Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
April 28, 2014 · Dave Koch
The Annecy International Animated Film Festival has announced 18 films in the feature film competitions for the 2014 festival. Nine films will be in competition and nine out of competition, and these were selected from…
April 27, 2014 · Dave Koch
The follow-up to Disney's 2013 Academy Award Winning short Paperman and last year's Get A Horse! has been announced, and it will premiere at France's Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Titled The Feast, the…
April 16, 2014 · Dave Koch
Creator of Batman: The Animated Series Bruce Timm has brought his vision of the Dark Knight back again with a new short celebrating 75 years of the crime fighter. The short, titled Batman: Strange Days, features “a lost…
April 14, 2014 · Dave Koch
One of the greats in the animation character pantheon has just hit his golden anniversary. First appearing in the opening title sequence of the 1963 film The Pink Panther, the animated cat had such an influence on…
March 22, 2014 · Dave Koch
Cartoon Network is looking ahead to a new year of programing with a variety of new self-produced and syndicated programing including a reboot for Bugs Bunny, and the newest return of Scooby-Doo and the gang. A variety…
March 19, 2014 · Dave Koch
Laika Entertainment's newest stop-motion feature film The Boxtrolls has a spiffy new trailer online today. The studio which brought us ParaNorman in 2012 and Coraline three years before that looks to repeat again with…
March 19, 2014 · Dave Koch
Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed to the Disney shareholder meeting that Pixar is actively working on a sequel to their 2004 hit film The Incredibles. While very little other information was released, Iger did state the…
March 17, 2014 · Dave Koch
DreamWorks has promised over 300 hours of new animation for streaming partner Netflix. Three new series have just been announced to help fill that hefty plan for programming. Before the end of the year, NetFlix should…
March 13, 2014 · Dave Koch
Sony Pictures Digital Productions President Bob Osher has set out more particulars on the studios coming roster of animated films. Updating three and adding a fourth film, Osher said: "I am really excited by the variety…
March 5, 2014 · Dave Koch
Disney is moving ahead with a live-action movie based on the animated series Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers according to the Hollywood Reporter. The original series, which ran 65 episodes in 1989-1990, was produced by Tad…
March 2, 2014 · Dave Koch
As expected, Disney's Frozen won the Best Animated Film Oscar at tonight's Academy Awards ceremony. The film, which is nearing one billion dollars in total box office, beat out four other films to take the honor. This…
February 2, 2014 · Dave Koch
Arthur Gardner Rankin, Jr. has passed away at 89. He was an American director, producer and writer, who mostly worked in animation. A founding partner of Rankin/Bass Productions- with Jules Bass- he gained fame with…
February 2, 2014 · Dave Koch
Annie Awards StatueLast night saw Disney freeze out most of the competition when the best and most creative in animation met at UCLA’s Royce Hall for the 41st Annual Annie Awards. Sponsored by ASIFA Hollywood, the…
January 29, 2014 · Dave Koch
Illumination Entertainment is not content to rest on the laurels of their Oscar nominations and sequel productions... Chris Meledandri’s animation company is rushing head-first into an aggressive production schedule.…
January 28, 2014 · Dave Koch
Disney premiered a new trailer for Maleficent, the live-action adaption of the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty. We see a lot more of Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, and it is impressive. The new look at the film was…
January 24, 2014 · Dave Koch
The Oscar-winning director of Disney's Paperman- John Kahrs- has turned up across the street at Paramount for his next project. Kahrs' Oscar last year for the Disney animated short was the studios first win in that…
January 20, 2014 · Dave Koch
As it steamrolls it's way toward February's Oscars, Frozen wins another award, this one for Producer Peter Del Vecho. The 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards were awarded last night at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly…
January 20, 2014 · Dave Koch
Pioneering American animator Michael Sporn passed away Saturday after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Sporn produced and directed a number of animated specials and commercials from his New York based studios. Many of…
January 18, 2014 · Dave Koch
Universal announced the release date for the follow up to the Academy-Award nominated Despicable Me 2; Despicable Me 3 will hit theaters on June 30, 2017. No other information for the film, like cast or storyline have…
January 16, 2014 · Dave Koch
Oscar Time!This morning in Hollywood, Chris Hemsworth announced the nominees for this year's Academy Awards. In the animation world, there are a few surprises, like no nominations for Pixar, either for feature or short.…