Tagged as: Animation

As mentioned in an earlier post about DreamWorks Animation’s release schedule, they are releasing a Shrek spin-off called Puss in Boots this upcoming November. Here is the trailer:

DreamWorks Animation will release two feature films each year between now and 2014 – except 2013 when they will release three. Here are titles with the scheduled date. Kung Fu Panda 2 – May 26, 2011 Puss In Boots – November 4, 2011 Madagascar 3 – June 8, 2012 Rise of the Guardians – November […]

Movie is due out June 24, 2011.

Western animation film Rango took the top seat at the box office last weekend taking in $38.1 million. Rango lassoed $38.1 million on approximately 5,200 screens at 3,917 locations, which surpassed The Green Hornet’s $33.5 million as the top-grossing opening so far in 2011. Though it grossed less than a third of Johnny Depp’s Alice […]

Tonight the movie “Rango” opens in theaters nation wide. From the trailer (see below) it looks like a quirky film about a chameleon (voiced by Johnny Depp) looking for his identity in a desert full of colorful characters. Titan Publishing released an accompanying book entitled “The Ballad of Rango: The Art and Making of an […]

The Simpsons poke fun at Pixar.

I always wondered when Pixar was going to jump the shark.

The Dallas-Fort Worth Tribune reports that Warner Bros. has a new animated video due out in March entitled, “Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown.” The Schulz family agreed that the work had to stay true to Charles Schulz the late director Bill Melendez’ earlier animations. The new video will be directed by Pixar director […]

Another individual has filed a suit against DreamWorks Animation alleging the studio stole their ideas for the feature film Kung Fu Panda. The new suit is by Jayme Gordon who claims he pitched the idea for a film with similar characters back when DWA CEO Jefferey Katzenberg was with Walt Disney Studios.In the suit, Gordon […]

Episode entitled, “Refi Redo.”

DreamWorks Animation SKG has announced that it has secured the rights to bring Berkeley Breathed’s kid’s book, Flawed Dogs, to the big screen. Berkeley will serve as executive producer on the project, which DreamWorks Animation’s head of development Alex Schwartz and development executive Damon Ross are overseeing.Flawed Dogs tells the fabled tale of a dachshund […]

Very cool, rare look inside the studio.

Fun fan made short by Disney animator Robb Pratt.Only wish there was more.

Bob Scott’s Molly and the Bear has moved up from Comics Sherpa to join other web only comics on Gocomics.com. Bob is a veteran animator who has worked with Pixar and Dreamworks Animation. Tom Racine interviewed Bob back in 2009 for this Tall tale Radio podcast.

A 1935 animation cel featuring Mickey Mouse in The Band Concert will be auctioned off on February 24-25. The animation art is estimated t be worth over $100,000. It is thought to be the only production setup in existence from the first Mickey cartoon that features Mickey and the entire band.“This cel is, in many […]