Tag: Brad Bird
Animated Clips Establish ‘Tomorrowland’ Backstory
Disney’s Tomorrowland doesn't hit theaters until May 22, but a terrific 2D animated sequence cut from the film has found new life online as...
Trailer Shows Off ‘Tomorrowland’ Action
A third trailer for the Disney adventure movie Tomorrowland gives a more action-oriented look at the Brad Bird-directed feature.
Take a look:
Tomorrowland stars George Clooney...
Phil Lord and Chris Miller Receive Texas Avery Award
Reel FX, the Texan studio behind the Golden Globe-nominated The Book of Life, has presented the 9th annual "Texas" Avery Animation Award to Phil...
Disney Teasing ‘Tomorrowland’ Sunday
Among the pricey array of spanking new commercials and trailers set to run this Sunday during Super Bowl XLIX will be a teasing glimpse...
John Lasseter Receives Honorary CalArts Degree
California Institute of the Arts president Steven Lavine has bequeathed Disney-Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter with the 2014 honorary Doctor of Arts degree...
Iger Updates on Pixar Sequels, Star Wars, D23
Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger teased the studio's upcoming projects including Star Wars and planned Pixar sequels at the company's annual shareholder meeting...
‘Vanity Fair’ Fetes CalArts Alums
In the heated ramp-up to the Academy Awards, Vanity Fair's annual Oscar issue is tipping a hat to a generation of filmmakers trained at...
‘The Simpsons’ Sam Simon to Receive WGA Award
Veteran television writer-producer Sam Simon, who co-developed Fox's long-running animated series The Simpsons and has been a writer, producer, and director on Taxi, Cheers,...
New ‘Star Wars’ Pic Will Be Out on Dec. 18, 2015
So yesterday, after much fanfare, Disney and Lucasfilm confirmed that Star Wars: Episode VII will be released on December 18, 2015.
"We're very excited to...
The Best Western You’ve Never Seen
I've written before about the increasingly thin barriers between animation and live-action filmmaking, barriers that are becoming more transparent with time (check out Guillermo...
The Shrinking Vocal Middle Class
One hears about the shrinking middle class all the time on the news, though a similar phenomenon is going on in the animation biz:...
Pixar Confirms Peterson’s Departure from ‘Good Dinosaur’
Pixar president Ed Catmull has confirmed that the studio has removed director Bob Peterson from its 2014 movie The Good Dinosaur. In a story...
Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Starts Shooting in Vancouver
Principal photography has begun on Disney's mystery adventure Tomorrowland.
Directed and co-written by Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) the mysterious movie centers on a bright,...
DreamWorks’ ‘Turbo’ Ready to Race the Minions
Turbo, DreamWorks' second animated feature of 2013, offers a high-energy tale about an unlikely hero who dreams of winning the Indianapolis 500 race.
Hollywood has...
Disney Release Plans Include ‘Planes’ sequel, Marvel slots
Updates to the Walt Disney Studios' release schedule have revealed plans for a 2014 sequel to Planes and two mystery Marvel movies.
Planes: Fire &...
Matt Groening to Receive WGA’s Writing Award
Matt Groening, animation icon and the creator of The Simpsons and co-creator of Futurama (with David X. Cohen), will receive the Writers Guild of...
Dawn of the Dead Pets
Director Tim Burton pays homages to his favorite monster movies and his childhood pet in the charming stop-motion gem Frankenweenie.
Filmmaker Tim Burton had two...
Brad Bird Teams Up with ‘Lost’ Creator
Here’s some good news and bad news for fans of Pixar veteran Brad Bird. The good news first: He has signed up to tackle...
Academy Hosts Animated Short and Feature Program
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present five public events celebrating this year’s nominees. Oscar Week events will feature screenings, film...
How to Create a Spanish Gem
Director Ignacio Ferreras discusses the joys and challenges of adapting the graphic novel Arrugas (Wrinkles) into a 2D animated film.
First-time reactions of audiences to...
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