Beginner Tips: Why You Should Master the Bouncing Ball Animation with Ray Chase
Ray Chase is a 20-year animation veteran. You can see some of his work in Garfield (2021), The Book of Life, Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem 3D (short film), and Borderlands 3 (video game). He’s currently teaching Animation Basics, the first class in…
Yair Gutierrez: From Animation Mentor Student to Captain America Civil War Animator
AM: What about for Avengers: Age of Ultron? What characters/scenes did you work on and what was your favorite part? Talk about a student success story! Animation Mentor alumnus Yair Gutierrez is killing it at Industrial Light & Magic, where he was a…
Gratz College to Host Art Spiegelman March 7
Additional information and registration are available HERE. Gratz College will be hosting an online event featuring Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist, illustrator, and author of “Maus,” the masterful Holocaust narrative that…
Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black Join Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’
Eli Roth’s Borderlands adaptation has snagged some new and quite familiar faces! Joining Cate Blanchett as Lilith and Kevin Hart as Roland are Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies) as Tannis the archaeologist and Jack Black (Jumanji) as the lovable and…
Douglas Goldstein Makes Things ‘Funny as Hell’ in SYFY’s ‘Devil May Care’
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network. DG: We always seem to attach these really spiritual, thoughtful, insightful stories to explain why things happen when in reality, they happen because of the most mundane reasons you…
‘The Great North’ Reviews: Fox’s Alaska-Set Sitcom Warms Critics’ Hearts
Like Bob’s (whose oddball sweetness and goggle-eyed art it shares), this is a comedy about the sort of family that gets mislabeled “dysfunctional” but is actually hyperfunctional. So where some family sitcoms draw conflict from the…
Squarespace “Walt Clyde Frazier” Brand Film by Gunner
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2021 · Leave a Comment Gunner animation and illustration studio in Detroit: “Walt Clyde Frazier’s metamorphosis from larger-than-life New York Knick’s legend to building his St Croix…
HBO Max Will Launch In Latin America In June; Europe To Follow
While the full content slate at launch has yet to be unveiled, the announcement video features many animation properties, including Rick and Morty, The Powerpuff Girls, Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, We Bare Bears, Paw Patrol, and Adventure Time: Distant…
“Hold Me Tight” Short Film Teaser by Melanie Robert-Tourneur
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2021 · Leave a Comment Director/animator: Mélanie Robert-TourneurProducer: Vivi Film, La Clairière, Pictanovo “Hold Me Tight is a flamboyant bitter romance where the violent attraction of…
Bungalow Joins Not To Scale
“We are super excited to be joining the Not to Scale family. We feel that we are in great hands to go worldwide so we can achieve new cool projects together and to push our creative superpower to the next level” – Bungalow Specializing…
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2021 Coming May 4-9
Key topics – ITFS 2021 “Wonderwomen – Women in Games & Animation” will explore the evolution that has occurred for women in animation; a topic first discussed at ITFS 25 years ago at a program curated by Jayne Pilling. The…
Five Things I’ll Miss About Blue Sky Studios: Recollections Of A Former Employee
Waking up the day after we learned that Disney will shut Blue Sky Studios has been surreal. For a few blissful moments, I forgot the situation — before it seized me, reminding me of how fragile job stability can be. I don’t know about…
Newly Announced Features: ‘This Was Our Pact,’ ‘Young Captain Nemo,’ ‘Redwall,’ ‘Toto’
At top: “Redwall” visual development art by Pierre Breton. Netflix © 2021 What’s it about? Twelve-year-old Gabriel Nemo is the descendant of Jules Verne’s famous hero Captain Nemo, whose lust for adventure he shares. With his…
Nicole Kassell to Helm ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ Reboot
According to a Kassell statement in The Hollywood Reporter, “I am incredibly honored to join Temple Hill and New Line in bringing this beloved classic to the screen. While the 1939 musical is part of my DNA, I am exhilarated and humbled by the…
Here’s the Reasons Disney Shuttered Blue Sky
and these are just the major ones. There’s dozens of independent and boutique studios putting out their own films or producing on behalf of the likes of Netflix. Throw in the oversees studios such as Illumination and suddenly the marketplace does…
Amazon Halo Case Study by Lobster Studio
Production: LobsterCreative direction: Amazon, LobsterArt Direction: Fausto MontanariAnimation: Nikolay Ivanov, Teodor Hristov3D Animation: Lorenzo Ugo Fausto Montanari: “We took care of the creative and visuals that are integrated into the Halo…
Here Are The Films That Made The Oscar Shortlists For Animated Short And Visual Effects
Pictured at top: “Yes People.” Four of the six American shorts are from major U.S. companies: Burrow and Out are from Disney/Pixar; If Anything Happens I Love You is a Netflix short, and To: Gerard is from Dreamworks Animation. Burrow —…
Academy Announces Shortlists in 9 Categories for 93rd Oscars
15 films will advance in the Documentary Feature category for the 93rd Academy Awards. 238 films were eligible in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. 10 films will…
Johnny Cash “Farther Along” Music Video by Gabriel Tick
“The time constraint meant every executional decision had to be optimally efficient; with the focus resting on the poetic themes and pulling a story out of its simplicity. Maximum effect without any bells and whistles.” Music…
Breaking: Disney Is Shutting Down Blue Sky Studios, ‘Nimona’ Production Halted, 450 Employees To Be Impacted
Osborne, who was the officially announced director but was replaced by others last year, shared the following comment on the studio’s closure: Truly heartbroken for Blue Sky – There is an incredible amount of talent in the studio. They were…
Public Playtest for ‘Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince’ Game Starts February 9
On February 9th, fans can explore the full public playtest materials and preorder the “Tales of Xadia Game Handbook,” the core rulebook for the upcoming roleplaying game, set to release later this year. The Dragon Prince premiered globally on…