By Cheryl & Rich

Behind the Scenes with Frozen 2 and Joaquin Phoenix

Dec 3, 2019 | 6:04 AM

JOAQUIN PHOENIX NAMED PETA’S PERSON OF THE YEAR: Joker star Joaquin Phoenix has been named PETA‘s 2019 Person of the Year. Phoenix has been vegan since age 3, and has appeared in PETA campaigns and promoted legislation banning traveling circuses. “Joaquin Phoenix never misses an opportunity to turn the spotlight away from himself and onto animals’ plight and to set a great example of walking the vegan walk,” PETA president Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement.

FROZEN 2 & MISSING LINK LEAD ANNIE NOMINATIONS: Disney‘s Frozen 2 and Laika‘s Missing Link are leading the 47^thAnnie Award nominations with eight each. Both are duking it out for best animated feature. DreamWorks‘ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Netflix‘s Klaus and Pixar‘s Toy Story 4 are also in competition for the honor. The ceremony is held on Jan. 25 at UCLA‘s Royce Hall.

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM TEASER DROPS: Larry David set his toaster to two-and-a-half years, and is hoping to scrape off the burned bits and make it edible. HBO teased the upcoming season, which will drop in 2020 after a two-and-a-half hiatus. “We can’t wait either,” the network declares in the teaser

KENDALL AND KRIS JENNER TO PRODUCE SERIES ON KIRBY JENNER: Kendall and Kris Jenner are set to produce a series about her “fraternal twin brother Kirby Jenner,” on Quibi. The show will be based on the Instagram parody account by Kirby, and will chronicle his daily life. “I’m thrilled that Quibi viewers will get an inside look at the life of my twin brother and he’ll finally have the opportunity to shine in this series,” Kendall said in a statement.

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Annie Award nominations:

Best Feature

Frozen 2,Walt Disney Animation Studios

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,DreamWorks Animation

Klaus,Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine

Missing Link, Laika

Toy Story 4,Pixar Animation Studios

Best Indie Feature

Buuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles,Sygnatia, Glow, Submarine, Hampa Animation Studio

I Lost My Body,Xilam for Netflix

Okko’s Inn,Madhouse

Promare,TRIGGER, XFLAG

Weathering With You,Toho Co., LTD. / STORY Inc. / CoMix Wave Films

Best Special Production

Guava Island “Titles and Prologue,”Six Point Harness / Amazon

How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming,DreamWorks Animation

Infinity Train “The Perennial Child,”Cartoon Network Studios

SpongeBob SquarePants “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout,” Nickelodeon and Jonas & Co.

Zog, Magic Light Pictures

Best Short Subject

Acid Rain,Animoon

DONT KNOW WHAT,Thomas Renoldner

Je sors acheter des cigarettes,Miyu Productions

Purpleboy,Bando Parte, Rainbox Productions, Ambiances… asbl, Luna Blue Film

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days,Ciclope Filmes, National Film Board of Canada, Les Armateurs

Best VR

Bonfire,Baobab Studios

GLOOMY EYES,ATLAS V

Kaiju Confidential,ShadowMachine

Best Commercial

Dove Self-Esteem Project x Steven Universe: “Social Media,” Cartoon Network / Dove / Chromosphere

Fortnite Season 7 Launch Spot,Epic Games / Screen Novelties / iam8bit

The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ’59 Telecaster,Nexus Studios

Best TV/Media – Preschool

Ask the Storybots,Episode: Why Do We Have To Recycle? JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix

Elena of Avalor,Episode: Changing of the Guard, Disney Television Animation

Let’s Go Luna!,Episode: Dorsay Day/Honey in Paris, Brown Bag Films / 9 Story Media Group

Norman Picklestripes,Episode: “Pizza Pickle/The Forest Next Door,” Factory

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum,Episode: I Am Amelia Earhart, Brown Bag Films / 9 Story Media Group

Best TV/Media – Children

Disney Mickey Mouse,Episode: Carried Away, Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel

Niko and the Sword of Light,Episode: 206: The Caterpillar Train, Titmouse and Amazon Studios

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,Episode: “Evil League of Mutants,” Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Tales of Arcadia: 3Below,Episode: A Glorious End Part 1, DreamWorks Animation

The Tom and Jerry Show,Episode: Calamari Jerry, Warner Bros. Animation

Best TV/Media – General Audience

Big Mouth,Episode: Disclosure The Movie: The Musical!, Netflix

BoJack Horseman,Episode: The Client, Tornante Productions for Netflix

Harley Quinn,Episode: So You Need a Crew, Warner Bros. Animation

Tuca & Bertie,Episode: The Jelly Lakes, Tornante Productions for Netflix

Undone,Episode: 2. The Hospital, Tornante Company and Amazon Studios

Best Student Film

Con Fuerza,Nichole Tate

Gravedad,Anke Kletsch

The Fox & The Pigeon,Michelle Chua

Un diable dans la poche,Luce Grosjean

Best FX for TV/Media

How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming,DreamWorks Animation; VFX Supervisor: Manuel Reyes Halaby FX Artist: Cristiana Covone; FX Artist: Koya Masubuchi; FX Artist: Jean Claude Nouchy Compositing Lead: Dustin Henning

Love, Death & Robots,Episode: The Secret War, Blur for Netflix; FX Artist: Viktor Nmeth; FX Artist: Szabolcs Ills; FX Artist: dm Sipos; FX Artist: Vladimir Zhovna

My Moon,Eusong Lee, co-produced with Chromosphere; Compositing Director: Stphane Codel; Animation Director, Compositor: Natan Moura

Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures,Episode: Episode 115: “Stormtroopers vs. Rebels – Soldiers of the Galactic Empire,” Lucasfilm, Titmouse, Inc.; FX Animator: Araiza Tokumasu Naoki

Tales of Arcadia: 3Below,Episode: A Glorious End Part 1, DreamWorks Animation; Visual Effects Supervisor: Greg Lev; Visual Effects Supervisor: Igor Lodeiro; Overseas FX Supervisor: Chen Ling; Compositing Supervisor: Brandon Tyra

Best FX for Feature

Abominable,DreamWorks Animation; FX Supervisor: Amaury Aubel; FX Supervisor: James Jackson; FX Lead: Domin Lee; FX Supervisor: Michael Losure; FX Lead: Alex Timchenko

Frozen 2, Walt Disney Animation Studios; Benjamin Fiske, Alex Moaveni, Jesse Erickson; Dimitre Berberov; Kee Nam Suong

Missing Link,Laika; CG Look Development Lead: Eric Wachtman; Lead CG Effects Artist: David Horsley; Senior Technical Director: Peter Stuart; Lead Technical Compositor: Timu Khodzhaev; Lead CG Lighter: Joe Strasser

Toy Story 4,Pixar Animation Studios; Effects Lead: Alexis Angelidis; Effects Artist: Amit Ganapati Baadkar; Effects Artist: Greg Gladstone; Effects Artist: Kylie Wijsmuller; Effects Artist: Matthew Kiyoshi Wong

Weathering With You,GKIDS; Key Animation: Hidetsugu Ito; VFX Artist: Yuko Nakajima; VFX Artist: Jumi Lee; Chief Photography: Ryosuke Tsuda

Best Character Animation – TV/Media

Ask the Storybots,Episode: Where Do Planets Come From? JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix; Character Animator: Chris O’Hara; Character: Multiple Characters

Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure,Episode: Rapunzel and The Great Tree, Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel; Character Animator: Juliane Martin; Character: various

His Dark Materials,Episode: 8 BBC Studios; Lead Animator: Aulo Licinio; Character: Iroek

How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming,DreamWorks Animation; Character Animator: Andrew Muir; Character: All

Robot Chicken,Episode: Ginger Hill in: Bursting Pipes, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios; Character Animator: Scott DaRos; Character: All Characters

Best Character Animation – Animated Feature

Frozen 2,Walt Disney Animation Studios; Character Animator: Andrew Ford; Characters: Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,DreamWorks Animation; Animation Supervisor: Dane Stogner; Characters: Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Deathgrippers

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,DreamWorks Animation; Animation Supervisor: Rani Naamani; Characters: Grimmel, Ruffnutt, Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Baby Furies

Klaus,Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine; Animation Supervisor: Sergio Martins; Character: Alva

Missing Link,Laika; Animator: Rachelle Lambden; Characters: Multiple

Best Character Animation – Live Action

Alita: Battle Angel,Weta Digital; Animation Supervisor: Michael Cozens

Avengers: Endgame,Weta Digital; Animation Supervisor: Sidney Kombo- Kintombo

Game of Thrones – Season 8,Episode 3 “The Long Night” – Dance of the Dragons, Image Engine; Animation Supervisor: Jason Snyman; Character Rigger: Sheik Ghafoor; Creature FX Technical Director: Maia Neubig; Lookdev Artist: Michael Siegel; Texture Lead: Cheri Fojtik

Pokmon Detective Pikachu,Framestore; Animation Supervisor: Dale Newton Rigging TD: Waiyin Mendoza; Groom Technical Director: Rochelle Flynn Lookdev: Leila Gaed; Creature FX TD: Paul Jones

Spider-Man: Far From Home,Sony; Character Animator : Joakim Riedinger