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Waking Sleeping Beauty to Premiere at Toronto

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2009

Don Hahn's fascinating look at Disney studio's animation revival of the mid-1980s will premiere at the Toronto International Festival in September. Titled Waking Sleeping...

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Mary and Max Debuts on Sundance VOD

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2009

Adam Elliot's award-winning stop-motion feature Mary and Max will debut on Sundance Channel's video-on-demand service. This new service offers documentaries and international films endorsed...

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Fresnadillo May Go for BioShock

Ramin Zahed - August 24, 2009

Have they not learned anything from the money vacuum that was the Halo movie? Well maybe they have. Variety reports that director Juan Carlos...

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CBBC Commissions New Toons

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

U.K.'s CBBC channel announced that it's expanding its online Cartoon Works portal and has commissioned a new animated series called Muddle Earth (based on...

Television

Stitch! Show Is Big in Japan

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

It looks like the wonderful blue alien star of Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois' 2002 animated feature Lilo & Stitch is getting his own...

Cameron’s Avatar Trailer Hits the Web

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

Only a month after wowing the fanboy crowds at San Diego's Comic-Con, Fox will preview selected scenes of James Cameron's upcoming feature, Avatar at...

Home Entertainment

Chop Socky Chooks Ready to Peck on DVD

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

Billed as 'poultry that packs a punch,' the Aardman/Decode CG-animated series Chop Socky Chooks will be released on a two-disc DVD set on October...

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Porchlight and E1 Ent. Makes Distrib Deal

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

L.A-based PorchLight Entertainment has made a long-term distribution deal with global E1 Entertainment Distribution. Under this new pact, E1 Entertainment will distribute the December...

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Sherak Elected as New Academy President

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

Industry veteran Tom Sherak was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday by the org's Board of Governors....

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REDCAT’s Hot for Animation This Fall

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

The new fall season at REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in Los Angeles) will offer an eclectic mix of cutting-edge animated projects...

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Lasseter to Receive Golden Lion from Lucas

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

George Lucas will present the Venice Festival's Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award to John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich....

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Disney, Zemeckis Plan to Embark on Yellow Submarine

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

After putting their spin on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, director Robert Zemeckis and Disney Studio are planning to remake the 1968 Beatles' animated...

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Weekend Choices Include Shorts, Ponyo, Basterds

Ramin Zahed - August 20, 2009

No new animated features are debuting this Friday, but Disney's English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo will enter its second week of release in...

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FX Orders 6 Episodes of Archer Toon

Ramin Zahed - August 18, 2009

The FX Channel has officially picked up six episodes of a new half-hour animated comedy created by Adam Reed, co-creator of 's Frisky Dingo...

People

MacFarlane Criticizes Pixar and DreamWorks Pics

Ramin Zahed - August 18, 2009

You've got to admit it: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane sure knows how to generate major press. Last week, he dropped the huge bombshell...

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WALL’E Writers Up for Humanitas Prize

Ramin Zahed - August 18, 2009

After winning almost every prize under the sun last year, WALL'E writers Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Jim Reardon are up for one more...

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Musashi Wows Critics in Locarno

Ramin Zahed - August 18, 2009

Production I.G's Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai has been receiving strong reviews since it debuted at the Locarno Film Festival recently. Produced...

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Ardden Scares Up New Casper Comic

Ramin Zahed - August 18, 2009

It looks like Harvey Comics' famous friendly ghost is ready for a big comeback. In conjunction with Casper's 60th anniversary, Ardden Entertainment announced that...

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