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Features

Sony Animation Updates Production Slate

Mercedes Milligan - March 12, 2014

Sony Pictures Animation today revealed updates to their upcoming projects line-up, which includes a new Genndy Tartakovsky original, the animated feature debut of Popeye...

Features

GKIDS Acquires NA Rights for Ghibli’s ‘Princess Kaguya’

Mercedes Milligan - March 12, 2014

North American theater-goers will have a chance to see Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata's (Grave of the Fireflies) first new feature in 14 years...

Festivals & Events

Stuttgart Fest Reveals Animated Com Noms

Mercedes Milligan - March 12, 2014

The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), which attracts over 80,000 visitors and 2,500 industry professionals to the German city each year, has made...

Pixar Releases RenderMan for Katana

Mercedes Milligan - March 11, 2014

Pixar Animation has released a new iteration of its Oscar-winning RenderMan rendering software that is bridged with The Foundry's KATANA asset-based look development and...

Television

9 Story’s ‘Joe & Jack’ Headed for KiKA

Mercedes Milligan - March 11, 2014

Canada's 9 Story Entertainment has sold its animated preschool series Joe & Jack (39 x 7) to Germany's ARD/SWR, which will broadcast the show...

Television

‘Justin Time’ Enjoys New European Sales

Mercedes Milligan - March 10, 2014

Guru Studio has raked up several new sales for its preschool hit Justin Time (52 x 11) across Europe. The announcement comes on the...

Television

‘Nerds and Monsters’ Gets Canuck TV Premiere

Mercedes Milligan - March 10, 2014

Vancouver-based Slap Happy Cartoons has announced that its animated 20 x half-hour series Nerds and Monsters will get its Canadian television premiere on Corus...

Home Entertainment

‘Aachi & Ssipak’ and More Oddballs on Disc

Mercedes Milligan - March 10, 2014

Topping our new DVD/Blu-ray release list this week is Zack Keller and Ed Skudder's (yes, the brilliant minds behind webtoon sensation Dick Figures) English...

Festivals & Events

‘Gumball,’ ‘Room on the Broom’ Take Top BAA Honors

Mercedes Milligan - March 7, 2014

The British Animation Awards have revealed their honorees for the 2014 awards ceremony, which took place today at the British Film Institute's Southbank, London...

Features

First ‘Paddington Bear’ Teaser Debuts

Mercedes Milligan - March 6, 2014

Big, fuzzy news from across the pond: The first trailer for Paul King's (The Mighty Boosh) CG feature adaptation of Paddington Bear has arrived! Based...

Festivals & Events

Irish Academy Reveals Animation Shortlist

Mercedes Milligan - March 6, 2014

The Irish Film and Television Academy has announced its shortlist of nominees in the Animation, Short Film and Feature Documentary categories (but we only...

Digital Media

Disney Interactive Slashes 700 Jobs

Mercedes Milligan - March 6, 2014

The Mouse House's lone lame-duck operation Disney Interactive has made entertainment financial wags' predictions come true by enacting an estimated 700 layoffs, or 26%...

Features

First ‘Dame to Kill For’ Trailer Hits Web

Mercedes Milligan - March 6, 2014

Dimension Films has released the (long awaited) first trailer for Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's stylized graphic novel adaptation Sin City: A Dame to...

Festivals & Events

Greg McLeod Completes Animation Marathon

Mercedes Milligan - March 5, 2014

Greg McLeod, of BAFTA-winning Brothers McLeod fame, has completed his ambitious project to animate a second of footage each day for a year, and...

Features

Focus Unveils New ‘Boxtrolls’ Teaser

Mercedes Milligan - March 5, 2014

Distributor Focus Features has revealed a new teaser for Portland, Oregon-based stop-motion house LAIKA's upcoming film The Boxtrolls, arriving in theaters September 26. The...

Festivals & Events

Montreal Stop-Motion Fest Open for Entries

Mercedes Milligan - March 4, 2014

The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival has announced its call for entries for the next edition, taking place September 26-28 this year. Since its...

Home Entertainment

Cinedigm Makes Playdate with ‘Stella and Sam’

Mercedes Milligan - March 4, 2014

Bejuba Entertainment's Chica Award-winning preschool series Stella and Sam, which premiered on Sprout last November, has made a new friend in home entertainment partner...

Television

DHX Properties Hot Items at DISCOP

Mercedes Milligan - March 4, 2014

International indie DHX Media has signed a number of deals for its various animated programs in anticipation of the DISCOP Istanbul event. Operators in...

Television

BRB, OutFit7 Team Up for ‘Talking Tom’

Mercedes Milligan - March 3, 2014

Spain's BRB Internacional has inked a deal with global entertainment company Outfit7 to produce a new 3D animated series called Talking Tom and Friends...

Television

9 Story Nabs Rights to ‘Get Ace’

Mercedes Milligan - March 3, 2014

Toronto-based 9 Story Enterprises -- the distribution arm of 9 Story Entertainment -- has acquired worldwide distribution rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to...

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