Tag: Lord of the Rings
AFM: Parallax Announces Grimm ‘Musical’
Parallax Media Ventures has announced it has nearly completed pre-production for Musical -- an animated take on the classic Grimm’s fairy tale The Bremen...
Best of Animayo Fest Coming to L.A.
Highlights from the Animayo animation, VFX and videogames festival -- which this year celebrated its tenth anniversary in Gran Canaria, Spain -- will be...
Animatrik Licenses Giant, Breaks Mo-Cap Record
Vancouver’s Animatrik performance capture and virtual production house has licensed LEI/Giant technology from film production company Lightstorm Entertainment for use in its work for...
Prolific Actor Christopher Lee Dies at 93
British actor Christopher Lee, who became the silver screen embodiment of Count Dracula for a slew of films in the latter 20th century, as...
American Cinematheque Sets Bakshi Retrospective
Legendary animator Ralph Bakshi is coming west for a two-day retrospective of his feature film work at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa...
WIA Presents Creating Characters August 13
Women in Animation will present the next event in its professional development series on Wednesday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Burbank, California's Animation...
Talking Villainy With Ian McKellen
Those who have had a long-term relationship with the San Diego Comic-Con, whose 2014 incarnation wrapped last week, know that what began as a...
Malaysia-produced ‘Ribbit’ Tops Niagara Fest
Ribbit, a 3D animation comedy/adventure story about a frog with an identity crisis won the Best Family Film Award at its world premiere at...
Building Up to Epic
Writer-director Dean DeBlois steers Hiccup, Toothless and the rest of the Vikings of Berk straight into trilogy territory on a large scale with How...
PGS Takes ‘Dungeon of Naheulbeuk’ Abroad
PGS Entertainment has announced it will globally represent The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk, a new animated comedy-action series aimed at young adults that was partly...
Minifigs Meet the Big Screen
How directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller teamed up with Aussie studio Animal Logic to construct The LEGO Movie.
Remember back in the dismal days...
Stop-Motion Legend Arthur Rankin Jr. Dies
Legendary animator, producer and director Arthur Rankin Jr., who delivered some of the most enduring and well-loved TV holiday specials of all time, has...
PGA to Honor Jackson, Letteri and Weta Digital
Director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), vfx legend Joe Letteri (The Hobbit, Man of Steel, Star Wars) and Weta Digital (Lord...
CN Picks Up 2 Holiday Specials from Cake
London-based distributor Cake today has sold the holiday specials A Monsterous Holiday and The Naughty List to Cartoon Network U.S.
The deal builds on last...
Exclusive Clip: ‘Aquabats’ Origins, Part 1
In celebration of the launch of season 2 of The Aquabats! Super Show!—kicking off on the Hub Network this Saturday, June 1 at 1...
Teesside Preps for Animex
It's not too late to book your flight to catch the U.K.'s largest animation festival, Animex, as it returns to Teesside this February 18...
Gollum, You Never Looked Better!
The Hobbit’s vfx supervisor Joe Letteri talks about the vfx challenges of returning to J.R.R. Tolkien’s world nine years after the last Lord of...
Nick Sets Premiere Date for ‘Ninja Turtles’
Cowabunga, dudes! Nickelodeon has set Saturday, September 29 as the premiered date for its new, much-anticipated CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. The one-hour...
Gran Canaria’s Grand Animation Event
Damian Perea, director of the ANIMAYO International Festivals, does not entertain the idea that something may be too difficult to accomplish: He dwells in...
How to Build a Better Teddy Bear!
We shed light on how a seasoned team of vfx pros brought Seth MacFarlane’s misbehavin’ toy bear to animated life in the new comedy,...
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