Warner Animation Group’s New Strategy: Rebooting Vintage Cartoon Characters
Warner Animation Group is currently developing no less than seven fully-animated or hybrid features based on classic cartoon characters.
Warner Animation Group is currently developing no less than seven fully-animated or hybrid features based on classic cartoon characters.
More Hanna-Barbera revivals are headed to the Boomerang app.
Michener, a 31-year Disney veteran who was personally hired by Walt Disney, has passed away at age 85.
We talk to animation producer J.J. Sedelmaier about the technology used to create classic cartoons - and his new museum exhibit about animation equipment.
The Tom & Jerry/Willy Wonka crossover you didn't ask for is coming soon!
Classic cartoons available anytime, anywhere, and on any screen is the pitch from Turner and Warner Bros., who will soon launch a new U.S.-only video subscription service.
Nominations for the 44th ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards were announced this morning, and Disney’s Zootopia led the way with 11 nominations. …
Space Jam is 20 years old! Our 3-part oral history begins with the troubled start to production, character designs, and how the basketball scenes were shot.
Get ready, New York City: Animation Block is back for its thirteenth edition!
In "Atomic Puppet," a superhero is transformed into a powerless puppet who is only effective when placed on the hands of his biggest fan.
The sequences were originally supposed to appear in the film itself.
Walt Disney Productions changed forever when two guys named Mike and Frank showed up.
The Los Angeles fashion label The Hundreds has been caught in the past selling merchandise with traced images from animated films. Is it legal? Is it ethical?
Comic-Con International: San Diego is almost upon us, and the organizers have released the event's mammoth program schedule. The madness, taking place from July 24-27, includes hundreds of panels, discussions, art demos, and screenings, with everyone from Buzz Aldrin to Betty White getting their moment to shine.
The first extended clips have been released from The Tom and Jerry Show which premieres tomorrow, April 9th, at 5:30/4:30 Central on …
This a fan-made experiment in which the 1956 Tom & Jerry short "Down Beat Bear" is remade in CGI with anime girls in the roles of Tom, Jerry, and the dancing bear. The characters don't appear to be random and likely represent some part of fandom of which I'm not aware. Even lacking that context, I still think it's a fascinating piece of work, not so much for its animation or technical merit as for its resurrection of (and reverence for) classic theatrical animation in a completely unexpected setting.
Among the most frustrating aspects of spring—if you don't live in southern California—is the fluctuating weather. One moment it's T-shirt weather, the next, heavy overcoat. The 1936 MGM cartoon "To Spring" explains the scientific reason for why this occurs: the elves who live underground aren't working hard enough.
The Cartoon Network upfronts took place yesterday and the now Stu Snyder-free network presented its slate of upcoming shows for the 2014-'15 season to their advertising and promotional partners.
"Vanity Fair" doesn't write about animation often, but when they do, it's memorable. Their new Hollywood issue has an excellent long read by Sam Kashner about the legendary CalArts animation program of the Seventies and Eighties.
We reveal the top 30 Cartoon Brew posts of the past year based on the number of pageviews each post received.