Cool video found by Mike Lynch of Winsor McCay screening his first animation “Gertie the Dinosaur” to his fellow cartoonists. Mike writes:What was it like when Winsor McCay screened his animated film GERTIE THE DINOSAUR for his New York Tribune cartoonist pals? Allan Holtz shares this article from the February 23, 1914 Tribune. The film […]
The guardian reports cartoonist Michael Mitchell is suing the BBC after seeing the program Kerwhizz and saw similarities between a proposal package he pitched them in 2007. Mitchell claims the Kerwhizz character “Ninki” was derived from a combination of his two characters Simrita and Jomo, that “Twist” was copied from his character Charlie and that […]
Disney Pixar has released a new trailer for Brave.Can’t help but think of Mulan and Mike Myers while watching this, but I love the detail and ‘epic’ feel of it. Movie opens June 22, 2012.
I mentioned last year that Sony Pictures was developing a 3D CG version of Popeye. Maybe “developing” was a bit of a stretch in the original Coming Soon post. Comic book resources has hired the guys (Jay Scherick and David Ronn) behind the recent Smurf movie to write the script.There’s no release date projected. I’m […]
From MSNBC:Competing against Halloween parties and contending with an unseasonal blizzard in the Northeast, DreamWorks Animation?s “Puss in Boots,” distributed by Paramount, purred its way to the top spot at the North American box office with an estimated $34 million. That amounted to a new Halloween weekend record, leaping over the $33.6 million that “Saw […]
Based on Dr. Suess’ book (or as they call it “the imagination of Dr. Suess’”) The Lorax comes an animated movie from the creators of Despicable Me.Starring the voice talent of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle and Betty White and hits theaters on March 2nd.
20th Century Fox TV has told TheWrap that even though the voice talent and producers have agreed to a pay cut for this upcoming season, the show “is no longer profitable for the network.” Reuters reports that the network has made over $1 billion in its 23 season.From Entertainment Fix:An unnamed executive from US network […]
Great point by Jen Chaney at the Washington Post:As the public mourns the death of Steve Jobs and contemplates his achievements, the first word that immediately comes to mind is: Apple. As Hank Stuever writes in his appreciation of the technological visionary ? who died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 ? […]
Posted on the Disney/Pixar Facebook page: “Steve Jobs was an extraordinary visionary, our very dear friend and the guiding light of the Pixar family. He saw the potential of what Pixar could be before the rest of us, and beyond what anyone ever imagined. Steve took a chance on us and believed in our crazy […]
The New York Times has partnered with Xtranormal provide animated satirical cartoons for their website. Xtranormal uses a technology that provides a cast of characters that can voice and act scripts uploaded by the public to produce a video that can be shared virally. The same technology was used in Renton, Washington police officer to […]
Hat tip to Hector Cortez
There’s A LOT of watch me draw videos out on the intertubes. One of my favorite artists is Florian Satzinger has posted a morning warm-up sketch. Work In Progress 7 (2) from Florian Satzinger on Vimeo.
The ToonSeum will open a new exhibit next Friday called “Overture: Looney Tunes Behind the Scenes” which will feature original art, character designs, model sheets, advertising artwork, animation pencil art, and comic book art of several headlining Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite […]
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 […]