He worked at the National Film Board of Canada from 1945 to 1986 in animation, documentary and fiction films. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Robert Verrall, a pioneering Canadian animator, ...

As it expands its feature animation slate, Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic has hired — or rather rehired — two executives to help lead the charge. Rob Coleman (image at top, left) is joining as a ...

Robert Verrall, a pioneering Canadian animator, director and film producer with the National Film Board of Canada, has died. He was 97. Verrall died in Montreal on Friday from unspecified causes, the ...

Robert Balser, an animator who co-directed the cartoon sequences of the Beatles‘ 1968 musical fantasy film Yellow Submarine, passed away January 4th at a Los Angeles hospital following complications ...

Production company Annapurna is launching a dedicated animation division, to be co-led by former Disney animation and Blue Sky executives Robert Baird and Andrew Millstein. This looks like huge news ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

‘Animation companies are under pressure, being asked to do more with less each year.’ Enter Unreal Engine, Epic Games’ Rob Di Figlia argued at MipJunior In unveils, Di Figlia sneak-peeked a 90-second ...

Monster on the Hill, a graphic novel by 1991 DePauw University graduate Rob Harrell, is headed to the big screen via Paramount Animation. The Hollywood Reporter notes that a film version of Harrell's ...

Former Disney animation execs Robert Baird and Andrew Millstein have joined Megan Ellison’s Annapurna to establish and co-lead an Animation division at the independent studio. The first film set for ...

The launch of Disney+ has brought a bit of magic to a company whose stock had taken a nosedive after the coronavirus shut down theme parks and movie theaters. WSJ explains how Disney’s streaming ...

Head of Warner Bros. Animation Sam Register is adding Cartoon Network’s productions to his purview with an elevation to president of Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios. Meanwhile, ...