Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
January 16, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
Walt Disney's 3-D revamped version of its 1991 animated classic Beauty And The Beast opened in second place in North American theaters this weekend with $18.5 million, researcher Hollywood.com Box-Office said in an e-mailed statement Sunday.
January 16, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Alister Lockhart and Patrick Sarell's "Nullarbor" was named best short animation Sunday at the Samsung Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards luncheon, held at Sydney's Westin Hotel.
January 16, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn" was named Best Animated Feature Film at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards, the biggest awards show next to the Oscars.
January 16, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Part war film and part Disney send up, "Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs" is funny enough and sure to offend, but too good a short to be ignored.
January 15, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: One of Disney's thirty-two World War II propaganda films, "Education For Death" was produced entirely in German (except for the English narration).
January 14, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Jessica Chastain, gaining critical attention for her work on the movie The Help, will make her animation debut in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, DreamWorks Animation announced Friday.
January 14, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: In one of the great early Simpsn's episode titled "Marge Vs. The Monorail" has the whole town up in arms when Leonard Nimoy comes to town.
January 13, 2012 · Paul Anderson
For generations of animation fans, there is no greater legend than Chuck Jones. The creator of the famed Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for Warner Bros., Tom and Jerry cartoons, the TV version of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and many other well-known classics, Jones was a pioneer in the art of animation and a fine artist in his own right.
January 13, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
Yet again, Paramount Pictures' "Rango" has won an award from movie critics. Rango was named best animated feature on Thursday night at the 17th Critics' Choice Movie Awards, presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
January 13, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Johnny Depp was named favorite animated movie voice at Wednesday night's People's Choice Awards for his title role in Rango.
January 13, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: The first feature-length entertainment cartoon made in Great Britain, "Animal Farm" was produced and directed by the team of John Halas and Joy Batchelor...
January 12, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Rich Magallanes has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Animation, Current Series. In this new role, Magallanes will manage Nick’s animation series’ Executives in Charge and oversee production of current animated series including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and The Penguins of Madagascar. The announcement was made today by Brown Johnson, President, Nickelodeon Animation, to whom he will report.
January 12, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Today we celebrate "Batman (Opening Titles)" which, while not an animated show, had some very striking animation in its opening credits. And that catchy theme song....
January 11, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
Five actors from three cartoon series have been nominated for Outstanding Performance – Voice in time for the 10th Anniversary ACTRA Awards in Toronto, to be presented at the Carlu on Saturday, February 25.
January 11, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
GKIDS, a distributor of award-winning animation for both adults and family audiences, is bringing a 20-year retrospective of films from Japan's renowned Studio Ghibli to Los Angeles.
January 11, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: From the old Van Beuren Studios comes "The Sunshine Makers" a gem of an gnome tale directed by Ted Eshbaugh.
January 10, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
DreamWorks' motion-capture film "The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn" has been nominated for the Art Directors Guild's Excellence in Production Design Award for a feature film, the guild announced Tuesday.
January 10, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
"The Adventures of Tintin" has been nominated for six VES Awards, while Rango has been nominated for four, the Visual Effects Society announced Monday. Both movies were nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture. The title characters of both films are up for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture. As well, each has been nominated for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture.
January 10, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: You are in for a treat if you watch "The Missing Mouse" today; it is one of the few cartoons in which Tom speaks!
January 9, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Aardman Animations' "Arthur Christmas" is one of 15 movies named Friday on the longlist for this year's Orange British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Film.