Titmouse Inc.’s Chris Prynoski Talks 'Venture Bros.,' 'Son of Zorn' and His First Movie
If you’re a fan of Adult Swim, or of Fox’s new partially animated sitcom "Son of Zorn," you’ve probably seen the name Titmouse on your TV screen. They’re the animation studio behind some of your favorite late night cartoons, including "The Venture Bros." and "Metalocalypse." The studio was started in 2000 as a T-shirt company by Chris and Shannon Prynoski, but when they kept getting requests for cartoons, it morphed into the animation studio we know it as today.
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NYCC 2016: ‘Trollhunters’ World Fan Premiere Review
Saturday, October 8, at New York Comic-Con, famed director and writer Guillermo del Toro presented the first episode of his Netflix/DreamWorks Animation/Cha Cha Cha Films original animated series, Trollhunters, along with co-executive producers Rodrigo Blaas and Marc Guggenheim.
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Film Review: ‘Trolls’
The beaming, long-haired cherub dolls get their own animated film, and it turns out to be a madly colorful and blissed-out ride. The enchantment that “Trolls” achieves is all too real and, in its way, quite pure. Kids should adore it, but don’t let that scare you — the movie is every 3D psychedelic inch a fairy tale for adults.
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Duncan Studio Creates Animation for ‘Middle School’ Feature
The live-action film is peppered with fantastical animation sequences and characters created by a team of roughly 50 artists at Duncan Studio -- animators, background painters, color ink and paint, comp and effects artists -- under the leadership of animation director Chris Sauvé and Duncan Studio president Ken Duncan, who oversaw the production of 10 animated sequences for the film.
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Meet Eric Darnell: Virtual Reality Entrepreneur
Eric is one of the pioneers of computer-generated movies, he was the director of blockbuster animations like ANTZ, the Madagascar movies, Penguins. He's now decided the future of filmmaking is this: he has passed up the big bucks of Hollywood to run his very own Virtual Reality studio start-up Baobab.
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Fox Animation Hires Exec for Live-Action/CG Hybrid Initiative (Exclusive)
Nate Hopper will spearhead an initiative to expand the studio's portfolio to include what are being described as family hybrid movies.
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‘Curious George’ Live-Action Movie Nabs ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Director
In 1941, the eponymous primate of Curious George came to life in the books written and illustrated by Margret Rey and H. A. Rey. Since then, the inquisitive monkey featured in cartoons and an animated movie from Universal, but now he’ll enter the live-action world with a new feature from director Andrew Adamson.
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Titmouse Boss Talks 'Son Of Zorn', Paul Rudd In 'Nerdland' And The Resurgence Of R-Rated Animation
Titmouse. You need to remember that name. A full-service animation production company, they are one of the hottest in the industry right now and they are on the brink of becoming a household name. This fall’s buzz belongs to the company that started out as one man operation and now employs over 400 people in Los Angeles, New York, and Vancouver.
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Rio at the Movies, from ‘Black Orpheus’ to a Talking Macaw
Rio de Janeiro, the city that has always gotten by on its drop-dead good looks, is ready for its close-up. Aside from the beautiful, movies have also captured the noir side of this glamorous tropical metropolis—the violence, poverty and social unrest. Here are eight films that collectively evoke both the postcard Rio of samba and Carnival and the more complex Rio that fewer tourists see.
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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Franchise Rebooting With New Cast
Jason Ian Drucker and Owen Asztalos have been cast as the young leads in the film, which will be directed by David Bowers.
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