Pixar senior development executive Mary Coleman announces the hire of writer Marti Noxon for an unspecified project.

Emmy-winning writer Jeffrey Scott’s acclaimed book, How To Write For Animation, has just been released for the Kindle and other eBook formats

Too big to fit into one blog entry: Joe Strike's report on the NY Comic Con continues with coverage of Adult Swim's Venture Bros. and Robot Chicken panels.

Ponies, Venture Bros, Robot Chickens… and more; Joe Strike visits the New York Comic-con

Emmy-winning writer Jeffrey Scott reveals a personal anecdote about his father, Norman Maurer, and grandfather, Moe Howard.

The animation Pimp riffs on the topic of laughter and its importance in our lives. Especially when things are less than peachy.

An attic autocrat meets his downfall at the hands of a band of freedom-fighting toys in Czech animator Jiri Barta's imaginative stop-motion fable.

Joe Strike dives beneath the rotting flesh of Laika's new film "Paranorman" and uncovers some surprising facts about Chris Butler and Sam Fell's 3D stop-motion zombie romp.

Emmy-winning screenwriter Jeffrey Scott sheds light on the importance of theme in developing plot, subplots, characters and dialogue.

Following its animated hit "Despicable Me" and a just-opened 3D theme park ride at Universal Studios Orlando, Illumination Entertainment has set an untitled feature spinoff based on The Minions as its fifth feature film with Universal.