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Final Season of DreamWorks ‘Voltron Legendary Defender’ Launches Today on Netflix
Last thirteen episodes of the critically acclaimed interstellar drama chronicle the Paladins as they try to prevent Honerva from setting in motion her deadliest plan yet.
Digital Domain Adds Studio in Montréal
‘Cinderella,’ ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Hair Piece’ Added to National Film Registry
Disney’s ‘Cinderella,’ Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park,’ and the independent experimental animated short film ‘Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People’ among 25 films that will be preserved by the Library of Congress.
GKIDS Acquires ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’
Co-written and directed by Salvador Simó, and produced by Manuel Cristobal, ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’ received the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Animation Is Film Festival.
TEASER: ‘The Predator’ Gets Stop-Motion Animated Holiday Special
‘The Predator Holiday Special’ set to air on Comedy Central during ‘BoJack Horseman’ on December 19.
Blue Zoo Unleashes Comedy Mayhem with New Holiday Short
Directed by Will Cook, ‘Christmas with The Moonies’ employs real-time rendering using Unreal Engine.
‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’ Wins Best Animated Feature at PSIAF 2018
‘Changyou’s Journey,’ ‘Hybrids’ and ‘Ugly’ among the group of 40 short films awarded by festival audiences across a number of technical and thematic categories.
VIDEO: See How Sony Pictures Imageworks Created the Winter Wonderland of ‘Smallfoot’
Visual effects supervisor Karl Herbst gives a behind-the-scenes peek into the tools and techniques used to bring the winter wonderland of ‘Smallfoot’ to the big screen.
9 Scientific & Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Curtis Clark to receive John A. Bonner Award at the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 9.
FIRST LOOK: Netflix Sets ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Reboot for January 18
Upcoming reboot of the classic animated series features art direction by Kevin Dart, with the animation provided by Chromosphere.
DreamWorks Animation TV Debuts Season 1 Trailer for ‘3Below: Tales of Arcadia’
The second chapter in DreamWorks Animation Television’s ‘Tales of Arcadia trilogy’ premieres on Netflix on December 21.
Pixar Reveals Cast, Plot Details for 2020 Release ‘Onward’
Original new feature film directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae to feature the voices of Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer.
GKIDS Acquires NorAm Rights To ‘Okko’s Inn’
New feature film from Studio Ghibli veteran animator Kitaro Kosaka set for theatrical release in April 2019.
TRAILER: StudioCanal Drops First Teaser for Aardman’s ‘Farmageddon’
It’s close encounters of the herd kind in the first official teaser trailer for Aardman’s new out-of-this-world animated feature, ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.’
CG ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Series Coming to Netflix in 2020
Directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’ will be produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts.
‘The Breadwinner’ and ‘The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe’ Take Home Emile Awards
Director Nora Twomey and co-directors Christian Bøving-Andersen and Eva Lee Wallberg among animation artists honored at second annual ceremony in Lille, France.
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Voted Best Animated Feature by LA and NY Film Critics
Sony Pictures Animation’s new Marvel superhero adventure takes top award from both groups; Hayao Miyazaki honored with Career Achievement Award.
‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Barely Edges 'The Grinch’ to Remain Box Office Champ
Disney’s ‘Wreck-it Ralph’ sequel holds off Illumination’s Christmas tale to take top spot for third straight week.
Warner Bros. Prepping ‘Plastic Man’ Feature
Amanda Idoko hired to write the screenplay for comedic action-adventure based on the DC Comics super hero.
Walt Disney Animation Studios Interns Animate ‘Voilà’ Short
CG and Art Interns Alex Rivera, Felicia Chen, Casey Kelly, Hannah Kim, and Chrisy Baek produce a 30-second short that captures the imagination and sense of discovery that comes with our earliest artistic experiences.
‘Bob’s Burgers’ Leads WGA Nominations for Animation
FOX series sweep WGA nominations with three nominations for ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ two nominations for ‘The Simpsons’ and one nod for ‘Family Guy.’
Pearl Studio Gathers Top Talent for 4th Annual Brain Trust Summit
Distinguished thought leaders Daniel Dae Kim, Margaret Cho, Richard LaGravenese, Jenny Han and Jessica Gao to participate in three-day creative think tank summit.
Technicolor VFX Hires Paul Ghezzo To Head Los Angeles Studio
Former head of CG at CoSA VFX received an Emmy Award for outstanding special visual effects for his work as CG Supervisor on HBO’s ‘Westworld.’
Shotgun 8 Introduces New Tools and Workflows Dedicated to Artists
A modern UI and new desktop experience aim to improve creative flow and collaboration for artists and reviewers.