When Invader Zim ended its rather tumultuous initial run on Nickelodeon back in 2002, few in the industry were surprised. Skewed towards older kids, creator Jhonen Vasquez’s wonderfully and horrifically weird series seemed an odd fit at a “children’s entertainment” network. Perish the thought creative
The Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF 2019), an Academy Award-qualifying festival, has announced its official short film selections for the upcoming October 18-22 festival. 114 animated films were chosen from a submission pool over over 2,400 films from 94 countries. Held in each year in
It’s 3 p.m. Do you know where your pets are? Better yet… what are they actually doing right this moment? The perfect movie to help answer that question has arrived with the irreverent yet heartfelt sequel to the blockbuster sensation in The Secret Life of
It has just been announced that Emmy Award-nominated Star Wars Resistance will return for its second and final season October 6 on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW, with subsequent airings on Disney XD. Season 1, set prior to the events in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, launched last
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has just released their latest set of rules and procedures for submission of work for the 18th Annual VES Awards, being held this coming January 29, 2020. According to the VES announcement, “We at the VES are very gratified by
Walt Disney studios has just revealed a series of executive moves across their portfolio of animation studio properties, as they continue to integrate recently acquired Blue Sky Studios more fully into the mix. Walt Disney Studios’ chief creative officer and co-chairman Alan Horn and co-chairman
One of the most original and subversively droll set of comedic characters will soon invade our local movieplex, as MGM’s animated comedy, The Addams Family, hits theatres on October 11. As the catchy 60s TV show theme song aptly reveals, “They’re creepy and they’re kooky,
HOAX Films, a Los Angeles based VFX and motion graphics company, provided animation and character design for Dairy Queen and The Coca-Cola Company’s “The hAPPiest Sweeps Ever” interactive mobile app under the creative direction of Hathaway agency’s Anibal Suarez. This app provided the platform for
Fox Entertainment has entered into a deal to acquire Bento Box Entertainment, the animation production house behind Fox TV’s long-running Sunday night hit animated series, Bob’s Burgers, and two new shows coming to the network in the 2019-2020 TV season, according to the Wall Street
Netflix has just debuted Alex Burunova’s documentary, Enter the Anime, an exploration of iconic anime creators and their fast paced, highly stylized animated world that has become one of the world’s most culturally and creatively influential entertainment art forms. In the film, Burunova explores anime’s