Tag: Don Bluth
An Animation Legend Looks Back (Book Excerpt)
One of the most-anticipated animation books of the year is Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life, a wonderful new memoir by beloved American director...
Global Event Updates: ‘Summit’ Opens Anima, ITFS Goes Hybrid, MAF Presents Monthly & More
Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival (Feb. 25 - March 6; www.animafestival.be), taking place live at the Flagey and Palace as well as...
Voice Actor & Former ASIFA President Will Ryan Dies Age 72
Emmy-nominated voice actor, singer-songwriter and author Will Ryan, known for playing Willie the Giant and Peg-Leg Pete in numerous Disney animation projects as well...
‘Rats of NIMH’ Set for Animated Drama Adaptation at Fox
Robert C. O'Brien's classic children's book trilogy The Rats of NIMH is once again scurrying down the animated adaptation pipeline, this time as a...
Don Bluth Forms New ‘Totally Transparent’ 2D Studio
Don Bluth -- the animation maestro behind beloved 2D features like The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs...
Heritage Hits Record $3.7M Animation Auction; ‘Simpsons’ Cel Goes for $24K
By all accounts, Mary Blair was Walt Disney’s favorite artist. She was a definite favorite, too, of the more than 4,100 worldwide bidders who...
Netflix Plots ‘Dragon’s Lair’ Flick, Ryan Reynolds in Talks to Star & Produce
Dragon's Lair, the classic 1980s video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and animation icon Don Bluth, is getting a live-action feature revisit by...
Cartoons on the Bay 2019 Pulcinella Winners
The 23rd International Cross-Media and Children's Television Festival, Cartoons on the Bay took place April 11-13 in historic Torino, Italy. This year’s edition once...
Pixar Animator Adam Burke Dies
Adam Burke, an animator at Pixar who most recently worked on the widely acclaimed Incredibles 2, died Sunday night from cancer. His passing was...
VRV Adds Millennial-Friendly Toon Classics to Streaming Slate
Ellation’s aggregation platform VRV (https://vrv.co) continues to build its animation slate with an action-packed collection of classic cartoon series of the ‘80s and ‘90s....
Animation Ireland Calls for Greater Government Support
Animation Ireland, the representative body for the Irish animation industry, today launched its Pre-Budget Submission, a document of five key recommendations intended to garner...
Daily News Bytes: Mad About ‘Sonic Mania,’ ‘Duck Duck Goose’ Teased, New “Be Prepared” MV & More
’Sonic Mania’ Opening Animation
Bestill, my nostalgic heart! The whole internet has fallen in love with this colorful, retro-savvy, whizz-bang of a cartoon opener for...
Roberto Genovesi Teases Cartoons on the Bay 2016
Roberto Genovesi, the artistic director of Italy’s Cartoons on the Bay festival, being held in Venice April 7-9, talks toon trends and what makes...
$100k ‘Snow White’ Cels Among Animation Auction Lots
Profiles in History will be presenting an auction of significant pieces by legendary studios at its Animation Art Auction, taking place December 18-19. Among...
Mike Peraza to Receive Friz Freleng Award
Award-winning Disney artist Mike Peraza will be honored with the Friz Freleng Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Animation at the International Family Film...
Remembering Jimmy Murakami
Every superhero has an origin story.
As animators, however, we're stuck firmly in the human world, but each of us can point to an event...
The Jurassic Beasts Are Back!
Walking with Dinosaurs puts a family feature spin on BBC's acclaimed CG-animated documentaries about the Jurassic giants.
Audiences have had a love affair with animated...
Animation’s Legendary (Semi-) Lost Film
Genuinely lost films in feature animation are so rare as to qualify as unique, but there is at least one: Hanna-Barbera's Rock Odyssey. Intended...
Pioneering Voice Actress Lucille Bliss Passes
Pioneering voice actress Lucille Bliss passed away on Thursday Night (Nov. 8), per Cartoon Brew. She was best known for voicing TV’s first cartoon...
Effects Animator Dorse Lanpher Passes Away
The animation community lost another great talent this past Friday with the passing of effects animators Dorse Lanpher at the age of 76.
Lanpher began...
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