Universal Studios Launching ‘Harry Potter’ Theme Park Attraction
‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ featuring the iconic Hogwarts Castle officially opens at Universal Studios Hollywood on Thursday, April 7, 2016.
Toonz Animation and Gummybear International Sign Content Deal For Hit Character
‘Gummy Bear’ series already commissioned by YouTube; further plans in the works for webisodes, TV specials, feature film and merchandising.
Fig, Stick, Maple and Friends Return to Amazon Prime for More ‘Tumble Leaf’
Creators Kelli Bixler and Drew Hodges discuss Season 2 of their Annie and Daytime Emmy Award-winning stop-motion animated kid’s series.
‘The Lion Guard’ Leaping onto Disney Junior Jan. 15
Animated series follows the adventures of Kion, Simba and Nala's second-born cub; Blair Underwood, Ana Gasteyer and Maia Mitchell among recurring voice cast; Jason Marsden, Andy Dick and Lacey Chabert reprise roles from ‘The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.’
GKIDS Sets 25th Anniversary Release of Studio Ghibli’s ‘Only Yesterday’
GKIDS bringing complete 22-film Studio Ghibli retrospective to New York’s IFC Center December 11-31; Nationwide release of ‘Only Yesterday’ follows on February 26.
WATCH: Focus Features Unveils First Look at LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
New teaser for stop-motion animated action-adventure set in mythic Japan gives a taste of the film’s ornate visual style and epic setting.
‘Sarofsky Scales Editorial and VFX powers for ‘Ant-Man’ Main-On-End Titles
Chicago design studio draws inspiration from glowing red Pym Particle and macro/micro world visual language to create unique main-on-end title sequence for Marvel hit’s feature film.
Aardman Nathan Love Spreads Holiday Cheer with Title Sequence for ‘Santas in the Barn’
TruTV’s holiday fantasy camp competition series launches with an animated title sequence from Aardman Nathan Love.
Meet the Team Behind ‘Pig Goat Banana Cricket’ at Animation Breakdown 2015
Panel and screening of Nickelodeon’s newest hit show with series creator Johnny Ryan and exec producer David Sacks to be followed by a live table read by voice actors Candi Milo, Paul Rugg and Thomas F. Wilson.
Axis Animation Taps Fusion Studio for ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ Game Cinematic
Axis Animation completes compositing for the opening sequence for Microsoft’s ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ Xbox game using Blackmagic Design’s Fusion Studio.
Portland Gets Animated by Blacklist and WIZZ
Latest Travel Portland campaign from Paris-based WIZZ Design Studios led by director CRCR is Inspired by a collection of would-be Portland-themed ‘zines.’
73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards: The Nominees React
Filmmakers Steve Martino, Richard Starzak, Mark Burton, Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera, Pete Sohn and Denise Ream react to the news of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Award nominations.
HFPA Announces Nominations for 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Paramount Pictures and Starburns Industries’ ‘Anomalisa,’ Disney and Pixar Animation Studio’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ and ‘Inside Out,’ 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ ‘The Peanuts Movie,’ and Aardman’s ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ are nominated for Best Animated Feature.
animago AWARD & CONFERENCE Turning 20
Awards show and international conference for 3D animation & still, visual effects and visualization moving to Munich for 20th anniversary edition.
DreamWorks Animation Appoints Katie O’Connell Marsh Head of Live-Action TV
Former Gaumont International Television executive to oversee the expansion of DWA’s television business into the live-action genre.
Zeb Wells Talks ‘SuperMansion’
The makers of ‘Robot Chicken’ bring 13 episodes of stop-motion superhero feebleness to Sony Crackle.
Cospective Releases Dedicated iOS App for Frankie
Dedicated iOS app for web-based review and approval tool Frankie brings all the collaborative, cloud-based functionality of Frankie to the palm of your hand.
‘Justice League: Cosmic Clash’ Lands on Blu-ray March 1
All-new original LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes movie features exclusive Cosmic Boy LEGO Minifigure.
Q&A: Delving Into the VFX of Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma’s ‘The Ningyo’
Photoreal short derived from an old Japanese folk tale employs physical sets built in the duo’s living room augmented with CG creatures and extensions crafted using Autodesk Maya and Mudbox and rendered in Chaos Group’s V-Ray.
Nickelodeon Names 2015 Writing and Artist Program Participants
Talent development programs yield nine new voices from around the world.
One Animation's 'Insectibles' Headed to Latin America and France
CG-animated children’s series produced in Singapore picked up by Discovery Kids Latin America and Canal Plus in France.
Shout! Bringing CarpeDiem’s ‘Snowtime!’ to the U.S.
Animated adaptation of the popular 1980s Canadian live-action film ‘La guerre des tuques’ (‘The Dog Who Stopped the War’) is slated to premiere during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Visegad Animation Forum Issues 2016 Call for Submissions
International animation pitching event runs alongside the Czech Republic’s Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films running May 3-5, 2016.
One Animation Adds Rose Ng to Senior Management Team
Former Disney Consumer Products veteran to licensing strategy for Singapore-based CG animation studio’s lead properties, including ‘Insectibles,’ ‘Oddbods’ and ‘Rob the Robot.’
PGA Honoring Industrial Light & Magic With Visionary Vanguard Award
Inaugural Visionary Vanguard Award to be accepted by ILM Senior Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll at the 27th Annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, January 23.
