Independent Animation Article at AWN

Animation World Network has a really good article up right now about the budding independent animation push that's happening all around the world right now.



Blue Yonder Films' first animated picture, Hoodwinked, was self-financed and went on to success at the box office (where it generated $101 million) and on DVD. The company raised funding through a private investor and didn't secure The Weinstein Co. as a distributor until less than seven months before completion. A sequel is in development, this time financed by The Weinstein Co.

I had no idea that film made $101 million dollars. With the Weinstein Company involved, I'm guessing the budget for the sequel will double and probably land somewhere between 7 McDonald's Happy Meals and $50 bucks, so they stand to make a fortune from it as well.

Lots of good info in the article, including upcoming 3D films set to release in the next few years.

Animation World Network's Independent Animation Article