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"Shrek 2" features dizzying array of in-jokes and cultural …
May 27, 2004 · What box office records HASN’T “Shrek 2” broken yet ? To date, this DreamWorks sequel has: The best opening weekend performance ever by an animated film (Earning an astounding $109 million vs. “Finding Nemo” ‘s $70.3 million).
Fredrikstad Animation Festival: 2024 programme released
Oct 14, 2024 · The full programme of the 2024 Fredrikstad Animation Festival is now live, featuring 109 films, 15 seminars and panel discussions, 5 exhibitions plus a range of exciting events for all ages across four days, taking place both in the heart of Fredrikstad and on the festival’s digital platform. FAF2024 programme highlights include: Competition Programmes for Nordic-Baltic Animated Short Films
10th Anniversary of Regular Show: How a Modern Classic TV …
Sep 28, 2020 · While ten years may not seem like such a long time to create a series of accomplishments, everyone who was or continues to work at Cartoon Network that played a part in Regular Show’s production should be proud to have created one of the funniest and obscure titles to have graced the silver screen throughout the past decade.. Learn more about the origins of Regular Show in our 2014 interview ...
Shrek 2 at 20 – how do we define ‘prestige’ animation?
May 15, 2024 · The world had a very different relationship to Shrek in 2004. Before humanity crossed the rubicon into the smartphone and social media age and in the lead up towards the release of Shrek 2, we knew the ogre as a subversive, history-making Oscar winner. DreamWorks looked to attack that prestige angle even more, having the new film premiere at Cannes.. The past 20 years have aged Shrek into a ...
Skwigly Screening at Manchester Animation Festival
Nov 6, 2024 · Skwigly Online Animation Magazine is proud to present a selection of films from its animation community in association with this year’s edition of the Manchester Animation Festival (MAF). Skwigly has fast become one of the UK’s leading resources for all things animation, with a community made up of filmmakers the world over.
Interview with Ben Bocquelet, creator of ‘The Amazing World of …
Jul 7, 2014 · The Amazing World of Gumball stems from the wild mind of French-born British animator Ben Bocquelet, who created the show after joining Cartoon Network in 2007. Originally intended as a show about a remedial school for cartoons to learn how to be funny, the show was redesigned into the comedic family romp we know today featuring blue cat Gumball and his adopted brother Darwin, a goldfish, who ...
Ian McKellen and Divina De Campo lead new LGBTQ+ animated …
Jun 28, 2024 · In Dragfox, directed by Lisa Ott and produced by Owen Thomas as part of their master’s programs at the National Film and Television School, McKellen will voice Ginger Snap the Fox, while Divina De Campo (Owen Farrow) will lend her impressive vocal range to the character’s drag musical number.. The short film, which has been selected by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for their Moebius ...
The Debutante | Interview with Director Elizabeth Hobbs
Mar 4, 2024 · UPDATE 01/05/2024 – The Debutante is now available to watch online in full The Debutante by Elizabeth Hobbs is an experimental tour de force based on the partially biographical writing of the British-born surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. Hobbs’s new film takes the uptight world of 1930s debutante society and imbues it with an impish sense of wild freedom.
Magic Light Pictures & BBC Release a First Look at ‘Tiddler’, New ...
Oct 11, 2024 · Adapted for BBC iPlayer and BBC One from the hugely successful picture book written by Julia Donaldsonand illustrated by Axel Scheffler, Tiddler marks the 12 th animated special of their work on the BBC. The books and films of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have been, without a doubt, the greatest cornerstone of my daughter’s and my life together.