The 41st annual Annie Awards nominees have been announced. The Annie is the equivalent of an Oscar in the animation industry.Best Animated Feature A Letter to Momo – GKIDS Despicable Me 2 – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Ernest & Celestine – GKIDS Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios The Croods […]
Sunday’s Family Guy episode revolved around the death of the Brian character. There’s been a goodly size reaction from fans – over 91,000 fans have signed a petition asking that the character be brought back. One blogger reports that the reaction has caused conversations over at Fox about creating a spin-off show for the Brian. […]
Tom Richmond joins several other big name artists on a new educational online art school called Taught By A Pro. The other artists include Ruben Aquino, Tom Bancroft, Tony Bancroft, Terry Dodson, Michel Gagné and John Pomeroy.They have three courses up right now. Courses are reasonably priced at $10. Taught By A Pro from Taught […]
Michael Cavna talks to La La Cucaracha creator Lalo Alcaraz on his involvement on the newly announced Fox animated show Bordertown. “The writers’ room is actually pretty diverse, and we are focused on doing political and social satire with some meaning,” says Alcaraz, a California native of Mexican American descent. He is a vocal commentator […]
The Fox network has picked up a new show called Bordertown by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane has tapped comic strip creator La Cucaracha Lalo Alcaraz to be one of the writers. Lalo tweets that he’s already had his first day as a writer.From the Deadline Hollywood: Set in a fictitious desert town near […]
The children’s book that is number one target of banning in America is going to be a feature animation film by DreamWorks Animation. Hollywood Reporter reports DreamWorks Animation has signed Rob Letterman to direct a film adaptation of the children’s book Captain Underpants. Nicholas Stoller was tapped to write the script for Captain Underpants. Rob […]
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Paul Feig has named as the producer for the Peanuts animated feature film slated to release in November 2015. This is his first animated feature. Previously he’s directing comedy movies such as Bridesmaids and The Heat.
Peanuts Worldwide has announced that will create 500 90-second animated shorts based on the Peanuts comic strip and characters. The animation will be done by Normaal Animation and Télévisions. Distribution is set for the fall of 2014. The press release only states that the purpose is to “build its content portfolio” and mentions the new […]
The new animated feature is due out January 17, 2014. Something tells me I’m going to wait for it to hit DVD Netflix pass entirely.
The minions of Despicable Me are getting their own feature film. Animated views the movie is slated for a summer 2015 release.I like the minion characters. They’re a pot of yellow comedic gold, I tell you. Despite thinking they got too much screen time in Despicable Me 2, having a movie dedicated to them has […]
Interesting news from Bleeding Cool: I’ve confirmed that Noah Baumbach, director of Frances Ha, Greenberg and The Squid and the Whale, has been secretly directing an animated movie for Dreamworks. He has some experience with both the form and the studio, having co-scripted Madagascar 3. This picture is an adaptation of Berkeley Breathed’s Flawed Dogs, […]
For the first time since 2005, Pixar will not release a feature film next year. The Good Dinosaur was slated to be released next year, but after director Bob Peterson was removed from the project, Pixar president Ed Catmull remarked, “nobody ever remembers the fact that you slipped a film, but they will remember a […]
Yahoo reports: The movie theater is one of the few remaining sanctums where you’re largely safe from the annoying glow of smartphones and tablets. Well, at least until Disney re-releases “The Little Mermaid” on September 13. The studio is actively encouraging kids to bring along iPads and play games while the movie is showing on […]
This weekend the Harvey Awards were given out during the Baltimore Comic Con. The winners are: BEST LETTERER – Chris Eliopoulos for “FEAR ITSELF”, published by Marvel Comics BEST COLORIST – Dave Stewart for “HELLBOY: THE FURY”, published by Dark Horse Comics BEST SYNDICATED STRIP – “Dick Tracy” by Mike Curtis and Joe Staton BEST […]