Spark Animation Announces 2016 Business Symposium Speakers
Exciting lineup of industry visionaries including Brenda Chapman, Rex Grignon, Tomm Moore and Zeb Wells to share mind-expanding presentations.
Category: Writing
‘Inside Out’ Co-Writer Meg LeFauve Gets ‘Gigantic’
Co-writer behind Disney’s ‘Captain Marvel’ and Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ joins ‘Tangled’ director Nathan Greno to helm Walt Disney Animation Studios forthcoming animated feature.
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg Talks ‘BoJack Horseman’
A frank, insightful and amusing discussion with the creator and executive producer of Netflix’s hit animated series.
Final Draft Releases Final Draft 10
Packed with new and improved features, the latest version of the Emmy Award-winning screenwriting software is now available.
In Business, Technology, Writing | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Go Behind the Scenes of Amazon’s ‘Stinky & Dirty Show’ with Brown Bag Films
See how the animated series based on the ‘I Stink!’ book series was brought to life for Amazon Studios with director David McCamley, writer Guy Toubes, creative director Darragh O’Connell, and art director Phil McDarby.
ATTRIBUTES OF THE SUCCESSFUL WRITER
A successful writer doesn't have to have all of these traits, but the more he possesses the more successful he will be.
Polygon Pictures Producing New ‘Godzilla’ Anime Feature for TOHO
Godzilla's first-ever animated feature film to be produced by the Tokyo-based animation studio behind Production I.G’s ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Knights of Sidonia,’ and the forthcoming ‘Blame!’ to be written by Gen Urobuchi and directed by Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita.
LA’s Cinefamily Hosting Sneak Peak of Seth Rogan’s ‘Sausage Party’
Get a sneak peek at the first R-rated CG-animated movie at The Cinefamily’s ‘Toons with ‘Tude Marathon’ on Saturday, August 6.
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Chris Renaud Talks ‘The Secret Life of Pets’
Veteran Illumination Entertainment director shares his insights on their brand-new animated feature hitting theatres internationally today.
WIA, Sony Pictures Animation to Host Female Character & Storytelling Talk
Script consultant Lindsay Doran to lead Women In Animation event, ‘The Quagmire of the Female Character,’ on Thursday, June 2 at Sony Pictures Animation.
PHILOSOPHER'S STEW
A short story that will make you think twice about what you "swallow"
In 2D, 3D, Acting, Business, Cartoons, CG, Commercials, Digital Media, Education and Training, Films, Games, Home Entertainment, Interactive, Mobile and Wireless, Production, Short Films, Television, Transmedia, AR/VR/XR, Writing | Blogs: FADE IN: on Screenwriting, by Jeffrey Scott | Geographic Region: All
WATCH: Professor Craig Caldwell Talks Storytelling in Games at FMX 2015
Craig Caldwell, USTAR senior research professor at the University of Utah, discusses storytelling challenges in games.
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Fox Officially Announces ‘Deadpool’ Sequel
It’s a big day for movie sequels as 20th Century Fox officially announces ‘Deadpool 2’ and unveils footage from Blue Sky’s ‘Ice Age: Collision Course,’ ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ and Roland Emmerich’s ‘Independence Day: Resurgence.’
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The Ultimate Sidekick Finally Discovers Herself in Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’
For director Andrew Stanton and producer Lindsey Collins, ‘Finding Nemo’s eternally upbeat memory-impaired blue tang fish has a compelling and important journey of her own worth sharing.
A Patch of Blue in an Otherwise Dark Sky – Adam Reed’s ‘Archer’ Season 7 Finally Arrives on FX
Hollywood Noir meets Keystone Spymasters as the bumbling agency moves to Los Angeles, applying their questionable espionage skills to the private eye business.
Ronnie del Carmen Might Be the Hardest Working Man in Storytelling
Co-director of Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated feature ‘Inside Out’ discusses the “Pixar Way” of patience and trusting the process.
PRODUCT REVIEW: PLOT CONTROL 3.0 PLOT STRUCTURING & SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE
Structure your screenplays faster, better and easier with the help of this outstanding new software!
Starburns Industries Options Animated ‘Bubbles’ Feature
The producers of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated feature ‘Anomalisa’ acquire Isaac Adamson’s screenplay about Michael Jackson’s famed Chimpanzee companion, Bubbles.
In Business, Films, People, Stop-Motion, Writing | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
WHY PRODUCERS MUST STUDY SCREENWRITING
Without a solid understanding of screenplay structure a producer has no way of knowing whether his screenplay is good or bad.
‘Big Hero 6’ and ‘Monsters Inc.’ Screenwriter Daniel Gerson Dies at 49
Veteran writer on some of animation’s biggest films loses his battle with brain cancer.
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Joins Disney Series ‘Milo Murphy’s Law’
Disney Television Animation comedy series from ‘Phineas and Ferb’ creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh features star-studded voice cast including Christian Slater, Vanessa Williams and Sarah Chalke.
Nominations for 88th Academy Awards Unveiled
Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Boy and the World,’ ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie,’ and ‘When Marnie Was There.’
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FX Orders Animated Pilot from Louis C.K. & Albert Brooks
Voice stars of Illumination Entertainment’s ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ are co-creating, co-writing and providing the two lead voices for an untitled animated pilot for FX.
MOOSE: THE LEAST KNOWN THREE STOOGES SUPPORTING PLAYER
My old black lab was a handsome fellow, as labs go. He was also a crazy-ass maniac who could definitely teach Marley a thing or two.
Nickelodeon Names 2015 Writing and Artist Program Participants
Talent development programs yield nine new voices from around the world.
