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Henry Selick Gives Up Animation For “A Tale Dark and Grimm”
Henry Selick has been unattached to a feature project since Disney busted his Shadow King film last summer. That situation changed today. Selick has signed on to direct a live-action film based on A...
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A First Look at DreamWorks’“Mr. Peabody & Sherman”
The first set of stills from the upcoming DreamWorks feature Mr. Peabody & Sherman were published in a USA Today article. We’ve posted large versions of the stills in the gallery below. The film...
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Next Tuesday in NYC: Newly Restored Hubley Feature “Of Stars and Men”
A newly restored version of John and Faith Hubley’s exquisite animated documentary Of Stars and Men (1964) will debut next Tuesday, October 22, as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s To Save and...
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Studio Ghibli Reveals Teaser for Isao Takahata’s “The Story of Princess Kaguya”
Studio Ghibli will release seventy-seven-year-old Isao Takahata’s new film, Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Story of Princess Kaguya), into Japanese theaters on November 23, 2013. Earlier this week,...
View Article“Mr. Peabody and Sherman” Trailer Has Arrived
DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox released the trailer this morning for Mr. Peabody and Sherman. The Rob Minkoff-directed feature will be released in the U.S. on March 7, 2014.
View Article“Planes: Fire & Rescue” Teaser Trailer
Here is the teaser for Planes: Fire & Rescue produced by DisneyToon Studios and India’s Prana Studios. The film is directed by Disney TV veteran Roberts Gannaway (101 Dalmatians: The Series,...
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Rob Letterman Will Direct “Captain Underpants” for DreamWorks
Tie on that cape and pull up those tightie-whities, because word is out that DreamWorks Animation has completed a script for the bigscreen animated adaptation of the Captain Underpants book series....
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Watch the Trailer for Michel Gondry’s New Animated Documentary
Nowadays Michel Gondry makes mostly live action films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, but he has been intimately connected with animation processes since his...
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Can South America’s Most Expensive Animated Film Compete with American...
The top three grossing films at the Argentine box office this year are all animated: Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, and Metegol. If the last film sounds unfamiliar, that’s because Metegol (aka...
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Breaking! 19 Animated Features Submitted for Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced this afternoon that 19 animated features have been submitted for consideration for the Animated Feature Film Oscar this year. This field of...
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Starting Today: Fredrikstad Animation Festival
The Fredrikstad Animation Festival begins today in Fredrikstad, Norway, and continues through Sunday. They always manage to get great guests, and this year is no exception. Tomorrow, they will host...
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Disney Releases “Maleficent” Teaser
Love it or loathe it, the live-action Maleficent movie is coming. And Disney has released a teaser trailer and a handful of new images to get you (a.) excited or (b.) riled up for its May 30, 2014...
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Director Jimmy Hayward Talks “Free Birds”
Earlier this month, Dallas-headquartered Reel FX released their first animated feature Free Birds. Over its first three weekends in theaters, the holiday-themed children’s film has earned a...
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Interview: “Croods” Directors Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders on Making An...
When the server enters the drawing room of the Crosby Hotel, Kirk DeMicco’s eyes begin to dance. “Mini desserts are coming! Many, many mini desserts!” Both DeMicco (Racing Stripes, Space Chimps) and...
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“Ernest and Celestine” Finds U.S. Release Date
Indie animated feature distributor GKIDS has announced that the highly anticipated hand-drawn French film Ernest and Celestine will open in New York and Los Angeles on March 14, 2014. That will be...
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LAIKA’s New “Box Trolls” Teaser is the Best Animation Trailer of 2013
How does a stop motion animation studio distinguish itself from the pack and avoid having its film labeled as yet another computer animated film? In their new teaser trailer for Box Trolls, LAIKA met...
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Directors Mostly Named Chris Discuss Feature Filmmaking
Five directors responsible for five of this year’s CG features sat down to discuss their work as part of a roundtable discussion with the LA Times. The participating directors were Chris Renaud...
View ArticleCartoon Saloon Turns “Moon Man” into a Hand-Drawn Feature [TRAILER]
Moon Man, the classic children’s book by Tomi Ungerer, has been adapted into a hand-drawn animated feature. The film is a French/German/Irish co-production directed by Stephan Schesch and Sarah Clara...
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“Waltz with Bashir” Director Ari Folman Will Make Animated Anne Frank Film
Ari Folman, the Israeli director of Waltz with Bashir and The Congress, has announced that his next animated film will be a family-friendly film based on Anne Frank’s diaries. “Bringing the Anne Frank...
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Director Luiz Bolognesi on “Rio 2096,” An Animated Feature About Love and...
Produced in Brazil for just $2.5 million by first-time animation director Luiz Bolognesi, Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury is among the more unconventional animated features that has been submitted...
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