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Splash Lines Up Additional ‘Kulipari’ Titles

Following last September's announcement of the first three animated titles based on former NFL star Trevor Pryce's An Army of Frogs book, Splash Entertainment...

‘Big Hero 6,’ ‘Feast,’ ‘Interstellar’ Win at the Oscars

Big Hero 6 wins best animated feature, Disney's Feast swins the best animated short, while Interstellar wins the Best VFX Oscar! The LEGO Movie missed...

Technicolor Acquires Paris-Based OuiDo

Technicolor has acquired French independent animation producer OuiDo Productions. Headed by Sandrine Nguyen and Boris Hertzog, OuiDo Productions has produced such globally popular animation series...

SpongeBob Gets Real

The long-lived Nick star enters the third dimension for his second movie outing, Sponge Out of Water. SpongeBob SquarePants has been successfully living in a...

Hitting a High Note

Lucasfilm digs into the details in forging its own take on the musical animated fairy-tale with Strange Magic. If Strange Magic, the new animated...

Hometown Hero

Animex steps up to show what Mexican animation can do with the CG feature El Americano. Mexico has a long and rich history, a...

An Open Mix

Argentina’s San Luis Cine uses Blender and V-Ray to make its animated feature, Kiribati. The challenges facing production on any animated feature are pretty consistent...

YouTube to Unveil New Kids App Feb. 23

YouTube is set to roll out Feb. 23 a standalone app for children. The app will connect young users with age-appropriate video content and channels,...

Gaumont Secures Rights to Animate ‘Laurel & Hardy’

Gaumont Animation has secured the worldwide exclusive option to the animation rights of the iconic comedy duo Laurel & Hardy from Larry Harmon Pictures Corp. The French...

Amazon Studios Forms Advisory Board for Kids’ Content

Amazon Studios has formed the Amazon Kids Thought Leader Board to further its mission of encouraging lifelong creative learning. Assembled under the guidance of Amazon...

APD to Qualify 3 Projects for Cartoon Forum

Three of the presented series at the Animation Production Day — hosted by the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film and FMX — will qualify directly...

Demi Lovato to Voice Lead in ‘Charming’

Singer, songwriter and actress Demi Lovato will voice the female lead Lenore in the 3QU Media animated feature film production of Charming. Lovato also will...

CN Adds 3 New Series, Events, Returning Shows for 2015-16

Cartoon Network unveiled its 2015-16 programming lineup, adding three new animated series as well as several special events and acquired series. New original programs include: We...

‘Kaguya,’ Season 4 of ‘Thrones’ Arrive on Video

Valentine's Day was last weekend, but your love of animation can continue this week with the release of Oscar-nominated The Tale of the Princess...

Henson Sets Broadcast, Licensing Deals for ‘Doozers’

The Jim Henson Company has licensed the CG-animated preschool series Doozers to leading media partners around the world. Additionally, licensing agents have been appointed...

News Bytes: eOne, ‘Powerpuff’ Toys, ‘G-Fighters’ and More

Jillianne Reinseth has been appointed VP creative affairs for eOne Family, effective March 2. Based in Toronto, Reinseth will lead creative affairs for eOne...

‘Kingsman,’ ‘SpongeBob’ Hold Up Under ‘Grey’

You might think from all the hubbub that Fifty Shades of Grey was the only movie to do well at the box office this...

‘Simpsons’ Wins WGA Award for ‘Brick Like Me’

There was only one award for animation at the WGA Awards this weekend, and it followed the odds and went to The Simpsons. The beloved...

Voice Over Icon Gary Owens Dies

Beautiful downtown Burbank is in mourning with the death Feb. 12 of iconic announcer and voice actor Gary Owens from complications related to diabetes....

Art of LAIKA Auction Collects $1 Million in Sales

More than 250 screen-used puppets, maquettes, paint test models, props, set pieces, and original concept and production art from LAIKA generated sales of more...
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