MOSCOW - He's been battered and humiliated for more than 40 years, but the wolf in a classic Russian animated cartoon has skirted the indignity of having to drop his smoking habit. Russian media had ...

Max and Cartoon Network have greenlit an animated take on the classic tale Peter & the Wolf, featuring music and narration by Gavin Friday, and artwork based on original illustrations by Bono. The ...

Since releasing its debut film “The Secret of Kells” in 2009, Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon has been proudly waving the flag of hand-drawn animation at a time when feature films have largely ...

It wasn’t long ago that Liam Neeson was considered a prestigious name in film. Though his early career was peppered with genre roles, “Schindler’s List” put him on the map as an awards-friendly ...

The “wolfvision” sequence in Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar-nominated animated feature “Wolfwalkers” is perhaps one of the most striking animated moments this year. Set in 1650 Ireland, the film follows Robyn ...

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Lazar Wolf is a creation of the great Yiddish fiction writer Sholem Aleichem. He is Anatevka’s village butcher. In “Fiddler on the Roof,” the 1964 musical treatment of Aleichem’s Tevye the Milk Man ...

There’s a first for everything. I’ve never interviewed the voice of a cartoon character while they were in the middle of rehabbing a torn ACL before. The typical voice actor probably doesn’t tear a ...

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It’s official: Apple’s soon-to-launch video service has acquired the rights to Tomm Moore and Cartoon Saloon’s next film Wolfwalkers. The news was confirmed by Deadline on Saturday evening, but ...

Since releasing its debut film “The Secret of Kells” in 2009, Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon has been proudly waving the flag of hand-drawn animation at a time when feature films have largely ...