“It’s about time someone defended the honor and integrity of this bold new horizon. Leave it to the greatest band in the world – Tenacious D!” Artist: Tenacious D Tenacious D’s Jack Black and Kyle Gass: “[The song] is about …
Category: Movie Animation

Halon’s ‘Slumberland’ Visualization Shows Exactly What Dreams are Made Of
“At this point, we’ve been working in Unreal Engine for 5 years, and have our workflow down,” Pyke reveals. “But we really pushed the visual fidelity, lighting, and reflection effects, especially when the scene went underwater. We ended up really …

‘Sheep In The Big City’ Creator And Caldecott-Winning Writer Mo Willems Launches Hidden Pigeon Company
HPC is a multiplatform kids and family content company that will lean on Willems’ catalog of kid’s books and intellectual property to create content for tv, film, digital, gaming, live events, publishing, consumer products, and more. Pictured at top: Mo …

Amy Hewett’s ‘Apocalypse YASSS: Two Girls, One Rapture’ Highlights The Perils Of Living Life Online
The film is full of acerbic commentary on people whose view of the world has become warped from spending too much time online. The characters’ obliviousness to the world in front of them is made clear when the Rapture arrives, …

The Very Very Big Adult Swim SMALLS Shorts Program
The series derives from Cooper’s previous SMALLS short, Message in a Bottle, about a Duchess looking to patch up a romance with her fiancé only to find out he’s a fuckboy who wants to party. “In this series, I wanted …

Deducers Announces New “Spark” Course for Motion Design and Post Producers
Deducers, a first-of-its-kind professional training program for producers working in the specialized intersection of motion design and post-production, will unveil its second in-depth course featuring a blended curriculum this June. “The Flame course came along at the perfect time in …

Phil Rynda Joins Pokémon Company As Director Of Original Animation
As an executive, Rynda worked as vice president of development at Nickelodeon, where he was heavily involved with the network’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As creative director of Cartoon Network’s comedy shorts/pilots program, he helped develop projects …

Manddy Wyckens and Studio AKA Open “Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton Story” for Shondaland
The highly anticipated prequel to Shonda Rimes Bridgerton series, the show tells the story of the young Queen Charlotte’s rise to prominence. Production: Studio AKADirector/AD: Manddy WyckensStoryboard Artist: Marcus ArmitageCoordinator: Justine WaldieDesigner: Joe Dennis, Manddy Wyckens2D Animator/Assistant: Janina Putzker, Matthias …

‘Digman!’ Renewed for Season 2
Once again – thank you, Comedy Central! The network for really funny adult entertainment has earned a shout-out for today’s announcement that Andy Samberg’s new adult animated adventure comedy series, Digman! has been renewed for Season 2, ahead of the …