Hayao Miyazaki to Receive Academy’s Governors Award
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences votes to present Honorary Awards to Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki and Maureen O’Hara, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Harry Belafonte.
TELETOON Unveils 2014 Fall Slate
‘Adventure Time’ Season 6 leads lineup with special screening and panel of voice actors Jake and Princess Bubblegum at FAN EXPO Canada.
Scholastic Media’s ‘Astroblast’ Aims for the Stars at MIPJunior
New CGI animated preschool series from Scholastic Media and Sprout to blast off with international broadcasters at MIPJunior 2014.
Netflix Renews Animated Comedy 'BoJack Horseman'
Series voice cast includes Will Arnett, ‘Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul, and Amy Sedaris.
Disney Unveils Delectable Boston Terrier from ‘Feast’
Disney unveils a first look at Winston, the Boston terrier starring in Patrick Osborne’s short film ‘Feast.’
Homer Simpson Takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Producers of ‘The Simpsons’ release a clip of Homer J. Simpson being doused with ice -- and more -- to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Gentleman Scholar Drives Imagination for Hyundai
Gentleman Scholar releases a quirky and engaging new spot, “Metaphors,” for Hyundai.
‘Sanjay and Craig’ Duo Animate Trash Talk Video
‘Sanjay and Craig’ director Jim Dirschberger and art director Jay Howell animate “The Great Escape” for Sacramento punk bank Trash Talk.
ABC to Air ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Special Sept. 7
In celebration of the beloved pop-culture classic, ABC will air the one-hour special, "The ABC's of Schoolhouse Rock," on Sunday, September 7.
Sundance Animated Shorts Program Headed to Theaters
The Sundance Film Festival rolls out a 95-minute program of animated shorts to theaters set to premiere at the Sundance Sunset Cinemas in Los Angeles on September 26, 2014, with more dates and cities to be announced in the coming weeks.
Sylvain Chomet Teams with Amnesty Int’l to #StopTorture
Celebrated director/animator teams with non-governmental human rights organization Amnesty International to create a harrowing and brutally honest depiction of the sheer savagery of torture.
Montreal Stop Motion Fest to Showcase ‘Boxtrolls,’ ‘Robot Chicken’
The sixth edition of the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival to feature behind-the-scenes looks at the production of Adult Swim’s ‘Robot Chicken’ and LAIKA’s ‘The Boxtrolls.’
Shilo Adds Director/Creative Director Ash Thorp
Bi-coastal design-driven production company adds prolific director, designer, illustrator and artist amid growth stage.
PGS Announces Raft of Sales for ‘Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood’
PGS Entertainment announces a raft of global sales for the Method Animation and DQ Entertainment series ‘Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood.’
Watch: Exclusive Clip from ‘Letter to Momo’
The new animated film from Hiroyuki Okiura and Tokyo-based anime powerhouse Production I.G. opens in select cities August 29.
iAnimate.net Announces Elite Games Animation Workshop 3
New interactive online course brings together students and professional animators from triple-A studios to teach specialized animation techniques for games creation.
'The Boxtrolls' NYC Advance Screening
Laika has done it again - 'The Boxtrolls' takes its audience on a dizzying trip that is at once terrifying and hilarious.
ASIFA-East to Screen Polish Animation Retrospective
ASIFA-East announces ‘THE POLISH SCHOOL OF ANIMATION: Next Generations 2,’ a retrospective of Polish animation from the last 60 years featuring work by Tomasz Bagiński, Anita Kwiatkowska, Jerzy Kucia and many more.
Amazon Studios Orders Three New Animated Pilots
Amazon Studios adds three new animated shows -- ‘Buddy: Tech Detective,’ ‘The Stinky & Dirty Show’ and comic book adaptation ‘Niko and the Sword of Light’ -- to its growing slate of original series.
Hasbro Studios Names Josh Feldman Head of Development
Toymaker Hasbro names Josh Feldman head of development of the company’s film and TV division, where he will focus on both franchise and new brands in live-action and animation.
Laundry Teams with FXX to Celebrate 'The Simpsons’
Design/animation studio Laundry! teams up with FXX to celebrate 'The Simpsons' with all new ID animations for the network's 522-episode marathon of the show.
The Academy to Present ‘Masters of Animation’
Three-part event celebrates the groundbreaking and immortal work of Winsor McCay and Walt Disney, concluding with a screening of Disney's ‘Fantasia.’
VIEW Conference Announces 2014 Keynote Speakers
Dr. Alvy Ray Smith, Glen Keane and Tom McGrath highlight the 15th annual conference, Italy’s largest computer graphics conference, October 14-17.
Box Office Report: ‘Guardians’ Retakes Top Spot
After trailing Paramount and Nickelodeon’s ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ for the past two weeks, Marvel's ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ moves back in to first place, passing ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ to become the highest-grossing movie of the summer at the domestic box office.
DreamWorks Animation Shifts Sequel Release Dates
DWA sequels ‘The Croods 2’ and ‘Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves,’ set for early November in 2017 and 2018, respectively, will now be released the weekend before Christmas.
