Television and feature film screenwriter and producer Rob Edwards has written the script and is making his directorial debut with indie animated feature Sneaks....
The animation artists of Central Florida's Steamroller Studios have acquired the IP for a forthcoming feature film from Jamaal Bradley's Pop Willy Productions, with...
Ringling College of Art and Design graduate Jeremy Schaefer’s action-packed new short The Box Assassin centers on an unassuming pizza delivery guy who unwittingly...
Skydance Animation has named Shane Prigmore to the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Development for Animation. An animation veteran of Walt...
Skydance and Paramount Pictures announced Monday that original animated musical fantasy Spellbound, which Paramount Pictures has committed to co-finance and release globally, is now...
Skydance Animation announced Wednesday that legendary composer Alan Menken, known for his award-winning work on animated favorites The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast,...
Skydance Media, the diversified global media company founded by CEO David Ellison in 2010, has acquired the animation unit of Madrid-based Ilion Studios, a...
***This article originally appeared in the March 2020 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 298)***
Big names, big budgets, big ideas: the last decade ushered in...
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ experimental Short Circuit films arrived on Disney+ on Friday, bringing 14 varied and innovative and short animated stories to fans.
Started...
***This article originally appeared in the December ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 295)***
The numbers don’t lie: $400 million in North America; $890 million...
Walt Disney Animation Studios has signed on four filmmakers to bring their visions to new, original feature projects: Carlos López Estrada (director, Blindspotting), Marc...
With the recent addition of Blue Sky Studios to Disney’s portfolio of film studios, The Walt Disney Studios’ Chief Creative Officer and Co-Chairman Alan...
***This story originally appeared in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)***
Lino DiSalvo, the gifted director of Playmobil: The Movie, had spent...
In what has become an annual tradition at Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Walt Disney Animation Studios returns with a Bonlieu Theater presentation showcasing...
***This article originally appeared in the May ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 290)***
Having had great success with its four Snow Queen movies, leading...