Tag: George Lucas
Hitting a High Note
Lucasfilm digs into the details in forging its own take on the musical animated fairy-tale with Strange Magic.
If Strange Magic, the new animated...
MPSE Sets Golden Reel Awards
The Motion Picture Sound Editors have announced the nominees in a handful of animation categories for the 62nd Golden Reel Awards.
The winners in 20...
Lucasfilm’s ‘Strange Magic’ Gets a Trailer
There's now a trailer for the just-announced Lucasfilm animated feature Strange Magic, due in theaters Jan. 23.
The feature is described as a madcap fairy-tale...
Touchstone Enchanted by Lucasfilm’s ‘Strange Magic’
Lucasfilm has announced that Touchstone Pictures will be releasing its new CG-animated feature Strange Magic to theaters January 23, 2015. The musical fantasy adventure...
Mike Peraza to Receive Friz Freleng Award
Award-winning Disney artist Mike Peraza will be honored with the Friz Freleng Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Animation at the International Family Film...
Old is New Again
Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels plots a course back to the franchise’s storytelling and visual roots.
After some 15 years of focusing all its storytelling...
Katzenberg to Receive National Medal of Arts
DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg will receive a National Medal of Arts for 2013 from the White House and the National Endowment for the...
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Cast Confirmed
If you felt this morning a disturbance in The Force, you weren't alone.
Disney and Lucasfilm officially announced the cast for the upcoming Star Wars:...
Pixar’s Catmull to Speak on ‘Creativity, Inc.’
Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull will give a talk April 16 called "Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True...
PGA to Honor Jackson, Letteri and Weta Digital
Director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), vfx legend Joe Letteri (The Hobbit, Man of Steel, Star Wars) and Weta Digital (Lord...
Is Disney Preparing Darth Vader-Themed TV Specials?
Folks who have been attending London's Brand Licensing Show got some unexpected news about the Star Wars franchise through Disney's consumer branch.
A brochure from...
‘Cloudy 2’ Serves Up Second Helping of Laughs
Sony Pictures Animation delivers a delicious, second helping with its 3-D CG sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
This back-to-school season, kids may...
2013 VES Summit Sets Speakers, Content
The Visual Effects Society has confirmed featured sessions for the fifth annual VES Summit, with the theme "A New Reality: Content Creation and Distribution."
The...
Stop Motion Legend Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92
Visual effects icon Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion creations brought many monsters alive in movies such as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the...
Peters Named to VES Board for Northern California
Jon V. Peters, CEO and founder of Athena Studios, has been named to the board of directors for the Visual Effects Society’s Northern California...
Oz Says He’d Love to Voice Yoda Again
In the wake of news that Yoda may be one of the central figures in Disney/LucasFilm’s upcoming Star Wars films, actor/director/writer Frank Oz says...
It’s Official: Abrams to Direct ‘Star Wars’ Pic
While the news was leaked on Thursday, Lucasfilm and Disney both confirmed that J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) will direct the next episode of...
Trey Parker, Matt Stone to Launch Own Studio
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have launched their own production studio, Important Studios, in order to pursue film, TV and theater projects....
‘The Clone Wars’ Celebrates 100th Episode
Star Wars: The Clone Wars celebrates its 100th episodes with a new installment that uncovers an elite Republic clone commando who has gone “Missing...
Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Plans 2015 ‘Star Wars 7'
Big business news today as The Walt Disney Company announces it has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.—including the popular Star Wars franchise—in a stock...
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