Studio Ghibli’s first feature co-production directed by Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit to screen in New York and Los Angeles beginning November 18, followed by a national rollout in January 2017.
Beloved film franchise from Blue Sky Studios expands its global reach with a raft of new licensing deals.
Fifty artists at Pasadena, CA-based animation studio create 10 animated sequences for live-action/animated family comedy, ‘Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life,’ arriving in theaters October 7th.
Co-writer behind Disney’s ‘Captain Marvel’ and Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ joins ‘Tangled’ director Nathan Greno to helm Walt Disney Animation Studios forthcoming animated feature.
New licensing deals and merch detailed in advance of the release of Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘Smurfs: Lost Village’ on March 31, 2017.
Co-produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Maybe Movies, Norlum Studios, France 3 Cinéma and 2 Minutes, winner of the Audience Award at this year’s Annecy Festival opens in U.S. cinemas in Los Angeles and New York City September 30, to be followed by rollouts in additional cities in early October.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2016 South by Southwest Festival revisits the University of Texas Shooting 50 years ago, integrating animation with eyewitness interviews.
Titmouse’s first full-length animated feature directed by Chris Prynoski and featuring the voices of Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt is set for a December 2016 theatrical release.
Roald Dahl’s fantasy adventure comes home for the holidays.
Grand Prize for Features is given to previous OIAF Grand Prize winner Jean-François Laguionie for ‘Louise by the Shore’; Theodore Ushev’s ‘Blind Vaysha’ receives awards for Best Narrative Short Animation and Best Canadian Animation.
LAIKA’s latest stop-motion feature arrives on digital HD November 8, 2016 and on Blu-ray combo pack and DVD November 22, 2016.
Fox to release Blue Sky Studio’s latest ‘Ice Age’ franchise feature on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD.
Get a peek at the new Smurfs movie, coming to the U.S. on April 7, 2017.
The famous rabbit emoticon celebrates 10th anniversary with theatrical film release in first full-length movie project for Turner-owned Tuzki.
Paris-based company to increase production to one feature-length animated film every two years with plans to hire 300 animation specialists over the next three years.
Two award-winning new specials from the directors of the zany feature film and the Academy Award-nominated ‘Ernest & Celestine’ in theaters for one day only on September 24.
Five percent of the division’s total staff of 5,000 workers are laid off as Disney shifts to licensing characters to video-game producers rather than making games itself.
Employees in marketing, distribution, consumer products and finance at DWA’s Glendale Campus to start receiving termination notices as early as this week.
Following record-breaking ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ event, ‘Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders’ featuring Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar set for exclusive one-time cinematic event October 10.
Highlights of the eighth edition, taking place September 16-18, include Opening Night presentation from ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ producers Clyde Henry Productions, a behind-the-scenes look at LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ and indie stop-motion animator Chris Hopewell, who directed the music video for Radiohead’s ‘Burn the Witch.’
New trailer features Moana’s first meeting with the demigod Maui.
‘Trollify Yourself’ app provides fun tools to create and share hair-raising Trolls characters.
Deadline for submissions to Germany’s 24th Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart is December 1, 2016.
Summer blockbuster hit from Pixar Animation Studios swims home on Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere on October 25, and on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand on November 15.
Coinciding with the film’s 30th anniversary, new hardcover release joins the Studio Ghibli art book collection and features a stunning array of illustrations, character artwork and insights from the pioneering creator.
