Popeye a step closer to the big screen?
I mentioned last year that Sony Pictures was developing a 3D CG version of Popeye. Maybe “developing” was a bit…
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Puss in Boots takes weekend box office
From MSNBC: Competing against Halloween parties and contending with an unseasonal blizzard in the Northeast, DreamWorks Animation?s “Puss in Boots,”…
Check out: The Lorax trailer
Based on Dr. Suess’ book (or as they call it “the imagination of Dr. Suess’”) The Lorax comes an animated…
Simpsons voices take cut, show likely ending in 2013
20th Century Fox TV has told TheWrap that even though the voice talent and producers have agreed to a pay…
We remember Steve Jobs for Apple, but he also gave us Pixar
Great point by Jen Chaney at the Washington Post: As the public mourns the death of Steve Jobs and contemplates…
Pixar’s Lasseter and Catmull on Steve Jobs’ passing
Posted on the Disney/Pixar Facebook page: “Steve Jobs was an extraordinary visionary, our very dear friend and the guiding light…
NYTimes launches animated viral video technology
The New York Times has partnered with Xtranormal provide animated satirical cartoons for their website. Xtranormal uses a technology that…
Video: Watch warm-up sketch by Florian Satzinger
There’s A LOT of watch me draw videos out on the intertubes. One of my favorite artists is Florian Satzinger…
Toonseum to present Looney Tunes exhibit
The ToonSeum will open a new exhibit next Friday called “Overture: Looney Tunes Behind the Scenes” which will feature original…
Check Out: Rare The Lion King concept art
Over on The Animation Blog Hector Cortez has posted some cool, rare concept art for Disney’s original Lion King animated…
New Pixar short: La Luna
Rick Marshall interviews Enrico Casarosa about the short. Watch the the teaser/trailer below. La Luna, the new Pixar short written…
Spongebob is killing your kids’ attention span?
I think most of us parents already suspected this. From CBS News: A new study says watching Nickelodeon’s popular cartoon,…
Check out For Better or For Worse animated series
I wasn’t aware there was an animated series of Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse. Here’s the beginning and…
Disney/Pixar end boycott against Annie Awards
Disney/Pixar will be entering submissions into this year’s Annie Awards. Last year, they “withdrew its support” for the annual awards…