Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
June 13, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report"), Emmy winner Allison Janney (The Help, The West Wing), Ellie Kemper (Bridesmaids, The Office), Ariel Winter (Modern Family) and Stephen Tobolowsky (Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Californication) have joined DreamWorks Animation's Mr. Peabody & Sherman, which is now scheduled to be released on November 8, 2013, the studio announced Tuesday.
June 13, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: A live-action film with an animated opening sequence, "Grease" was based in a Broadway play.
June 12, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Originally conceived as a 45-minute in-flight feature for Japan Air Lines, "Kurenai No Buta (Porco Rosso)" became the fourth-largest animated box-office draw in Japanese history.
June 11, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Leading a hugely successful North American box office, DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted opened with $60.4 million over the weekend.
June 11, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The first of four of Tex Avery's "Tomorrow Themes" cartoons, "The House Of Tomorrow" was a trend-setter predicting the future.
June 10, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: One-off character Snapper appeared in "News Hound" and then was dropped. Snapper did not make the grade.
June 9, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Donald got his start in "The Wise Little Hen" as really just a one off character. Who knew!
June 8, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Hugh Harman directed "Tom Turkey And His Harmonica Humdingers" at the same time Hanna and Barbera were creating the first Tom & Jerry cartoon across the hall.
June 7, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: "The Land Of The Lost" is the first of three cartoons that Famous Studios did based on this story.
June 6, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: An ode to old age and autos, "Susie The Little Blue Coupe" featured Disney fav Sterling Holloway as the narrator.
June 5, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: One of WB's notorious censored eleven, "Uncle Tom's Bungalow" was based on a classic story by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
June 4, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: First screened at Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto, "I Met The Walrus" is a quirky short with an interesting and true story.
June 4, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Art Davis directed only one Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Bowery Bugs" but man was it was a good one.
June 3, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The very first full-length feature film from Hanna-Barbera Productions, "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear" was also the first feature film based on a television program.
June 2, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The strange collaboration between Disney and Salvadore Dali was begun in 1946, "Destino" was was finally shown in 2003.
June 1, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios announced the voice cast for Epic, a new 3D CG action-adventure comedy that reveals a hidden world unlike any other. From the creators of the Ice Age series and the very popular feature film Rio, Epic tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teen age girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world… and ours.
June 1, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The short that introduced Bosko and kicked off the WB cartoon dynasty, "Bosko The TalkInk Kid" was never officially released.
May 31, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: New this month from Folimage Productions, "Ceux d'en Haut" is striking and surreal- really worth a look.
May 30, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The box office champion of 2003, "Finding Nemo" cost a mere $94 million to make.
May 29, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: released theatrically with the film Up, "Partly Cloudy" was a new look at the classic stork stories.