‘Pickle and Peanut’ Premieres September 7
Premiere episode available on Tuesday, September 1 on WATCH Disney XD, Disney XD on Demand, and DisneyXD.com.
SIGGRAPH 2015 Debuts ePosters
A great way for people to share research hot off their hard drives, this year’s Posters will be featured on 10 digital display kiosks with each poster scheduled for a 25-minute presentation throughout the week.
DreamWorks Animation’s Glendale Campus Sold Again
DreamWorks Animation re-sells its 13-acre Glendale campus under a deal worth $15 million to the cash-strapped studio led by Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Chaos Group to Host VR Bar at SIGGRAPH 2015
Virtual reality installations include Legend3D’s project for ‘Crimson Peak’; the return of V-Ray Days to feature Method Studios, Atomic Fiction and Ruairi Robinson.
Triggerfish Launches Triggerfish Story Lab
Triggerfish Animation Studios opens continent-wide storytelling talent search in Africa with the launch of the Triggerfish Story Lab; studio to invest US$3.5 million over three years.
DreamWorks and Netflix Team Up on ‘Dragons: Race to the Edge’
DreamWorks Animation veteran and series director Elaine Bogan details the production process from storyboarding through final delivery on DWA’s hit series that further explores the world of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ franchise.
SDCC 2015: The Immersive World of Google’s Spotlight Stories
Google assembles a top-flight team of animators, storytellers, and technologists for the Spotlight Stories panel at San Diego Comic-Con International 2015.
Nickelodeon Names James Stephenson Senior VP, Animation & Games
Newly created position of Senior Vice President, Animation and Games adds animation production and development to Stephenson’s current responsibilities of digital content creation.
Hornet Director Gabe Askew Unveils ‘Trail Mix’ Mobile Game
Complementing his short film ‘Trail Mix: The Buffalo Ball,’ Hornet director Gabe Askew unveils ‘Trail Mix: Turtle Hurdle,’ an original mobile game for both iOS and Android.
Nickelodeon Opens Animation Scholarship Challenge
Nickelodeon calls for entries for first-ever “What’s Your Nickfluence?” animation scholarship challenge in partnership with Get Schooled to award a $25,000 scholarship.
Nexus and Red Bull Create Giant 3D Stroboscope for SBTRKT
Created by BAFTA-winning animator, director and leading zoetrope artist Jim Le Fevre, the eight-foot tall and six-foot wide stroboscope spins at 33.3rpm and is illuminated by a strobe-rig to create the optical illusion of animation.
Disney Unveils Feature Film Slate for D23 EXPO 2015
Can’t-miss offerings include ‘Frozen’ Sing-Along, ‘Toy Story’ 20th Anniversary, ‘Star Wars,’ and secret special guests.
The Brothers McLeod’s ‘Scoop’ Short Now Online
Animated short created for the 2013-14 Nickelodeon International Animated Shorts Program, is inspired by the BAFTA-winning U.K. animation duo’s 2013 animation project ‘365.’
Magic Light Pictures’ ‘The Gruffalo’ Lands on Hopster
Magic Light Pictures’ family favorites ‘The Gruffalo,’ ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ and ‘Room on the Broom’ now available on Hopster for a special three-month window.
WATCH: Pixar Releases New Trailer for ‘The Good Dinosaur’
The first full-length trailer for ‘The Good Dinosaur’ shows off the incredible photorealistic world built for the film as well as the more cartoonish characters that inhabit it.
Disney Sets Live-Action Remake of ‘Sword in the Stone’
Disney continues its recent trend of remaking its animated classics into live-action films that started with ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Cinderella’ and now includes ‘Mulan,’ ‘Winnie The Pooh,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Dumbo,’ a new movie starring ‘Peter Pan’s Tinker Bell, and the ‘Bald Mountain’ sequence in ‘Fantasia.’
Kidscreen Summit Expands 2016 Program
Kidscreen Summit 2016 is back in Miami with a full four-day conference program; registration is now open at summit.kidscreen.com.
We Are Royale Celebrates 8 Years
Los Angeles-based design, animation, digital and production studio We Are Royale celebrates its eighth anniversary with a refreshed logo & website.
Deadline Cloud Wizard for Amazon EC2 Now in Open Beta
New feature in Thinkbox Software’s scalable solution for managing compute resources across platforms on physical and virtual machines automates the configuration of render farms on Amazon EC2.
Gumby Fest 2015 Issues Call for Entries
Amateur animators invited to submit original stop-motion animation videos for grand prize Clokey Trophy named after Gumby creator Art Clokey.
Imagination Studios Creates Immersive Experience for DreamHack Summer 2015
Team captures data from more than 160 attendees in four days with OptiTrack motion capture technology.
Emily Whinnett Joins CAKE
Former Director of Production and Development at Chapman Entertainment to work alongside CAKE creative director and CEO Tom Van Waveren on the company’s slate of upcoming programming.
Splash’s ‘Sabrina’ Flies to the U.K.
Splash Entertainment’s hit animated series ‘Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch’ flies into the U.K. with a new deal with Sony Pictures Television’s POP.
Box Office Report: Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ Sees Pint-Sized $58M Debut
Peyton Reed’s ‘Ant-Man’ makes $58 million domestic debut, the second-lowest bow for Marvel Studios since ‘The Incredible Hulk’ opened to $55.4 million in 2008.
‘Europeman’ Short Film Competition Issues Call for Entries
Animated short film competition is aimed at encouraging students in the field of animation to use their creativity to represent situations relating to European citizenship.
