The Daily Cartoonist

Bone movie in production

Jeff Smith, creator of the Bone graphic novel series, sold the movie rights in 2008 to Warner Bros. Looks like it’s getting closer to the big screen. A quick Google search didn’t yield any release dates.
For more than 10 years, Hollywood has been interested in putting Smith’s entertaining epic on the big screen. At one [...]

Posted on: Mar 8, 2010,  Section: Animation, Graphic Novels, Comments: 4 Comments

UP walks away with Best Animated Film and Score

Those watching last nights Academy Awards noted that Pixar’s “UP” won in two categories: Animated Feature Film and Music (Original Score). “UP” was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to “The Hurt Locker.”

Posted on: Mar 8, 2010,  Section: Animation, Awards, Comments: 5 Comments

Shrek Forever to make Tribeca Film Festival debut

Shrek Forever After will open the Tribeca Film Festival in April.
This will be the fourth DreamWorks Animation film featuring the world’s most famous ogre, but the first ever released in 3D.
Mike Myers returns as the voice of Shrek. Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas are also coming back as the voices of Shrek’s sidekicks.
The [...]

Posted on: Mar 2, 2010,  Section: Animation, Movies, Comments: 0 Comments

Aaron McGruder announced Boondocks return to TV

Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder has announced that his television show based on his former comic strip will be returning to the small screen on May 2nd. His announcement was posted on his twitter account.
Hey folks… Boondocks coming back May 2nd! (We swear!) Please follow @boondocksBTLG for the latest info and updates.

Posted on: Mar 1, 2010,  Section: Animation, Television, Comments: 3 Comments

Mayerson: ‘Avatar’ is not an animated film

Mark Mayerson, noted animation historian and an instructor at Sheridan College, has written on the movie Avatar and motion capture in general.
In what we would all acknowledge as typical animated films (Snow White, Toy Story), animation is production, not post-production. In films that have animated elements added (Jurassic Park), animation is done in post-production. This [...]

Posted on: Mar 1, 2010,  Section: Animation, Comments: 9 Comments

George Lopez to bring Speedy Gonzales to theaters

Comedian George Lopez will voice the Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales on the big screen. New Line is producing a live-action/CG hybrid movie featuring the famous 50’s character.
Over the years, Speedy appeared in the live-action/animation features “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Space Jam” and “Looney Tunes: Back in Action.” But the character has often courted criticism [...]

Posted on: Feb 26, 2010,  Section: Animation, Movies, Comments: 13 Comments

Fourth Seth MacFarlane show in the works

Details of what may be the forth Seth MacFarlane show was released by Alex Borstein recently.
-Alex will voice the show’s main character, who is female.
-The show will be developed by Alex and Gary Janetti, a television writer who helped in writing “Stewie B. Goode”, which later became the first part of Stewie Griffin: The Untold [...]

Posted on: Feb 25, 2010,  Section: Animation, Comments: 14 Comments

Rudy Larriva dies at 94

Veteran animator Rudy Larriva, whose animation credits extend to Warner Bros, United Production of America (UPA), Format Films, Ruby-Spears, among others, passed away on February 19th. He was 94.
Despite his long range of credits, he is without a doubt known among animation fans as the director of several low-budget Road Runner cartoons, which were made [...]

Posted on: Feb 25, 2010,  Section: Animation, Comments: 1 Comment

Brevity guys make Google commissioned animation

Brevity co-creators Rodd Perry and Guy Endore-Kaiser worked with RingTales to create a Google commissioned video to help people learn how to share videos through social media.
Here it is:

Posted on: Feb 25, 2010,  Section: Animation, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments

Hart family hopeful for B.C. animated feature (UPDATED)

The Hart family is shopping Wizard of Id and B.C. to Hollywood for an animated feature or television series. Portfolio.com reports that animator Mark Simon has signed a production and development agreement with the Hart Estate last December and is now working with Creators and a Talent agency to pitch the idea for a movie [...]

Posted on: Feb 25, 2010,  Section: Animation, Comic strips, Comments: 20 Comments

Disney’s Rapunzel now titled Tangled

Collider.com reports that Disney’s animated feature “Rapunzel” has been renamed “Tangled.”
From producer Roy Conli:
“Hey everyone, I’m Roy Conli, producer of Disney’s next animated film. I have some exciting news to share, and it was important to me that YOU guys – the Disney fans – hear it first. I want to tell you about Walt [...]

Posted on: Feb 22, 2010,  Section: Animation, Comments: 2 Comments

Toy Story 3 final trailer released

Came out last week.

There are supposed easter eggs in the above trailer. Click here for the spoilers, otherwise watch it and see how many you can find.

Posted on: Feb 18, 2010,  Section: Animation, Comments: 1 Comment