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Festivals & Events

The Foundry Acquires Made With Mischief

Mercedes Milligan - November 14, 2014

Award winning software creator The Foundry is expanding its market reach while bolstering its tech strength with the acquisition of Made With Mischief. The...

Festivals & Events

Gallery Nucleus Preps Gaming Exhibition, ‘Big Hero 6’ Panel

Mercedes Milligan - November 14, 2014

Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA (gallerynucleus.com) will this Saturday, Nov. 15 open a new exhibition called Roll the Dice, and present an artist panel...

Features

Tony Millionaire’s ‘Sock Monkey’ in Works for Film

Mercedes Milligan - November 13, 2014

Tony Millionaire, the indie comicker behind Maakies, and animator Matt Danner (The Looney Tunes Show, Xiaolin Showdown) have joined forces to develop the iconic...

Festivals & Events

SIGGRAPH 2015 Calls for Submissions

Mercedes Milligan - November 13, 2014

Preeminent CG and tech event SIGGRAPH has officially opened its call for submissions for the 2015 edition, taking place August 9-13 in Los Angeles....

Festivals & Events

‘Hippopotamy’ Wins Top KLIK! Prize

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2014

The eclectic KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (klikamsterdam.nl/festival) wrapped up over the weekend, awarding Polish animator Piotr Dumala's Hippopotamy (Hippos) the Best Animated Short prize....

Digital Media

‘One Night in Hell’ Unleashed Online

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2014

One Night in Hell, a haunting new animated short from Unanico Group and rock visionary Brian May (of Queen) in association with the London...

Television

Nick Offers On-Air Feast Thanksgiving Week

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2014

Nickelodeon will be serving up a hearty helping of entertainment for Thanksgiving week, kicking off Monday, November 24. Highlights include new episodes of toon...

Festivals & Events

Cathal Gaffney Keynoting U.K.’s Manimation

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2014

MIDAS, Manchester's inward investment agency, and the Children's Media Conference have announced the speakers for animation and content creation conference Manimation, taking place at...

Features

Disney Dates ‘Zootopia,’ ‘Moana’

Mercedes Milligan - November 11, 2014

Disney has put names to dates for its 2016 animated features, filling the "Untitled Disney Animation" release slots with Zootopia (coming March 4) and...

Features

Wizart Signs New Territories for Film Slate

Mercedes Milligan - November 11, 2014

Russian toon house Wizart Animation has closed out a successful visit to the American Film Market, closing new deals for its completed and upcoming...

Digital Media

‘Justin Time’ Spin-Off Coming to Netflix

Mercedes Milligan - November 11, 2014

Netflix continues to expand its kids content offerings with the announcement that the streaming service and Guru Studio will be delivering a new spin-off...

Festivals & Events

MIFA 2015 Opens Submissions

Mercedes Milligan - November 11, 2014

The MIFA market event -- part of the Annecy animation festival -- has opened registrations for the 2015 event. The call for projects will...

Features

Pixar Reaches for Infinity with ‘Toy Story 4’ Plans

Mercedes Milligan - November 6, 2014

Nigh on 20 years after Pixar burst onto the scene with the world's first CG-animated feature film, the Toy Story legacy is set to...

Digital Media

‘Bee & PuppyCat’ Series Debuts on Cartoon Hangover

Mercedes Milligan - November 6, 2014

Following a successful pilot launch and a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign which raked in nearly $900,000 for production funding, the hotly anticipated first season of...

Licensing

USPS Issues ‘Rudolph’ Forever Stamps

Mercedes Milligan - November 6, 2014

Rankin/Bass's acclaimed stop-motion holiday special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is being honored by the United States Postal Service with a celebratory Limited Edition set...

DreamWorks, Infosys form Development Partnership

Mercedes Milligan - November 6, 2014

Global tech leader Infosys has announced a new strategic engineering partnership with DreamWorks Animation, with the aim of developing the studio's next-gen technologies. The two...

Festivals & Events

10 Films Make Oscars Animated Short Cut

Mercedes Milligan - November 5, 2014

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy...

People

Miyazaki to Receive Honorary Oscar

Mercedes Milligan - November 5, 2014

This Saturday at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards, legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki will be presented with an...

Features

Studio 100 and Shout! Ink ‘Maya the Bee’ Movie Deal

Mercedes Milligan - November 5, 2014

Studio 100 Film has announced that its Maya the Bee feature will be buzzing to the North American market thanks to a distribution deal...

Festivals & Events

‘Urbance,’ ‘Go! Samurai’ Hit Crowdfunding Goals

Mercedes Milligan - November 5, 2014

Kickstarter benefactors have risen to the challenge once again for two high profile animation projects this week. Firstly, Joel Dos Reis Viegas and Sebastien...

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