Tag: Sony Pictures Animation
Raimo Kouyate Leaving as Sony Animation Exec
Sony Pictures Animation production president Michelle Raimo Kouyate is stepping down from her post to take on a first-look producing deal for both live-action...
Ex-Sony Exec Hopper Joins ‘Auntie Claus’
Athena Studios has signed Nate Hopper as co-producer of its in-development stop-motion animation feature film Auntie Claus.
Hopper was previously the senior VP of creative...
Mel Brooks Joins ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Cast
Iconic comic actor Mel Brooks will play the voice of Dracula's father, Vlad, in Sony Pictures Animation's upcoming Hotel Transylvania 2.
The film will see...
Deep Panels Set Apart World Animation and VFX Summit
It was just two days, but the third annual World Animation and VFX Summit seemed to jam several lifetimes worth of experience in for...
Sony Partners with Cartoon Hangover to Find New Talent
Sony Pictures Animation is partnering with toon titan Fred Seibert to form GO! Cartoons -- a new incubator project that will provide up and...
Roundup: Rig a Zombie, Learn from Stoopid Buddies
Animation is nothing if not fun — and here's a few news tidbits that prove it.
Sony Pictures Animation has made a zombie rig used...
DHX Serving Up ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ Series
DHX Media has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Animation to take its blockbuster CG feature franchise Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to...
‘Hipopotamy,’ ‘Seth’s Dominion’ Top Ottawa Winners
The official competition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) came to a close Saturday with the highly anticipated awards ceremony held at St....
Sony Unveils Super Cartoony ‘Popeye’ CG
Sony Pictures Animation has posted a first-look clip, with introduction by animation legend Genndy Tartakovsky, at its upcoming CG feature adaptation of King Features'...
Wage Suppression Suit Requests Apple Case Judge
The legal action against DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Lucasfilm alleging the studios had a deal in place...
Video Profile of SPA’s Lauren Faust
We really enjoyed this video profile from Sony Pictures Animation of Lauren Faust, who is directing its upcoming feature film Medusa, and thought we’d...
VIEW Conference Sets Animation, VFX Programs
The VIEW Conference has announced the program for its 2014 edition, set for Oct. 14-18 in Turin, Italy.
This year's event will feature the return...
Studios Conspired on Hiring, Wages Lawsuit Alleges
A class-action lawsuit alleging such major animation and VFX companies as DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Lucasfilm, Sony and Digital Domain agreed not to poach each...
Sony Preps Animated Nativity Flick ‘The Lamb’
Sony Pictures Animation is hopping on to the recent rising trend of faith-based flicks by developing The Lamb -- an animated take on Christianity's...
Sony Plans Hybrid ‘Manimal’ Feature
If you're going to bring back Manimal, a short-lived cult fantasy TV series from the early 1980s, comedy and animation is the way go.
That's...
Sony Confirms Stop-Mo/Live Action Hybrid Flick ‘Superbago’
Sony Pictures Animation has confirmed plans for a new stop-motion/live-action hybrid feature project titled Superbago. Superbago will be directed by Robot Chicken's John Harvatine...
The Animated Movie Dossier
The past few years have seen familiar animated faces as well as franchise reboots and original concepts raking in the box office bucks, and...
SPA Buys ‘Medusa’; Lauren Faust to Director
Sony Pictures Animation has acquired an original animated comedy feature pitch by Todd Alcott and Holly Golden, titled Medusa, which will tell an all-new...
Sony Imageworks Moving to Vancouver
Sony has revealed plans to move the headquarters for its Sony Pictures Imageworks visual-effects division from Culver City to Vancouver, Canada.
The company plans to...
Netflix Confirms Sony Animation Deal
Following some Wall Street speculation, streaming giant Netflix has confirmed that it has struck a deal for Sony Animation films, taking over films like...
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