Charles Kenny
Industry observer at The Animation Anomaly with a focus on the intersection of art and industry.
Producer of Space Base 8.
Admin of Socel.net and the #animation room on Matrix too!
Industry observer at The Animation Anomaly with a focus on the intersection of art and industry.
Producer of Space Base 8.
Admin of Socel.net and the #animation room on Matrix too!
"If this film is any indication, Lasseter is completely out of ideas."
Disgraced Disney Head John Lasseter Returns With ‘Luck,’ the Year’s Worst Animated Movie
Giancarlo Volpe suggests negotiating for pay or play if shows can be canceled for tax write offs.
Netflix doubles down on animated films and shows and Warner Bros...doesn't?
https://deadline.com/2022/08/warner-bros-discovery-kids-content-cuts-1235085523/
"Another dismal, algorithmically produced digital animation here, evidently the first off the production line from a new US-Spanish company, Skydance Animation, which has the former Pixar chief John Lasseter as its creative head. Everything about this robotically made movie looks derivative and contrived; the videogame aesthetic is dull and the quirky high concept plays like a pound-shop knockoff of Inside Out and Soul."
Ouch!
In case you thought that yesterday was George Jetson's birthday: https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2022/07/its-george-jetsons-what.html
I love the original Teen Titans series so it was nice to read a but about the history of it.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S #PINOCCHIO | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix
https://youtu.be/Tbl5Lbi4xEs
Some interesting turns in this.
Bring Back More Magic[al Girls]
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2022-07-27/bring-back-more-magic-al-girls/.187154
The more things change, the more they stay the same. John Lasseter's rehabilitation is well underway but more's the pity as familiar faces serve up familiar stories in a familiar form.
You've got to be kidding lol.
https://animesuperhero.com/tiny-toons-looniversity-will-make-one-drastic-change-from-the-original/
Much hay has been made about the #Genndy #Popeye movie that sadly was canceled. But not all was lost. Somehow, the animatic was leaked. Then was taken down. BUT, the Internet Archive still has it!
Oh and we're not just talking about a clip. This is 1hr 27min. Now again, it's an animatic. Voices will change, but each is great. Artists will change, but all great (I think Rob Renzetti is in here). Even as an animatic, it's still fantastic. [thx Cartoon Brew]
https://archive.org/details/popeye-animatic-2013
Netflix's head of animation is out. Wonder what that means for the future :blobthinking:
Bill Nolan Teaches Disney a Lesson
https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bill-nolan-teaches-disney-a-lesson/
A great read and fun to learn how some of the greatest names in animation got their start with the same correspondence course!