Tag: Open Season
Pearl & DreamWorks’ ‘Everest’ Retitled ‘Abominable’
Recently redubbed Pearl Studio and production partner DreamWorks Animation announced that the upcoming animated Yeti feature Everest has been retitld, and will now release...
China’s CMC Buys Out Oriental DreamWorks, Now Pearl Studio
CMC Capital Partners (previously China Media Capital), China’s leading investor in media/entertainment and additional sectors, has announced it is leading its existing China consortium...
Peilin Chou Upped to CCO of Oriental DreamWorks; 5 Films Announced
Oriental DreamWorks has promoted Peilin Chou to the post of Chief Creative Officer and revealed five new feature film projects in the works. Chou...
‘Office’ Creator Ricky Gervais Joins Bron’s ‘The Willoughbys’
Canadian studio Bron Animation has signed on Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series creator, writer and actor Ricky Gervais (Special Correspondents, The Office, Derek) to...
Original Force Taps GFM to Take ‘Duck Duck Goose’ Global
Original Force Animation co-Presidents Sandra Rabins and Penney Finkelman Cox, and CEO/Founder Harley Zhao, have appointed GFM Animation and GFM Films to handle international...
VIEW Speaker Spotlight: Maureen Fan, Troy Saliba, David Feiss
This year’s VIEW Conference in Torino, Italy is jam-packed with fascinating speaker sessions, as previously announced. With the dates drawing near (October 24-28), here’s...
Fox & Blue Sky Adapting ‘Frogkisser!’ as Hybrid Flick
Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios will be producing a live-action/animation musical feature based on Garth Nix’s upcoming book, Frogkisser! -- a tongue-in-cheek take...
World Animation Summit: Creatives Talk ‘The Prophet’
Animation professionals from around the world gathered to hear the first panel of November 2 at the World Animation and VFX Summit at the...
‘Open Season: Scared Silly’ Set for March
Just in time for Open Season’s 10th anniversary, Sony Pictures Animation will release a new CG feature for the franchise on disc and digital...
Starz Presents Animated Double Features
Starz Kids & Family will present a monthlong “Amazing Animation” double feature lineup starting Saturday, August 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT. Ten kid-friendly titles...
Academy Invites 26 to Join Animation; 23 VFX
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 322 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves...
Friends in Low Places
LAIKA sculpts two contrasting worlds to explore notions of family and identity in The Boxtrolls.
Since its evolution from the pioneering Will Vinton Studios back...
‘Panda’s’ Stevenson Directs United’s Ark Tale
Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson has been tapped to direct a CG-animated feature inspired by the biblical tale of Noah's Ark for United...
DWA Vets form Monkey’s Uncle Venture
Animation industry vets Eric "Bibo" Bergeron (Shark Tale, Road to El Dorado) and Emmy-nominated writer-director -- and Animation Magazine contributing writer -- Mike de...
LAIKA Sets ‘Boxtrolls’ Final Trailer Premiere for Annecy
The stop-motion wizards at LAIKA have announced that the final trailer for its upcoming neo-Victorian fantasy tale The Boxtrolls will have its world premiere...
DreamWorks Adopts FLIX for Story Development
London-based software developer The Foundry has revealed that DreamWorks Animation has incorporated FLIX into its pre-production process. The visual story development tool will be...
Go Behind the Scenes of LAIKA’s ‘Boxtrolls’
Stop-motion animation fans are always hungry for news about Portland studio LAIKA (Coraline, ParaNorman) and the shop's upcoming animated feature The Boxtrolls. Well, today...
Animated ‘Once Upon a Time’ Reveals Cast
Nicholas Hoult, Gemma Arterton and Stephen Fry will provide the voices for three of the main characters in the upcoming British animated feature Once...
LAIKA Unveils New Teaser and Poster for ‘Boxtrolls’
Judging from its latest teaser trailer, we have a feeling LAIKA studio's stop-motion feature The Boxtrolls is going to be one of the more...
Allers’ Animated ‘Prophet’ Pic Draws Top Talent
Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, John Krasinski, Frank Langella, Alfred Molina and Quvenzhané Wallis have joined the voice cast of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, the...
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