Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has picked up Endemol’s children’s series The 99 and will air the show on Cartoon Network's Indian and Southeast-Asian...

Home Entertainment

DVD Rush: ‘Idiots & Angels,’ ‘The Gruffalo’

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2011

The dog days of summer may be ruling on TV, but there are plenty of new, exciting toons debuting on DVD and Blu-ray this...

Television

Comedy Central Greenlights Tosh Toon

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2011

Stand-up comedian and TV host Daniel Tosh (Tosh.0) will exec producer and voice a new animated series for Comedy Central, it was announced today...

Television

‘3rd & Bird!’ Ready to Fly on Disney Junior

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2011

The hit BBC preschool series from Josh Selig and Little Airplane Productions, will have its U.S. premiere Monday, September 26, at noon on Disney...

People

Experimental Animator Robert Breer Dies at 85

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2011

We are sad to report that pioneering experimental animator Robert Breer passed away on August 12 at the age of 85. Born in Detroit,...

Features

Harry Potter Dethroned by Smurfs Overseas

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2011

It looks like Peyo’s little blue guys have dethroned Harry Potter from the top of the global box office chart this weekend. Sony’s live-action/CG...

Television

MarVista Nabs More Capital, Brings In New Execs

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2011

L.A.-based indie distributor and producer MarVista’s CEO Fernando Szew announced recently that his company has secured new investment capital from Brian N. Sheth’s Investment...

Features

Simon Smith to Direct ‘Penguins of Madagsacar’ Pic

Ramin Zahed - August 12, 2011

The mischievous Penguins of Madgascar are getting their own movie, which will be directed by Simon Smith, director of the Shrek 4-D ride film...

‘Puss in Boots’ Drops Pants

Ramin Zahed - August 12, 2011

A clever video featuring everyone’s favorite heroic cat has hit the web this week. The star of DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots praises the...

Television

Cosgrove, Hall and Fitzpatrick Plan New Preschool Toon

Ramin Zahed - August 12, 2011

U.K animation veterans Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall have teamed up with Francis Fitzpatrick to deliver a new animated series called Pip! Based on...

Features

Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams to Direct ‘Tembo’

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2011

Digital Domain Media Group’s Tradition Studios has enlisted Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams to direct its first CG-animated feature The Legend of Tembo. According...

Television

Sesame Street: “Bert and Ernie Aren’t Gay!”

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2011

In response to an online petition on change.org urging Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie to marry, the org has issued a statement noting...

Features

PBS Kids Catches New ‘Dinosaur Train’ Special

Ramin Zahed - August 10, 2011

PBS Kids is planning some major Jurassic action this month with a one-hour Dinosaur Train movie to kick of the second season of the...

Features

Eddie Murphy Lands Hong Kong Phooey Role

Ramin Zahed - August 10, 2011

After supplying the voice of Donkey in the Shrek Movies and Mushu the Dragon in Mulan, actor Eddie Murphy is now going to stars...

Festivals & Events

Academy to Screen Méliès’s ‘Trip to the Moon’

Ramin Zahed - August 10, 2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the original hand-colored version of Georges Méliès's landmark 1902 film A Trip to the...

Features

Sony Plans Smurfy Sequel for Summer of 2013

Ramin Zahed - August 9, 2011

Give the success of Sony’s summer blockbuster The Smurfs, which has brought int $135 million worldwide since its release on August 29, it’s not...

Festivals & Events

Ottawa Fest Reveals Official Selection

Ramin Zahed - August 9, 2011

William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg’s award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, the new Pixar short La Luna directed by Enrico Casarosa,...

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