Tag: Universal Pictures
Clip: Meet Snowball from ‘The Secret Life of Pets’
Who are you callin’ cuddly?! There’s more than meets the eye to fuzzy white rabbit Snowball in Illumination Entertainment’s The Secret Life of Pets...
Le Vision, Rob Minkoff Partner for Animated ‘Wolf Totem’
Los Angeles-based Le Vision Pictures USA has entered into a two-picture deal with The Lion King director Rob Minkoff and producing partner Pietro Ventani...
Weiss-led Universal Kids Productions Announced
Universal Pictures has launched a new children’s entertainment division, which will be overseen by former Nickelodeon executive Teri Weiss.
Dubbed Universal Kids Productions, the division...
Head of the Pack
The makers of Minions had to figure out ways to bring the little yellow helpers into the spotlight without losing their considerable charms.
By Karen...
Illumination Teases ‘Secret Life of Pets’
Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures have released a teaser trailer for the Despicable Me studio’s fifth feature project: The Secret Life of Pets. Arriving...
‘Penguins,’ ‘Minions’ Get New Trailers
The animated spin-off competition heated up this week as new trailers for DreamWorks' Penguins of Madagascar (out Nov. 26) and Universal-Illuminations' Minions (July 10,2015)...
Industry Gears Up for 41st Annie Awards
Are you ready for the 41st annual Annie Awards?
The awards ceremony, set for Feb. 1 at UCLA's Royce Hall, is one of the great...
Illumination Sets 2017 Dates for ‘Despicable 3,’ ‘Grinch’
Gru will be back — but not until 2017.
Universal Pictures has set June 30, 2017, as the release date for Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me...
Five Animated Movies Get PGA Award Nods
Five movies were nominated for Best Animated Feature Producers Guild Awards this morning (Jan. 2). They are:
The Croods (DreamWorks Animation)
Producers: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell
Despicable...
‘Despicable Me 2’ Helps Deliver Universal’s Best Year
Universal Pictures announced this week that the studio has set a new record for its highest-grossing year ever at the North American box office...
Bela Lugosi Meets a Hollywood Animator
Halloween is upon us once again, which set me thinking about Walter Lantz.
What, you may ask, does the purveyor of Woody Woodpecker and Andy...
Digital Domain Expands Vancouver Studio With Leadership, Creative Talent
Digital Domain 3.0 is expanding its Vancouver studio with new leadership and creative talent.
The company announced it has promoted veteran visual effects producer Kelly...
‘Moshi Monsters’ Movie Arrives This Christmas
U.K.-based Mind Candy announced yesterday that its Moshi Monsters movie is set for theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland on December 20. The...
Cinema 4D Aids Futuristic Vision of ‘Oblivion’
VFX and animation tech house Maxon has announced that the designers and animators charged with visualizing the complex in-camera and on-screen motion graphics sequences...
Universal Floats Despicablimp Across the U.S.
The minions must have been working overtime. This weekend, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have launched a giant “Despicablimp” to promote this summer’s release...
Eisner’s Tornante Seals Multi-Year Deal with Universal
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is back in the big studio features game. The Hollywood Reporter had the scoop this morning that Eisner’s Tornante...
Disney’s Lost Oswald Short Surfaces at Telluride
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) debuted a newly restored digital print of the once-thought-lost 1928 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit animated short Hungry Hobos at...
3-D ‘Lorax’ Comes to 269 IMAX Screens
The latest 3-D CG flick from Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, will come to IMAX March 2, opening on 269 domestic screens...
Universal Buys MacGuff for Illumination Ent.
Universal Pictures has bought French animation studio Mac Guff Ligne for Illumination Entertainment, according to Deadline.com. Illumination and Mac Guff worked together on CG-animated...
[adrotate group="2"]
NEWSLETTER
CONTEST
[adrotate banner=”961″]
[adrotate group="11"]
