2017 Golden Globe Nominations Announced
Nominees for best animated motion picture are LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Sing,’ director Claude Barras’s ‘My Life As A Zucchini,’ and Disney’s ‘Moana’ and ‘Zootopia.’
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Box Office Report: Disney’s ‘Moana’ Threepeats with $18.8 Million
Walt Disney Animation Studios feature tops the North American box office with $18.8 million; Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Sing’ rolls out to international territories ahead of its domestic debut.
‘Life, Animated,’ ‘Tower’ Documentaries Shortlisted in Oscar Race
Inspirational story of a young man who learned how to communicate by immersing himself in the world of classic Disney animated films and a recreation of the terrifying events surrounding America’s first mass school shooting, in 1966, at the University of Texas Tower among 15 documentary features to advance in the 2016 Oscar race.
In Awards, Films | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: North America
‘Animation and the American Imagination: A Brief History’ Now Available
New book from Gordon B. Arnold, PhD offers a fresh take on the colorful and sometimes contested saga of the U.S. animation industry.
Box Office Report: ‘Your Name’ Reigns in China, U.S. Audiences Flock to ‘Moana’
Makoto Shinkai’s anime feature debuts to $41 million in China, and passes Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ to become the second-largest-grossing Japanese film of all time; Disney’s CG-animated ‘Moana’ rules North American box office for second weekend in a row.
Base FX Enters Risky Chinese Animated Feature Arena with ‘Wish Dragon’
Director Chris Appelhans bucks conventional industry “wisdom” by choosing VFX powerhouse as partner for first foray into crowded and uncertain Chinese animated feature film market.
‘Mickey and the Roadster Racers’ to Debut in 2017
Mickey Mouse and his pals to star in new Disney Television Animation preschool series from the creative talent behind ‘Jake and the Never Land Pirates’ and ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.’
Disney Unveils New Trailer for ‘Inner Workings’ Short
Directed by Leo Matsuda, ‘Inner Workings’ uses combination of hand-drawn and CG animation previously employed in the Oscar-winning shorts ‘Paperman’ and ‘Feast.’
Disney Junior Orders Fifth Season of ‘Doc McStuffins’
Disney Junior orders a fifth season of the Peabody Award-winning series produced by Academy Award-nominated animation studio Brown Bag Films.
Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’ Set for IMAX Debut
Based on the comics created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1965, first two episodes of ‘Marvel’s The Inhumans’ to premiere in IMAX theatres for two-week window in late Summer 2017 prior to network run.
In Event, People, Television, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Disney’s ‘Pete’s Dragon’ Headed Home for the Holidays
Reimagined Disney classic with visual effects provided by Weta Digital available on Digital HD, Blu-ray and Disney Movies Anywhere on November 29.
In 3D, CG, Films, Home Entertainment, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Immersed in China: An Interview with Toony Wu
A report from the field by one of China's up-and-coming VR animation directors.
In CG, Films, People, Short Films, Technology, AR/VR/XR | ANIMATIONWorld, Blog Post | Blogs: Reality Bites | Geographic Region: Asia
‘Doctor Strange’ Ushers in a New Kind of Marvel Magic
Co-writer Jon Spaihts discusses the new action-adventure hit film that delves into the supernatural side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Disney Sets New Global Box Office Record
The Mouse House posts its biggest year ever at the global box office with $5,851.4 million through Nov. 1, surpassing the studio’s previous calendar-year record of $5,843.8 million set in 2015.
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Original Cast Members Return for Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’ Animated Series
Original cast members Maya Rudolph, Jamie Chung, Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, Genesis Rodriguez and more reprise their original roles, joining Khary Payton as Wasabi and Brooks Wheelan as Fred.
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Disney’s Live-Action ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Begins Production
Creative team for the live-action adventure based on the classic book by Madeline L’Engle includes ‘Frozen’ director Jennifer Lee, who wrote the screenplay for the film, and Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Rich McBride.
Portfolio Entertainment Announces New Sales for ‘Freaktown’
New series from Peter Ricq and Philippe Ivanusic, the creators of ‘The League of Super Evil,’ set to launch in the U.K., Denmark and India.
In Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Places, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Special Events: MIPCOM | Geographic Region: North America
Disney Announces Return of ‘Muppet Babies’ Series
New CG-animated series executive produced by Tom Warburton is set to debut on Disney Junior in early 2018.
Academy Tech Council Adds New Member Annie Chang
Returning Council co-chairs for 2016-2017 are two members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch: Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor and Academy governor Craig Barron, and USC adjunct professor and Google VR senior staff engineer Paul Debevec.
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Disney Swaps Release Dates for Pixar’s ‘Incredibles 2’ & ‘Toy Story 4’
Pixar Animation Studios sequels swap release dates due to an accelerated production schedule for ‘Incredibles 2.’
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Disney’s ‘Moana’ To See Tahitian Language Release
Casting begins on a Tahitian language version of the upcoming Walt Disney Animation Studios feature, ‘Moana.’
Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Headed for Network Broadcast Debut
Academy Award-winning ‘Frozen’ airs December 11 on ABC followed by the behind-the-scenes special, ‘The Making of Frozen: A Return to Arendelle.’
Soundtrack for Disney’s ‘Moana’ Arrives November 18
Diverse team behind the film’s music includes songwriter/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, and Te Vaka founder and lead singer Opetaia Foa’I; Dwayne Johnson performs ‘You’re Welcome.’
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Pollen Creates Ambisonic Soundscape for Patrick Osborne’s ‘PEARL’
Pollen Music Group’s Alexis Harte, JJ Wiesler and Scot Stafford discuss the evolution of “No Wrong Way Home” and the challenges of composing music and sound design specifically for Virtual Reality.
In 2D, 3D, CG, Interactive, Music and Sound, People, Short Films, Technology, AR/VR/XR | ANIMATIONWorld | Geographic Region: North America
DreamWorks Animation Makes $50 Million Settlement in Hollywood Studio Antitrust Lawsuit
Comcast-owned studio reaches a settlement in the class-action lawsuit filed in December 2014 claiming it and other Hollywood studios violated antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress the wages of animation and VFX artists.
