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Digital Media

DreamWorks and Fuhu to Launch New Kids’ Tablet at CES

Ramin Zahed - January 3, 2014

DreamWorks Animation has partnered with tech company Fuhu to launch a new tablet called The DreamTab for children, which the studio will be able...

New ‘Cuphead’ Game Offers Classic Toon Visuals

Ramin Zahed - January 3, 2014

If you love the old classic Fleischer toons from the 1930s, you'll want to check out a new game being developed by Studio MDHR,...

Television

‘Naruto Shippuden’ Debuts on Toonami This Weekend

Ramin Zahed - January 3, 2014

Long-running and hugely popular anime series Naruto Shippuden will begin its much-anticipated return to Adult Swim's Toonami block this weekend. The first episode of...

Festivals & Events

Five Animated Movies Get PGA Award Nods

Ramin Zahed - January 2, 2014

Five movies were nominated for Best Animated Feature Producers Guild Awards this morning (Jan. 2). They are: The Croods (DreamWorks Animation) Producers: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell Despicable...

Festivals & Events

Italy’s Cartoons on the Bay Set for Venice in April

Ramin Zahed - January 2, 2014

After taking a couple of years off, Italy's animation festival Cartoons on the Bay will be holding its 17th edition in Venice, April 10...

Features

‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Monsters U’ Are China’s Most Popular Pics

Ramin Zahed - January 2, 2014

Overall movie attendance was up 4.24 percent in Hong Kong in 2013. Audiences spent over $209 million on movie tickets last year, per The...

Features

Chris Williams to Co-Direct Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’

Ramin Zahed - January 1, 2014

Chris Williams has joined Disney/Marvel's much-anticipated November 2014 movie Big Hero 6 as co-director, alongside Don Hall (Winnie the Pooh). The Hollywood Reporter also...

Features

Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Crosses the $500 Million Mark

Ramin Zahed - January 1, 2014

Disney's Thanksgiving movie Frozen has officially become one of the studio's biggest animated hits in its history more than five weeks after its arrival...

Features

Animated Titles Dominated 2013 Global Box Office

Ramin Zahed - January 1, 2014

The animation community got some great news as the final numbers for the 2013 box office came out. Universal/Illumination's Despicable Me 2 ($393.5 million),...

People

In Memoriam: 2013

Ramin Zahed - January 1, 2014

We lost many of the talented men and women who contributed to the animation and vfx world in 2013. As we look back at...

Features

To Be Seen in ’14: Your New Year Hot List

Ramin Zahed - January 1, 2014

While everyone is looking back at the animated movies of 2013, we're keeping our eyes peeled for the goods in store for us this...

People

Frédéric Back Dies of Cancer at age 89

Ramin Zahed - December 27, 2013

The animation community is mourning the loss of Frédéric Back, the two-time Oscar-winning animator who passed away from cancer at the age of 89...

Features

Disney Sues Phase 4 Over ‘Frozen Land’

Ramin Zahed - December 27, 2013

We've all seen those copycat animated DVD/Blu-ray titles that try to take advantage of consumers' familiarity with big titles from Disney and DreamWorks. Well,...

Digital Media

‘Doc McStuffins’ App Comes to Android & Kindle

Ramin Zahed - December 23, 2013

Doc McStuffins: Time for Your Check Up!, one of Disney Junior's most successful iOS apps, is now available for Android devices in the Google...

Festivals & Events

Get Ready to Win New ‘Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama’ Sets!

Ramin Zahed - December 23, 2013

If our Despicable Me 2 December giveaway isn't your cup of tea, or your Secret Santa fails to put one or both of these...

People

Teletoon President Cochrane to Retire Next Month

Ramin Zahed - December 23, 2013

Teletoon Canada's president Len Cochrane announced today that he will retire in January 2014, following Corus Entertainment's recent acquisition of the remaining 50 percent...

Features