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‘Hop’ Leaps into Weekend Box Office Race

Illumination Entertainment's second feature film, Hop, jumps into theaters this weekend looking for a sweet payoff. The film, which mixes live action and CG animation,...

Rainmaker Debuts ‘Zapped!’ Short, YouTube Channel

Rainmaker Entertainment has launched a new channel on YouTube featuring an original animated short feature, Zapped!, starring company mascots Ting and Juma. Check it out...

Cake Serves ‘Tom & The Slice of Bread … ‘ at MIP-TV

Cake Entertainment has signed on to distribute the kids' animated series  Tom & The Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam & Honey and will...

Pixar Names Sequel ‘Monsters University’

The long-awaited sequel to Pixar's hit film Monsters, Inc. has a title: Monsters University. Disney confirmed at CinemaCon in Las Vegas both the title and...

FX Picks Up Expanded Season 3 for ‘Archer’

FX has renewed the half-hour animated spy spoof comedy series Archer for a third season, The Hollywood Reporter writes. The cable network's order calls for...

‘Geronimo Stilton’ Gets New Website, Japan Book Deal

Atlantyca Entertainment is taking its hit animated character Geronimo Stilton into new realms both online and in Japan. First, the Milan-based producer of the seris...

Tribeca Fest Revives Animated Short Program

The Tribeca Film Festival has announced an animated shorts program — its first in several years. The shorts program, titled All You Can Eat, includes...

4Kids Hit with Lawsuit Over ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ License

Yu-Gi-Oh! creators TV Tokyo Corp. and Nihon Ad Systems have filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against 4Kids Entertainment and terminated the company’s license for the...

‘Megamind’ Writers Take ‘Penguins’ Back to the Big Screen

The Penguins of Madagascar, having found success as a small-screen spinoff from DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar film series, is looking to complete the circle and...

First Images from Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Surface Online

Brave is Pixar's major release for 2012, and the first images from the film have been released online at EW.com. Set in the Highlands of...

WB Streams ‘Yogi,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Potter’ on Facebook

Warner Bros. is expanding its experimental Facebook rental program to include five new movies including the hybrid animated feature Yogi Bear. The studio's digital distribution...

Turner Promotes Palaski to VP of Publicity

Courtenay Palaski has been promoted to VP of public relations for Turner Broadcasting System's Animation Young Adults and Kids Media Group, which covers Cartoon...

‘Smurfs’ Release Moved Ahead of ‘Apes’ to July 29

The movie had been set for release on Aug. 3. The studio changed its plans after Fox re-scheduled its new Planet of the Apes...

Disney Gets ‘Tangled’ Up on 3D Blu-ray

The Walt Disney Animation Studios brought a classic fairy tale into modern times with Tangled, and they're doing it again with a home video...

SVA Sets Dusty Film and Animation Festival for May 6-10

The School of Visual Arts has scheduled the 22nd annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival, featuring more than 100 films from graduating students in...

‘Wimpy Kid’ Handily Outscores ‘Sucker Punch’ at B.O.

The Wimpy Kid sequel is tougher than it looks. The tough chicks of director Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch came in second place in the weekend...

‘Futurama,’ ‘Venture Bros.’ Get Renewals

Get ready for more Futurama and Venture Bros. Talks are being finalized for Comedy Central to order 26 additional episodes of Futurama, according to Deadline.com....

REDCAT Fest Brings World of Kids Films to downtown L.A.

The REDCAT International Children's Film Festival kicks off four consecutive weekends of short films from around the world March 26 at the REDCAT Theater...

First Trailer Arrives for ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’

High on this summer's must-see list is Captain America: The First Avenger — and with the move coming out July 22 Marvel Studios has...

Russia’s Channel One Buys ‘Chloe’s Closet,’ ‘Dive Olly Dive!’

Moonscoop has scored a double sale to Russia, landing its animated preschool shows Chloe's Closet and Dive Olly Dive! on Channel One. “This is a...
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