‘Cars 3’ Set to Tear Up the Track This June
Director Brian Fee, producer Kevin Reher and co-producer Andrea Warren discuss the long road to theaters for Pixar’s third ‘Cars’ franchise film.
Category: Writing
Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - The Lingerie Show
Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. This week, Laura Harrison's The Lingerie Show
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Amazon Developing Animated Kids Series with The Roots’ Passyunk Productions
Written by Becky Friedman and featuring music by The Roots, new ‘South Street Sounds’ animated series follows three friends growing up in the most musical of neighborhoods.
‘Longhair and Doubledome’ Creator Developing Graphic Novel
Gavrilo 'Gav' Gnatovich launches Kickstarter campaign to revisit unlucky Cro-Magnon duo.
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NATAS Announces 2017 Daytime Emmy Award Nominees
‘Milo Murphy’s Law,’ ‘Dragons: Race to the Edge,’ ‘Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures,’ ‘Mr. Peabody and Sherman’ and ‘Lost in Oz: Extended Adventure’ receive nominations for Best Children’s Animated Program.
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MoCCA Arts Festival Lines Up International Guests
International guests for two-day arts festival include Penelope Bagieu, Rutu Modan and the artist duo Mayumi Otero and Raphael Urwiller.
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Gaumont Options Neal Shusterman’s ‘The Star Shards Chronicles’
Trilogy from ‘New York Times’ bestselling author to be developed into an animated series.
SO YOU THINK ROBOTS CAN'T REPLACE ARTISTS
A message from the future with a warning for all creative souls...
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‘BoJack Horseman’ Writer Joe Lawson Wins 2017 WGA TV Award
Lawson receives award for outstanding achievement in writing for television for the ‘Stop the Presses’ episode of Netflix’s 2D-animated comedy series.
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Creating a Modern World of Animals: Byron Howard on the Story and Directing Challenges of ‘Zootopia’
As part of AWN's Professional Spotlight Series recorded during VIEW 2016, the Oscar-nominated director of Disney’s hit, ‘Zootopia,’ talks about the decision to make significant story changes well into production on the animated feature film.
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Fisher-Price Named Master Toy Partner for Genius Brands’ ‘Rainbow Rangers’
Mattel subsidiary to develop comprehensive toy program across multiple categories for the preschool property for broad retail distribution worldwide.
Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ Wins Best Animated Feature at 44th Annie Awards
Studio Ghibli-Wild Bunch-Why Not Productions co-production ‘The Red Turtle’ wins Best Independent Animated Feature; Pixar’s ‘Piper’ wins Best Animated Short Subject.
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Nominations Announced for 89th Academy Awards
Abstract: Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ ‘The Red Turtle,’ and ‘Zootopia.’
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FORMULA FOR A SUCCESSFUL PRESCHOOL SERIES: ENTERTAIN FIRST, EDUCATE LAST
A Dragon Tale: How an Emmy-nominated PBS preschool series almost died at birth...
‘Simpsons’ Writers Head to ‘1st and Main’ with Starbucks
Joel Cohen, John Frink and Rob LaZebnik team with Starbucks for the brand’s first animated series.
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Mike Judge Receives WGAW 2016 Animation Writers Caucus Writing Award
‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ and ‘King of the Hill’ creator recognized for his outstanding contributions to the craft of animation writing.
WGA Announces 2017 Television Nominees
‘BoJack Horseman,’ ‘Elena of Avalor,’ ‘Star Wars Rebels’ and ‘The Simpsons’ nominated for Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in an animated television series.
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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.
Rob Letterman Helming Legendary’s ‘Detective Pikachu’ Pokémon Movie
Hybrid CG-animation/live-action film following a new character and storyline in the Pokémon universe is being scripted by ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ writer Nicole Perlman and ‘Gravity Falls’ creator Alex Hirsch.
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Manchester Animation Festival Announces Nominees for New Industry Excellence Awards
New Industry Excellence Awards designed by stop-motion puppetry specialists Mackinnon and Saunders will be awarded at the festival running November 15-17.
‘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’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.
FINAL DRAFT 10 REVIEW
Final Draft’s latest screenwriting software upgrade is a winner!
Longtime ‘Simpsons’ Writer Kevin Curran Passes Away at 59
Emmy-winning veteran comedy writer spent 15 years on ‘The Simpsons,’ most recently serving as co-executive producer.
Review: Final Draft 10
The newest version of the industry’s best screenwriting program adds a nice set of welcome, though not must-have new features.
