Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
GKIDS, the well-known distributor of international animated features, announced that CEO/Founder Eric Beckman and SVP of Distribution David Jesteadt will executive produce, along with Angelina Jolie Pitt and others, The Breadwinner, the latest feature from the two-time Academy Award nominated animation studio, Cartoon Saloon. GKIDS had its first Oscar nomination with Cartoon Saloon’s The Secret […]
Based on the manga by Yusei Matsui, the series Assassination Classroom has a premise that’s bizarre, even by the freewheeling standards of anime. An alien destroys 70% of the moon, leaving just a permanent crescent. He threatens to do the same to the Earth unless certain conditions are met. The creature insists on being made […]
Not sure if Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty gets enough attention as one of the funniest animated shows currently on the air – but it should. And if you are late to the game, Warner Home Video has the complete Season Two coming out this week on blu-ray and DVD. Just in time for summer […]
Shredder’s mutant henchmen, Beebop (Gary Anthony Williams) & Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly), finally get the spotlight in the TMNT sequel, Out of the Shadows, directed by Dave Green (Earth to Echo). They made for off-beat transformations into mutant warthog and rhino. “Typically, these transformations are painful, but these two guys enjoy their new bodies,” explained Kevin […]
Just received the unfortunate news from animator J.J. Seidelmeier (via Dennis Dittrich at the Society Of Illustrators), that master animator Willis Pyle has passed away. He would’ve been 102 years old upon his next birthday. Born in 1914, Pyle began his career at the Disney studio in 1937 as a office boy, delivering supplies to […]
Mila, a cg animated short film written and directed by veteran animator Cinzia Angelini, is looking to Indiegogo supporters to help wrap up its production. After five years of commitment, passion and determination with 250 artists volunteering from 25 countries, the film prepares for its last year of production and needs help in raising $60,000. […]
On Kerberos, a moon of Pluto, three astronauts make a startling discovery: that there is intelligent humanoid life beyond Earth. But these aliens are hostile, and they capture the astronauts. A year later, mission leader Shiro escapes and returns to Earth, his memory fogged. It turns out the one thing capable of defeating these evil […]
Sad news. At 5:20 am this morning, animation film editor, film historian and good friend Bob Birchard passed away. A beloved member of the Disney Television Animation crew (as editor of numerous shows and movies, including Disney’s well known Ducktales, and Gummi Bears), Bob was also a well known film historian, the author of numerous […]
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) will present LACO @ the Movies: An Evening of Disney Silly Symphonies, a program of Academy Award-winning animation created by Walt Disney Studios between 1929 and 1939 – with orchestral scores performed live by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra led by six-time Emmy award-winning composer Mark Watters – on Saturday, June […]
Is A New, All-Animated “Garfield Movie” a Nail in the Coffin for CGI/Live-Action Hybrids?
The announcement that comic strip star Garfield is to return to the big screen in fully animated form is rather surprising given that his previous outings were mostly live-action hybrids. Does this news mean that there is a nail being (finally) driven into that style of film? Garfield is well-known for his animated outings. The […]