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Up wins Best Animated Feature at 37th Annual Annie Awards

February 7, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Pixar Animation Studio’s Up wins the Best Animated Feature honor at the 37th Annual Annie Awards held at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday, Feb. 6.

Walt Disney Animation Studios won six Annies overall including three for its feature The Princess and the Frog and three for its television production Prep and Landing.

DreamWorks Animation won five Annies including Best Television Production for Children and Directing/TV for The Penguins of Madagascar, Character Animation/TV and Storyboarding/Feature for Monsters vs. Aliens and Storyboarding/TV for Merry Madagascar.

Best Home Entertainment Production went to 20th Century Fox’s Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder; Best Animated Short Subject went to ShadowMachine’s Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5; Acme Filmworks won Best Animated Television Commercial for Spanish Lottery ‘Deportees’; Best Animated Television Production went to Disney’s Prep and Landing; and Best Animated Television Production for Children went to DreamWorks’ The Penguins of Madagascar.

The Winsor McCay award was given to three industry leaders – Tim Burton, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Bruce Timm. Named in honor of the prolific animator, Winsor McCay, this award stands as one of the highest honors given to an individual in the animation industry in recognition for career contributions to the art of animation.

82nd Academy Awards: Animation Nominees

February 2, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

The nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards (Oscars) were announced today. Here are the animation nominees:

Animated Feature Film:
Coraline – Henry Selick

Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson

The Princess and the Frog – John Musker and Ron Clements

The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore

Up – Pete Docter

Short Film (Animated):
French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) – Javier Recio Gracia

Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin

A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park

Pixar’s ‘Up’ Wins Two Grammy Awards

February 1, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Pixar’s Up was nominated for three Grammy awards this past Sunday; of which it won two: Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and Best Instrumental Composition.

Below are the complete list of nominees in both categories.

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media:

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat) [Concord Records]

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Nicholas Hooper) [New Line Records]

Milk (Danny Elfman) [Decca]

Star Trek (Michael Giacchino) [Varèse Sarabande]

Winner: Up (Michael Giacchino) [Walt Disney Records]

Best Instrumental Composition:

Borat In Syracuse from Jazz-Clazz (Paquito D’Rivera) (Paquito D’Rivera Quintet) [Timba Records]

Counting To Infinity from Dialmentia (Tim Davies) (Tim Davies Big Band) [Origin Records]

Fluffy from Legendary (Bob Florence) (Bob Florence Limited Edition) [MAMA Records]

Ice-Nine from Lab 2009 (Steve Wiest) (University Of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band) [North Texas Jazz]

Winner: Married Lifefrom Up (Michael Giacchino) [Walt Disney Records]

‘Toy Story 3’ International Trailer Montage

January 20, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

In theaters June 18, 2010

Pixar’s UP wins Golden Globes

January 17, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Minutes ago, the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film went to Pixar’s Up. Not really a surprise, as Pixar tends to win everything. Next up, the Academy Award (Oscar). Congrats to everyone at Pixar who worked on creating yet another animated masterpiece. A win that was well deserved.

Update: Up just won another Golden Globe for Best Original Score.

‘Fantasia’ and ‘Fantasia 2000’ Blu-ray Trailer

January 5, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

In stores 2010.

‘Toy Story’ and ‘Toy Story 2’ Blu-ray Trailer

January 5, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

In stores March 23, 2010.

New ‘Toy Story 3’ character revealed

January 1, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Check out the following Toy Story 3 clip which reveals a new character, Mr. Pricklepants, voiced by Timothy Dalton. Toy Story 3 will be in theaters June 18, 2010.

The Princess and the Frog: The Frog Hunters

January 1, 2010 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Enjoy this short clip from Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, in theaters now.

The Princess and the Frog: Drawing Naveen

December 31, 2009 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

New ‘Rapunzel’ Photo

December 30, 2009 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

In theaters November 24, 2010.

Happy Holidays from Woody and Buzz

December 24, 2009 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

‘Toy Story 3’ Clip

December 20, 2009 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

In theaters June 18, 2010.

Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 3’ Gets IMAX 3D Release

December 18, 2009 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

IMAX and Disney today announced that Toy Story 3 will be released to IMAX 3D theatres simultaneously with its wide release on June 18, 2010.

Toy Story 3 will be digitally re-mastered with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology.

“Pixar’s beloved films have changed the way people go to the movies. IMAX is proud to be working with both Pixar and Disney, who like IMAX, strive to transport moviegoers to incredible places that people only dream about visiting,” said Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment.

“In IMAX 3D and through the power of Randy Newman’s incomparable music, audiences will be able to see and hear Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the larger than life characters of Toy Story in a whole new way.”

Directed by Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3 is a story of survival as the toys attempt to escape from the school to which they were donated after Andy left home for college.

‘Toy Story 3’ Photo #3

December 17, 2009 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments