DENVER — Randy Boyum has been playing with clay for more than 40 years. "I dabbled in clay animation as a 12-year-old in the mid-1970’s, producing a few truly horrible short films," Boyum, now 58, ...

Last Friday, UK’s The Telegraph reported that Aardman Animations is currently experiencing a clay shortage after their clay supplier closed down earlier this year. The stop-motion studio reportedly ...

EVERY TIME a California Raisin blinks an eye, there’s a human being with a hunk of clay and a dental tool — or maybe the top of a pen — to make him move. At least a dozen times in one second of a ...

Aardman Animations have assured fans they will not run out of modelling clay following reports of stocks drying up. It was reported over the weekend that the stop-motion studio behind Wallace and ...

Stop-motion cartoons may seem a bit old school for a super-high-tech graphics event like SIGGRAPH. But the brains behind 'Shaun the Sheep Movie' are there to offer a warning: "Danger if you take ...

It’s a summer night in 1973. Two young animators are in a basement in Northwest Portland, experimenting with stop-motion clay animation. It’s an experiment that will soon revolutionize the animation ...

The latest stop-motion animated movie made by Aardman Animations is now playing in cinemas in the UK, and opens in theaters in the US in just a few weeks (starting February 16th). Early Man is their ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

The beloved stop-animation “Creature Comforts” shorts by Nick Park, which have won an Oscar and been imported by BBC America, are built on a simple formula. Everyday citizens are interviewed on a ...

It has been a top goal for FX to launch a successful animated companion for Archer. After two attempts, each of which lasted a season, Unsupervised and Chosen, the network is at it again with a new ...