NCircle to Release ‘Gumby’ Episodes on DVD
‘The Gumby Show: The Complete 50s Series’ available on DVD from NCircle Entertainment on September 22, 2015.
Best of the NW Animation Festival Set For Sept. 11
Selected from the largest showcase of short animations in the U.S., The Northwest Animation Fest is set to present 14 of this year’s best animated shorts from around the world.
Spark Animation Festival Issues Call for Entries
The deadline for submissions to the 8th annual Spark Animation Festival, to be held October 21-25, is September 7, 2015.
Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘Pinky Malinky’ Series
Animated comedy co-created and co-executive produced by Chris Garbutt and Rikke Asbjoern (‘The Amazing World of Gumball’) and executive produced by Scott Kreamer (‘Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness’) set to premiere in 2016.
Jorge Gutierrez to Deliver Keynote at VIEW 2015
Other featured talks at VIEW 2015 to include Blue Sky’s Scott Carroll on ‘The Peanuts Movie,’ Pixar’s Kim White on ‘Inside Out’ and Sony’s Michael Kurinsky on production design for ‘Hotel Transylvania 2.’
WATCH: Latvia’s Zilbalodis Releases ‘Inaudible’ Short Online
Created over the course of seven months, dialog-free animated short pairs sound design and a distinctive visual look and adventurous color palette to help tell the story.
Cogswell Student Apps Named Finalists in Google’s Project Tango Contest
‘Room Modes Calculator’ and ‘We Are Cubed’ among 48 finalists for Google’s 2015 Project Tango developer contest.
Three NFB Animated Shorts Headed to LA Shorts Fest
North American premiere of Cordell Barker’s ‘If I Was God’ joins acclaimed new films by Sarah Van Den Boom and Randall Lloyd Okita.
Bob Bacon Exits Paramount Animation
Studio’s restructuring move will see Paramount president of physical production Lee Rosenthal take on oversight of animation production.
Nickelodeon Orders New Season of ‘Fairly OddParents’
Nickelodeon greenlights season 10 of Emmy Award-winning animated series; joining the cast of characters is Chloe Carmichael, an enthusiastic, funny and over-achieving little girl with whom Timmy will have to share his fairies.
WATCH: Kris Pearn Directs ‘Evolve’ Short for Milan EXPO 2015
Stop-motion short, ‘Evolve: A Foody Tale,’ produced by a group of students from local schools in Turin with the support of the VIEW Conference, aims to draw awareness to the importance of food safety.
Dorothy McKim Talks Disney’s New Short Films Collection DVD
The veteran producer discusses Disney’s celebrated animation shorts program and their latest DVD collection release.
Haptic Animation Launches Non-Profit Amplifier Program
Seattle-based Haptic Animation Amplifier will include a historical timeline of Pacific Northwest animation and a database of every animated film ever made in the region, as well as touring short film theatrical programs.
Stoopid Buddy Creates Stopmo Trailer for Ubisoft’s ‘Toy Soldiers’
‘Robot Chicken’ creators Stoopid Buddy Stoodios partners with Ubisoft to create a hybrid stop-motion live-action launch trailer for ‘Toy Soldiers: War Chest.’
9 Story Media Group Acquires Brown Bag Films
Brown Bag Films to retain its brand, with founders Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O’Connell and the senior management team continuing to lead the company.
Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for NUKE
Fully-integrated ray-traced rendering now available for The Foundry's industry-standard compositing tool.
Imagination Workshops and the World at Large: Part 5
Continuing reflections on how society has a critical need for igniting and cultivating imagination as the origin of all ideation, inspiration, invention and innovation.
VIEW Award 2015 Issues Call for Entries
VIEW Award 2015 widens its scope with new themes, new subjects and new contestants.
Box Office Report: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Makes $60.2M Debut
Universal's N.W.A. biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ leads the pack at the North American box office with a $60.2 million debut, helping to push Universal past the $2 billion mark domestically.
The Animation and VFX of China's 'Monster Hunt'
Beijing’s BaseFX founder and CEO Chris Bremble discusses the process and challenges of producing animation and visual effects for the most successful feature film in Chinese history.
John Lasseter Reveals Details from Disney & Pixar’s Upcoming Feature Slate
Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios chief welcomes filmmakers and voice talent to D23 EXPO 2015 stage to reveal new details about ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ ‘Finding Dory,’ ‘Zootopia,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘Gigantic,’ ‘Coco,’ and more.
Pixar Debuts ‘Inside Out’ Short at D23 EXPO
New short film, ‘Riley’s First Date?,’ will be included as a bonus feature in the digital HD & Blu-ray releases of Pixar’s ‘Inside Out,’ available digitally October 13 and on Blu-ray November 3, 2015.
Disney’s ‘Moana’ Rocks D23 EXPO 2015
Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, Disney’s ‘Moana’ to feature music from Tony-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, Grammy-winning composer Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa’I, founder and lead singer of the award-winning world music band Te Vaka.
Disney Announces ‘Gigantic’ Animated Feature
Disney reveals plans for an animated feature based on the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ story to be directed by Nathan Greno (‘Tangled’) and produced by ‘Get A Horse!’ producer Dorothy McKim.
Shakira Shaking Up Disney’s ‘Zootopia’
International pop star Shakira lends her Grammy-winning voice to Gazelle, the biggest pop star in Zootopia, teasing the all-new original song for the film, ‘Try Everything.’
