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Festivals & Events

‘Wrinkles,’ ‘The Last Bus’ Win Stuttgart Prizes

Ramin Zahed - May 13, 2012

Over the weekend, Stuttgart’s International Festival of Animated Film announced the winners of its 19th Trickfilm competition (May 8-3). Martin Snopek and Ivana Laucikova’s...

Features

Sony Lines Up Scribes for ‘Smurfs 3'

Ramin Zahed - May 11, 2012

Only a few weeks after announcing details about The Smurfs 2 feature (set to be released on July 31, 2013) Sony has revealed info...

Features

Vampire Weekend Off to a Good Start

Ramin Zahed - May 11, 2012

It’s going to be a “vampires vs. the superheroes” kind of a weekend. Tim Burton’s take on TV soap opera Dark Shadows, starring Johnny...

Top Stories

Adobe Introduces New Creative Cloud

Ramin Zahed - May 11, 2012

Adobe has announced the release of its Adobe Creative Cloud, a new way of providing tools and services for creatives. A subscription-based offering, Adobe...

Television

Future of Fox’s ‘Cleveland Show’ Looks Hazy

Ramin Zahed - May 10, 2012

Fox-TV announced that it has renewed its Sunday animation regulars Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy and American Dad. However, according to ew.com, the channel hasn’t...

Features

Del Toro to Co-Direct Henson’s ‘Pinocchio’

Ramin Zahed - May 10, 2012

After many months of unconfirmed rumors, Guillermo Del Toro has made it official. He will be co-directing Henson’s upcoming stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio, with...

Top Stories

Endless LLP Acquires U.K. Effects House Cinesite

Ramin Zahed - May 10, 2012

Indie U.K.-based equity firm Endless LLP has acquired top digital VFX house Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount. The deal involves Cinesite’s existing...

Television

‘City of Friends’ Launches New Interactive Initiatives

Ramin Zahed - May 10, 2012

Norway’s CreaCon Group is enhancing its digital presence by launching a new interactive website for its animated preschool series City of Friends. Launching this...

Television

Big Bad Boo’s ‘1001 Nights’ Flies to New Territories

Ramin Zahed - May 9, 2012

2012 is shaping up to be a good year for Vancouver-based indie animation house Big Bad Boo. The studio’s 2D animated series 1001 Nights...

People

LAIKA Appoints Mary Sandell as Head of Production

Ramin Zahed - May 9, 2012

Mary Sandell is Portland-based animation house LAIKA’s new head of production, says The Hollywood Reporter. The animation veteran was a producer on the stop-motion...

Festivals & Events

2012 Daytime Emmy Nominations Are Announced

Ramin Zahed - May 9, 2012

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards. The nominations were announced...

Features

Illumination Plans a ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Movie

Ramin Zahed - May 9, 2012

Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford the Big Red Dog will be wagging his tail on the big screen again, thanks to the team at Illumination Entertainment...

Festivals & Events

Butch Hartman to Give Keynote Address at Ottawa

Ramin Zahed - May 9, 2012

The Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman will be delivering one of this years keynote addresses at the 2012 Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival’s industry event...

Top Stories

Clever Sci-Fi Toon ‘New Eden’ to Hit the Web

Ramin Zahed - May 9, 2012

A new animated show about a pair of bickering space travelers called New Eden is set to debut on May 29 on the Web....

Festivals & Events

SIGGRAPH Announces Emerging Technologies Highlights

Ramin Zahed - May 8, 2012

SIGGRAPH 2012 (Aug. 4-9) has announced a few of the highlights of its Emerging Technologies showcase, which will be held at the Los Angeles...

Schools

Demand for Animation Skills Increases 25%

Ramin Zahed - May 8, 2012

Here is some good news for animation students. During the past 90 days, more than 4,000 jobs were advertised online that required animation skills,...

People

Beloved Children’s Book Artist Maurice Sendak Dies at 83

Ramin Zahed - May 8, 2012

One of the most influential and beloved children’s artists of the 20th century, Maurice Sendak, died on Tuesday at the age of 83 from...

Television

Studio 100 and Thunderbird Create Buzz for ‘Maya the Bee’

Ramin Zahed - May 8, 2012

Flemish studio Studio 100 has tapped Indie distributor Thunderbird Films to distribute its new, 3D animated adventure series Maya the Bee into Canada and...

Features

Staunton and Richardson to Play Fairies in ‘Maleficent’

Ramin Zahed - May 8, 2012

Disney’s upcoming live-action fantasy Maleficent has made a few more cast announcements. Angelina Jolie is already set to play the titular character—the villainess in...

Top Stories

D3Publisher to Release Radical ‘Adventure Time’ Game

Ramin Zahed - May 8, 2012

Is the gaming world ready for a totally algebraic, radical time? D3Publisher (D3P) and Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) announced the upcoming release of the Adventure...

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