Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
May 3, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Cartoon Universe, a free-to-play, online world that will provide a safe, social environment for young kids to go on adventures, solve puzzles and play games with their favorite Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo! characters. Cartoon Universe is being developed by WB Games Montréal, a Warner Bros.-wholly owned studio devoted to developing games based on Warner Bros.’ key brands.
May 3, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
First-quarter earnings at DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. rose slightly in the first quarter as both revenue and costs increased, the studio announced Wednesday.
May 3, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Sylvester was still called Thomas in "Tweetie Pie" the first WB short to win an Academy Award.
May 2, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
The Indian computer animated feature Arjun: The Warrior Prince is weeks away from release, and a new trailer is now out. Among the surprises, the trailer shows the UTV Motion Pictures film to be a coproduction with Walt Disney Pictures.
May 2, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Elmer alters the lyrics of "Oh Susanna" to contain the line "V for Victory" in "The Wacky Wabbit" Obviously a wartime short.
May 1, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Double Z Productions and Flickerpix are setting up for full production on their new series Zig and Zag, created by Ciaran Morrison and Mick O’Hara. Both CBBC and RTÉ are helping to fund the project alongside Northern Ireland Screen and the Irish Film Board. The IFB awarded Double Z Productions a production loan of €150,000 in their last round of funding last month.
May 1, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Fox has announced they have optioned children's book Hero's Guide To Saving Your Kingdom as a possible future animated feature. The book, which comes out today, was written by Christopher Healy.
May 1, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Before they were the Flintstones, they were "The Flagstones" Watch this clip now to see how the prehistoric family first looked to their animators.
April 30, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits," co-produced by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation, opened in North America in a very close second place, making $11.4 million at the box office between Friday and Sunday.
April 30, 2012 · Paul Anderson
"Rango" has won for Animated Comedy Film and "Archer" for Animated Comedy Series on Saturday night at the Comedy Awards 2012, the second annual blockbuster event dedicated to celebrating all that is funny.
April 30, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Co-directors Ron Clements and John Musker are working to develop Disney Animation's next hand-drawn feature film, an official division of the Mouse House has confirmed.
April 30, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Why does Yosemite Sam say "You notice I didn't say Richard" so prominently in "High Diving Hare" ? Read our Production Notes to find out!
April 29, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Did you know there was a green Aardvark? He was in "Odd Ant Out" the second of his two appearances in this theatrical series.
April 28, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Donald gives his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie quite the hockey lesson in "The Hockey Champ" a 1939 short directed by Jack King.
April 27, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Jim Hiltz, a director of "Rocky and His Friends" and several other Jay Ward cartoon series, has died, Normand Rompre, a former cameraman from Michael Mills Studios, where he had also worked, said Thursday. He was 84.
April 27, 2012 · Paul Anderson
DreamWorks Animation and Disney have received letters of inquiry from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission over their business activities in China, according to an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
April 27, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
The first-ever full-length theatrical LEGO movie will open across the United States on February 28, 2014, it was announced Monday by Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures.
April 27, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: First appearing in the Goofy cartoon Hold That Pose, Humphrey the Bear was in "Hooked Bear" was a big, dumb, opportunistic, neurotic brown bear who lives in Brownstone National Park.
April 26, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Extremely similar to a WB cartoon staring Bugs Bunny, "The Cat Concerto" and Tom and Jerry ended up winning the Oscar that year- Bugs would wait another ten for his.
April 25, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Buzzy's debut film was in "The Stupidstitious Cat" an obvious parody of Jack Benny (as the cat) and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson.