WATCH: Warner Bros. Releases ‘Storks’ Teaser Trailer
Co-directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland from a script written by Stoller, ‘Storks’ features the voice talents of Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.
112 Original Scores In 2015 Oscar Race
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Chaos Group Unveils New Core Algorithm for V-Ray 3.3 for 3ds Max
Introduction of variance-based adaptive sampling makes renders easier to predict and control.
‘Carface’ Director Claude Cloutier Unveils Animated Holiday GIF
Holiday-themed animated GIF is inspired by the director’s Oscar-shortlisted short film produced by Julie Roy for the NFB.
Slamdance Unveils 2016 Short Film Competition Lineup
Fourteen animated shorts are selected to screen in competition, as well as U.K. filmmaker Ainslie Henderson’s stop-motion animated documentary short, ‘Stems,’ and Australia’s experimental VFX short, ‘Double-Blind No.1.’
Nancy Meyers To Receive ACE Filmmaker of the Year Award
Golden Eddie award from American Cinema Editors to be presented by Steve Martin at the 66th annual ACE Eddie Awards on Friday, January 29.
‘Naruto’ Expands Fan Base Across Latin America
Ninja action adventure anime series and feature films distributed by VIZ Media attract legions of ardent fans across Pan-Latin American market.
Cartoon Art Museum Announces 2015 Annual Fund Drive
San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum continues to offer innovative educational programs, events and exhibitions during its search for a new home.
DHX Media and Mattel Launch Kids Content Partnership
Companies team up to produce and distribute content inspired by celebrated Mattel properties.
Call for Entries: Animation Production Day 2016
Tenth edition of Animation Production Day to be held 28-29 April 2016 alongside the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film and FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia.
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Leads Critics’ Choice Awards with 13 Nominations
‘Ex Machina,’ ‘Jurassic World,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘The Martian,’ ‘The Revenant’ and ‘The Walk’ nominated for best visual effects, ‘Anomalisa,’ ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ ‘Inside Out,’ ‘The Peanuts Movie’ and ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ nominated for best animated feature.
Nexus Director Nicolas Ménard Unveils Ray-Ban Collaboration
Running December 16-30 in New York City, 30-second looping animation celebrating the eyewear brand will be projected on to the sides of two prominent buildings on Lafayette and Columbus Circle.
Review: ‘Just Cause 3’
Latest in the franchise often buckles under the weight of its own lofty ambitions.
Kelli Anderson Creates New Stop-Motion Video for They Might Be Giants
Adobe Creative Resident Kelli Anderson uses a combination of After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator to create a new stop-motion animated video for TMBG’s holiday cut, ‘Long White Beard.’
Ugly Muse: Part 2
Ongoing reflection on the power of impartial and broad-minded ideation on dissimilar domains, disciplines or objectives, as well as how such can be inspired by most unlikely Muses.
ftrack Releases dedicated App for iOS and Android
ftrack Go offers all the power and perspective of project management right in your pocket.
‘Capture the Flag’ Lands on DVD & Digital March 1
From the director of ‘Tad the Lost Explorer,’ out-of-this-world animated family adventure arrives on DVD, Digital HD and On Demand March 1, 2016.
Pixar’s Mary Coleman to Keynote Kidscreen Summit 2016
Head of creative development at Pixar Animation Studios to illustrate the special relationship between narrative and technological innovation that has produced some of the best animated films of all time.
Framestore Promotes Lucy Killick
London-based executive producer to oversee Montréal studio as Managing Director.
Cantina Creative Fires Up VFX Workflow on ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2’
Acclaimed 3D toolset MAXON Cinema 4D delivers powerful capabilities for key hologram sequences in blockbuster sci-fi film finale.
‘Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab’ Headed to DVD
Genius Brands International and NCircle Entertainment debut first ‘Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab’ DVD at Walmart stores nationwide; ‘Secret Lab Meeting’ also available digitally on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Hoopla.
LAIKA Celebrates a Decade of Filmmaking with New 10-Year Anniversary Reel
Acclaimed animation studio behind ‘Coraline,’ ‘ParaNorman,’ ‘The Boxtrolls’ and 2016’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ celebrates a decade of achievement; President and CEO Travis Knight renews pledge to push animated art form beyond expectations.
Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘Bunsen is a Beast!’
Original animated comedy is created by animation veteran Butch Hartman; network also picks up seven additional episodes for season 10 of Hartman’s long-running hit, ‘The Fairly OddParents.’
Tom McCarthy Elected MPSE President
Academy Award and BAFTA Award-winning Sound Supervisor currently serves as Executive Vice President Post Production Facilities at Sony Pictures Studios.
Art Directors Club Announces Design and Motion Juries for ADC 95th Annual Awards
Nineteen creative jury members from seven countries to judge the best global work in Motion Graphics, Animation and Production based on excellence in idea and craft.
