Here are the biggest animation news that you missed in April
The Disney crisis has deepened. Almost all of Titan's entertainment activities (theatrical films, theme parks, cruises, shops, sports broadcasts) are heavily exposed to the crisis. While he delayed the launch of two animated feature films and arrested tens of thousands of employees, questions have arisen about who runs the company, after former CEO Bob Iger made strange comments to the media suggesting he's back in command. .
The events continued to be canceled, postponed or moved online. Among the main US conventions. UU. Announcements include SIGGRAPH, which will host an online event, and Anime Expo and San Diego Comic-Con, both canceled altogether. The Annecy Festival in France and the Stuttgart Festival in Germany have revealed the details of their editions online. We asked the leading figures in the world of independent animation what they think of virtual festivals.
The upheaval at the César Academy somehow united and divided the animation sector in France at the same time, in news not related to the virus. The Academy, which runs the French equivalent of the Oscars, is in the process of being reformed and the animation community is seizing the opportunity to campaign for more representation. You can't agree on what that means.
The worlds of animation have lost some important talent. Among those who left us are Rob Gibbs, a Pixar veteran and story artist, and Gene Deitch, a leading figure of the Golden Age in American animation (read his advice on adapting picture books to animation here). . We also wrote an obituary for Maureen Mlynarczyk, an animation timer in Steven Universe e Adventure Time, died in February.
(Top images, left to right: Annecy poster, Gene Deitch, "Trolls World Tour".)
