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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ and Mickey Mouse Shorts Dominate Annie Awards
After a difficult week for DreamWorks in which they announced their largest layoff ever, the studio dominated the Annie Awards tonight.
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Walt Peregoy, ‘101 Dalmatians’ Color Stylist, RIP
Walt Peregoy, the influential animation artist who was the color stylist of Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" and headed up Hanna-Barbera's background department for a time during the late-Sixties, has passed away at the age 89.
Spanish Animation Legend Jose Luis Moro, RIP
José Luis Moro Escalona, who ran one of Spain's leading commercial animation studios and created the iconic Familia Telerín, died yesterday in Madrid at the age of 88.
Jorge Gutierrez on ‘The Book of Life’ and Bringing Mexico to Hollywood
"Mexico is way more complicated than anybody thinks." Jorge Gutierrez talks like a man on a mission. For the past decade-and-a-half, he has sought to bring a more authentic portrayal of Mexico and its people to Hollywood.
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."
How to Translate a Beloved Dutch Illustrator’s Work Into a $1.25 Million Feature
"Pim and Pom: The Big Adventure" was not only made on a tiny budget, but had the added challenge of translating the visual style of one of the most beloved Dutch children's book illustrators.
Gift Book Ideas for the Animation Fan
Finding the perfect book for the beloved animation fan in your life can be a big challenge, but these gift-book ideas will inform and inspire anyone who loves animation and drawing.
Festival Call for Entries: Annecy, Zagreb, Melbourne
Our new Animation Festival Guide is a hand-picked list of calls for entries from respected festivals around the globe. This week, we add three new calls for entries from Annecy, France; Zagreb, Croatia; and Melbourne, Australia.
California Expands VFX Subsidies in Futile Attempt to Win Back Work
The state of California recently expanded its tax credit program for film and TV productions. Here's why it won't work.
Mondo Announces Feature Film Plans for ‘Happy Tree Friends,’ ‘Dick Figures’ and ‘Deep Space 69’
Mondo Media may be expanding their brand into the kid-friendly market, but that doesn’t mean they’re neglecting their adult-oriented successes.
Five Works That Should Be Adapted into Animation
Suppose you wanted to make an animated film or TV series, but you didn’t have any new ideas and (gasp) you don’t want to remake the same old properties. Take heart: there’s a lot of great material out there just begging to be adapted into animation.
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.
Mexican Studio Anima Will Make CGI ‘Top Cat’ Feature
Mexican animation producer Anima Estudios has announced production on "Top Cat Begins," a sequel to its 2011 hit "Top Cat: The Movie."
‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Justin Roiland: “Fuck The Union”
The overworked and underpaid artists on Adult Swim’s "Rick and Morty" ratified a new labor agreement last week, and 'Rick and Morty''s co-creator doesn't like how it happened.
Comedy Central Launches Raunchy Webseries ‘Biatches’
This morning, Comedy Central debuted "Biatches" a new animated webseries made exclusively for release on their digital platform CC:Studios, YouTube, and the network’s mobile app.
‘Mouse in Transition’: Rodent Detectives and Studio Strikes (Chapter 11)
"Basil of Baker Street" by novelist Eve Titus was an illustrated children's book centered on a mouse who fancied himself an ace detective. The mouse resided (naturally enough) inside the walls of 31 Baker Street in London, home of a human-sized ace detective, the name of whom escapes me.
Why Nick’s Pitch Program Doesn’t Work
Why Nickelodon's public pitching spectacles are a disservice to the network and to the artists who work there.
Interview: How To Organize 250 Animators For A Crowdsourced ‘Sailor Moon’ Remake
Since debuting last month, the fan-made episode of "Sailor Moon," entitled "Moon Animate Make-Up!," has garnered over 1.2 million views. Cartoon Brew interviewed the organizer of the project, Kate Sullivan, to learn more about how the project was produced.
Betty Boop Film Planned by Simon Cowell and Animal Logic
What do you get when you cross a British reality TV show host, the studio that made "Happy Feet," and an 84-year-old cartoon sex symbol? You may not have to wait long to find out.
‘Mouse in Transition’: Mickey Rooney, Pearl Bailey and Kurt Russell (Chapter 8)
Don Bluth and his troops were gone, but the studio still had an animated movie to get out. Art Stevens, now lead director, was slowly pulling the picture together with the animators and layout artists who remained loyal to the Mouse. But the animation department was still in flux.
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