Animation News
Pixar Animation Studios, for the first time, is releasing a short film conceived and directed by one of its technical artists, a broad category of employees whose specialties range from lighting to clothing-simulation software.
As part of 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, India and Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi has recently released a new short 3D Movie “9/11/1893 - The Awakening” .
Delhi Safari after being shortlisted for the Oscars in the animation category, it has also been one of the most admired animation films this award season. The film has just bagged the Screen Award for the Best Film in the animation category.
This is the first time whem one of the key characters' looks and mannerisms in an animated film is based on a Bollywood actor. In upcoming 3D animated film 'Nephilim', the villain is based on 'bad man' Gulshan Grover.
'sit back and watch' TV, it's hands-on engagement with the best teacher of all: nature!" says P. Jayakumar, CEO Toonz Group. We're focused on creating social media platforms that enable young children to appreciate the diversity of nature and society," said Ashok Desai, CRO & Founder of Zymr Inc.
Canada’s Mercury Filmworks and Technicolor jointly announce a development deal with TELETOON Canada for animated comedy television series, Atomic Puppet. Mercury Filmworks, Technicolor and TELETOON will co-develop Atomic Puppet as a 2D animated comedy series.
We’re happy to share an exclusive clip from one of the new Minnie’s Bow-Toons episodes that will premiere on Disney Junior next week. These five new shorts will be premiering daily beginning Monday, Feb. 4 thru Friday, Feb. 8 on Disney Channel (9:55 a.m. ET/PT) and Disney Junior (3:55 p.m. ET/PT).
India's leading playback singer Sonu Nigam has sung a song for the soon to be released Hindi dubbed version of the Japanese animation film THE MYSTICAL LAWS. This song is a truly an international project as the music has been composed by the famous Sri Lankan music duo of Bhatiya and Santhush.
Harry Baweja is known to make headway in technology. He is the first Indian film-maker to attempt digital intermediate and also to present India’s first heavy duty sci-fi film. Harry attempts another First, a ‘photo realistic’ 3D Animation Film in S-3D, on Sikh History with Char Sahibzade.
Whitelephant Productions (WEP) is a digital media production company has recently released 74 sec film on Valentine’s Day. The story goes that on one particularly fine and romantic day, Bai, in one of her rare, neutral moods is trying to get Bondhu's attention while he glued to the Television, watching something.
Facebook has hired a Pixar artist to re-imagine emoticons, although it won't form an official partnership between the animation studio and the social network giant. Matt Jones is working independently on the project and is very excited about it. Facebook has hired him to create a new set of emoticons.
Kids cabler Nickelodeon has renewed and expanded its animated shorts program which was created to find original comedy-driven content for kids. This year’s initiative will look to a new set of creative voices and visionaries to produce a minimum of 10 shorts that will have the potential of becoming animated series to air on Nickelodeon.
Fresh off the launch of its new Kevin Spacey political drama, House of Cards, Netflix (NFLX) is planning an original animated children’s series. Turbo: F.A.S.T. (Fast Action Stunt Team) is a spin-off from the DreamWorks Animation (DWA) studio filmTurbo, which is set for release July 19.
When this 19-year-old filmmaker and design student uploaded a 75-second tribute to Steven Spielberg, he didn’t in his wildest dreams expect to hear from the protagonist of his animation flick.
Two new Marvel animated series will premiere this summer on Disney XD, with Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. to debut Aug. 11 and Avengers Assemble on July 7. Produced by Marvel Television, the series feature some of Marvel’s most popular characters grouping together to take down the most infamous villains in the Marvel universe.
Technopark-based Toonz Animation's "Hanuman - The Immortal-2", an animated feature has won the Infocom-Assocham EME Award. The honour has given a huge boost to its creators who are aiming big now. The director of the film U.K. Prakashan received the award in the Best Indian Animated Feature Film category.
Disney has set a wide release date for its animated feature Planes for August 9, 2013. Post making a name for herself in the Indian film industry, Priyanka Chopra is capturing the world of music with her latest album. Now we hear that the actress-turned-singer has been roped in by Disney.
DQE signed deal with Walmart and 12 other new licensing and merchandising agreements for 'The Jungle Book. The most significant of these were signed by DQE's licensing agent in the USA, SMC Entertainment Group, Inc.
The move to producing HD content for movie studios can't have been a cheap one, but spare a thought for companies like Pixar and DreamWorks Animation, who are tasked with producing HD quality animated movies.
3D Animation video on Jesus, produced by an Indian animation studio, gets over 5 lakh views, over 1,00,000 likes and over 22,000 shares in just 2 days. The video is produced by SOURCE Animation Pvt. Ltd. a Mumbai based studio.
Rakesh Roshan's Filmkraft Productions has partnered with Turner International India and Kerala-headquartered Toonz Animation to create 4 animated film based on the Bollywood movie Krrish starring Hrithik and Priyanka).
Iconic cricketer Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is all set to play his new innings in 3D animation comedy Series ‘Master Blasters’. It is the first time in Indian Cricket when an Iconic cricketer will appear in animated avatar on World television.
Studio Bangi is always innovation for the post production films. The creative team at Bangi recently delivered world class 3D Animation Add film for bKash. The 117 Second add film shows that how bKash make the transaction in daily life and how it is relevant for the people living in rural and city of dwellers.
Walt Disney Animation Studios announced they will debut A hand-drawn, black-and-white Mickey Mouse animated short film on June 11 at the Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy. The vintage-feeling short, which is called "Get a Horse," features the voice of Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse.
Ever since its debut in 1999, French studio Xilam’s high-energy animated series Oggy and the Cockroaches has been an audience favorite in many regions of the world. This year, the Tex Avery-inspired characters will take their adventures to the big screen in a feature that will premiere at the Annecy Festival in June.
Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels. IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever - a one-minute video of individual carbon monoxide molecules repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing, throwing a ball and bouncing on a trampoline.