By ArtiZen Editor Introduction Spyros is a brilliant animation industry veteran with extensive creative and production experience. He has worked at major Hollywood studios such as Lucasfilm and Dreamworks, as well as high-growth Silicon Valley tech companies. As a Story Artist, he has contributed to household name movies such as…
By Screenplayed In this episode of the Screenplayed Breakdown, we speak with Pixar writer, Mike Jones, about life, death and digging deep within ourselves. Mike tells us about the Pixar process, what the “brain trust” is and his collaboration with Pete Docter and Kemp Powers on their latest film, ‘Soul’.…
By Ken Miyamoto What is the difference between writing an animated screenplay and a live-action screenplay — and what should screenwriters know about pursuing a career in animation writing? Writing feature screenplays and pursuing a career as a feature screenwriter is a pretty straightforward journey when you break it down. But writing…
By Rotten Tomatoes Coming Soon YouTube US Release Date: July 3, 2024 Starring: Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell Director: Chris Renaud Synopsis: Gru welcomes a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who’s intent on tormenting his dad. However, their peaceful existence soon comes crashing down when criminal mastermind…
By Sony Pictures Animation In the genre-bending thriller The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, Miles Morales struggles to balance his responsibilities as a teenager, friend, and student while acting as Brooklyn’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. After a particularly challenging day living with these pressures, Miles experiences a panic attack that forces…
By The Walt Disney Company It was a very joyful weekend for Inside Out 2. The Pixar Animation Studios film — which brings audiences back into the mind of Riley as she deals with a host of new emotions as a teenager — made an estimated $154 million at the domestic…
By Disney Television News Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Happy birthday to our fantastic feathered friend Donald Duck! Disney released a sizzle reel featuring the best of Donald including Disney TVA’s “Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas” and “DuckTales (2017)”.
By Disney Pixar Directing a sequel to Inside Out — one of the most popular and acclaimed films in the history of Pixar — is tough. Directing a sequel to Inside Out after the original was directed by Pete Docter — the Chief Creative Officer of Pixar — is even tougher. But this was…
By The WGAW Podcast In this episode, Ahsoka creator and Mandalorian writer Dave Filoni talks about expanding the Star Wars universe, his new role as Lucasfilm’s Chief Content Officer, and more.
By 不說畵 in 2022 Shadow is an independent 2D animated short film created during my graduate studies at UCA, employing a combination of traditional frame-by-frame animation and digital painting techniques. The film portrays a story of a monster born from shadows hunting humans in a small town through a boy’s…
