Suggesting once more that audiences are underserved by high-quality independent animation, Studiocanal has closed multiple major territories to “Samsam,” the latest movie from Folivari, headed by Didier Brunner whose producer credits include the Academy Award nominated “The Old Lady and the Pidgeons,” “The Triplets of Belleville,” “The Secret of Kells” and “Ernest & Celestine.” A[…..] […]
The Looney Tunes are back, and world premiering at the opening ceremony for this year’s Annecy Intl. Animation Festival, in what looks set in all probability to be one of this year’s highest-profile bows at the French animation gathering. After teasing the series with an in-progress short at last year’s Warners animation showcase, to riotous[…..] […]
Preview What’s Next From the Emerging Technologies Program CHICAGO—SIGGRAPH 2019 announces its Emerging Technologies program lineup, which offers participants a glimpse at technology of the future. Presenting more than 25 new advances, the conference will run 28 July–1 August at the Los Angeles Convention Center. “If you’re always first in line to test the latest[…..] […]
Among the dozens of short films that will screen in competition at Annecy next week, there’s one that wasn’t conceived as a film at all. In Michael Frei’s KIDS, a crowd of featureless humanoids enacts absurd, often violent scenarios, guided by some kind of insane groupthink. What isn’t apparent is that KIDS was simultaneously developed[…..] […]
Leading visualization studio shares just released images showcasing some of their extensive work on Joe and Anthony Russo’s box office smash, the final film in Marvel’s 22-MCU-movie ‘Infinity’ saga. One of the industry’s most prolific visualization companies, The Third Floor, has just shared a set of fantastic images that illustrate the scope and complexity[…..] […]
At the end of the 1970s in the USA, two friends and animated film fanatics created the very first animation festival dedicated to independent and experimental creations: Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Animation Festival. Year after year this somewhat wild, somewhat bizarre gathering slowly but surely gained international renown, revealing the hidden talent of[…..] […]
Beyhive, meet the lion pride! Disney has issued a new sneak peek vid for the highly anticipated reimagining of The Lion King, featuring the voice of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala. Brought to life by director Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book) utilizing pioneering film technology, the wild adventure opens in U.S. theaters on July 19. In other[…..] […]
Herschend Entertainment Studios announced that production has commenced on season six of their popular children’s animated series, Chuggington, and that Alpha Group has been appointed as the global master toy partner in a multi-year collaboration to deliver an innovative range of Chuggington toys to fans around the world. The new season and toy line will debut[…..] […]
DreamWorks will present the first shots of its upcoming films, featuring Abominable, a co-production with Pearl Studio, which is scheduled to be released in the US in September and in France on 23rd October. This film was written and directed by Jill Culton, produced by Suzanne Buirgy and co-directed by Todd Wilderman. Following excerpts from[…..] […]
Come and discover Playmobil: The Movie, in the presence of its director Lino DiSalvo. The very first images of Playmobil: The Movie were already unveiled last year at Annecy, while the feature film was still in production. Today, in its finalized version, and for its world premiere, Lino DiSalvo’s unique creation returns to the Annecy[…..] […]
