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Festivals & Events

BAFTA Unveils 2012 Children’s Awards Nominees

Ramin Zahed - October 23, 2012

The British Academy of Film & Television has announced its 2012 Children’s Awards nominees, which aim to recognize the best in the U.K.’s kids...

Festivals & Events

‘Oh Willy…’ and ‘Edmond’ Nab More Prizes

Ramin Zahed - October 23, 2012

There seems to be no shortage of festival prizes for animated shorts this month. Just a few days ago, at the 48th Chicago International...

Features

Vintage ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ TV Spots Hit the Web

Ramin Zahed - October 23, 2012

One of the most winning qualities of the upcoming Disney animated feature Wreck-It Ralph is how it beautifully mixes our nostalgia for the early...

Festivals & Events

Animated Feature Oscar Deadline Nov. 1

Ramin Zahed - October 22, 2012

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that films seeking to qualify for the Animated Feature Film category for the 85th...

Festivals & Events

NFB Announces Get Animated! 2012 Schedule & Lineup

Ramin Zahed - October 22, 2012

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is launching the sixth edition of its free program, Get Animated!, which offers many of the country’s...

Features

‘Rise of the Guardians’ Earns Special PGA Credit

Ramin Zahed - October 22, 2012

The Producers Guild of America has put its special Producers' Mark credit on DreamWorks Animation's upcoming feature Rise of the Guardians. The much-anticipated holiday...

Home Entertainment

Disney’s ‘Secret of the Wings’ Flies to DVD/Blu-ray

Ramin Zahed - October 22, 2012

Just when you thought you knew everything about Peter Pan’s feisty little friend, the creative folks at Disney come up with new twists and...

Features

‘Buffy’ Writer to Work on New Pixar Project

Ramin Zahed - October 21, 2012

Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Marti Noxon has joined Pixar to work on an unspecified project. Pixar’s senior development exec Mary Coleman made the...

Television

Disney’s New Princess Sofia Sparks Controversy

Ramin Zahed - October 21, 2012

It seems like yesterday when Disney’s Princess Tiana (Princess and the Frog) generated lots of debate over the depiction of multicultural characters in animated...

Features

Andy Serkis to Direct Mo-Cap ‘Animal Farm’

Ramin Zahed - October 21, 2012

Everyone’s favorite motion-capture thespian Andy Serkis (aka Gollum) will be going behind the camera for a new adaptation of George Orwell’s classic political fable...

Festivals & Events

Animation Summit to Spotlight ‘Rise of the Guardians’

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2012

DreamWorks Animation’s eagerly anticipated feature Rise of the Guardians has been generating huge buzz and emerged as one of the major frontrunners of this year’s...

Television

Disney’s Swampy the Gator Gets His Own Show

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2012

This past week, Disney Interactive premiered its first online short-form animated series based on its own popular game franchise. Swampy the Gator, the star...

Festivals & Events

Toon Boom Forms Partnership with iheed Institute

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2012

Leading animation software company Toon Boom and iheed Institute are launching iheedCrowd an online, platform where digital designers have the opportunity to create the next...

Festivals & Events

‘Second Hand’ Wins Best Short Award at VIEW

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2012

The VIEW Conference, which is held this week in Turin, Italy, announced the winners of its awards and Social Contest 2012. The entries had...

Television

Comedy Central Greenlights Animated Shorts Series

Ramin Zahed - October 18, 2012

Comedy Central has given the go ahead to Triptank, a weekly half-hour animated series set to premiere next fall. The series is an anthology...

Television

Atlantyca Flies with Aeroplane’s ‘The Fixies’

Ramin Zahed - October 18, 2012

Italian children’s entertainment producer and distributor Atlantyca recently signed a deal with Russian animation studio Aeroplane Productions to bring Russia’s top-rated animated series The...

Licensing

Sesame Street Launches Elmo Story Collection App

Ramin Zahed - October 18, 2012

Sesame Workshop and Impelsys today announced the launch of the Sesame Street Elmo Story Collection App for iPad. The newly released app includes six...

People

Nicolas Villarreal Launches ‘Pasteurized’ Book Campaign

Ramin Zahed - October 18, 2012

Nicolas Villarreal’s animated short Pasteurized has been slowly building buzz on the festival circuit over the past few months. The resourceful artist and teacher...

Schools

Animation Mentor to Offer Lighting Workshop

Ramin Zahed - October 17, 2012

Online animation and vfx school Animation Mentor has announced the launch of its new workshop designed specifically for animators interested in using light from...

Licensing

Nickelodeon Consumer Introduces ‘SpongeBob’ Infant Line

Ramin Zahed - October 17, 2012

Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has announced plans to launch new infant programs around Nickelodeon’s evergreen properties SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. Announced...

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