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Over on The Animation Blog Hector Cortez has posted some cool, rare concept art for Disney’s original Lion King animated feature film.

Rick Marshall interviews Enrico Casarosa about the short. Watch the the teaser/trailer below.La Luna, the new Pixar short written and directed by Enrico Casarosa, has been the subject of much praise lately thanks to a series of well-received screenings at recent film festivals. Planned as the lead-in short for next year’s Brave, La Luna is […]

Disney/Pixar will be entering submissions into this year’s Annie Awards. Last year, they “withdrew its support” for the annual awards sponsored by the International Animated Film Society to protest the rules and judging procedures. Apparently enough changes were made in the procedures that the animation studio has reversed course.From TheWrap.comAt this year’s awards show, DreamWorks […]

Pixar has unveiled plots for two new films in the works for release in 2013 and 2014. The first “Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs” will be directed by Bob Peterson and the story centers around the idea that the dinosaurs never went extinct and co-exist with humans. The second “Untitled Pixar Movie That Lets You […]

A new interactive exhibit at Circus Circus Las Vegas is opening up based on the animation work of Chuck Jones. Chuck is best remembered as the creator of Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner and many other Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animations. The exhibit opens mid-October and allows visitors to learn and create animation. A […]

Eddie Murphy has signed on to voice a revival of the short-lived Hanna-Barbera cartoon Hong Kong Phooey . The 1970’s TV show is based on a dog named Penry who is a “kung-fu fighting superhero who doubles as a janitor at a police station”.According to the IMDB, Murphy is the only talent cast so far. […]

The drama in Renton WA over a series of animated videos mocking the local police department has taken a twist. A county judge has blocked the police search for the anonymous “cartoonist” (AKA “Mrfuddlesticks”) after a Seattle attorney filed a motion to quash the previous two search warrants on the grounds that the police department […]

Got a couple million you want to invest in real estate? A custom home built by Walt Disney in 1932 is up for sale as is a home 1949 home owned by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. The former Schulz home is being described as 7,894-square-foot, 6-bedroom home in Sonoma County. It was purchased by Charles […]

Fascinating 14 minute video of how Terry Gilliam created the cutout animations featured on the Monty Python.H/t: Justin Thompson (AKA: @MythTickle)

Yesterday I mentioned a bizarre story about the Renton Police Department and city prosecutor trying to uncover the identity of an anonymous cartoonist/animator who was posting stories about alleged misconduct or at least mocking the department. The police were unwilling to respond to the reporter when first contact, but as the story has gone viral, […]

Last month it was reported that Paramount Pictures was getting into the animation business with their own studio. They’ve been the distributor for Dreamworks, but Dreamworks has told Paramount it will not extend their agreement (that ends in 2012) for another year. Under their existing deal, Paramount receives 8% of each movie’s revenue for its […]

This story seems very bizarre. A local prosecutor and the police department in Renton WA. are investigating the identity of an animator who goes by the name “Mr. Fiddlesticks” who has been posting South Park style cartoon videos on the web about internal dirt inside the police department.A criminal court document, uncovered by Team 7 […]

A jury says DreamWorks Animation did not steal the idea of Kung Fu Panda from Terence Dunn who claimed he pitched the movie about a “spiritual kung-fu fighting panda bear” back in 2001.At one point, Dunn claimed he was entitled to a percentage of the hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from the films. […]

Worth 25 minutes of your time today.Not a too shabby life.

A new “hi-def” trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Tintin movie has been posted (quite honestly on my small laptop screen, I couldn’t tell it was hi-definition unless you count the longer amount of time it took to load to play).My general impression of the movie was negative when the first teasers were released. This trailer has […]