If you have seen the trailer or commercials for Blue Sky Animation’s latest film, you know everything you need to know: A super-suave spy is turned into a pigeon by a nerdy kid who works for the same government agency. They team up to take down a bad guy and foil his nefarious plot. That’s […]
Archive for December, 2019
Executive Producers Tim Hedrick and Bret Haaland “Fast and the Furious: Spy Racers”
December 23rd, 2019 
Jackson Murphy The “Fast and the Furious” franchise is getting animated with DreamWorks’ new series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, premiering Dec. 26th on Netflix. Executive Producers Tim Hedrick and Bret Haaland share insights on their family-friendly entry in this saga – and working with Vin Diesel. Jackson Murphy: Were you fans of the “Fast & Furious” saga […]
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WATCH: Pixar’s Oscar Short-listed “Kitbull”
December 20th, 2019 Jerry Beck Recently Included on the 92nd Oscars Shortlist for Best Animated Short Film, Pixar’s “Sparkshorts” film Kitbull, directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson, is about an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time. It’s now online […]
Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon on How They Created “Zog”
December 19th, 2019 Julissa Padilla What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of fairytales? Most people may say a Disney movie but how about the film company Magic Light Pictures? This film production company creates a variety of fantasy films that are meant to teach both young and old important lessons about life all […]
Universal and Dreamworks Announce Exclusive Deals With “Dragon’s” Dean DeBlois
December 18th, 2019 Jerry Beck Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation today announced that the studios have entered into production agreements with Dean DeBlois, the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker behind DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, which has collectively grossed more than $1.6 billion globally, and his recently formed Anvil Pictures banner. Universal will have a first-look […]
NEW TRAILER AND POSTER: Pixar’s “Onward”
December 17th, 2019 Jerry Beck Set in a suburban fantasy world, Disney and Pixar’s Onward introduces two teenage elf brothers (voices of Chris Pratt and Tom Holland) who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there. A new trailer and poster are now available, and new character posters were recently revealed, […]
Oscar Short Lists for Animation
December 16th, 2019 Jerry Beck The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.
INTERVIEW: Bruce Smith on his Sony Short “Hair Love”
December 12th, 2019 Jackson Murphy Bruce W. Smith is the co-director of Sony Pictures Animation’s heartwarming short Hair Love. It screened theatrically with The Angry Birds Movie 2 this summer and is now available to watch for free on SPA’s YouTube channel. Smith is also the creator of Disney’s beloved animated series The Proud Family, which is returning with new […]
DreamWorks Sets Cast of its Netflix Original Series “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts”
December 12th, 2019 Jerry Beck DreamWorks Animation has announced the cast of its Netflix original series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, a visually striking coming-of-age tale from creator and executive producer Radford Sechrist slated to debut on Netflix January 14th. After spending her entire life living in an underground burrow, a young girl named Kipo (Karen Fukuhara) is thrust […]
Heritage Auctions Posts Rare Disney Animation Art: “Song White”, “Pinocchio”, Mary Blair Originals
December 12th, 2019 Jerry Beck A magnificent Master setup from Disney’s first animation feature could bring $50,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’ Animation Art Auction Dec. 13-15 in Beverly Hills, California. The first animation auction to span three days, the event is the largest ever held, with 1,832 lots, and includes one of the most coveted Looney Tunes lots of […]
Universal Kids Launches “Powerbirds” on January 19th
December 11th, 2019 Jerry Beck Universal Kids (previously Sprout!) has announced the launch date of its new preschool series Powerbirds – premiering on Sunday, January 19th at 10am ET/PT. Parakeet siblings Ace and Polly at first glance seem like ordinary pets, but they’re not your average birds, both possessing special super powers. Inspired by their owner Max’s love of comic […]
Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” Added to The National Film Registry
December 11th, 2019 Jerry Beck Twenty five new additions to the National Film Registry were announced today by The Library of Congress. Among the 2019 honorees is the 1959 classic Disney feature Sleeping Beauty. Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are “culturally, […]
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December 11th, 2019 Julissa Padilla One of the most prolific issues that has been affecting our generation has been school shootings. People have been protesting and showing their part to fight against gun violence. Many people believe the only way to fight an important issue is through art and parody. Sometimes even a simple poem can be just as powerful. […]
A Christmas Miracle: Blue Zoo Animation & Scouting for Girls on ”Let’s Not Go Away”
December 10th, 2019 Jerry Beck Every year Blue Zoo, the multi BAFTA award winning London based Animation studio behind hit kid’s shows like Tree Fu Tom, Digby Dinosaur, Number Blocks and the upcoming Paddington Series, they run an in-house competition for an unconventional Christmas promo. Says Blue Zoo CEO, Oli Hyatt MBE, “It’s a chance for everyone to blow off […]
Charles Solomon’s Animation Year End Review 2019
Although he wrote them in 1859, Charles Dickens might have been thinking of animation in 2019 when he penned the celebrated lines, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the […]