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Thinkbox Software Announces Krakatoa for MAXON CINEMA 4D

Ramin Zahed - December 16, 2013

Thinkbox Software has acquired code to bring its particle renderer, Krakatoa, into MAXON's CINEMA 4D modeling and animation software. Initial efforts to link the...

People

Buhaj Upped to GM/Senior VP at Disney XD

Ramin Zahed - December 16, 2013

Longtime Disney XD development exec Marc Buhaj has been promoted to Disney XD's VP of programming and general manager. The news was announced today...

Features

DeBlois Reveals Details About ‘Dragons 2’ New Character

Ramin Zahed - December 16, 2013

USA Today offers some interesting tidbits about the new character of Valka, voiced by Cate Blanchett in DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2....

Features

‘Smaug’ Brings in Box Office Gold Worldwide

Ramin Zahed - December 15, 2013

Director Peter Jackson led the global box office this weekend with the second part of his popular Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug. The...

Festivals & Events

Ten Things We Loved About 2013!

Ramin Zahed - December 15, 2013

That mouse, that bear...and the exquisite charm of the 2D French movie, Ernest & Celestine. Frozen's spunky princess, that goofy snowman and the return of...

Digital Media

Netflix to Premiere Polygon’s ‘Knights of Sidonia’ This Summer

Ramin Zahed - December 13, 2013

Netflix will be offering the complete first 12 episodes of Knights of Sidonia, Polygon Pictures' much-anticipated anime series in the summer of 2014. The...

Television

Disney Junior Greenlights ‘Nina Needs to Go’

Ramin Zahed - December 13, 2013

Disney EMEA today announced that it has green lit a new animated short-form series for preschoolers, titled Nina Needs to Go. Set to premiere...

Animated People

Gaumont’s Heath Kenny Chats About ‘Santa’s Apprentice 2’

Ramin Zahed - December 13, 2013

The new French feature Santa's Apprentice 2: The Magic Snowflake (L'apprentie Pere Noel et le Flocon Magique) has been performing quite well in that...

Features

Ari Folman to Direct Animated Anne Frank Movie

Ramin Zahed - December 12, 2013

After dealing with the war in Lebanon and digital actors, well-regarded Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman is going to work on animated movie about life and...

Features

Fox/Blue Sky’s ‘Rio 2’ Offers a New Trailer

Ramin Zahed - December 12, 2013

The new CG-animated sequel from Fox/Blue Sky, Rio 2, has released a new trailer online. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, who also direct the first...

Television

New Disney Channel Pic to Follow Villains’ Kids

Ramin Zahed - December 12, 2013

Disney Channel is developing a new live-action adventure comedy about the progeny of some of the studio's famous villains. The pic, which is titled...

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