Atomic Fiction Takes Flight

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Robert Zemeckis and Kevin Baillie talk about the VFX challenges of the director's return to live action.

Raising Monty Python’s Graham Chapman from the Dead…in 3-D

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Animation producer Justin Weyers describes the massive production challenges of turning Chapman’s A Liar’s Autobiography into an animated 3-D feature.

Wreck-It Ralph Shines Bright with New Lighting and Effects Technology

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Disney’s new BRDF lighting system stands front and center in the array of new tech tools anchoring the studio’s animation production pipeline.

Getting Cosmic with Cloud Atlas

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Dan Glass talks Cloud Atlas VFX and working with the Wachowskis again.

MIPCOM 2012: Angry Birds and the Second Screen Content Boom

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Catherine Morrissey reports on the growing importance of second screen and new media platforms for TV animation producers.

Burton Gets Personal with Frankenweenie

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The Goth King returns to his childhood roots for this stop-motion adaptation of his celebrated short.

Three Directors Discuss Their Not A Monty Python Animated Film

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The directors of A Liar’s Autobiography discuss their new animated feature about “the dead one,” Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.

Dr. Toon: The Animation Critic’s Art: Taking the Heat

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This month Dr. Toon advises aspiring critics on how to dish it out - and how to take it.

Hotel Transylvania Gets a 2D Transfusion

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Genndy Tartakovsky and Sony Pictures Animation describe the demands of imposing a hand-drawn aesthetic on his debut feature.

Genndy Tartakovsky Talks Hotel Transylvania

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The legendary creator of Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack tackles his first feature for Sony Pictures Animation.