SIGGRAPH 2014 Announces Computer Animation Festival Winners
SIGGRAPH 2014 announces the 41st annual Computer Animation Festival award recipients for Best in Show, Jury Award, Best Student Project, Best Animated Short, and Best Visual Effects, among others.
26 Productions Qualify for California Tax Incentives
The California Film Commission has vetted and approved 11 feature films, 13 television series and two made-for-television movies to receive $100 million in tax credits for the next fiscal year.
Zurich Film Festival to Honor Composer Hans Zimmer
German-born Zimmer has scored more than 100 films, including ‘The Lion King,’ the ‘Kung Fu Panda’ and ‘Madagascar’ films.
DreamWorks Animation Lays off Feature Employees
DreamWorks Animation's feature division sheds 40-50 jobs.
The Academy Announces Submission Dates For 2014 Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces category submission deadlines for 87th Academy Awards consideration.
Shout! Factory Bringing ‘Slugterra’ Feature to Theaters
Shout! Factory, Screenvision and Nerd Corps Entertainment team up to bring a new feature-length original movie ‘Slugterra: Return of the Elementals’ to cinemas across the U.S beginning August 2, 2014.
‘Horrid Henry’ Headed to Netflix
Independent producer Novel Entertainment secures a deal with SVOD powerhouse Netflix for popular animated children’s series ‘Horrid Henry.’
Oishii Creates Dynamic Branding Package For PromaxBDA
Oishii Creative is tapped by PromaxBDA to create all of its branding and video opens for the 2014 PromaxBDA conference and awards show.
Fabric Software Launches Fabric Engine 1.12
New performance heights reached with GPU compute, real-time rendering, and enhanced character tools.
MarVista Launches New Digital Division
MarVista Entertainment launches a new division, MarVista Digital Entertainment, which will license its original and acquired content across digital platforms.
Click 3X Hires Animation Director Noella Borie
Click 3X announces the addition of Animation Director Noella Borie, who will design and direct animation using traditional frame-by-frame techniques.
Box Office Report: ‘Transformers 4’ Opens to $300 Million Worldwide
Paramount's ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ debuts to $100 million in North America and $201.3 million overseas, including a stunning $90 million opening in China.
Paramount Animation Taps Lino DiSalvo as Creative Director
Veteran animator served most recently as Head of Animation on Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated feature ‘Frozen.’
Academy Approves New Rules for Animation Oscars
The Academy approves new rules for the 87th Academy Awards, including rule changes in the Animated Feature Film and the Animated Short Film categories, along with eligibility of the 2014 Student Academy Awards for Oscar consideration.
Neil Court Joins Brown Bag Films Board of Directors
Dublin-based animation Studio Brown Bag Films appoints international media entrepreneur Neil Court to its board of directors.
Animation Block Announces ABP 2014 Lineup
This summer’s edition of ABP includes a free outdoor show on Opening Night, special programs from Animation Breakdown Roundup and Titmouse 5 Second Day, and a 35mm screening of the classic film ‘Space Jam.’
Marvel Teams with IMAX for First Look at ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’: An IMAX 3D First Look features exclusive footage to be shown in 150 select IMAX theatre locations across North America on July 7.
Toon Boom Launches Harmony 11
Toon Boom Animation announces the launch of Harmony 11, delivering new leading-edge capabilities related to bitmap drawing and advanced warped drawings, as well as significant timeline, workflow and user interface enhancements.
Disney XD Launches ‘Grand Prix’ Racing-Game App
Beginning today fans can burn rubber as animated characters from popular Disney XD Shows ‘Phineas and Ferb,’ ‘Gravity Falls,’ ‘Mighty Med,’ ‘Kickin’ It,’ ‘Lab Rats,’ ‘Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja’ and ‘Wander Over Yonder.’
‘Creative Galaxy’ Launching on Amazon Prime Instant Video
Amazon Prime Instant Video debuts the original preschool series ‘Creative Galaxy,’ from Blue’s Clues co-creator Angela Santomero, on Friday, June 27.
‘Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon’ Hits Shelves Sept. 2
An all-new animated film from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment available on DVD and Digital HD September 2, 2014.
‘Black Dynamite Season One’ Available July 15
Series’ inaugural Blu-ray and DVD release includes 10 first season episodes plus behind-the-scenes featurette, original pilot and video commentaries.
Animator Glen Keane Debuts New Short Film Project, ‘Duet,’ at Google I/O Conference
A celebration of life through the hand-drawn line, ‘Duet’ is the latest in a series of Google ATAP’s Spotlight Stories, interactive short films made exclusively for mobile devices.
Genius Brands Int’l Partners with Comcast
New agreement expands Baby Genius content offering with Xfinity On Demand streaming platform.
Academy Invites 271 New Members
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends invitations to join the organization to 271 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures.
