Tag: Roald Dahl
Crafting a Magical Confection: The VFX of ‘Wonka’
In the new Warner Bros. movie Wonka, director Paul King (Paddington) offers an origin story for the eccentric chocolatier introduced in Roald Dahl’s classic...
Welcome to the Dahl House: Netflix Unveils First Look at ‘The Twits’
Fans of Roald Dahl's The Twits got to meet the delightfully despicable stars of the book's first-ever screen adaptation today, in a first-look image...
Jellyfish Pictures Hires Senior Execs to Feature Animation Division (Exclusive)
London-based VFX and animation studio Jellyfish Pictures today announced two key senior animation hires, joining its feature film department in lead roles.
Industry veteran Louis...
Both Wes Anderson’s 2023 Movies Will Include Animation
Multiple Oscar-, BAFTA- and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Wes Anderson will be adding animated elements to his upcoming live-action movies Asteroid City and The Wonderful Story...
Netflix Expands Animation Leadership with Billy Wee, Maggie Malone, Jermaine Turner
In the wake of Mike Moon's departure as Director of Adult Animation earlier this summer, Netflix is bolstering its animation team by welcoming onboard...
Autodesk Envisions Cloud-Based Production Ecosystem for Media & Entertainment
Demand for streaming content and games is exploding due to the global pandemic, which spurred massive changes across the media and entertainment (M&E) industry....
How Aphton Corbin Brought Her Life Experiences to the Pixar Short ‘Twenty Something’
Last Friday, Disney+ premiered the latest SparkShorts film Twenty Something, which is penned and directed by Aphton Corbin. This is the ninth project in...
Triggerfish Launches Pan-African Story Artist Lab Backed by Netflix
Cape Town-based animation studio Triggerfish has announced their call for entries for a pan-African Story Artist Lab, sponsored by Netflix.
Shortlisted applicants will have three...
Annecy: Triggerfish Wins MIFA Industry Award
The Annecy International Animation Festival (kicking off Monday, June 14) has announced studio Triggerfish as the recipient of the 2021 Mifa Industry Award. The...
Netflix Slates ‘Transformers: BotBots’ and ‘My Little Pony’ G5 Series
Netflix and Entertainment One (eOne), Hasbro’s entertainment studio, announce a new animated series Transformers: BotBots, inspired by the tiny toy line, and a fifth...
Leading SA Animation Studio Triggerfish Starts Int’l Expansion in Galway
Triggerfish, the animation studio behind Netflix’s first Original animated TV series from Africa, today announced it is to establish its first international studio in...
Taika Waititi Helming First Two Animated Netflix Roald Dahl Series
Academy Award-winning writer, director and actor Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) is set to write, direct and executive produce...
News Bytes: Extended ‘Casagrandes’ Theme, ‘Tom & Jerry’ Release Moves Up, WarnerMedia Buys HBO LatAm & More
Nickelodeon to Debut Brand-New ‘SpongeBob’ Balloon, ‘Blue’s Clues & You’ Float at Macy’s T-Day Parade
Nickelodeon is celebrating 20 years of its iconic SpongeBob SquarePants...
BLE Spotlights British Animation with Top Execs Keynote Panel
Brand Licensing Europe has announced the first of two keynotes that will take place at this year’s event. Storyboard: The Best of British Animation...
9 Story & King Bert Adopt David Walliams’ ‘The World’s Worst Children’
9 Story Media Group has closed an agreement with King Bert Productions to develop and co-produce The World’s Worst Children, based on the popular...
Adult Swim’s ‘The Shivering Truth’: Nightmares in Stop Motion
***This article originally appeared in the January ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 286)***
Nothing can quite get under the human skin like stop-motion animation....
Netflix Blasts Off with Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Series
Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Radical Ed and the rest of the Cowboy Bebop universe are coming to Netflix in a new live-action...
Award-Winning Triggerfish Short ‘Belly Flop’ Debuts Online
After winning seven international awards and screening at over 60 festivals around the world, including its closing ceremony debut at the Annecy animation fest,...
FMX: Meet ‘Blade Runner’s Rachael, Explore Tunnel AR & Go Commercial
We are (thisclose) to the next FMX conference in Stuttgart (April 24-27), but there’s still new program highlights to explore. Recent additions have been...
‘Revolting Rhymes’ Wins Int’l Emmy Kids Award for Animation
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences revealed the winners of the 2018 International Emmy Kids Awards on Tuesday at a ceremony held...
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