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Legendary Pictures Headline News

Rob Letterman Helming Legendary’s ‘Detective Pikachu’ Pokémon Movie

Hybrid CG-animation/live-action film following a new character and storyline in the Pokémon universe is being scripted by ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ writer Nicole Perlman and ‘Gravity Falls’ creator Alex Hirsch.

Manchester Animation Festival Headline News

Manchester Animation Festival Announces Nominees for New Industry Excellence Awards

New Industry Excellence Awards designed by stop-motion puppetry specialists Mackinnon and Saunders will be awarded at the festival running November 15-17. 

Disney Headline News

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Begins Production

Creative team for the live-action adventure based on the classic book by Madeline L’Engle includes ‘Frozen’ director Jennifer Lee, who wrote the screenplay for the film, and Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Rich McBride.

Festival Headline News

Spark Animation Announces 2016 Business Symposium Speakers

Exciting lineup of industry visionaries including Brenda Chapman, Rex Grignon, Tomm Moore and Zeb Wells to share mind-expanding presentations.

Walt Disney Animation Studios Headline News

‘Inside Out’ Co-Writer Meg LeFauve Gets ‘Gigantic’

Co-writer behind Disney’s ‘Captain Marvel’ and Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ joins ‘Tangled’ director Nathan Greno to helm Walt Disney Animation Studios forthcoming animated feature.

Brown Bag Films Headline News

Go Behind the Scenes of Amazon’s ‘Stinky & Dirty Show’ with Brown Bag Films

See how the animated series based on the ‘I Stink!’ book series was brought to life for Amazon Studios with director David McCamley, writer Guy Toubes, creative director Darragh O’Connell, and art director Phil McDarby.

Polygon Pictures Headline News

Polygon Pictures Producing New ‘Godzilla’ Anime Feature for TOHO

Godzilla's first-ever animated feature film to be produced by the Tokyo-based animation studio behind Production I.G’s ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Knights of Sidonia,’ and the forthcoming ‘Blame!’ to be written by Gen Urobuchi  and directed by Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita.

Animated Features Headline News

LA’s Cinefamily Hosting Sneak Peak of Seth Rogan’s ‘Sausage Party’

Get a sneak peek at the first R-rated CG-animated movie at The Cinefamily’s ‘Toons with ‘Tude Marathon’ on Saturday, August 6.

Women in Animation Headline News

WIA, Sony Pictures Animation to Host Female Character & Storytelling Talk

Script consultant Lindsay Doran to lead Women In Animation event, ‘The Quagmire of the Female Character,’ on Thursday, June 2 at Sony Pictures Animation.

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WATCH: Professor Craig Caldwell Talks Storytelling in Games at FMX 2015

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 4:28pm

Craig Caldwell, USTAR senior research professor at the University of Utah, discusses storytelling challenges in games.

20th Century Fox Headline News

Fox Officially Announces ‘Deadpool’ Sequel

It’s a big day for movie sequels as 20th Century Fox officially announces ‘Deadpool 2’ and unveils footage from Blue Sky’s ‘Ice Age: Collision Course,’ ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ and Roland Emmerich’s ‘Independence Day: Resurgence.’

Animated Feature Film ANIMATIONWorld

The Ultimate Sidekick Finally Discovers Herself in Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’

By Dan Sarto | Friday, April 8, 2016 at 1:09pm

For director Andrew Stanton and producer Lindsey Collins, ‘Finding Nemo’s eternally upbeat memory-impaired blue tang fish has a compelling and important journey of her own worth sharing.

Animated TV Shows ANIMATIONWorld

A Patch of Blue in an Otherwise Dark Sky – Adam Reed’s ‘Archer’ Season 7 Finally Arrives on FX

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 3:21pm

Hollywood Noir meets Keystone Spymasters as the bumbling agency moves to Los Angeles, applying their questionable espionage skills to the private eye business.

Starburns Industries Headline News

Starburns Industries Options Animated ‘Bubbles’ Feature

The producers of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated feature ‘Anomalisa’ acquire Isaac Adamson’s screenplay about Michael Jackson’s famed Chimpanzee companion, Bubbles.

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