Scott Nickel has posted another in his 20 Questions series with an interview with Molly and the Bear creator and Pixar artist Bob Scott. 3. You’ve worked at Pixar for about a decade. How did that come about, and is it, in fact, the coolest job in the world? Yeah, almost 11 years. Boy, that […]
Slashfilm has a sneak peak at the animated short film that will open Toy Story 3. The short, entitled Day & Night, is about two characters whose insides are day and night respectively.
According to Between Friends creator Sandra Bell-Lundy, Mengxin Li has won this year’s 2010 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship. She is a Film and Animation major at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. Li was born in China and grew-up in Japan. She received the third place prize at the Beijing International Student Animation […]
Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Fiore released his latest animated cartoon entitled “Inky Al-Jihadi” depicting a Jihad on Cartoon Coorespondance Cartoon where individuals can learn how to be offended by drawings of Mohammed no matter how small or insignificant.
Comedy Central has announced that Matt Groening’s Futurama will be returning to air on June 24th of this year.Here’s the released teaser: Futurama Weeknights, 9p/8c New Episodes on Comedy Central www.comedycentral.com Futurama New Episodes Futurama New Episodes Funny Demon Zombie TV Show
The New York Daily News is reporting suspicions that the weekend bombing attempt at New York Times is tied to threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Police hunting the man who parked a crude but powerful car bomb in Times Square Saturday night are looking into a possible link to a […]
“Frog in a Suit” stands to be the first offering in what Joe Murray (creator of “Rocko’s Modern Life” and “Camp Lazlo“) hopes will be a new all-cartoon web channel, Kaboing TV. In an effort to stay as “independent as possible” Murray is utilizing Kickstarter.com to fund the production of the inaugural episodes, a sample of […]
According to Hollywood Reporter, the Cartoon Network is releasing a new version of Looney Tunes. “The Looney Toons Show” will star Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, along with Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester — the whole gang. Weirdly, the network is having each episode as a half-hour story along with “cartoons within a cartoon.” The concept […]
Dreamworks is the process of converting the first three Shrek movies into 3D. The fourth film in the series, “Shrek Forever After” is already in 3D. For animated films like “Shrek,” the 3D process involves going back to files and rendering out another eye. The makers of the “Shrek” films are working in close collaboration […]
Box Office Mojo is reporting that Pixar will release Monsters Inc. 2 on Nov. 16, 2012. The film will be in 3D. Another movie, Brave will be released on June 15, 2012. Brave was previously named “The Bear and the Bow”. Brave features the voice talent of Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, and Julie […]
I’m sure the RingTales people are kicking these out faster than I can report on them. Best to bookmark Babelgum website and check often. Here’s a few more from Mark Tatulli’s Lio and Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac.
In typical Simpson fashion.
The Discover Channel has announced their specials and series for 2010-2011. They’ve teamed up with Pixar talent for a television event entitled “Reign of Dinosaurs.” Their description is… Avatar meets Jurassic Park as the latest paleontological research meets Hollywood story telling. Discovery Channel teams with the top creative talent from Disney and Pixar to create […]
Editorial cartoon animator Mark Fiore is the recipient of this year’s 2010 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Mark’s work appears on SFGate.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, Motherjones.com and NPR’s web site. The judges noted, “for his animated cartoons appearing on SFGate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle Web site, where his biting wit, extensive research and ability to distill […]
Good news for Kung Fu Panda fans. Technicolor announced that Nickelodeon has awarded Paprikaas, the Kung Fu Panda TV series, which will be produced as an animated series for the worldwide broadcast market, initially comprising 26 episodes. Nickelodeon and Technicolor have developed a strong production relationship based on Paprikaas’ work on the CGI production of […]