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Television

Mattel Buys Hit Ent. for $680m

Ramin Zahed - October 24, 2011

It’s official. Thomas the Tank and Bob the Builder have a new home. London’s Financial Times is reporting that toy powerhouse Mattel has bought...

Festivals & Events

Tim Burton Designs Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Balloon

Ramin Zahed - October 24, 2011

On the heels of sharing his art with visitors to the L.A. County Museum this year, Tim Burton has designed a special float for the...

Festivals & Events

‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ Director to Speak at SIGGRAPH Asia

Ramin Zahed - October 24, 2011

Jennifer Yu Nelson, the acclaimed director of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 and the film’s production designer Raymond Zibach are two of the...

Features

DreamWorks Shows Off ‘Underpants’

Ramin Zahed - October 21, 2011

Dreamworks Animation will be flying with Dav Pilkey’s hugely popular book series Captain Underpants, Deadline.com reported this week. The studio acquired the rights to...

Television

CBeebies Cries for Second Season of ‘Baby Jake’

Ramin Zahed - October 21, 2011

Darrall Macqueen’s wonderful preschool series Baby Jake has been picked up for a second season by CBeebies in the U.K. The new season of...

Television

‘Geronimo Stilton’ begins Sophomore Season on Rai2

Ramin Zahed - October 21, 2011

Atlantyca’s brilliant mouse reporter Geronimo Stilton is ready for a second season of cheese-filled adventures on RAI 2, beginning this Monday (Oct. 24) at...

People

Google Celebrates Mary Blair’s 100th Birthday

Ramin Zahed - October 21, 2011

Google is showcasing a colorful "birthday doodle" in honor of Disney Legend Mary Blair’s 100th birthday today (Friday, Oct. 21). The much-loved artist, whe...

Television

‘Oki’s Oasis’ Saddles Up for Disney Jr.

Ramin Zahed - October 20, 2011

Disney Jr. has started production on the new CG-animated preschool show Oki’s Oasis, which will feature the voice of Mandy Moore. Set to premiere...

Features

Warner Bros.’s Live-Action ‘Akira’ to Roll 2012

Ramin Zahed - October 20, 2011

Fans of the great anime feature and manga Akira got some good news courtesy of Warner Bros. today. The studio has officially greenlit a...

Television

New Season of ‘Strawberry Shortcake’ Sweetens The Hub

Ramin Zahed - October 20, 2011

The half-hour animated series Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures is set to return for another season on The Hub beginning, Saturday, November 5 at...

Features

TV Broadcast of ‘Persepolis’ Divides Tunisians

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2011

Marjane Satrapi’s Oscar-nominated 2007 animated feature Persepolis has been the center of a political storm in Tunisia this past week. After Muslim fundamentalists attacked...

Festivals & Events

Annie Awards Tickets Are on Sale Now

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2011

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced that tickets for the 39th Annual Annie Awards, (Saturday, Feb. 4, at UCLA’s Roye Hall) are...

Festivals & Events

Wallace & Gromit’s Charity Auction Set for Nov.

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2011

The children’s charity, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, will hold an online animation art auction from November 1st to the 10th. The event, which...

Licensing

Rastamouse Gets Bookish with Macmillan

Ramin Zahed - October 19, 2011

Rastamouse, the reggae-singing superstar of DHX Media’s stop-motion series has yet another reason to sing happy tunes. U.K. publisher Macmillan Children’s Books has bought the...

Television

PBS Monkeys Around with ‘Curious George’ Pics

Ramin Zahed - October 18, 2011

Fans of Margaret and H.A. Rey’s mischievous monkey Curious George will be seeing a lot of him on PBS this holiday season. PBS Kids will...

Features

John Lasseter Defends ‘Cars 2’

Ramin Zahed - October 18, 2011

In time for the release of Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 on DVD, John Lasseter spoke to The New York Times today (Oct. 17) about the...

Television

Scandalous Secrets Spread on ‘South Park’

Ramin Zahed - October 17, 2011

This week’s episode of Comedy Central’s South Park centers on an outrageous new website that is leaking salacious information about the kids. In the...

Licensing

Atlantyca to Rep ‘Little Prince’ in Italy

Ramin Zahed - October 17, 2011

Entertainment studio Atlantyca (Geronimo Stilton) is the new licensing agent for LPPM’s CG-animated series The Little Prince in Italy. The company’s CEO Claudia Mazzucco...

People

McCarron Is Atomic Cartoons’s New Head of Production

Ramin Zahed - October 17, 2011

Vancouver-based Atomic Cartoons (Atomic Betty) has brought in Jennifer McCarron to head up production at the studio, supervising in-house production teams. Over the past 15...

Features

Spielberg’s ‘Tintin’ Gets Thumbs Up from U.S. Trades

Ramin Zahed - October 17, 2011

Since Steven Spielberg’s much-anticipated animated feature The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn will be released in Belgium and France on Oct....

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