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Oscar nod: Prosperous girl Eva Whittakers ‘Wolfwalkers’ nominated for Best Animated Feature Reporter: ); The Kilkenny-based animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Wolfwalkers. The film stars Prosperous girl Eva Whittaker as the voice of Mebh Óg MacTíre, a young member of a tribe rumored to have the ability to turn into wolves by night. The young actress is a sixth-class pupil in Scoil an Linbh Íosa in Prosperous. Eva, a student of Vicky Barry ...

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Pipped for a Golden Globe last month, the Irish-made animated feature film Wolfwalkers has now been nominated for a prestigious BAFTA award.

Wolfwalkers is the third animated feature from two-time Academy Award©-nominee Tomm Moore ( The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea) and Ross Stewart ( ParaNorman, Song of the Sea). The film is co-produced by Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions, and Variety has tipped it for winning the Best Animated Film Oscar this year. The Apple Original film is directed by Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart and written by Will Collins ( Song of the Sea). Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, and St�...

04 Mar 2021 : Nathan Griffin Wolfwalkers Following on from its nomination at the Golden Globes, Wolfwalkers has earned 10 nominations, including Best Animated Feature – Independent, at this year’s Annie Awards. The nominations were announced by ASIFA-Hollywood for the 48th Annual Annie Awards, which recognize the year’s best in the field of animation.  Two feature animations lead the way this year with the competition ramping up between Disney/Pixar’s...

Kilkenny roots for Cartoon Saloon and Golden Globes glory Reporter:  ); Hopes are high across Ireland that Kilkenny-based animation studio, Cartoon Saloons latest feature, Wolfwalkers will win a Golden Globe at the ceremony which takes place later today in Hollywood. The film which is set in medieval Kilkenny is nominated for Best Motion Picture - Animation.   Speaking about the nomination, co-directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart said “We would like to thank the HFPA for nominating Wolfwa...

"I had a passion for cinema and film since I was a dot." So said Castlemagner man Will Collins, whose most recent screenplay is for Wolfwalkers, a film which has just been nominated for a coveted Golden Globe in the Best Animated Movie category. Its not the first such recognition for a movie for which he has written the screenplay. His previous film, Song of the Sea, was nominated for an Academy Award. And the son of Willie and Peggie Collins and brother to John and Pádraig is now working on t...

Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Ryan Andrews, This Was Our Pact centres on a young boy named Ben and his classmates, who create a pact to prove if a legend about lanterns soaring off to the Milky Way and becoming stars is true. Encountering wondrous new sights and strange characters along the way (including Dinklages talking bear), the group agrees to just two rules: no looks back and no one heads home. Will Collins, the screenwriter of Apple TV +s Wolfwalkers, will write the up...

The animated feature film Wolfwalkers has put Castlemagner-born screenwriter Will Collins in line for a - virtual - red carpet night following the movies nomination on the shortlist for this years Golden Globe Awards. Now living in Donegal, Killavallig man Will is working at present on a screen adaptation of This Was Our Pact, an animated novel by Ryan Andrews which is getting its big screen opportunity with Peter Dinklage (Tyrion in Game of Thrones) as director. When contacted by The Corkman...

This Was Our Pact: Peter Dinklage to Produce & Star in Animated Feature Adaptation This Was Our Pact: Peter Dinklage to produce & star in animated feature adaptation Duncan Studio, Peter Dinklage’s Estuary Films, and Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana are producing the animated feature This Was Our Pact, based on the bestselling and award-winning graphic novel by author Ryan Andrews. Will Collins, writer of the Golden Globes nominated Wolfwalkers for Apple TV+, and the Academy Award-nominated ...