15 years later, the director of Rango looks back: 'We didn't know how to make an animated movie'

Rango still stands alone. Beginning as an independent venture from Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski, ...

How Friendship, an Alias and Natalie Portman Helped Create 2026's Oscar-Nominated Animation | Video

When Jeremy Spears set out to direct an animated short film with longtime friend Nathan Engelhardt, the co-directors thought ...
Cartoon Brew

This New Documentary Explores A Live Animation Pipeline Set Up Inside A Science Museum

The short film documents Immersive Enterprise Laboratories’ public experiment in real-time animation at San Diego’s Fleet Science Center.
Cartoon Brew

‘Just Keep Going Bro’: Behind The ‘Pixel-Esque’ Process Of Sleepy Ghost’s Viral Animation

Digital-native animator Sleepy Ghost didn’t come to animation through film school or a traditional visual arts background. He arrived sideways, through music, burnout, and a browser-based pixel art ...
Hackaday

Inside SKALA: How Chornobyl’s Reactor Was Actually Controlled

Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.
Interesting Engineering

Inverse design meets 4D printing in mechanical metamaterials

Advances in machine learning and shape-memory polymers are enabling engineers to design for mechanical performance first and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Here’s How Animators Make Stop-Motion Masterpieces Like ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Come Alive

Aardman's iconic shows, shorts and feature films require painstaking craftsmanship. An interactive exhibition at the Young V&A museum in London brings museumgoers behind the scenes ...
CNET

300,000 Poses in an AI Instant: My Visit to Disney Studios and the New Reality for Animation

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...
PBS

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Trump says he doesn't know if he backs constitutional due process rights in new interview President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the ...