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Technicolor Appoints Digital Execs

animation_magazine - March 14, 2014

Technicolor appointed two new digital entertainment executives, with Tim Sarnoff named president of production services and Claude Gagnon taking on the role of senior...

‘Cars’ Return for Race Short on Disney Movies Anywhere

animation_magazine - March 13, 2014

The rolling heroes of Pixar's Cars are returning in an all-new short film called The Radiator Springs 500½ that will be available later this...

Television

PGS Takes ‘Dungeon of Naheulbeuk’ Abroad

animation_magazine - March 13, 2014

PGS Entertainment has announced it will globally represent The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk, a new animated comedy-action series aimed at young adults that was partly...

Features

McKay to Direct ‘LEGO’ Sequel

animation_magazine - March 12, 2014

Animation supervisor and co-director Chris McKay will step into the big chair as director of The LEGO Movie sequel. McKay takes over from the team...

Features

‘House of Monsters’ Series Seeks Funding

animation_magazine - March 12, 2014

Artist and filmmaker Dawn Brown is campaigning for funds on Kickstarter to bring back her stop-motion short film House of Monsters as a web...

Television

Key and Peele Develop Animated Series

animation_magazine - March 12, 2014

Comedy Central sketch stars of Key & Peele have a deal to get animated. As part of an overall deal that extends the run of...

Features

‘Mr. Hell’ Trio Reunites for ‘Unstable’ Feature

animation_magazine - March 11, 2014

Unstable, a 2-D animated feature film to be co-directed by Phineas & Ferb co-creator Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, has moved into development for production and...

Television

‘Beat Bugs’ Acquires Beatles Music Rights

animation_magazine - March 11, 2014

The in-development animated children's series Beat Bugs got a big boost by acquiring worldwide rights to the music catalog of The Beatles. Australia-United States production...

Features

Short Previews DreamWorks’ ‘Home’

animation_magazine - March 11, 2014

DreamWorks Animation has released online a short film offering a sneak peek of its next feature film, Home, which arrives in theaters Nov. 26. The...

Licensing

BOOM! To Bring Readers More CN Comics

animation_magazine - March 10, 2014

Cartoon Network Enterprises and comic-book publisher BOOM! Studios have announced a first-look deal — the first of its kind that the network has done...

Festivals & Events

Russia’s Maximov Wins Tampere Grand Prix

animation_magazine - March 10, 2014

Bum-bum doch' rybaka (2013), an animated short film by Russian Ivan Maximov, has won the International Grand Prix at the 44th annual Tampere Film...

Television

Cartoon Network Evolves with Kids: “Always On”

animation_magazine - March 10, 2014

Cartoon Network announced its original programming slate for 2014-2015, featuring experiments such as the network's first miniseries and comfortable old favorites like a new...

Features

‘300,’ ‘Peabody’ Stand Tall at the Box Office

animation_magazine - March 9, 2014

Nothing could withstand this weekend at the box office the brave Spartan warriors of Warner Bros.' sequel 300: Rise of an Empire, but DreamWorks...

People

Stuart Snyder Announces Turner Departure

animation_magazine - March 7, 2014

Stuart Snyder, president and chief operating officer of the Turner Animation group that oversees Cartoon Network, is leaving the network at the end of...

Features

EXCLUSIVE: Perseverance Earns ‘War of the Worlds: Goliath’ Limited Theatrical Release

animation_magazine - March 6, 2014

You can't talk about War of the Worlds — the seminal H.G. Wells science-fiction novel published in 1898 and a popular source for adaptations...

Features

Aircraft, Cartoon Saloon Partner on ‘The Breadwinner’

animation_magazine - March 5, 2014

Aircraft Pictures and Cartoon Saloon have teamed up to co-produce the award-winning novel The Breadwinner, written by Deborah Ellis, as an animated feature film. The...

Festivals & Events