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Television

Patrick Stewart Guests in ‘Futurama’ Season Finale

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2012

As if the end of summer vacation wasn’t bad enough, we now have to face the end of the season for Comedy Central’ Futurama....

Festivals & Events

Annies Submission Period Begins Sept. 3rd

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2012

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announces its call for entries’ for the 40th Annual Annie Awards. Submissions will be accepted beginning September 3....

Festivals & Events

Sony Launches 10th Anniversary Screening Series

Ramin Zahed - August 27, 2012

The 10th anniversary celebration of Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) continues with a five-week series of special screenings featuring SPA’s collection of animated and hybrid...

Features

LAIKA’s ‘ParaNorman’ Continues Spooky Reign

Ramin Zahed - August 26, 2012

LAIKA’s well-received stop-motion feature ParaNorman did respectable business at the box office during its second weekend of release, with an estimated $8.6 million. Directed...

Festivals & Events

Platform Animation Festival Comes to L.A.’s REDCAT

Ramin Zahed - August 26, 2012

We were thrilled to learn that the acclaimed Platform International Animation Festival, which took place in Portland in 2007, is scheduled to arrive in...

People

Count Puppeteer Jerry Nelson Dies at 78

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2012

Jerry Nelson, the Emmy-winning puppeteer best known for playing the famous Count von Count on Sesame Street, died Thursday (August 23) of unspecified causes,...

Television

Four Juried Animation Emmy Winners Are Announced

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2012

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday the juried winners for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Individual Achievement...

Television

A Big Week for Cartoon Network Toons

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2012

Fans of Cartoon Network’s popular show Total Drama: Revenge of the Island have a big Tuesday (August 28) ahead of them as the cabler...

Festivals & Events

Otomo’s ‘Short Peace’ to Screen at Hiroshima Fest

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2012

Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo will present parts of his new Short Peace anthology project at the upcoming Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival. Produced by the...

Commercials

32Ten Builds Lunarscape Set for Honey Maid Ad

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2012

San Rafael, Calif.-based model shop at 32TEN Studios recently wrapped work on a stop-motion animated, national TV spot promoting Kraft Foods’ new Honey Maid’s...

Features

Crystal Gives ‘Monsters University’ Mini-Scoop

Ramin Zahed - August 23, 2012

A lot of folks are dying to learn more info about Pixar’s upcoming prequel to Monsters, Inc., which is set to come out on...

Festivals & Events

Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ to Open London Film Fest

Ramin Zahed - August 23, 2012

Tim Burton’s much-anticipated black-and-white stop-motion feature Frankenweenie is set to open the 56th BFI London Film Festival on October 10, a week before its...

Television

Disney Channel offers End-of-Summer Double Treat

Ramin Zahed - August 23, 2012

Disney Channel will wrap its summer-long “Where’s Perry” event on a strong note this Friday (August 24) by airing two new episodes of its...

Television

Cuppa Coffee Plans a Spinoff for ‘Life’s a Zoo’

Ramin Zahed - August 23, 2012

Toronto-based animation studio Cuppa Coffee (Bruno, Celebrity Deathmatch, Ugly Americans) is planning a spinoff for its stop-motion reality show spoof Life’s a Zoo. The...

People

Animator Tissa David Passes Away at 91

Ramin Zahed - August 22, 2012

We were saddened by the recent news that New York-based indie animation artist Tissa David passed away last night at age 91 from a...

Features

Universal’s Minions Movie Gets Release Date

Ramin Zahed - August 22, 2012

Mark your calendars, Minion fans! The upcoming movie featuring the little yellow guys from the Universal/Illumination hit movie Despicable Me will be released on...

Television

Breakthrough’s ‘Dino Dan’ to Roar in Finland

Ramin Zahed - August 22, 2012

YLE in Finland has picked up the the hit children’s series Dino Dan, it was announced by Nat Abraham, Breakthrough’s president of distribution. Targeting 4-7-year-olds,...

OptiTrack Introduces New Model in Prime Mo-Cap Series

Ramin Zahed - August 22, 2012

OptiTrack has introduced a new family of mo-cap cameras designed for large-volume captures called the Prime Series. Offering capture volumes that extend up to...

Features

Sony Announces Full Cast for ‘Cloudy 2'

Ramin Zahed - August 21, 2012

Sony Pictures Animation has reassembled the all-star, comedy voice cast of the animated hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs for Cloudy 2: Revenge...

Television