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SYFY Greenlights ‘Devil May Care’, 3 More Pilots for Adult Toon Block TZGZ

SYFY announced new original projects for its late-night adult animation block, TZGZ, including a new original animated series and three original pilots. Airing every...

Dan Harmon Departs Starburns Industries

Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon has left Starburns Industries, Collider reports. Harmon co-founded the studio with Dino Samatopoulos, Joe Russo II, James Fino...

‘Hellboy’ Creator Builds ‘Forever House’ Animation Anthology

Mike Mignola, creator of acclaimed comic-book and film favorite Hellboy, is teaming up with Ben and Max Berkowitz (Not a Billionaire) and Rick and...

XYZ Films & Starburns Producing Will Vinton Documentary

XYZ Films (Mandy) and animation house Starburns Industries (Rick and Morty, Oscar-nominated feature Anomalisa) will be producing the biographical documentary feature Welcome to My...

Animafest Zagreb Reveals 26th Edition Winners

After a jam-packed week devoted to animation -- comprising over 300 films and 200 special guests -- the 26th World Festival of Animated Film...

Animafest Zagreb Announces 2016 Line-Up

Organizers of the 26th edition of the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb (taking place June 6-11, 2016) has revealed this year’s...

Daily News Bytes

Panda Beats Monkey as China's Top-Earning Animation DreamWorks Animation's China-U.S. co-pro Kung Fu Panda 3 have overtaken Monkey King: Hero Is Back at the B.O.,...

Oscars Go Indie for Animated Feature Noms

The Academy decided to go indie this year, deviating from most of the season’s other awards choices and nominating only one major studio feature...

Oscar-Indicating PGA Noms Pick Five Top Toons

The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominees for the PGA Awards, long considered one of the best Oscars predictors. The list of animation...

‘Anomalisa’ Brings Soul to Stop-Motion

This article originally appeared in the December 2015 issue of Animation Magazine. Charlie Kaufman is lauded as one of the most creative writers in the...

Golden Globes Nominations, Reactions

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Dec. 10 five films for the Best Motion Picture — Animated category in the 73rd annual Golden Globe...

L.A., Boston Critics Honor ‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Inside Out’

The film critics are weighing in and giving awards season momentum to Anomalisa and Pixar's Inside Out. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association gave Anomalisa...

Stop-Motion For the Soul

Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s first foray into animation yields the intimate and challenging Anomalisa. Charlie Kaufman is lauded as one of the most creative writers...

View From the Top

Directors of awards-contending animated features weigh in on the key moments in making their movies and careers. By Karen Idelson. Directing a feature film is...

‘Anomalisa’ Earns Best Feature, 3 Other Spirit Award Noms

The stop-motion animated feature Anomalisa was nominated in the Best Feature category of the Film Independent Spirit Awards — one of four total nominations. Duke...

16 Features Enter Oscar Animation Race

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have revealed that 16 animated features have completed the submission requirements for consideration in the Animated...

World Animation Summit: Oscar Contenders Panel

2015 proved to be a banner year in the world of animated features, and the Oscar Contenders gathered at the World Animation and VFX...

Curzon Artificial Eye Grabs ‘Anomalisa’ for the U.K.

Curzon Artificial Eye has acquired the stop-motion animated feature Anomalisa for the United Kingdom. The U.K. deal for the feature, directed by award-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman...

Paramount Picks Up ‘Anomalisa’

Paramount Pictures has snapped up worldwide rights to Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop-motion feature Anomalisa, following warmly received showings at the Telluride, Toronto...

‘Anomalisa’ Wins Grand Jury Prize at Venice

The stop motion animated film Anomalisa won the Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious Venice Film Festival this weekend. The film, directed by renowned screenwriter...
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