The Wild Robot chose not to play by the usual rules of modern animation, per its director's design. In a conversation with Vulture, director Chris Sanders assessed the entertainment industry's shift ...

“The Wild Robot” director Chris Sanders was feeling a little lost himself. In 2020, he ventured into live-action filmmaking with “The Call of the Wild,” an ambitious, imperfect adaptation of Jack ...

It was everything Sanders wanted: subtle, emotional, and character-driven. “Sometimes when I see a property like this, I actually get a little bit anxious, because I feel like I know what to do,” he ...

The extraordinary new film from DreamWorks Animation takes place almost entirely on a thickly forested isle, where an obliging droid, Lupita Nyong’o’s Roz, washes ashore one stormy night. The beach on ...

Six directors behind some of the most acclaimed animated films of the year discuss why they fell in love with movies, the threat of AI and how even cartoons "can express great truths." By Scott ...

Chicago, IL — SIGGRAPH 2012, August 5-9 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, just released an all-star line-up of production sessions that will be featured as part of its annual Computer Animation ...

While deciding how to animate “Elemental” (Pixar), director Peter Sohn was having a crisis. How do you animate fire? Or water? He could take cues from Hayao Miyazaki’s Calcifer in “Howl’s Moving ...

Anime fans have had disagreements about their preferences on several different subjects, but something fans almost universally agree on is their dislike for CG and 3D animation, with many refusing to ...

Take a look back at how computer generated animations were created decades ago. Take a look back at how computer generated animations were created decades ago. is an entertainment editor covering ...

Walt Disney pioneered the art of animation and pushed the boundaries of robotics with his audio-animatronic presidents, but now the research lab that bears his name, along with ETH Zurich, have ...