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Licensing

eOne Nabs U.K Licensing for ‘Knights of Valour’

Ramin Zahed - August 30, 2012

Entertainment One (eOne) has secured the U.K. licensing rights to the new 3D animated feature Justin and the Knights of Valour which the firm’s...

Television

‘The Clone Wars’ Returns for 5th Season

Ramin Zahed - August 30, 2012

Fans of Cartoon Network/Lucasfilm Animation’s popular animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars can mark September 29 as the big date on their calendars....

VFX

Di-O-Matic releases Voice-O-Matic v2 for Maya

Ramin Zahed - August 30, 2012

Montreal-based animation software developer Di-O-Matic has released its new Voice-O-Matic v2 (Maya Edition). According to the company, once integrated with Autodesk Maya, Voice-O-Matic only...

Festivals & Events

Win Tickets for Sony’s ‘Open Season’ Screening/Panel

Ramin Zahed - August 30, 2012

We have five pair of tickets for the special screening of Sony Pictures Animation’s 2006 feature Open Season on September 5th, right on the...

Television

Bento Box Launches Interactive Unit

Ramin Zahed - August 29, 2012

Burbank-based animation studio Bento Box Entertainment has launched Bento Box Interactive, a new venture that specializes in the creation of distribution of digitally enhanced...

People

Hicks Is Nick’s New President of Content/Production

Ramin Zahed - August 29, 2012

Russell Hicks, a 14-year Nickelodeon veteran and its Chief Creative Officer since 2008, has been named to the new position of President, Content Development...

Features

GKIDS to Enter Four Pics in Oscar Race

Ramin Zahed - August 29, 2012

Indie distributors GKIDS announced today that it will have four feature films competing for the 2012 Best Animated Feature Oscar and Annie Awards. The distributor...

Television

Seth MacFarlane to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

Ramin Zahed - August 29, 2012

After directing this summer’s sleeper hit Ted (and voicing everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed teddy-bear), Seth MacFarlane will host the 38th season opener of the late...

Licensing

Jazwares Unveils New Line of Hanna-Barbera Collectibles

Ramin Zahed - August 29, 2012

Jazwares is launching a new line of figures and plush based on several classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Products hit toy aisles nationwide earlier this...

Television

ABC Greenlights Live-Action ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Pilot

Ramin Zahed - August 29, 2012

ABC has greenlit a live-action pilot featuring Marvel’s Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate (S.H.I.E.L.D.). Even better, the pilot will be co-written and possibly...

Festivals & Events

George T. Whitesides to Keynote 2012 VES Summit

Ramin Zahed - August 29, 2012

CEO and President of Virgin Galactic, George T. Whitesides, will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 Visual Effects Society Summit on October 13th....

Features

Spidey Beats Batman in China

Ramin Zahed - August 28, 2012

To limit the grosses of American movies, China Film Group opened Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man on the same day as Warner Bros.' The Dark...

Features

Kurtzman and Orci to Make ‘Dragonology’ Movie

Ramin Zahed - August 28, 2012

The beautifully produced Dragonology book is on its way to become a big Universal motion picture. The studio has tapped producers Alex Kurtzman and...

Features

Freeman and Banks Join ‘Lego’ Movie Voice Cast

Ramin Zahed - August 28, 2012

Elizabeth Banks and Morgan Freeman have joined the voice cast for Warner Bros.' upcoming feature Lego: The Piece of Resistance, according to Deadline.com. The...

Home Entertainment

New ‘Dark Knight Returns’ Clip Surfaces

Ramin Zahed - August 28, 2012

Warner Bros. Home Ent. has released a new clip from its upcoming animated feature Frank Miller‘s The Dark Knight Returns. The pic is exec...

Features

Warner Signs Exclusive Deal with ‘Nut Job’ Producers

Ramin Zahed - August 28, 2012

Warner Bros. has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Gulfstream Pictures, the film production and financing company headed by Mike Karz, producer of Valentine’s...

Home Entertainment

Aardman’s ‘Pirates!’ Sets Sail on DVD/Blu-ray Today

Ramin Zahed - August 28, 2012

Aardman fans, rejoice! This spring’s stop-motion animated feature The Pirates! Band of Misfits arrives on DVD and Blu-ray 3D today (Tuesday, August 28). Directed by...

Features

GKids Picks Up French Pic ‘Ernest & Celestine’

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2012

Indie distributor GKIDS announced today that it will distribute the acclaimed animated feature Ernest & Celestine in the U.S. this fall. Based on the popular...

People

‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ Director Arrested for Making Bomb Threat

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2012

Anime director Masaki Kitamura has been arrested by Osaka police for allegedly threatening to crash his truck into pedestrians and to “stab whoever I...

Television

PBS ‘SciGirls’ Announces Multi-platform Plans

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2012

PBS series SciGirls, which aims to engage girls 9-13 in science, technology, engineering and math has announced comprehensive multimedia plans for its second season,...

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