Tig Notaro, who has a role in the upcoming Zack Snyder zombie heist flick
Army of the Dead, is set to lead an animated stand-up special on HBO this summer. By all accounts, this is the first-ever fully-animated stand-up special, so it’s kind of a big deal.
Ellen DeGeneres serves as an executive producer on the animated stand-up special, marking the third collaboration between Notaro and DeGeneres. DeGeneres executive produced Notaro’s Netflix special
Tig Notaro Happy To Be Here in 2018 and Notaro co-directed DeGeneres’s Netflix special,
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable the same year. Now, they hope to create a “groundbreaking new stand-up special in a way that no one has ever done one before.”
Tig Notaro working on animated stand-up special for HBO
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Tig Notaro is returning to stand-up comedy, but in animated form. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Tig Notaro (R) and her wife, Stephanie Allynne, were photographed at the 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo
Tig Notaro s next HBO comedy special will be animated. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Tig Notaro s animated HBO comedy special is coming this summer. Photo courtesy of HBO
May 3 (UPI) HBO announced Monday that comedian Tig Notaro has a new special coming this summer to the premium cable network. However, in this special, Notaro will be animated.
Tig Notaro announces animated HBO comedy special
If her
was your first exposure to Tig Notaro, prepare to be mildly confused and/or disappointed (though you shouldn’t be): HBO announced today that it’s giving her a new comedy special, and in a somewhat odd twist, the whole thing’s going to be fully animated. HBO says this is going to be the first-ever animated stand-up special, though we’d like to see the math on that because surely
someone out there has animated an entire stand-up special before. Animated specific bits or routines is pretty common, but nobody has said, “hey, let’s just do the whole thing” until now?
Soul (Pixar), the Best Animated Feature Oscar has now gone to alumni of the
California Institute of the Arts’ (CalArts) renowned animation programs 12 times. Since the category was introduced at the Academy Awards 20 years ago, the majority of winning films have been directed by “CalArtians.”
Soul (Pixar) was directed by
Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90) with co-director Kemp Powers. Docter, who also wrote the film with Powers and Mike Jones, took home trophies with producer Dana Murray.
Soul marks Docter’s third Oscar, having won for Pixar classics
Up and
Inside Out.
When accepting the award, Docter said, “We want to thank music teachers and art teachers everywhere… You make the world a better place.”
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.
Actress Reese Witherspoon introduced the animated feature category with an odd script: She told audiences that animation’s great power is to show children that “anything is possible.” The Academy has made something of a concerted effort this year to reposition the feature animation category as an exclusively-kid’s art form, even asking children to interview the nominated feature animation directors and producers.
Netflix took home its first Oscar in the animated short category for the film
If Anything Happens I Love You directed by Michael Govier and Will McCormack. The film went up against Disney-Pixar’s