WHY PRODUCERS MUST STUDY SCREENWRITING
Without a solid understanding of screenplay structure a producer has no way of knowing whether his screenplay is good or bad.
Category: Writing
‘Big Hero 6’ and ‘Monsters Inc.’ Screenwriter Daniel Gerson Dies at 49
Veteran writer on some of animation’s biggest films loses his battle with brain cancer.
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Joins Disney Series ‘Milo Murphy’s Law’
Disney Television Animation comedy series from ‘Phineas and Ferb’ creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh features star-studded voice cast including Christian Slater, Vanessa Williams and Sarah Chalke.
Nominations for 88th Academy Awards Unveiled
Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Boy and the World,’ ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie,’ and ‘When Marnie Was There.’
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FX Orders Animated Pilot from Louis C.K. & Albert Brooks
Voice stars of Illumination Entertainment’s ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ are co-creating, co-writing and providing the two lead voices for an untitled animated pilot for FX.
MOOSE: THE LEAST KNOWN THREE STOOGES SUPPORTING PLAYER
My old black lab was a handsome fellow, as labs go. He was also a crazy-ass maniac who could definitely teach Marley a thing or two.
Nickelodeon Names 2015 Writing and Artist Program Participants
Talent development programs yield nine new voices from around the world.
Writers Guild Announces 2016 Nominations
In the animation category, Fox’s ‘The Simpsons’ nabs three nods and ‘Bob’s Burgers’ garners two nominations, while Netflix’s ‘BoJack Horseman’ receives one.
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ASIFA-Hollywood Announces 43rd Annie Award Nominations
This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include Starburns Industry’s ‘Anomalisa,’ Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ and ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ Aardman’s ‘Shaun the Sheep the Movie,’ and Blue Sky’s ‘The Peanuts Movie.’
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‘Family Guy’ Creator Seth Macfarlane Receives WGAW Lifetime Achievement Award
Acclaimed writer-producer is honored with the Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus’ 2015 Animation Writing Award for lifetime achievement in recognition of his outstanding contributions to animation writing.
Dreamworks Animation Enlists Edgar Wright for Untitled Feature
Multi-talented filmmaker to direct and co-write original animated feature centered on the concept of shadows; Wright to co-write the film with comedian and author David Walliams.
The Animation Pimp: The Kind of Thing I Like to Talk About
A fascinating and thought-provoking roundtable discussion tackles the notion that animated short films may be getting too “talky.”
In Films, People, Short Films, Voice Acting, Writing | Blog Post | Blogs: The Animation Pimp | Geographic Region: All
OUR BUSINESS IS COMMUNICATING. SO WHY ARE SOME SO BAD AT IT?
There's nothing more frustrating than getting an email from a producer asking if I’m interested in writing a screenplay and then, when I email back and convey my interest, all I hear are—
Andrew Lauretta and Charles Boyd talk ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Fallen Empire’ Expansion
Bioware’s lead animator and lead writer on the new ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ MMORPG digital expansion discuss their biggest and most narrative-driven content addition to date.
Triggerfish Story Lab Announces Shortlisted Projects
Out of a whopping 1,378 entries, Triggerfish Animation Studios shortlists 23 features and 12 TV series for the inaugural Triggerfish Story Lab.
‘Robot Chicken’ Writers Board ‘Rabbids’ Feature for Sony, Ubisoft
‘Robot Chicken’ writers Matthew Senreich, Tom Sheppard and Zeb Wells team up to write the screenplay for the hybrid live-action/stop-motion animated ‘Rabbids’ feature from Sony and Ubisoft.
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Inside Marvel’s Animated ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Series
Supervising producer Marty Isenberg talks about Disney XD’s latest animated TV series based on Marvel’s comic book and feature film universe.
HOW TO SELL YOUR SCRIPT WITH OR WITHOUT AN AGENT
Let’s face it. Everyone has a script. Even writers. The trick isn’t writing a script. The trick is selling it.
Triggerfish Launches Triggerfish Story Lab
Triggerfish Animation Studios opens continent-wide storytelling talent search in Africa with the launch of the Triggerfish Story Lab; studio to invest US$3.5 million over three years.
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HOW TO ENRICH THE WORLD AND YOURSELF AT THE SAME TIME!
The Humanitas Prize Call for Entries is now open. If you’ve written a qualifying script you could win $10,000 tax free or more. Inquire within...
Disney Sets Live-Action Remake of ‘Sword in the Stone’
Disney continues its recent trend of remaking its animated classics into live-action films that started with ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Cinderella’ and now includes ‘Mulan,’ ‘Winnie The Pooh,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Dumbo,’ a new movie starring ‘Peter Pan’s Tinker Bell, and the ‘Bald Mountain’ sequence in ‘Fantasia.’
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‘Saga,’ ‘Lumberjanes,’ ‘Little Nemo’ Top 2015 Eisner Awards
The big winners at the 2015 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, were Image Comics’ ‘Saga,’ BOOM! Box’s ‘Lumberjanes,’ and Winsor McCay’s classic newspaper series ‘Little Nemo.’
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SOME TIPS ON WRITING SCREENPLAY OUTLINES
I thought I’d share some of my experience and thoughts about writing screenplay outlines...
Pete Docter’s ‘Inside Out’ Finally Arrives
Six years in development, one of Pixar’s most anticipated and important films in years hits U.S. theatres.
Fox Adapting ‘Lumberjanes’ Comic for Live Action Feature
‘Munchkin’ writer Will Widger to adapt Eisner Award-winning supernatural-themed ‘Lumberjanes’ comic for 20th Century Fox.
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