Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
May 20, 2015 · Big Cartoon DataBase
A first-look trailer is out for ex-Monty Pythoner Terry Jones' next film Absolutely Anything. The live-action film stars Simon Pegg, with a group of cgi-animated aliens voiced by Jones buddies John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin, as well as the last performance of comedian Robin Williams, the voice of live-action Dennis the Dog.
May 17, 2015 · Elizabeth Eckhart
Once thought to be only for kids, the appeal of animated programming has expanded exponentially over the past decade. Prime time sitcoms like The Simpsons and Family Guy, as well as a wide variety of programs on channels like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, have demonstrated that cartoons have high entertainment value for children as well as adults.
April 15, 2015 · Dave Koch
DreamWorks Animation has moved the release date for their third installment in the Kung Fu Panda series for the second time, moving it back to a January 2016 release. Kung Fu Panda 3 was initially moved from a December release to a March 2016 release last December to avoid a release conflict with J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.
March 16, 2015 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Nickelodeon's March 5th airing from the show Oggy And The Cockroaches showed a bit more than is normal for a children's animated series. For about a second of the show, on the left of the frame, an image of a framed, well-endowed topless woman is plainly visible in a scene.
March 15, 2015 · Dave Koch
We have seen Disney remake it's classic films for years. And we had high hopes those days were gone with Michael Eisner and the twentieth century, but the announcement of Frozen 2 makes us wonder. And as we have seen in the last year, when they can't make a sequel, Disney's new love seems to be live-action remakes of classic animated properties. Is all the originality gone from Disney?
March 14, 2015 · Dave Koch
Good news and bad news from Sony Pictures Animation. First, on the good news side, the September sequel Hotel Transylvania 2 has a new trailer. But now for the bad news....
March 13, 2015 · Dave Koch
Soup2Nuts Animation Studio- the in-house cartoon production wing of Scholastic Entertainment- will be closed by its parent by the end of this month, according to Kyle Good...
March 12, 2015 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Viewster Online Film Festival 5 presents Animated Worlds from March 12-26 this year. Featuring over 140 entries from 37 different countries, each with a chance of winning some of the $50,000 prize...
March 6, 2015 · Big Cartoon DataBase
In less than a year, we will see Disney's next animated feature Zootopia. This film is set in an animal-only populated world, a world in which humans never evolved.
March 3, 2015 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Get ready for more fusion powers and endless battles as Nicktoons premieres the second season of the action-packed series, Digimon Fusion, with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, March 8, at 10 a.m. (ET). The new season…
February 22, 2015 · Dave Koch
Let's be honest, the big surprise at the Oscars this year in Animation was The Lego Movie being snubbed. But now that all is said and done, and the dust has settled...
February 19, 2015 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Fresh off the success of Jorge R. Gutierrez's The Book of Life, Reel FX has signed the director to a multi-year, multi-picture deal. Get ready for an as-yet Untitled Kung Fu Space Western. Gutierrez will direct the feature...
February 16, 2015 · Elizabeth Eckhart
2015 is already looking promising as a year for animated features. Elizabeth Eckhart takes a look ahead at the new year in animation, what to expect, and what to look forward to.
February 13, 2015 · Dave Koch
American voice over artist and actor Gary Owens passed away yesterday at his home in Encino California in the San Fernando Valley from complications due to type 1 diabetes, a condition he had experienced since…
January 29, 2015 · Dave Koch
Independent- and solo- animation film maker Don Hertzfeldt has won the best short film jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The prestigious award is all the more stunning in that Sundance does…
January 25, 2015 · Dave Koch
It's official: George Lucas has officially proved that he has lost his mind. Or, perhaps more correctly, his mind is so bereft of any good ideas that it is just not worth exploring any further. His newest fantasy film- which he billed as "From The Mind of George Lucas"- has earned a distinction is in it’s second week that no film ever wants to see. Strange Magic broke records as having the lowest box office ticket sales ever for a film in major release.
January 25, 2015 · Dave Koch
Philip Lord, director of the animated hit film The Lego Movie from Lin Pictures and Warner Bros., has had the perfect response to his film not being picked for consideration for this years Best Animated film Oscar.…
January 24, 2015 · Dave Koch
DreamWorks AnimationFinancially strapped DreamWorks Animation has announced the unexpected shutdown of one of its main studios, PDI DreamWorks, in Redwood City, California and the subsequent laying off of the 500…
January 15, 2015 · Dave Koch
This morning the nominees for 24 categories of the Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills by the president of the Academy Cheryl Boone Issacs, Chris Pine, J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron. Among the surprises was…
December 27, 2014 · Dave Koch
As the end of the year rolls around, nearly every site and station is picking their top ten this and best of the year that.... and we will also fall into this meme. Our list shall be what we consider the best animated…