Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
April 24, 2012 · TammiToon
"Nothing But the Tooth," an episode of Nelvana's "Scaredy Squirrel" written by Darrin Rose, won a Canadian screenwriting award for animation Monday evening from the Writers' Guild of Canada.
April 24, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Singer Jean Stout, who lent his talents to many French dubs of Disney cartoon movies, died April 10 in his native France, just three days short of his 79th birthday. Stout was a singer and regular soloist in almost all Disney soundtracks from The Jungle Book (1967) until the early 2000s. His last dubbing role was for a re-release of 1937's Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
April 24, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Rudolf Ising was at the end of his career at MGM when he directed "The Boy And The Wolf " as a one-time cartoon.
April 23, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Combining live action with animation, Pathe's release of the adventure story Houba! Sur la Piste du Marsupilami stayed at No. 1 spot in France for the third weekend in a row.
April 23, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Tight security marked Thursday's resumption in the trial of a Tunisian TV station director charged with violating sacred values and disturbing public order for having screened the Franco-Iranian animated feature film Persepolis.
April 23, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Blame it all on an embarrassment of Rich's. After less than three years in the job, Rich Ross has quit as chairman of the Walt Disney Company's movie studio. Under his watch, the Mouse House released this spring's partly animated John Carter, one of Hollywood's biggest bombs in recent years. The big-budget science-fiction saga had been years in the development, with costs zooming to over $250 million.
April 23, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Poncho and Toro, the Tijuana Toads in "Frog Jog" were renamed Fatso and Banjo when the theatrical series made it's way to TV.
April 22, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Despite the strong racial overtones of the film, "Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips" has been released to home video, and was not even included in WB's "Censored Eleven" cartoons.
April 21, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Over a dozen studio pooled their biggest stars in "Goldilocks And The Three Bears", the Bear Family faces "Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue" to help show kids the evils of taking drugs.
April 20, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Sony Pictures Animation troubled production of the 3D animated Hotel Transylvania has something to show for the nearly 10 years in production it has seen. A first trailer. A first look at Adam Sandler's Dracula as he parades around his stylish resort for overworked monsters.
April 20, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
The House of Mouse plans to adapt "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride," a theme park ride that started when Disneyland opened in 1955, into a live-action/CGI hybrid feature film.
April 20, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Reprising their first appearance in "Goldilocks And The Three Bears", the Bear Family faces "A Rainy Day" and some incredible animation of the roof shingles turning into big waves.
April 19, 2012 · Dave Koch
Stop-motion animation studio Laika Entertainment has put the grabs on Philip Reeve's book Goblins for a possible new film. The British novel has yet to be released in the United States. Reeve also wrote the award-winning book Mortal Engine.
April 19, 2012 · Paul Anderson
DreamWorks Animation is partnering with Wal-Mart in rolling out a new disc-to-digital cloud movie service for consumers. Dreamworks is now the sixth Hollywood studio to join with Wal-Mart, which will charge $2 to make a copy of a movie in the "cloud" that can be accessed from any compatible digital device ($5 to convert the movie to high-definition). The Glendale studio will make all of its previously released DVDs, including the "Shrek" and "Madagascar" series and "How to Train Your Dragon," available for consumers to convert into digital copies stored on Wal-Mart's Vudu service. The service launched Monday in about 3,500 Wal-Mart stores across the U.S.
April 19, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
The body of Men at Work flautist Greg Ham was found shortly after midday Thursday (local time) at a house in Melbourne, Australia's inner north. Ham was 58.
April 19, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: The very first Warner Brothers theatrical cartoon, "Sinkin' In The Bathtub" also saw the screen appearance of Bosko and Honey.
April 18, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Storyboard artist Jose "Zaldy" Silverio, who worked for Nickelodeon since 2002, died March 13. His age was not immediately available.
April 18, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Martin Poll, nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture for producing 1968's The Lion in Winter, died Saturday in New York. He was 89. He had pneumonia and kidney failure, his son Jon said.
April 18, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Due (once again!) to a drunk stork, Bugs ends up with the "Apes Of Wrath" as their somewhat dim child.
April 17, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Nickelodeon’s highly anticipated premiere of The Legend of Korra, scored a strong 4.5 million total viewers, ranking as basic cable’s number-one kids’ show and top animated program for the week with total viewers. The series, which continues the mythology of the beloved animated franchise Avatar: The Last Airbender, also posted double and triple-digit increases across all kid and tween demos.