The State of the Animation Nation

Posted by Dominic von Riedemann Jun 5, 2008

After two years working the Animated Films beat here at Suite 101, big changes are afoot (mainly because they're lousy drivers).

No, I haven't decided to shave my head and run off to Nepal to achieve enlightenment, but there will be some interesting changes to what you'll be reading on this page.

For one thing, I'm going to be working on delivering more exclusive content to this site, not just letting you know about what's going on elsewhere on the InterWeb. That means more reviews of first-run films, more DVD reviews, and interviews with some of the movers and shakers (along with the moved and shaken) in animated film.

In tandem with my compadre, Suite 101 Contributing Writer Dominic Messier, we've been able to make contact with some of the big studios, and we'll be ruthlessly using those contacts for your entertainment and erudition.

Right now, I'm working on landing an interview with Disney/Pixar's Andrew Stanton, the award-winning writer/director of 2003's Finding Nemo, and the upcoming WALL-E. Anyone who has read my site for any length of time knows that I'm a big fan of what's coming out of Pixar, and this will be a great opportunity to peek into the mind of one of animation's premiere writer/directors. And yes, there will be a film review of WALL-E coming on June 27th.

So stick around and keep coming back to this page. As they say in China, intersting times indeed.