David Fincher, Eric Powell, and Blur Studios are trying to raise $400,000 to turn Powell’s comic ‘The Goon‘ into an animated movie, featuring voice talents like Paul Giamatti and Clancy Brown. The duo previously filmed a proof of concept video to raise funds for the movie, but that wasn’t enough for studios. Now, they are [...]
Technically, Ron Swanson is not getting a second job in the Pawnee government. But, Nick Offerman (whom it’s getting harder and harder to tell apart from his alter-ego) supplies the voice for this animated Axe Cop short. I don’t know if this is remotely connected to the Axe Cop cartoon that’s supposed to be part [...]
From The Hill-side, purveyors of fine bow ties: “A concise, magical movie for aspiring bow-tie-wearers and everyone else. Through the sleight of hand of stop-motion animation, The Hill-Side’s indigo chambray bow tie comes to life and teaches you how to tie itself, in a few simple steps. Best of all, there aren’t any clumsy human [...]
“This prequel side story to ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’ finds the Blacksmith (RZA) on his way to China via a Dutch trading vessel. At a typical port stop, the Blacksmith and the crew have an unfortunate encounter.” Man, it’s weird, but next to ‘Skyfall‘ the RZA’s kung-fu directorial debut might be most most [...]
The latest Toy Story short, Partysaurus Rex, premiered recently in front of the 3D re-release of Finding Nemo and is now available for your enjoyment courtesy of Disney. [via slashfilm]
There were a few more trailers released yesterday, aside from The Lone Ranger. Lincoln This clip, which was released after last night’s presidential debate (*sigh*) is definitely better than the first trailer. Consider my excitement for the film restored. Parker I nearly LOL’ed out the door at Jason Stathem’s ridonkulously fake Texas accent, but I’m [...]
In Undone, a stop-motion film by animator Hayley Morris, “a drifting man struggles to pull objects from the roiling sea below him and scrambles to keep the objects from slipping through his fingers.” The short was inspired by her grandfather to capture the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. It won the award for best animated short at the 2009 [...]
Animator Luis Pelayo Junquera turned the seminal Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon Punisher tale, “Do Not Fall In New York City”, it into a crazy, animated short movie. This story sees Frank Castle matching wits and brawn with a troubled soldier he knew from the Vietnam War. The animation is reminiscent of Heavy Metal, or rotoscoping, which [...]
Martin Woutisseth’s graphic makeover of television’s best show would have been great for our panoply of ‘Breaking Bad’ links the other day. Unfortunately, we stumbled upon it later. Suffice it to say, it’s certainly worth watching for any fan of the show and maybe Vince Gilligan would consider doing a ‘Breaking Bad’ animated movie or [...]
The latest from PBS Off Book looks at the art of animation: Animation has been captivating audiences for more than a hundred years. From classic forms like hand drawn and stop-motion, to cutting-edge techniques like motion graphics and CGI, animation has a long history of creating style and poetry unachievable through live action filmmaking. It [...]
