Category: Stop-Motion
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Sets Records with $630 Million Bow
Marvel Studios release dominates in every market where it’s opening, exceeds the best-ever domestic opening mark set by ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’
Ottawa Unveils 2018 Poster by Bruce Bickford
Famous art-film animator pays tribute to Disney’s 1953 classic ‘Peter Pan’ in the banner for this year’s festival.
Aardman Cooks Up ‘Chicken Run’ Sequel
Project is in early development, with Sam Fell directing and original writers Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Ferrell on board.
LAIKA, Annapurna Team for Studio’s Fifth Animated Feature
Currently known as ‘Film Five,’ the feature is directed by Chris Butler and features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis.
FMX Rounds Out Tracks on Digital Humans, Commercials, and More
Conference also has added a screening of ‘Early Man,’ and presentations on ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and the app ‘Tunnel AR,’ the world’s first interactive AR music video.
The Visual Effects of Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’
Senior VFX supervisor Tim Ledbury details previs, production and post for Anderson’s second stop-motion animated feature.
Score ‘Early Man’ on Digital May 15, on Disc May 22
Acclaimed stop-motion feature directed by Nick Park features the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Maisie Williams.
‘Isle of Dogs’ Tops Animafest Zagreb Feature Lineup
Grand Competition also includes ‘A Dog’s Life,’ ‘Cinderella the Cat,’ ‘The Magnificent Cake!’ and ‘The Shower.’
Call for Entries: PSIAF 2018 – Palm Springs International Animation Festival and Expo
Submit your films for the 2nd annual festival, held in partnership with Comic Con Palm Springs, this coming August 22-26, 2018 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
From Megasaki City to NYC: ‘Isle of Dogs’ Takes Manhattan
AWN’s resident “Miscweant” has a dog day afternoon with the voice, writing and directing talent behind the new stop-motion animated feature from Wes Anderson.
Made by Hand: The Puppets of ‘Isle of Dogs’
Andy Gent’s puppet fabrication crew handcrafts more than 1,100 animatable puppets and some 2,000 background characters to populate Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs.’
Aardman’s Partners with Jungler in France, Adds Directors
Cardiff Animation Festival Announces Full Program
Wales event adds special screening of ‘Isle of Dogs’ and Q&A with crew members, plus a look at the stop-motion feature 'Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires.'
Bust a Gut, or Head, with ‘Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special’
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios gathers an all-star cast and barrels of stop-motion blood to skewer AMC’s hit series, ‘The Walking Dead.’
Ottawa Honors Schermer, Ready for Entries
Co-founder of the Holland Animation Film Festival is known for extensive support of animation in all its forms.
Box Office: ‘Rim’ Opens On Top, As ‘Panther’ Adds Records
Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ does strong business in limited release, as ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ struggles.
Review: A Tale of Two Dogtoons - ‘Isle of Dogs’ and 'Lady and the Tramp’
More than 60 years separate these animated films featuring Wes Anderson and Walt Disney’s very different takes on man’s best friend.
GLAS 2018 Wraps in Berkeley, CA
Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s stop-motion existential musical short ‘The Burden’ is the big winner at the third annual edition of the GLAS Animation festival, receiving the FXX Elevation Award, the Audience Award and the Grand Prix Award.
Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ Gives Erudite Canines Their Day
Mark Waring and his team deliver subtle, nuanced and rhythmic stop-motion performances in the ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ director’s return to animation.
Aardman, Bryan Cranston Fight Dementia with an Orange
‘Breaking Bad’ actor stars in multimedia animated call to think differently about Alzheimer’s disease.
Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Cine Blatz'
Every Wednesday, Chris Robinson takes a look at short animation films. Today: Jeff Keen's mindshuffling 1967 collage film, 'Cineblatz'
WATCH: Featurette on Animating ‘Isle of Dogs’
Clip shows the stop-motion process of making the movie, which opens in limited release in theaters March 23.
WATCH: Animated ‘Isle of Dogs’ Cast Interviews
Clip includes the voices of Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, F. Murray Abraham and Bob Balaban.