Tag: Arthur Christmas
Academy Invites 397 to Membership for 2022
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 397 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves...
Animation Highlights for Disney’s February Schedules
That's right, another new month promising fresh animated fare is on the horizon! Here's a look at what the Mouse House has planned across...
‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Brings High-Tech Buddy Adventure Home in December
Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Ron’s Gone Wrong from 20th Century Studios and Locksmith Animation arrives just in time for the holidays on 4K...
Magnificent Malfunction: How the ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Creative Team Programmed Locksmith’s Debut Feature
***This article originally appeared in the November '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 314)***
Navigating the challenging and at times cruel world of middle school...
Aardman, Gurinder Chadha Join Forces for ‘High-Concept Bollywood-Inspired’ Animated Movie
The multi-award-winning independent animation studio, Aardman (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Pirates, Arthur Christmas), and the critically acclaimed...
Aardman, CITV Set Buzzworthy Voice Cast for ‘Lloyd of the Flies’
Aardman and CITV announce the voice cast for the animation studio's upcoming CGI comedy series, Lloyd of the Flies, in production at Aardman and...
Locksmith’s Debut ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Boots Up with Trailer, Cast Reveal
Disney's 20th Century Studios has uploaded the official trailer and downloaded the cast details for robot buddy comedy Ron's Gone Wrong -- the first...
Annecy: Aardman Team Offers the Scoop on ‘Chicken Run’ Sequel
Aardman Animations icons Nick Park, Peter Lord and Sam Fell gave worldwide audiences the scoop on the Chicken Run sequel on the 20th anniversary...
The Melancholy of Melanoff! Netflix Shares Stop-Motion ‘Willoughbys’ Clip by Foreshadow Films
If you've treated yourself to Neftlix's original animated feature The Willoughbys, you may have found yourself wondering how candy factory patron Commander Melanoff could...
Disney Bumps Locksmith’s ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Back in 2021
The ever-shifting theatrical release schedule has done another little shimmy, with Disney Studios re-slating both Fox/Marvel's The New Mutants and Locksmith Animation's (U.K.) much-anticipated...
‘The Willoughbys’: A Most Peculiar Family Finds a Home on Netflix
***This article originally appeared in the April '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 299)***
The eccentric family at the center of Lois Lowry’s 2008 book...
‘Tis the Season on Freeform’s ‘25 Days of Christmas’
Just as “31 Nights of Halloween” hangs up its Jack-O-Lantern for the year, Freeform has announced the lineup for its next big holiday programming...
Locksmith Animation Inks Multi-Film WB Deal
Warner Bros Pictures has landed a multi-film pact with U.K. CG feature studio Locksmith Animation to co-develop and distribute its slate of pictures. The...
10 Questions for Locksmith Animation’s Sarah Smith & Julie Lockhart
This month, we had a chance to chat with Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart, founders of London-based Locksmith Animation, which specializes in making CG-animated...
Pre-Sales Take Off for ‘Stardog and Turbocat’
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has secured pre-sales in several territories for the family animated feature Stardog and Turbocat, now in production at Sheffield, UK studio...
Locksmith Animation Officially Opens in London
UK studio Locksmith Animation has officially opened its London facility with a celebration toasting founders Sarah Smith (director, Arthur Christmas), Julie Lockhart (producer, Shaun...
Fox and Locksmith Reveal First Team-Up As ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’
Having last month announced a multi-year production partnership, 20th Century Fox and U.K.-based CG shop Locksmith Animation have announced their first joint project will...
How I Landed a Career in Animation
Blue Sky Studios' Head of Story Adam Cootes reflects on the roles that determination, hard work and a touch of random fate played in...
Paramount and Locksmith Animation Enter Exclusive Multi-Pic Deal
Paramount Pictures and Locksmith Animation have announced that they have entered into an arrangement to co-develop and co-produce a series of animated projects. Under...
Aardman’s Sarah Smith Launches Locksmith Animation
Sarah Smith, award-winning producer, writer and director and former Creative Director at Aardman Features, has established a new CG animated features studio in the...
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