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Features

Disney to Animate Marvel’s ‘Big Hero 6'

Ramin Zahed - July 1, 2012

After several days of speculation by the media, Disney has confirmed that it’s in early development with Marvel on an animated movie based on...

Features

How to Build a Better Teddy Bear!

Ramin Zahed - June 29, 2012

We shed light on how a seasoned team of vfx pros brought Seth MacFarlane’s misbehavin’ toy bear to animated life in the new comedy,...

People

Turner’s Stuart Snyder to Deliver Keynote at MIP Junior

Ramin Zahed - June 29, 2012

Stuart Snyder, the president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System's animation, young adults and kids media division, has been tapped to deliver the keynote...

Festivals & Events

‘Frankenweenie’ to Premiere at Austin’s Fantastic Fest

Ramin Zahed - June 29, 2012

Tim Burton’s eagerly anticipated feature Frankenweenie will have its world premiere on September 20 at the 2012 Fantastic Festival, held at the Alamo Drafthouse...

VFX

RevUp Render Introduces V-Ray 2.0

Ramin Zahed - June 29, 2012

Cloud computing technology innovator RevUp Render has announced a new version of its cloud rendering service supporting V-Ray 2.0 rendering software from the Chaos...

Television

Little Airplane Flies with New ‘Small Potatoes’ App

Ramin Zahed - June 29, 2012

Little Airplane Productions has partnered with social gaming platform Huzutech to create a new HTML5 app for its popular Small Potatoes Facebook page (www.facebook.com/thesmallpotatoes),...

Television

Clockwork VFX Powers Up ‘Star Wars’ Pod Campaign

Ramin Zahed - June 29, 2012

VFX, 3D animation studio Clockwork VFX recently wrapped work on Hasbro’s Star Wars Fighter Pods campaign, which introduces the new toy line with a...

Festivals & Events

China’s Xing Xing Digital Buys Canada’s Rainmaker Ent.

Ramin Zahed - June 28, 2012

Only a couple of days after the departure of president Catherine Winder from Vancouver’s Rainmaker Entertainment, the company was sold to China’s Xing Xing...

Television

Zodiak Kids’ ‘Waybuloo’ Flies to More Territories

Ramin Zahed - June 28, 2012

Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media Group’s children’s production and distribution arm has found new homes for its long-running pre-school show, Waybuloo. ABC Australia has picked up...

People

Coleman is Animal Logic’s New Head of Animation

Ramin Zahed - June 28, 2012

VFX and CG animation veteran Rob Coleman has been tapped as the new head of animation at Sydney and Los Angeles studio Animal Logic....

Festivals & Events

‘Adventure Time’ Experience Planned for Comic-Con

Ramin Zahed - June 27, 2012

Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time will be making a major splash in downtown San Diego during Comic-Con this year. The New Children’s Museum in the...

Television

Breakthrough’s ‘Crash Canyon’ Lands on MAV TV

Ramin Zahed - June 27, 2012

Crash Canyon, the prime-time animated series produced by Breakthrough Entertainment will debut on MAV TV, a U.S. cable broadcaster reaching 45 million homes through...

Features

Pratt to Voice Hero in Lego Movie

Ramin Zahed - June 27, 2012

Some of the many pieces of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s upcoming Lego movie are falling into place. According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor...

People

Winder to Leave Rainmaker Entertainment

Ramin Zahed - June 27, 2012

Catherine Winder, the president and exec producer at Vancouver’s Rainmaker Entertainment is expected to leave her post on June 30, says The Hollywood Reporter....

People

Producer Roger Slifer in Intensive Care After Accident

Ramin Zahed - June 26, 2012

Roger Slifer, the 57-year-old producer of Jem and the Holograms and G.I. Joe was taken to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this Saturday...

Features

Tartakovsky to Direct Sony’s 3D ‘Popeye’ Movie

Ramin Zahed - June 26, 2012

Hotel Transylvania director Genndy Tartakovsky won’t be slowing down any time soon. The much-respected animation veteran (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Clone Wars) will be...

Activision and Disney to Release ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Game

Ramin Zahed - June 26, 2012

Activision and Disney Interactive announced this week that they will produce and distribute a Wreck-It Ralph video game, in conjunction with the release of...

Television

New Pac-Man Series to Fly on U.K.’s Sky

Ramin Zahed - June 25, 2012

41 Entertainment announced today that its new stereoscopic CG-animated version of Pac-Man will debut in 3-D the U.K. and Ireland on British Sky Broadcasting...

People

TV Veteran Neil Court Is New Factory Chair

Ramin Zahed - June 25, 2012

UK-based indie Factory TM has appointed kids industry veteran Neil Court as its new non-executive chairman. Court will be joining the company’s board along with...

Television

Mondo TV Adopts Russian ‘Cat Leopold’

Ramin Zahed - June 25, 2012

Italian animation house Mondo TV will co-produce and distribute the new 2D animated series based on the Russian property Cat Leopold, in conjunction with...

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