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Television

Nick’s Rawlings Promoted, Takes On Three Pilots

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

Birkner Rawlings has been promoted to the post of VP of animation development for Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, and will oversee three new...

Television

France TV Dedicates Toon Block

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

France Televisions, in an effort to win back young viewers lured to cable, will dedicate its afternoon programming on France 4 to animation series...

Television

Moonscoop Picks Up Multiple Europe Sales

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

Moonscoop reports sales of a number of its animated shows into several European markets in advance of the upcoming DISCOP show. Among the sales: ' Orlando...

Television

Cyber Group, Timoon Team on Two Toons

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

Cyber Group Studios and Timoon Animation have signed a deal to co-produce, distribute and license two new animated series: Fish' N Chips, and Bambalaye! The...

Features

French Prep 3-D Versions of Cinderella, Dark Comic Novel

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

French animators are going 3-D, announcing a pair of stereoscopic animated feature projects at the Annecy festival ' including a new version of Cinderella. According...

Features

Murphy to Woo Up’s Family Auds

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

Eddie Murphy and the duo of Denzel Washington and John Travolta enter the box-office battle this week, tackling both the expected powerhouse of Up...

Features

Raimi Talking to Sony About Animated Familiars

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

Looks like Sony Pictures Animation is getting familiar with Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. The studio is in discussions with Raimi and partner Josh Donen to...

VIZ Media Joins PlayStation Network

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

VIZ Media is coming to the PlayStation Network, offering up downloads of Bleach, Death Note and Naruto through a branded channel on the video...

Zula Patrol Creators, IBM Unveil Zulaworld.com

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

IBM and the creators of the popular science-based animated NBC children's series The Zula Patrol have teamed up to create a new entertainment and...

VFX

Autodesk Expands Training Assistance Program

animation_magazine - June 11, 2009

Autodesk is expanding its assistance program, designed to help displaced workers in the architecture, engineering, design and manufacturing industries keep up their skills and...

Television

Disney Bets Big on Phineas & Ferb

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

Disney is giving a major vote of confidence to its animated TV series Phineas & Ferb, picking up the show for a third season...

Television

Return Rumored for Futurama and Monsters, Inc.

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

Rumors are swirling that both Monsters, Inc. and Futurama may be coming back for more. Collider.com is reporting that Comedy Central has ordered 13 new...

Television

Scrawl and Nemo Develop Paranormalia

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

Scrawl Studios and Planet Nemo, the partners behind the hit Silly Bitty Bunny, are re-teaming to develop a 2D animated adventure comedy series called...

Features

Hangover Topples Up in Final Tally

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

The Hangover woke up to good news Monday, as final reports from the weekend box office put it ahead of Up and atop the...

Features

Chow to Animate CJ-7 Sequel

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

Hong Kong actor, writer and director Stephen Chow has announced plans to make an animated feature film sequel to the 2008 Chinese sci-fi comedy...

Festivals & Events

MIPCOM Celebrates Simpsons 20th, Honors Groening

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

MIPCOM 2009 will help celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons with a series of special events climaxing with the presentation of the first...

Festivals & Events

Program, Video Preview SIGGRAPH

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

SIGGRAPH is getting closer, and the specifics of the annual conference are starting to take shape. The advance program is now available to download at...

VFX

GenArts, Lucasfilm Expand Partnership

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

VFX plug-in maker GenArts and Lucasfilm have expanded their longstanding partnership. Under the agreement, GenArts software will be used for compositing at all Lucasfilm companies,...

VFX

ILM Adds Nuke to its Pipeline

animation_magazine - June 9, 2009

ILM has signed a deal with London-based VFX software makers The Foundry to add the compositing software Nuke to its in-house production pipeline. Pat Tubach,...

VFX