For Los Angeles-based animation studio Six Point Harness, Hiro Murai’s 55- minute musical, Guava Island, starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, presented an opportunity to create a title sequence where their highly stylized animation would provide an important narrative prologue that established the film’s setting and
TURIN, ITALY – According to Director Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez, Dean DeBlois, writer, director and executive producer of this year’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and Changhan (CH) Kim, CEO of PUBG Corporation, will give keynote addresses and are the first announced
AWN just received this letter from our dear friend, Anima Mundi festival director Leah Zagury, sharing information on the recent and unexpected cultural upheaval in Brazil, asking for the animation community’s support to help keep the festival running. Now in its 27th year, Anima Mundi
DIRECTV and Viva Kids released their latest animated feature, Fantastica: A Boonie Bears Adventure, exclusively on DIRECTV on May 16th. The film will be available in theaters and On Digital / On Demand starting June 14th. Starring Mario Lopez (Saved By The Bell) and Josh Peck (Drake & Josh), Fantastica: A Boonie Bears
Nickelodeon has just shared a first look at their upcoming July 12 one-hour special, SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout, featuring, for the first time, the wonderful voice cast behind SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Squidward and Plankton, all playing human versions of their animated characters, as
Annie and Emmy Award-winning VR animation studio, Baobab Studios, has just released their latest immersive entertainment project, Bonfire, an absurd, narrative-based interactive animated VR experience. Written and directed by the studio’s award-winning chief creative officer, Eric Darnell (co- director of all four Madagascar films and
‘Toy Story 4.’ All images ©2018 Disney•Pixar. All rights reserved. In Disney and Pixar’s final Toy Story 4 trailer before the film’s June 21 release, Woody leads his trusted group of friends, as well as an odd set of new acquaintances, on a desperate and
WINNEPEG, CANADA — Ameba TV, an independent subscription based streaming service specializing in children’s programming, has announced an agreement with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana to begin streaming a variety of the studio’s popular childrens’ content on their kids’ entertainment platform. Adding to Ameba TV’s ever-growing content
In May of 2018, Mark Simon, president of Storyboards & Animatics, Inc., moved his studio to Atlanta to support the film incentives and productions in the state. In May of 2019, he celebrates 30 years of professional storyboarding for film and TV and now storyboards on
DreamWorks Animation has just announced that Tom McGrath has taken the helm of The Boss Baby 2, returning to direct the sequel to his 2017 Oscar-nominated animated comedy hit that generated over $527 million worldwide. The film is set for a March 26, 2021 release