How ILM Animated Rio, L3, and the Space Creature from ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Industrial Light & Magic employs its traditional hybrid approach to combining practical and CG effects for grounded performances.
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Iconic Kids Entertainer, Voice Actor Chuck McCann Dies
Actor’s long list of credits in animation includes ‘G.I. Joe,’ ‘DuckTales,’ ‘Garfield’ and more.
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Made by Hand: The Puppets of ‘Isle of Dogs’
Andy Gent’s puppet fabrication crew handcrafts more than 1,100 animatable puppets and some 2,000 background characters to populate Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs.’
Henson Options 'Harriet the Spy,' 'The Kissing Hand'
Rehab Entertainment and 2 Friends Entertainment partner with iconic company to develop pair of beloved children’s books for television.
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Old and New Mix to Open Factory Creative Engine
New studio to integrate set building, puppets, models and creature creation using cutting-edge techniques such as 3D printing.
In Business, Production, Stop-Motion, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: All, Europe
Superights Gets into Puppets with ‘Bo Bear’
Deal looks to deliver hit preschooler show from the Nordics to a global audience.
Stop-Motion Halloween ‘SpongeBob’ Special Airs Oct. 13
Screen Novelties produces second stop-motion holiday special for the beloved series.
Patrick Osborne’s ‘Imaginary Mary’ Comes to ABC
Imaginative new comedy series from the Oscar-winning director of Disney’s ‘Feast’ combines live action with CG animation produced by Vancouver’s Zoic Studios.
Amazon Studios Orders Two New Original Kids Series
Amazon orders ‘Bug Diaries,’ based on the children’s books by Doreen Cronin, and ‘Sid & Marty Krofft’s Sigmund and the Sea Monsters,’ based on the classic 1970s television series.
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Manchester Animation Festival Announces Nominees for New Industry Excellence Awards
New Industry Excellence Awards designed by stop-motion puppetry specialists Mackinnon and Saunders will be awarded at the festival running November 15-17.
JAM Media & Nickelodeon Sign Global Deal for ‘Becca’s Bunch’
New preschool series from Dublin-based JAM Media merges live-action, puppetry, 2D and CG animation.
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Victoria & Albert Museum to Present Stop-Motion Animation Study Day
Wrapping the V&A’s ‘Clangers, Bagpuss & Co. Smallfilms’ exhibition, September 24 celebration of the art of stop-motion animation to include a talk from leading puppet maker Ian Mackinnon of Mackinnon & Saunders.
Czech Filmmaker Developing Stop-Motion Hockey Feature ‘Nagano’
Directed and produced by Pavel Sadílek with the involvement of Polish animation studio Se-ma-for and post-production specialists Magic Lab, ‘Nagano: The Birth of Heroes’ celebrates the Czech Republic ice hockey team’s victory at the 1998 Olympic Games.
LAIKA’S ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Pop-Up Exhibit Launches August 13
Coinciding with the start of Nisei Week festivities, ‘The Artistry of Kubo: A Magical LAIKA Experience’ exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum in Downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo to feature puppets, origami, costumes, monsters and more.
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Becky&Joe Release ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 6’
Sixth and final installment of creative duo Becky Sloan & Joseph Pelling’s ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’ shorts uses a combination of puppetry, stop-motion, 2D and 3D animation to explore the world of dreams.
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‘Don’t Hug Me’ Directors Becky & Joe Help Save Lives with ‘Nursery Rhymes Inc.’
Directorial duo designs, crafts and puppeteers new PSA campaign for St. John Ambulance to help make baby CPR as easy as remembering a nursery rhyme.
Hornet’s Peter Sluszka Hits the Road with Bosch
Hornet director Peter Sluszka teams with agency Grey to show drivers what happens on the other side of the windshield in a clever new puppetry PSA, ‘Stop The Roadkill,’ for The Humane Society.
The Jim Henson Company Celebrates 60 Years
Henson is currently in production on the fourth season of Emmy-nominated PBS KIDS series ‘Dinosaur Train,’ and ‘Word Party,’ a new preschool series for Netflix set to premiere in 2016.
2015 Bristol Festival of Puppetry to Showcase Parry Purves, The Brothers Quay
Now in its fourth edition, the biennial Bristol Festival of Puppetry will kick off with The Quay Brothers Retrospective on Thursday, August 27; Barry Purves Retrospective to be held Saturday, August 29.
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Becky&Joe Release ‘Don’t Hug Me 3’
U.K. animation duo Becky&Joe release the third installment of their ‘Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared’ series.
Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable Talk ‘The Boxtrolls’
The co-directors discuss happy accidents and creative challenges on Laika’s third animated feature film.
Book Review - Jim Henson: The Biography
Fred Patten digs into the definitive biography of the genius behind the Muppets.
Michelle and Uri Kranot Talk 'Hollow Land'
Feeling displaced, like a stranger in a strange land, lies at the heart of the directors' poignant and expertly crafted short film.
Masturbation, Evisceration and Gunplay: 'Robot Chicken' Season 6 Arrives on DVD!
What can I say – utter mayhem and unquestionable bad taste, done to perfection.
