The Simpsons

By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Hulett) I occasionally think about those things in this job, because I often get to see fear and paranoia close up. Take uncompensated overtime. It's a fact of life in the industry, a fact of life at animation studios. And over the past twenty years it's been an issue with employees at Warners, Disney,...

By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Hulett) The writers are doing a retreat to get rolling on another thirteen episodes. And I've heard Al Jean say he'd be happy to do The Simpsons for another twenty years ... [pause] I'd be okay with working on the show another twenty years." The Simpsons is the sixth highest earner on television. "We're st...

By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Hulett) Fox] Filmed entertainment posted operating income of $391 million compared with $251 million a year ago, thanks to the box-office performance of "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," which News Corp. said was the highest-grossing film of all time internationally with more than $880 millio...

By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Hulett) Walt Disney Animation is going to be doing more hand-drawn features regardless of how The Princess and the Frog turns out. Forgetting, of course, that The Simpsons Movie made a great deal of money while Surf's Up and Astro Boy didn't.

By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Hulett) The most telling anecdote I have is that one of the people I sat down to interview was Rupert Murdoch, and I asked him, “Rupert, how much money has ‘The Simpsons’ made for you?” And he just sat back, smiled and was like, “Let’s just say it’s a lot.”

By noreply@blogger.com (Steve Hulett) Indy.com review Jeny Elig looks favorably on 2008 Animation Show #4: Curated by ... Mike Judge, the 2008 Animation Show #4 brings together the works of animators for an eye-popping program that extends far beyond your expectations for a cartoon.

By Steve Hulett There was a lot of animation news in the Sunday papers, starting with: Channel One plans to deepen its relationship with Petrov and other gifted Russian animators, knowing that that even though their works aren't likely to be blockbusters, the Russian animation biz will stagnate witho...