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Video Games

Disney’s G-Force Brings 3-D to Gaming

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

First the movies went 3-D ' now get ready to start wearing glasses to play the latest videogames. Disney Interactive Studios' G-Force game, based on...

Television

Monster Sells Four Series to M-Net

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

Monster Distributes has sold four HD series to M-Net South Africa. The Ireland-based company's deal will see the network air: ' Lifeboat Luke, a...

Television

Special Agent Oso Returns for Disney

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

Disney Channel has bought a second season of Secret Agent Oso, the hit animated series starring Oscar-nominated actor Sean Astin. The Playhouse Disney series follows...

Features

Pixar Grants Dying Girl’s Wish to See Up

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

Disney-Pixar granted the wish of a terminally ill 10-year-old girl to see the movie Up, showing her the movie only hours before she died...

Features

Untitled Ghost Movie Makes Progress at DWA

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

DreamWorks Animation is moving ahead with the untitled ghost movie idea mentioned recently in its feature film lineup. The story, untitled but referred to at...

Features

First Pics Drop for Burton’s Wonderland

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

Tim Burton's new version of Alice in Wonderland has finished shooting, and the release of the first photos from the film promise an engaging...

Festivals & Events

NYICFF Hosts U.S. Premiere of Kells

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

The Secret of Kells, the long-awaited animated feature from the producers of Kirikou and the Sorceress and The Triplets of Belleville, will have its...

Festivals & Events

Spine Animator Landreth to Speak at SIGGRAPH

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

Chris Landreth, director of the acclaimed computer-animated short film The Spine, will speak at this year's SIGGRAPH conference in New Orleans. Winner of an Academy...

Festivals & Events

English Evangelion to Screen at Anime Expo

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

The English dub of Hideaki Anno's feature film Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone will premiere at this year's Anime Expo. Set for July...

JibJab Jabs at Obama in New Short

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

Animation site JibJab continued its tradition of political satire, unveiling a new animated short titled He's Barack Obama at the 65th annual Radio and...

Home Entertainment

Bashir, Tom & Jerry Waltz Home on DVD, Blu-ray

animation_magazine - June 22, 2009

Waltz With Bashir, the Oscar-nominated animated film from Israeli director Ari Folman, leads a heavy week of animation and VFX-heavy releases on DVD and...

Television

ChinaToon Block Comes to Nick Asia

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

Nickelodeon Asia will launch July 5 a one-hour block dedicated to Chinese animation. The block kicks off with a pair of China-produced series, Variety reports....

Television

Aardman Scores Ratings, Deals for Timmy Time

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

Aardman Animation's first preschool TV series, Timmy Time, has debuted to strong ratings in the United Kingdom and has secured new broadcast and licensing...

Television

Nick Revamps Grizzly for U.K.

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

A new series of 26 x 11 min. episodes of the award-winning animated series Grizzly Tales will be produced for the U.K. market and...

Licensing

Annecy Winner Pat & Stan Picks Up Licensees

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

TV-Loonland's Pat & Stan, fresh from winning a jury special prize at the Annecy Animation Festival, is secured a licensing deals in advance of...

Features

Unique Plans McCartney Tale as Toon

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

Unique Pictures, the new production company formed by former New Line chiefs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, is developing an animated feature based on...

Features

$9.99 Begins Limited Run

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

Tatia Rosenthal's thought-provoking stop-motion feature $9.99 begins its limited run in Los Angeles and New York this Friday. The Israeli-Australian co-production is based on...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Forum Offers 63 Productions

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

Cartoon Forum, the European co-production event, will present 63 animation projects with a combined budget of $215 million at its 20th-annual event set for...

Festivals & Events

Titmouse Seeks Animators for Reality Series

animation_magazine - June 18, 2009

Hollywood-based animation studio Titmouse is seeking animators with ideas for short films to take part in a reality-style competition TV series titled 7200 Frames. The...