a powerful first-place finish in the United States. The Dan Scanlon-directed film nabbed $82.4 …
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“Monsters University” and “Blue Umbrella” Reader Talkback
Pixar’s fourteenth feature film, Monsters University, opens this weekend in the U.S. and many other countries. The film, directed by Dan …
Movie Barcode Compresses Entire Movies into A Single Image
Just by looking at this “bar code”, can you tell what animated movie this is? Go on, take a guess: Give up? It’s Bambi. For …
“Washington Post” names Nick Weidenfeld The “Next Jeffrey Katzenberg”
Identifying the next Jeffrey Katzenberg or George Lucas isn’t something easily done, but a columnist at the Washington Post has figured …
Disney Announces “Planes” Theatrical Sequel
Disney announced this afternoon that they will release Planes: Fire & Rescue as a 3D theatrical feature on July 18, 2014. The film is a …
A “Brutal Animation War” Is Predicted by the “Hollywood Reporter”
The Hollywood Reporter published a lengthy piece that suggests an impending feature animation war: The unprecedented glut of product …
Brigham Young’s Computer Animation Program Profiled in “NY Times”
Last weekend, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published a proile of the computer animation program at Brigham Young University. The …
John Knoll Named Chief Creative Officer of ILM
Veteran visual effects supervisor John Knoll has been promoted to the position of chief creative officer at Disney-owned Industrial Light …
Digging into Disney’s “Day of the Dead” Problem
Last week after word got out that Disney was seeking to trademark “Día de los Muertos” in preparation for its 2015 release of a Pixar …
2015 Award Season Tracker
Cartoon Brew will regularly update this page with information about the contenders for various end-of-year animation awards, including …
Disney Will Lay Off People in the Animation Division
More workforce cuts are coming to Disney. Following the closure of LucasArts, Reuters news service reported yesterday that Disney will …
Gennie Rim of GR Works Talks About “Ladies of Animation”
Gennie Rim, who worked for the past decade at Pixar and Disney as a production coordinator and artist manager, opened the GR Works …
Daniela Strijleva
Daniela Strijleva is a character art director for Pixar. Her blog is where you can find more of her personal projects like the …
Disney Releases “Planes” Trailer
The trailer announces “From above the world of Cars…Disney’s Planes.” Now that Disney owns Pixar, the calculated blending of brand …
Brenda Chapman Becomes First Woman to Win Feature Animation Oscar [UPDATED]
A writer couldn’t have scripted a more Hollywood ending to the saga of Brenda Chapman, Pixar’s first female director. It was over two …
Disney Sweeps Animation Oscars with “Paperman” and “Brave”; VFX Oscar Goes to “Life of Pi”
Disney swept the Oscars this year with wins for both animated short and feature. Congrats to John Kahrs and Walt Disney Feature Animation …
The UK Animation Community Reacts to Bob Godfrey’s Death
Some of the biggest names in the UK animation scene are expressing their condolences on the occasion of Bob Godfrey’s passing. Here’s …
Bob Godfrey, RIP
Bob Godfrey, the Oscar-winning director of animated shorts and creator of beloved TV shows like "Roobarb" and "Henry's Cat," is dead at 91.
“Brave,” “Life of Pi” and “The Making of Longbird” Win BAFTA Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented their awards today in London. Pixar’s Brave took home the BAFTA award for Best …
“Adam and Dog” by Minkyu Lee
Nominated for an Academy Award, Minkyu Lee has now post his remarkable short online.
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