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Annapurna Animation Expands With ‘Nimona’ Team; Announces Pair of Upcoming Features
Following the release of its first animated feature, Nimona, Annapurna Animation has brought on director Nick Bruno and producer Julie Zackary to join their creative leadership team while expanding its upcoming feature slate to include an adaptation of video game Stray, along with Foo, an original title from Ice Age helmer and Blue Sky co-founder Chris Wedge.
CS Interview: Director Chris Wedge Talks "Monster Trucks"
This weekend, Paramount Pictures will release "Monster Trucks," the live-action debut of lauded animation director Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Epic), founder of Blue Sky Studios. "Monster Trucks" is a super fun kids movie in the spirit of ’80s Amblin films or Disney live-action movies of the ’60s and ’70s. Stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy and Thomas Lennon are all terrific, and the cute monster Creech is an adorable and inventive big screen creature.
How "Alien: Resurrection" Led to the "Ice Age" Movies
Blue Sky Studios’ CGI work on "Alien: Resurrection" began a long and fruitful relationship with 20th Century Fox.
Director Chris Wedge on Making the Move from Animated Films to ‘Monster Trucks’
Monster Trucks is a completely original project with some fun lore that the filmmakers hope will spark a series of films.
Ridgefield: Animator Wedge in film festival
Among the various programs being presented at the Ridgefield Independent Film Festival May 20-22 is “Chris Wedge: Animator, Innovator” at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum on Saturday, May 21, at 10 a.m. Wedge, an Oscar-winning director and co-founder of Blue Sky Studios, will discuss his three-decade career in a conversation with artist and friend Spencer Eldridge...
Exclusive: 'Ice Age' squirrel to make Macy's debut
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is truly squirrelly this year.
A giant balloon of Scrat, the adorable saber-toothed rodent from the animated Ice Age movies, makes his debut alongside fellow cartoon characters...