Long the gold standard of the American animation industry, Pixar is, amidst some shakier recent history, now underdoing what is being described as “the biggest restructuring” in the company’s 30+ year history. That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter, which writes today that the studio is now in the midst of laying off “approximately 14 percent of … Read more
The Annie Awards, the animation world’s top prize, introduced its Best Animated Feature award in 1992. And in the 30+ years since, there has always been at least one animated movie from either Disney or Pixar nominated for that Best Animated Feature prize. In many years, there were multiple Disney/Pixar nominees in the category. Until 2024. … Read more
There is a long tradition of stories about parental issues in feature animation, dating all the way back to the earliest days of Walt Disney’s studio. Back then, the movies were mostly about children grappling with trauma inflicted by (or stemming from a separation from) their moms: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Dumbo, … Read more