Sentences with phrase «animation film studio»

In 2006 Disney paid $ 7.5 billion to acquire Pixar, the computer animation film studio Jobs had nurtured and controlled.

For LAIKA, the animation film studio behind Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, that meant working with Talkspace.

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

After the acquisition, DreamWorks Animation will become part of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures moviAnimation will become part of NBCUniversal's Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes its Illumination Entertainment animation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures movianimation business — which produced the popular Despicable Me and Minions movies — as well as the Universal Pictures movie studio.

DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind beloved family movies like «Shrek» and «Kung - Fu Panda» that is headed by CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, will become part of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, specifically the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development.

However, if it fails to meet analyst's estimates, and teeters close to DreamWorks Animation's Thanksgiving debut, the studio could have a larger problem on its hands with only one other film — about a racing snail — out later this year.

Another stop - motion animation film released in 2016, Kubo and the Two Strings comes from the same studio that brought us The Boxtrolls, Paranorman, and Coraline.

I had the privilege of watching this film on the Disney lot, and afterwards going behind the scenes at Disney Animation studios to learn a little bit about how the film was made from story to art to aAnimation studios to learn a little bit about how the film was made from story to art to animationanimation.

[Blu - ray Review] Looking and sounding like a million bucks (or more) and full of exhaustive bonus content new and vintage, the Blu - ray release of «The Jungle Book» is a must - own for anyone who loves animation, the Walt Disney studio, or film in general.

It's an animated film, created by an Irish animation studio (Cartoon Saloon) and based on a novel by a Canadian author (Deborah Ellis), but despite these seeming obstacles to authenticity, this is a deeply felt and unsparingly realistic depiction of Afghanistan at a time of tyrannical rule by religious fundamentalists.

Pixar's last two films — 2011's Cars 2 57 and last year's Brave 69 — were the lowest - scoring and (adjusting for inflation) lowest - grossing of the animation studio's impressive history.

Over its 14 feature films produced since 1995, the computer animation studio has enjoyed outsized artistic and commercial success, but in recent years critics have suggested that it is in a creatively fallow period.

The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back «The Good Dinosaur,» the Pixar movie that had been set for release in 2014, making next year the animation studio's first without a feature film since 2005.

The animation studio made three ambitious, distinct stop - motion animated movies, films that aren't always afraid of scaring children.

Reel FX Animation Studios, an award - winning animation studio in Dallas, TX and Santa Monica, is releasing its first feature length animated film, Free Birds (in theaters NovAnimation Studios, an award - winning animation studio in Dallas, TX and Santa Monica, is releasing its first feature length animated film, Free Birds (in theaters Novanimation studio in Dallas, TX and Santa Monica, is releasing its first feature length animated film, Free Birds (in theaters November 1).

OUR TAKE: Laika set itself apart as an animation studio with darkly quirky films like Coraline and ParaNorman.

Yes Many years ago, a fledgling animation studio introduced the world to a film where toys were actually alive and subject to be no more than play things for their human hosts.

Last year was the first since 2005 that Pixar did not release a film, but the animation studio is making up for it 2015 with a pair of new titles: The Good Dinosaur (planned for November 25) and this month's Inside Out.

This was the first European animation ever funded by Japan's Studio Ghibli and shares with that studio's films a sense of nature's mysterious power.

And of course, Pixar isn't even the first animation studio to make a film about Dia de Muertos: 20th Century Fox Animation beat them to the punch with 2014's Bookanimation studio to make a film about Dia de Muertos: 20th Century Fox Animation beat them to the punch with 2014's BookAnimation beat them to the punch with 2014's Book of Life.

It takes its core components (pigs, explosions, slingshots, rage) and combines them in a way that checks all the boxes you would expect a film like this, an ambitiously chirpy product of the tentacular Hollywood studio system of 2016, to check: It layers kid - friendly gags with subtler, for - adult jokes; it offers, along the way, several unobjectionable lessons about life and those who live it; it has really good animation.

We've previously only seen the first trailer for the film, but thanks to a presentation by the animation studio today, we now have a better idea of the cast, their characters, and just how they'll look in the finished film.

The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999) Brad Bird's feature debut was traditional 2 - D animation when computer animation was the craze, released by studio folk who didn't realize just how special a film they had on their hands.

I hate to think that When Marnie Was There (Universal, Blu - ray, DVD) may be the last film to come out of Japan's Studio Ghibli, the great animation studio created by filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away).

Meanwhile, sound editors Christopher S. Aud and Aaron Glascock discuss their unique approach to foley on the film, which involved creating effects in locations that acoustically mimicked the environments depicted on screen — an ethos Kaufman says carried over into leaving in the imperfections of the dialogue recording (like breathing) that animation studios normally edit out.

The films of Studio Ghibli, the animation studio created by Hayao Miyazaki, continue their Blu - ray rollout in the U.S. with three more debuts.

The film was never very pretty or breathtaking in terms of animation but it was a hit for the studio and probably the reason why we are still getting new films today.

Japanese animation studio Gonzo are making a Bayonetta animated feature film which is coming to Japanese theaters on November 23rd this year.

If you're a modern animation buff, you'll be surprised that such a polished - looking film doesn't bear any of the big studios» names.

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is the latest film by Isao Takahata, co-founder of the beloved and renowned animation studio Studio Ghibli.

The film comes from the Middle East and is made by animation studio Barajoun Entertainment, telling the story of a boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior who is abducted into slavery.

The success of this film over the other more recent depressing efforts of the big animation studios could be that it's based on a syndicated comic strip, though I doubt the original had quite the family - oriented focus about it.

Getting there was a bumpy ride: Development for the final Toy Story film became caught up in the intricacies of the animation studio's production deal with Disney, and at one point the Mouse House was planning to make the second sequel without Pixar's involvement.

Their films mix a perfect amount pop culture references for both kids and adults alike while also presenting themselves as an animation studio that takes their stories, action, and of course their animation styles seriously.

The latest film from animation studio Laika, The Boxtrolls, sees a race of small creatures living under the streets of the small town of Cheesebridge.

Shorter documentary featurettes cover world news events during Bambi's premiere in 1942; the restoration process performed on the original film elements; a visit with animator Andreas Deja to the studio animation archives; and a pair of brief storyboarded deleted scenes.

In Me and My Shadow, which will be released on November 8, 2013, the studio will pioneer a groundbreaking combination of both CG and traditional animation techniques seamlessly together throughout the film.

Along with a trade show floor that featured the the latest technological innovations and equipment, theatre seating, food concession goodies and more, the highlight for attendees was the opportunity to get a sneak peak at some of the most highly anticipated films from the major studios» upcoming product slate, attend special advance screenings of Universal Pictures» Pitch Perfect 2, 20th Century Fox's Spy, and Pixar Animation's Inside Out, and to catch in person appearances by some of the biggest stars and filmmakers.

Though there's no touching the early wave of classic Disney animated features, when the studio reinvented its animation department in the late 1980's they had a run of successful and impactful films that deserve to be shelved near those great...

Veteran Aardman Animation animator Ian Whitlock talks with Jackson about the studio's latest film: «The Pirates!

«In 2010, DreamWorks Animation became the first studio to release three feature - length CG animated films in a single year,» CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg...

The one film on the list that is here not because of a director or studio or animation style I love, The Witch makes the list purely due to festival hype.

In a few weeks» time, just before Thanksgiving, the animation studio is releasing its second film this year, The Good Dinosaur, a first in its history.

This is the studio, after all, who willingly — or perhaps wilfully — continue to make their films through that most time - sensitive of processes, stop - motion animation, laboriously bringing their creations to life frame - by - frame.

World of DreamWorks Animation SKG is transparent promotion for the studio's franchises and latest standalone film.

With Disney Animation and other major studios producing critically acclaimed animated films at a rate far higher than 15 years ago, the animation categories have experienced an explosive growth in comAnimation and other major studios producing critically acclaimed animated films at a rate far higher than 15 years ago, the animation categories have experienced an explosive growth in comanimation categories have experienced an explosive growth in competition.

A mix of film and original animation is broken up by glimpses of recording studio footage.

This is the first Oscar for Pixar since Toy Story 3 delivered one of the studio's most successful awards seasons, with the film not only topping many animation lists, but also placing in many «best films of the year» lists, culminating in the capturing of a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

The Oscars invited a wide ranging class of 2017 animation film nominees to the party Tuesday, from acclaimed studio hits «Moana,» «Zootopia» and «Kubo and the Two Strings,» to Swiss stop - motion drama «My Life as a Zucchini» and the dialogue - free Studio...

This is probably one of the best stop motion animation films to come out of a major studio in quite some time — and that says a lot coming from me because I simply adore stop motion.