Tag: Sony Pictures
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...
New ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Trailer Swoops In
If your Spidey-sense has been tingling, it's probably because you picked up on the vibes emanating from Sony Pictures HQ as they prepared to...
‘Adventure Time’ Season 3 Arrives with Extras
If you love cartoons, odds are you love Cartoon Network's surreal and hilarious Adventure Time series. That makes this week's release of Adventure Time:...
‘Angry Birds’ Movie Flies to SPI Vancouver
Rovio Entertainment has chosen Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver as its primary animation house for the production of the Angry Birds movie, the upcoming...
‘Cloudy 2’ Storms Its Way to DVD, Blu-ray
The weather forecast is for hunger this week, with the Blu-ray and DVD release of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sony Pictures,...
First-Time Directors On Board ‘Angry Birds’ Pic
Rovio Entertainment announced this week that Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis will direct the upcoming 3-D, CG-animated Angry Birds movie. The film is being...
Quebec Offers Digital Animation Classes
DreamWorks Animation and Blizzard Entertainment will take part in Quebec City’s Mini Pixel new master classes in animation. The side event will be held...
Vernon to Direct Rogen’s ‘Sausage Party’ for Sony
Sony is throwing a Sausage Party, a new raunchy animated movie written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir. The pic...
Global TV News Bytes
+ Dublin-based indie studio Kite Entertainment has nabbed a 13-episode commission for its science-themed comedy series Brain Freeze from U.K. channel CBBC. A follow...
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...
Sony’s ‘Cloudy 2’ Helps Promote Literacy Day
To celebrate International Literacy Day, the International Reading Association (IRA) and Sony Pictures Animation will host an "Invent Your Future"-themed Twitter chat on Sept....
Amazon’s LoveFilm and Disney Sign a New Deal
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber service to stream some of the studio's best-loved family films on...
DreamWorks Toons May Partner with Sony
Over the past few days, there has been much speculation in the trades about which studio is going to form a partnership with DreamWorks...
DreamWorks Opts for Shanghai Base
Oriental DreamWorks, the new joint venture from DreamWorks Animation and a Chinese state-backed consortium, will be the flagship company at a new high-tech media...
AniMazSpot Plans UPA and ‘Mr. Magoo’ Tribute
L.A.’s mini-animation festival AniMazSpot 2012 (September 10 – 16) has announced that it will divide its events between the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale...
‘Sabrina’ to Become Sony’s New Superhero
Deadline.com reports that Sony Pictures has plans to give Sabrina the Teenage Witch a live-action superhero revamp. The magically inclined teen heroine designed by...
A High-Tech, Dysfunctional Santa’s Coming to Town
How the wizards at Aardman joined forces with Sony Animation to deliver the poignant and funny CG-animated holiday adventure, Arthur Christmas.
Santa Claus and animation...
Academy to Salute John Hubley
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ next “Monday Nights with Oscar” screening series installment will celebrate the life and work of acclaimed...
Spain’s Imira Names Barbier Head of Licensing
Barcelona-based Imira Entertainment has hired Julian Barbier as head of licensing.
Barbier joins Imira from Biplano in Spain, where he handled the licensing of major brands...
Raimo Takes Reins at Sony Pictures Animation
Michelle Raimo, who formerly held executive posts at Miramax and Paramount, has been named the new president of Sony Pictures Animation, according to Deadline.com.
Raimo...
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