The Buzz: February 2007
Happy Feet Wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature
Penguins trump over automobiles and ghosts and grab the sixth Oscar for best animated feature! Earlier on this year Cars won the Annie award for best movie, marking the first time that the two awards have disagreed on their choice for the title. Meanwhile, in the short film arena, the crown has been taken by the National Film Board of Canada's The Danish Poet.
As always, the animation community is voicing plenty of strong opinions on the subject - if you haven't already, now'd be a good time to sign up and post your reviews...
posted: Feb 26, 2007 by MonkeyFunk
Spline Doctor interviews Pixar's Brad Bird
The Spline Doctors, (a group of Pixar animators/animation teachers), have posted a Valentine's Day treat in the form of a podcast interview with director, Brad Bird. His directing credits include The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and the upcoming film, Ratatouille.
If you haven't been to the Spline Doctor site before, also be sure to check out their past articles and podcasts.
posted: Feb 17, 2007 by athena
Animation Test from Ratatouille
Pixar's latest film, Ratatouille is not going to be released until June, but to whet your appetite, it appears that they may be posting test animation directly to YouTube. At least, I hope it's a official release otherwise this clip'll be gone from YouTube by morning.
In any case, take a peek at Emile's Magic Trick.
posted: Feb 12, 2007 by athena
What's that? A Birthday, you say?
It kinda snuck up on us this year, but eight years ago today was when Keyframe first went online. We've come a long, long way from those first 40 animation profiles. I'd like to take the opportunity to thank our dedicated group of volunteer editors for all their hard work. And, of course, I'd like to thank you, the user, from stopping by the site--it's your reviews and participation that make it all worthwhile.
In that spirit, I invite you to stop by our "I can't believe you don't have...?!" forum thread and post suggestions as to what animation you'd like to see added to Keyframe next. Also, I'd love to hear any other suggestions that you might have for things you'd like to see happen on the site in the future.
posted: Feb 11, 2007 by athena
Ghostbusters III... Animated.
Dan Aykroyd, during an interview with Mike McGuire on the radio station CISN Country, confirmed that Ghostbusters III is in production as a CGI film. The main reason given for the use of the CG medium, is that Bill Murray "will not" appear on a new live-action version anymore; but has agreed to lend his voice to his famous role as Dr. Peter Venkman in an animated version.
Click on the link to hear the interview (requires media player).
posted: Feb 05, 2007 by starlac
Trailer for Shrek the Third released
Dreamworks is one again bringing back everyone's favourite ogre in Shrek the Third, coming out May 18, 2007. This latest chapter will follow Shrek as he attempts to hand over the crown of Happily Ever After, which the ogre really, really doesn't want, to a young King Arthur. You can check out the trailer at Empire Movies--click any of the screencaps on the page to see the trailer.
posted: Feb 04, 2007 by athena
