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Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Princess Rules the Weekend Box Office

Ramin Zahed - June 24, 2012

We can all take a deep breath. Pixar has still got its box office superpowers. The studio’s 13th animated feature Brave took the number-one...

Television

Nick’s ‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Wins Another Emmy

Ramin Zahed - June 24, 2012

Nickelodeon’s popular animated series Penguins of Madagascar took home the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program on Saturday (June 23). The National Academy...

Features

Sony Animation Eyes ‘Kazorn & the Unicorn’ Movie

Ramin Zahed - June 24, 2012

Gnomeo and Juliet and Shrek 2 director Kelly Asbury is going to have a very busy year. Not only is he writing Sony’s upcoming...

Television

Adult Swim to Ignite ‘Black Dynamite’

Ramin Zahed - June 22, 2012

If you’ve been looking for a super-cool, mature animated series to add to your late-night viewing list, then you’ll be happy to know that...

Features

Alcuni Offers ‘Pet Pals’ App for Samsung

Ramin Zahed - June 22, 2012

Italian toon house Gruppo Alcuni has unveiled its latest Pet App for Samsung Galaxy S III mobiles via developer Melazeta. The app is a...

Festivals & Events

Disney TV Animation Announces Comic-Con Plans

Ramin Zahed - June 22, 2012

Disney Channel and Disney XD have announced the highlights of their Comic-Con activities this year. Panels and screenings for shows such as TRON: Uprising,...

Festivals & Events

‘Simpsons’ Producers to Get Special Saturn Award

Ramin Zahed - June 21, 2012

The producers of FOX’s long-running animated series The Simpsons are not too happy with the TV Academy for its snubbing of animation writers (see...

Features

Fans Sink Teeth into New ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Trailer

Ramin Zahed - June 21, 2012

We’re several months away from the official spooky season of Halloween, but Sony is hoping to keep the spirit alive with a new trailer...

React Releases Interactive 2D Game ‘The Act’

Ramin Zahed - June 21, 2012

If you’ve been longing for the kinder, gentler days of 2D-animated games, then look no further than React Entertainment’s classically animated release, The Act....

Features

Pixar Unleashes Trailer & Images for ‘Monsters University’

Ramin Zahed - June 20, 2012

Only two days before the nationwide release of its summer movie Brave, Disney/Pixar has unveiled new images and a trailer for the studio’s 2013...

Features

Rihanna, Jim Parsons to Voice DreamWorks Alien Pic

Ramin Zahed - June 20, 2012

Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and singer-actress Rihanna (Battleship) will voice the lead parts in Happy Smekday!, a DreamWorks Animation adaptation of the...

Features

Fox Finds the Way to ‘Sesame Street’ Movie

Ramin Zahed - June 20, 2012

It looks like Bert, Ernie and Big Bird are going to be starring in another big-screen adventure. The Hollywood Reporter announced that 20th Century...

People

Irene Weibel Promoted to Head of Nelvana Studio

Ramin Zahed - June 20, 2012

Irene Weibel has been appointed VP, head of Nelvana Studio. Weibel will have overall responsibility for the development and production for all original productions...

Television

The Dwarfs are Back in Disney Jr.’s ‘7D’

Ramin Zahed - June 19, 2012

Heigh ho, heigh ho, Disney Jr. has started production on a new animated series featuring radically new designed versions of Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs....

Features

DQ Plants New $45 Mil. ‘Jungle Book’ Movie

Ramin Zahed - June 19, 2012

Indian powerhouse studio DQ Entertainment has launched a dedicated feature division division which plans to produce a steady slate of motion pictures in the...

Television

Bron Studios Launches Animated ‘Monsters’ Series

Ramin Zahed - June 19, 2012

Vancouver-based Bron Studios has launched Bron Animation to develop and produce original kid’s animated intellectual properties for television and film with an emphasis on...

Festivals & Events

SIGGRAPH Unveils Computer Animation Festival Winners

Ramin Zahed - June 19, 2012

The upcoming SIGGRAPH event has announced this year’s Computer Animation Festival winners. The event, which takes place August 5-9 at the L.A. Convention Center...

Television

Animation Writers File Complaint with TV Academy

Ramin Zahed - June 18, 2012

Animation writers and exec producers aren’t happy with the TV Academy this year. Variety reports that more than 50 animation exec producers and writers,...

Festivals & Events

Toon Legend June Foray Wins Her First Emmy

Ramin Zahed - June 18, 2012

Dynamic voice actress June Foray finally took home her first Emmy last night at age 94. The animation legend, who is best known for...

Festivals & Events

U.K. Offers More Info on Animation Tax Break

Ramin Zahed - June 18, 2012

The U.K. government formally opened its consultation on a proposed tax break program for high-end TV productions, animation projects and video games. The Treasury Secretary...

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