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Warner Bros. Headed to WonderCon 2016
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to premiere ‘Justice League VS. Teen Titans,’ ‘LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted hollywood’ March 25-27 at WonderCon in Los Angeles.
Trunk Animates New Video for Solomon Grey
Director Junior Martinez creates a poetic and unnerving music video for ‘Sweet 84,’ from composers Joe Wilson and Tom Kingston’s self-titled debut album.
FMX 2016 Spotlighting Oscar Winner ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Avengers’ VR Experience and More
Filmakademie graduate and Disney/Pixar Character TD Tanja Krampfert discusses the creation of Joy in ‘Inside Out,’ while DoP Patrick Lin illuminates the special camera set-up designed to parallel the main character’s emotional journey.
WATCH: Weta Digital's Joe Letteri Talks 'The Hobbit' and Virtual Production at FMX 2015
Joe Letteri, senior VFX supervisor and studio director at Weta Digital, discusses the use of digital characters and virtual production technology on the three 'Hobbit' films.
Starburns Industries Options Animated ‘Bubbles’ Feature
The producers of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated feature ‘Anomalisa’ acquire Isaac Adamson’s screenplay about Michael Jackson’s famed Chimpanzee companion, Bubbles.
SuperProd to Animate Ringo Starr's ‘Octopus's Garden’
French animation powerhouse teams with Simon & Schuster, Universal Music Publishing and Startling Music for the TV adaptation of the book ‘Octopus's Garden,’ based on the famous song written and sung by Ringo Starr.
Belgium’s ‘A Town Called Panic’ Tops NYICFF 2016
French/Belgium co-production ‘A Town Called Panic: Return to School,’ directed by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier, was awarded the Grand Prize for a short film, and also took home the Audience Award for ages 12-17.
‘The Peanuts Movie’ Arrives on Blu-ray
Celebrating the CG-animated feature’s home entertainment release, Blue Sky Studios provides a behind-the-scenes look at Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts Gang’s first foray onto the big screen.
Spencer Cook Joins Framestore
Animation veteran to serve as Animation Supervisor on Disney’s live-action reboot of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Framestore’s Montréal studio.
Deluxe Appoints Stefan Sonnenfeld Chief Creative Officer
Color grading pioneer to drive the artistic strategy that defines the Deluxe brand and ensure that the company houses and develops the best creative talent across color, VFX and editorial for film, TV and commercials.
Igor Kovalyov’s ‘Before Love’ Wins Grand Prix Award at HAFF 2016
Japan’s ‘Track’ by Tochka, Kazue Monno and Takeshi Nagata, wins the Grand Prix award in the non-narrative short category; ‘Cafard,’ directed by Jan Bultheel, is awarded the Grand Prix for feature animation; Nina Gantz wins the Grand Prix award in the student film category for ‘Edmond.’
Blinkink’s Jonny & Will Return with ‘Disrespect NoBody’
BAFTA-nominated directors create a series of animated shorts aimed at an audience of 12-18 year-olds to help build awareness and tackle relationship abuse in all its forms.
Open-Source Animation Production Software OpenToonz Available March 26
Animation production software with expanded feature set employed by Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli to be distributed for free.
Mark Osborne’s ‘The Little Prince’ to Premiere on Netflix
Just days after director Mark Osborne reveals that that Paramount Pictures will no longer be distributing the stop-motion/CG-animated hybrid feature, Netflix swoops in to save the day.
Former UCLA Animation Workshop Head Dan McLaughlin Dead at 84
A 1958 graduate of the UCLA Theater Arts Department, McLaughlin served as head of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Animation Workshop from 1970 until his retirement in 2007.
‘Bam’ -- A Boxer’s Life of Anger and Rage
Canadian animator Howie Shia dives headfirst into the awkward reality of how we handle our aggressive and often dangerous emotions.
New Poster, Short Film Selections Unveiled for Annecy 2016
Official selections include 54 short films in competition -- 34 percent of them made by women -- out of nearly 2,700 submissions, with France, Belgium, Canada and Germany leading the pack.
HAFF Unveils 2016 Dutch Grand Prix Nominees
Films nominated for the Grand Prix for Best Dutch Animation at HAFF 2016 are ‘Andrej’ by Julia Veldman c, ‘De Staat: Witch Doctor’ by Floris Kaayk/Studio Smack, and Professional Award for Dutch Animation winner ‘Zeezucht’ (‘Jonas and the Sea’) by Marlies van der Wel.
GKIDS Announces English-Language Voice Cast for ‘April and the Extraordinary World’
English-language voice cast includes Paul Giamatti, Tony Hale, Susan Sarandon and J.K. Simmons; film opens March 25th in NYC, April 1st in LA, and expands nationally on April 8th.
Lucasfilm Names Rob Bredow Chief Technology Officer
Former Sony Pictures Imageworks CTO and Visual Effects Supervisor helped launch ILMxLAB, and has worked on films such as ‘Men in Black 3,’ ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and ‘Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.’
Graeme Parcher Joins SIM Digital as General Manager
People, Business, Production, SIM Digital, Graeme Parcher, James Martin, Ann DeGuire, Bling Digital, Chainsaw, Kodak, FujiFilm
Troika Hires Emmy Award-Winning Creative Director Kasumi Mihori
Former Turner Studios exec has worked with almost every major network, broadcaster and media company including Disney/ABC, NBC Universal, CBS, Fox, Warner Brothers Studio, CNN, ESPN, PBS, Disney Channel and Discovery.
The Academy Appoints Jennifer Yuh Nelson to Leadership Board
As part of The Academy’s recent diversity initiatives, ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ director joins Academy’s 51-seat Board of Governors for a three-year term; Disney animator Floyd Norman appointed to the Education and Outreach Committee.
BAFTA UK Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications
Deadline for submissions is Friday, June 17; previous recipients include ‘The Bigger Picture’ director Daisy Jacobs, ‘Edmond’ director of photography Ian Forbes, and ‘Manoman’ director of photography Steven Ferguson.