Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
September 13, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
The victory was narrow, but "The Smurfs" stayed on top of the foreign box office yet again this past weekend. Combining 3D animation and live action, The Smurfs grossed $15.6 million at 6,660 venues in 81 overseas countries. It's the fifth weekend in a row that Sony Animation's family film has emerged at No. 1 overseas.
September 12, 2011 · Dave Koch
Vancouver-based animation studio Bardel Entertainment Inc. announced Monday that it is expanding its operations with the opening of a new satellite studio in Kelowna, located in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley.
September 10, 2011 · Paul Anderson
"The Late Philip J. Fry," an episode of Comedy Central's "Futurama," won a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program on Saturday Night. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded the 2010-11 Creative Arts Primetime Emmys for programs and individual achievements at the 63rd Emmy Awards presentation at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.
September 9, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Laika has optioned "Wildwood," the debut HarperCollins children's novel written by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for rock band The Decemberists, with illustrations by award-winning artist Carson Ellis. The announcement was made Thursday by Travis Knight, president and CEO of the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio. Laika, which produced the Oscar-and BAFTA-nominated feature film Coraline, is currently in production on the 3D stop-motion animated feature film ParaNorman.
September 8, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Snoopy. The Simpsons. Big Bird and Elmo. Garfield. Animaniacs. Tweety. Scooby Doo. Raggedy Ann and Andy. These and a multitude of other animated characters are now featured in a new exhibit in the Douglas County Museum in Tuscola, Illinois.
September 7, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Instead of getting any cash from a 7-Eleven, a Gumby suit-wearing robber in the San Diego area ended up 26 cents poorer early Labor Day.
September 2, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Dinosaurs and the mysteries of the human brain will be the subjects of Pixar Animation Studios' next two features, scheduled for release in 2013 and 2014.
September 2, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: A color remake of 1938's "Porky In Wackyland", "Dough For The Do-Do" also sported a bit of new animation...
August 29, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Not entirely animated, "Mary Poppins" won the Sherrman Brothers an Academy Award for the song Chim Chim Cher-ee
August 27, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Woody Woodpecker and Wally Walrus mix it up (WAY up!) in 1945's "The Dippy Diplomat" Watch this classic today
August 26, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Bugs' first starring role in a Looney Tunes cartoon was 1944's "Buckaroo Bugs" Watch this classic today ~
August 24, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Simon Smith, co-director of DreamWorks Animation's 2007 Bee Movie, will now direct the same studio's as yet untitled spin-off of 2005's Madagascar, featuring the penguins.
August 24, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: A wartime 3 Little Pigs, "The Legend Of Coyote Rock" was Fred 'Tex' Avery's first MGM cartoon ~
August 22, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: A wartime 3 Little Pigs, "Blitz Wolf" was Fred 'Tex' Avery's first MGM cartoon ~
August 21, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel from "The Little Mermaid," was among 12 contributors to the Disney legacy who were named and honored Friday morning as official Disney Legends during the D23 Expo in the Anaheim Convention Center Arena.
August 21, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Disney and Pixar will be among the companies submitting entries for this year's Annie Awards, ending their withdrawal from the prizes, Hollywood online news site TheWrap has learned.
August 21, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: You gotta love the Looney Toons with Adolf in them; "Scrap Happy Daffy" was also Daffy Duck's last appearance in black and white ~
August 20, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: A classic from the Herman and Katnip series, "Ship A-Hooey" was released early in the series, around 1954.
August 19, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: "Birdy And The Beast" was the he second Tweety cartoon- and Tweety still does not have feathers ~
August 17, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: It all started with "Luxo Jr." the first major short from PIXAR studios and the symbol of the studio ~