Tag: Disney
19th Annual Golden Trailer Award Nominees Announced
The Golden Trailer Awards -- celebrating outstanding achievement in motion picture and television marketing -- announced the nominees for the 19th annual competition. The...
Katzenberg’s NewTV Video Startup Raises $800 Million
Former DreamWorks Animation leader Jeffrey Katzenberg has secured about $800 million in financing for his video startup NewTV. Bloomberg reports that the company will...
Genius Brands Broadens Spectrum of ‘Rainbow Rangers’ Partners
Genius Brands International continues to add colorful partners to its growing licensing roster for original preschool brand Rainbow Rangers in support of its 2019...
‘The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle’: Modern Moose and Squirrel Madness
***This article was written for the June/July 2018 issue of Animation Magazine , No. 281***
Everything old is new again, and “Moose and Squirrel” are...
Animafest Details 2018 Horror Program
Marking the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel Frankenstein, one of the highlights of the World Festival of Animated Film...
Understanding Blockchain for Video Games (Part 2)
Missed Part 1? Read it here.
Blockchain was a major new presence at this year’s Game Developers Conference, in booths, meetings and panels. CEOs/Founders told...
Psyop Broadens NorAm & European Animation Activity
Creative-driven production studio Psyop announced a new framework that broadens its animation and mixed-media offerings in North America and Europe. The refit involves Psyop...
Disney Animation Artist Dave Michener Dies Age 85
Dave Michener, an animator and story artist with Disney for more than three decades, died at home in Los Angeles on February 15 from...
Pre-Sales Take Off for ‘Stardog and Turbocat’
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has secured pre-sales in several territories for the family animated feature Stardog and Turbocat, now in production at Sheffield, UK studio...
Stuttgart: Successful FMX and 12th APD Come to a Close
The 23rd FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media wrapped up Friday having provided some 4,000 attendees to a varied, well-balanced program...
Ottawa Int’l Animation Fest ‘18 Bruce Bickford Poster Revealed
The 2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival has revealed the official poster, created by Washington state-based artist Bruce Bickford. The self-taught, enigmatic animation pioneer describes...
Daily News Bytes: Lasseter’s Return Unlikely, Outsourcing in Anime, ‘Stolen Princess’ Hits $2.5M, & More
”He Who Must Not Be Named”: Can John Lasseter Ever Return to Disney?
As the end of his post-allegations “sabbatical” looms, THR examines the rise...
Annecy Full Program, WIA Summit Lineup Revealed
It’s official: the full program for the 2018 Annecy Festival was announced Monday at a press conference held by Patrick Eveno, Mickaël Marin and...
Disney Family Museum to Offer ‘Nine Old Men’ Exhibit
Fans of classic Disney art have one more reason to travel to San Francisco’s Walt Disney Family Museum in May. The org is offering...
Disney Channel Books into GO! Fan Fest This Summer
Disney Channel's GO! Summer – a season of the channel's most-new ever daily animated and live-action programming schedule – will be led-in by a...
Stuff We Love: April’s Must-Have Books, Discs and Toys
***This feature was written for the April 2018 issue of Animation Magazine No. 279***
TROLL-TALLY RAD PARTY PACK
With the new Trolls: The Beat Goes On...
FMX Adds VFX Talks on ‘Ready Player One,’ ‘The Last Jedi’
In less than two weeks, the FMX 2018 conference on animation, effects, games and immersive media returns to Stuttgart (Apr. 24-27). As plans are...
“I’ve Got a Really Good Feeling About This”: ‘Solo’ Trailer Takes Off
Disney’s Lucasfilm has opened the hangar doors to reveal a new trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, which debuted last night. The spot...
Guru Studios EVP Mary Bredin Moving On
Mary Bredin will be leaving Toronto-based Guru Studio after serving as Executive Vice President of Content and Strategy for over 10 years. The industry...
Animated People: Sofia Astrom, Director, Eels’ “Bone Dry”
The popular California band Eels (led by Mark Oliver Everett) has just released a beautiful stop-motion animated video for their new song “Bone Dry.”...
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