Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Baobab Studios, the independent interactive animation production company, announced today its latest project, Namoo, a virtual reality experience written and directed by acclaimed Korean filmmaker, Erick Oh. The now-completed film was created entirely in Facebook’s VR animation tool, Quill, with all of the props, characters, and environments hand-painted directly in VR. Baobab will release Namoo […]
Several years ago, a friend of mine shared a moment from his childhood that he jokingly referred to as “traumatic.” It was the mid-1970’s and he was grocery shopping with his parents, when he suddenly though to ask what time it was. After his parents told him, he did some quick elementary school math as […]
DreamWorks Animation has optioned the rights to “Dog Man,” the bestselling series by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants), and is currently developing a feature film based on the series. Peter Hastings (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain) is attached to direct. Hastings, a six-time Emmy Award and Peabody winner, joined DreamWorks Animation in 2011, […]
Acclaimed Latin American animation studio 3DAR, leading interactive animation house Baobab Studios, and Facebook’s Oculus, are pleased to announce the wide release of the original virtual reality production, Paper Birds: Part 1, exclusively on the Oculus Quest on December 10th. The animated VR film, which had a successful world premiere run at Venice Film Festival […]
Disney, DreamWorks and Pixar animator Frank E. Abney III (who also executive produced Sony’s Hair Love) has directed a new animated short film. The poetic Canvas debuts this Friday December 11th on Netflix. Abney discusses the making of this passion project, his contributions to Pixar’s Soul and awards buzz. Jackson Murphy: A lot of people […]
ASIFA-Hollywood announced today, its new slate of officers for its executive board of directors. The new officers are: Board President, Sue Shakespeare; Vice President, Jerry Beck; 2nd Vice President, Brooke Keesling; 3rd Vice President, David Derks; Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Jeff Wike; and Secretary, Jeanette Bonds. All of the newly appointed officers are currently active […]
The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), which was an online-competition-only event this year, announced its winners Sunday night – with top honors – BEST OF THE FEST and BEST COMEDY SHORT – going to Rich Webber’s beautifully paced and hilarious short Bench (U.K). Canada’s Ya Ma won BEST FEATURE for his powerful documentary Up We […]
When fans of Mickey Mouse look for the perfect, classic way to celebrate Christmas with the iconic star, they usually turn to the 1952 short, Pluto’s Christmas Tree, or the “From All of Us to All of You” episode of the Disneyland TV Show, or even 1983’s featurette, Mickey’s Christmas Carol. However early in his […]
Today Netflix and Aardman announced the voice cast for upcoming stop-animation musical holiday special, Robin Robin, which is currently in production at Aardman’s award-winning studio in the UK and will debut on Netflix in time for the holidays in 2021. Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown) and Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (Can You […]
Viva Kids’ 100% Wolf is now available on VOD and digital platforms. It’s adapted from a book with quite a hook: a young man is expected to turn into a werewolf like his dad and relatives, but instead… he becomes a poodle. Four-time Emmy winner Bill Schultz (The Simpsons) serves as Executive Producer. (This interview […]
