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Television

‘Zoomix’ Migrates to Canadian TV

Mercedes Milligan - November 19, 2012

Neptuno Films’ animated edutainment series Zoomix (104 x 3) is heading to Canada after being acquired by TVO, Ontario’s public educational media organization. The...

Top Stories

‘Gumdrop’ Premieres on WIGS

Mercedes Milligan - November 19, 2012

A cool new CG-augmented short titled Gumdrop premieres today (Nov. 19) on WIGS, the #1 YouTube channel for scripted drama. The short stars Gumdrop,...

Television

Cartoon Network’s Very Happy Holidays

Mercedes Milligan - November 19, 2012

While you’re slaving over a hot stove this Thanksgiving, here’s one thing to be thankful for: Cartoon Network is planning a very merry bonanza...

Features

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Preview Coming to IMAX

Mercedes Milligan - November 15, 2012

Paramount Pictures will be releasing the first 9 minutes from J.J. Abrams’ hotly anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness exclusively in IMAX 3D theaters on...

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iPi Motion Capture 2 to Showcase at Machinima

Mercedes Milligan - November 15, 2012

Russia’s iPi Soft, developers of advanced markerless motion-capture software technology, are planning a big (virtual) presence at this week’s 2012 Machinima Expo (Nov. 16-18)—the...

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KIDO’Z Teams Up With Toon Goggles

Mercedes Milligan - November 14, 2012

Online kids channel Toon Goggles, an innovative entertainment profile that provides viewing data to content producers, has teamed up with KIDO’Z, which develops child-safe...

Television

CW Taps Berlanti, Plec for ‘Tomorrow People’ Redo

Mercedes Milligan - November 14, 2012

Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec, who first collaborated on Dawson’s Creek, are teaming up to adapt the ‘70s Brit sci-fi drama The Tomorrow People...

Festivals & Events

Ninja Turtles to Rock Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Mercedes Milligan - November 14, 2012

Nickelodeon has announced that for the first time ever the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will come out of their shells (at least metaphorically) and...

Television

‘Almost Naked Animals’ Streak to CiTV for Season 3

Mercedes Milligan - November 13, 2012

Canada’s 9 Story Entertainment has announced that CiTV U.K. has renewed the hit animated kids comedy series Almost Naked Animals (52 x 22) for...

Features

GKIDS’ Ghibli Line Up Returns to NY’s IFC

Mercedes Milligan - November 13, 2012

Back by popular demand, U.S. distributor of international animated films GKIDS is returning to New York’s IFC Center for another five week run of...

Television

Australia’s ABC Nabs Two DQ Series

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2012

DQ Entertainment International has announced an exclusive deal with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to broadcast two of the studio’s 3D animated series, Iron Man:...

Features

Four More ‘LEGO’ Voice Stars Revealed

Mercedes Milligan - November 12, 2012

A fresh crop of talent providing voices for the upcoming Lego 3D animated film, slated for a February 7, 2014 release, has been announced. The...

Features

The Top Awards Season Contenders

Mercedes Milligan - November 9, 2012

Is it just us or is the Best Animated Features race shaping up to be one of the more exciting categories of the award...

Television

All Hail Sofia! New Clips From Disney Jr.

Mercedes Milligan - November 8, 2012

As Disney Junior prepares to welcome its first little girl princess in the lovely new CG kids' series Sofia the First, which will launch...

Top Stories

Digimania to Release German-Language Muvizu Update

Mercedes Milligan - November 8, 2012

Glasgow-based 3D animation application Muvizu, which is powered by Epic's Unreal 3 Engine, is set to be released with a German-language version of the...

People

Woodbury Animation Founder Jack Bosson Has Died

Mercedes Milligan - November 7, 2012

Jack Bosson, founder and chair of Woodbury University's animation department for three years, has died. Animation historian Jerry Beck made the announcement earlier this...

Festivals & Events