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Television

Universal Forges Deal for ‘Metal Hurlant’

Ramin Zahed - May 17, 2011

Universal Pictures Germany has acquired home video and VOD rights to French sci-fi TV series Metal Hurlant Chronicles. According to Variety, the deal which...

Television

MacFarlane to Reboot ‘The Flintstones’

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

According to a story in Deadline.com, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has acquired the rights to reboot Hanna Barbera’s iconic series The Flintstones both...

Home Entertainment

Animated ‘Thor’ to Hammer DVD Competition

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

Thor, Marvel’s powerful God of Thunder is sitting on top of the new animated DVD releases list of the week. The new direct-to-DVD Thor:...

Television

Create & phuuz Ready to Deliver ‘Iconicles’

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

Create Media Ventures and phuuz entertainment are close to wrapping the first season of Iconicles, their new animated/live-action series produced for the preschool set....

People

Pearl to Shine in Licensing/Kids Post at Target

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

Target Entertainment has appointed Lindsay Pearl as its new Director of Licensing and Children’s Acquisitions. She joins Target in June and will be representing...

Festivals & Events

Animag’s Annual Pitch Party Is Now Open!

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

What’s the use of having a great idea for an animated show if you can’t get the key development execs at the networks and...

Television

Fox-TV Unveils New Toons for Fall

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

Fox-TV will have two new players on its Sunday Night Animation Domination block this fall. Variety reports that the new animated show Allen Gregory...

Features

Campanella’s Foosball 3D Plays in Cannes

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

Oscar-winning Argentinean director Juan Jose Campanella (The Secret of Their Eyes) took his latest animated feature, Foosball 3D to the Cannes film market this...

VIZ Launches Hamtaro Mobile Games

Ramin Zahed - May 16, 2011

San Francisco-based VIZ Media has licensed the rights for Hamtaro: Little Hamsters, Big Adventures, a video game for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad...

Festivals & Events

Kung Fu Panda Has His Day in Cannes

Ramin Zahed - May 12, 2011

After its big Puss In Boots extravaganza of Tuesday, DreamWorks Animation continued to bask in the limelight at the Cannes Film Festival with a...

Features

‘Rio’ Helps Fox Hit $1 Billion Mark

Ramin Zahed - May 12, 2011

Last weekend, Blue Sky’s 3Dblockbuster hit Rio helped Fox International hit the magic $1 billion dollar mark at the global box office. To date,...

EA’s ‘Alice: Madness Returns’ Ready to Pre-Order

Ramin Zahed - May 12, 2011

Is the world ready for more insane version of Lewis Carroll’s heroine Alice? Electronic Arts and Spicy Horse are betting good money that their...

Festivals & Events

Children’s Media Conference Announces Lineup

Ramin Zahed - May 12, 2011

Award-winning filmmaker David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire, The Mission) and Michael Acton Smith (creator of Moshi Monsters) will be participating in this year’s Children’s...

Festivals & Events

‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Leads Daytime Emmy Race

Ramin Zahed - May 11, 2011

The National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards. Leading the race is...

Festivals & Events

A Purrrfect Cannes Launch for ‘Puss in Boots’

Ramin Zahed - May 11, 2011

Jeffrey Katzenberg and his hard-working team at DreamWorks Animation have been part of the Cannes Festival scene ever since they introduced Shrek 2 to...

Home Entertainment

Shout! Factory, Nelvana Prep ‘Tintin’ DVDs

Ramin Zahed - May 11, 2011

Timed to coincide with the release of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming motion-capture feature, Shout! Factory and Nelvana will release the animated series The Adventures of...

Features

Mars Hurts Mouse’s Bottom Line

Ramin Zahed - May 11, 2011

As Disney prepares to make a big splash at the Cannes film festival with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the daily trades...

Television

Fox Renews ‘Family Guy’ & ‘Cleveland Show’

Ramin Zahed - May 10, 2011

Fox-TV can’t get enough of Seth MacFarlane. The network has announced that it has ordered a tenth season of Family Guy and a fourth...

Television

Animasia and ZN Animation Announce Major Co-Pro

Ramin Zahed - May 10, 2011

Malaysian animation studio Animasia (ABC Monsters, Kung Fu Chicken) has closed a co-production deal with China’s Zhongnan (ZN) Animation to deliver a new series...

Pixar Unleashes RenderMan Pro Server 16.0

Ramin Zahed - May 10, 2011

Pixar Animation Studios has released version 16.0 of its Oscar-winning RenderMan Pro Server software. The new release offers innovative advancements in ray tracing technology,...

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