Smart

Xing Xing Digital, the Beijing-based animation studio, and Pelagius Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based production company, are joining forces to co-produce Smart, an animated movie to be directed by John A. Davis, who previously directed 2001’s Jimmy Neutron: Boy...

Console killer?

Beyond the fact most of us had nothing better to do in the 1980s, a big reason to own a gaming console was that they were a phenomenally good deal. In 1985 Nintendo introduced the Famicom to North America as the Nintendo Entertainment System for a mere $199, a...

Dinosaur effects

We get to see a lot of computer generated special effects breakdowns these days, but nothing like this. Today I came across a video showing the before and after shots from Steven Spielberg‘s Jurassic Park. While the film is known as one of the first blockbuster films...

Video Games, a film

Variance Films has released the first trailer for “Video Games: The Movie,” a documentary about the history of the video game industry and community, ahead of a planned July release in theaters, on iTunes and on demand. Zach Braff, who executive produced, appears in...

Animated animation

For months, DreamWorks Animation has been working on a prototype for a product it hopes will change how the world’s children meet Santa each Christmas. Code name: DreamHouse. At shopping malls that buy in — and two national operators already have, Forest City and...