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Shoreline Launches Straightline Animation

animation_magazine - June 6, 2011

Shoreline Entertainment and Perfect Circle Productions have partnered to launch Straightline Animation, a division dedicated to the acquisition and production of animated feature films...

Festivals & Events

Art Institute Sets Ollies Animation Fest for June 9 in L.A.

animation_magazine - June 6, 2011

The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles, an educational institution for career preparation in the visual and culinary arts, announces its inaugural animation...

Television

Arc Animates ‘Matt Hatter Chronicles’

animation_magazine - June 6, 2011

Toronto-based Arc Productions, formerly known as Starz Animation, is producing the animation for Matt Hatter Chronicles, a high-end 3D television series produced by Platinum Films...

Home Entertainment

‘Green Lantern: Emerald Knights’ Up for Home Viewing

animation_magazine - June 6, 2011

Green Lantern is getting animated just ahead of his big-screen live-action debut, with the release on home video of a new animated feature film. Green...

Schools

USC’s Marilyn & Jeffrey Katzenberg Center for Animation

animation_magazine - June 6, 2011

The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center for Animation at USC was dedicated last week at a ceremony attended by George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and...

Features

Paramount Picks Up Penny Arcade’s ‘New Kid’ For Feature

animation_magazine - June 6, 2011

Paramount has picked up the rights to a webcomic called The New Kid that it plans to develop into an animated feature film, according...

Features

‘X-Men’ Tops Box Office; ‘Panda’ Crosses $100M Mark

animation_magazine - June 6, 2011

The VFX-driven superhero film X-Men: First Class handily outclassed the competition at the box office this weekend, thanks to strong reviews and good word...

Festivals & Events

Judges Set for Animag’s 10th Annual Pitch Party

animation_magazine - June 2, 2011

The judges for Animation Magazine's 10th annual Pitch Party are set! The annual event, which opens up a section of Animation Magazine to anyone who...

Features

Clip of ‘Cars 2’ Race Through Tokyo

animation_magazine - June 1, 2011

Here's a new clip from Cars 2. This scene occurs in the Tokyo leg of the World Grand Prix: You can see the rest of...

Festivals & Events

‘Art of Kung Fu Panda 2’ Panel June 4 at Gallery Nucleus

animation_magazine - June 1, 2011

Now that you've seen Kung Fu Panda 2, get the story behind the movie in a special presentation and book signing for The Art...

People

Women in Animation Gives Scholarship to CalArts’ Ivy Flores

animation_magazine - June 1, 2011

The Phyllis Craig Scholarship Award Committee of Women in Animation International has announced its 2011 scholarship winner is Ivy Flores, a graduate student at...

Features

Canada’s Modus FX Preps 3D Feature ‘Sarila’

animation_magazine - June 1, 2011

Montreal-based Modus FX has announced work on Sarila, which the studio says is the first stereoscopic 3D animated feature film created in Canada. Directed by...

Top Stories

‘Angry Birds” Rovio Acquires Animation House Kombo

animation_magazine - June 1, 2011

Rovio, the company behind the smash hit mobile game Angry Birds, has acquired the leading Finnish animation studio Kombo. The deal was made for an...

Top Stories

Deluxe Merges CIS into Method Studios

animation_magazine - June 1, 2011

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is merging two visual effects studios, absorbing CIS Visual Effects into its recently acquired Method Studios. The merge is intended to...

Features

First Image from Pixar’s ‘Brave’

animation_magazine - May 31, 2011

The first rendered image from Disney-Pixar's upcoming feature film Brave has arrived. The image gives the first look at Merida, the movie's lead character and...

Top Stories

DC Reboots with 52 First Issues, Day-and-Date Digital

animation_magazine - May 31, 2011

DC Comics will reboot its entire line of superhero comic book titles, relaunching 52 comic titles with first issues that will be released day...

Television

New BRB Series to Air in Latin America

animation_magazine - May 31, 2011

Spain-based production company BRB International has signed an agreement for several of its cartoon series to be broadcast in Latin America. Among the series set...

Television

ADC Scores U.K. TV Deal for ‘Yoohoo and Friends’

animation_magazine - May 31, 2011

ADC Licensing has landed a broadcast deal in the United Kingdom for its animated series Yoohoo and Friends. The series is produced and developed by ToonZone...

Features