U.K. indie shop Calon will be taking six animated projects to the international content market MIPCOM this October. The company recently regained the rights...

Features

District 9 Aliens Invade Box Office

Ramin Zahed - August 16, 2009

After garnering rave reviews and winning over fanboys at Comic-Con, Sony's thrilling sci-fi epic District 9 delivered the goods with a $37 million opening...

Features

Singer to Direct Battlestar Galactica Movie

Ramin Zahed - August 16, 2009

After trying his hand at 20th century history with the ho-hum Valkyrie, director Bryan Singer is returning to his sci-fi roots with an upcoming...

Features

Disney Unveils Rapunzel Concept Art

Ramin Zahed - August 16, 2009

While everyone is anticipating Disney's return to 2D form this holiday season with The Princess and the Frog, there's an equal amount of interest...

Television

MacFarlane: Yup, Stewie’s Gay

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2009

After suspecting it all along, we now have confirmation from Family Guy creator that the show's breakout character Stewart Gilligan 'Stewie' Griffin is gay....

Features

Vanguard’s Space Chimps 2 3-D Goes into Production

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based Vanguard Animation is producing a sequel to its 2008 CG-animated feature, Space Chimps. Overseen by animation veteran John Williams (Shrek, Valiant, Happily...

People

Fabrice O. JoubertDirector, French Roast

Ramin Zahed - August 12, 2009

Fabrice O. Joubert's charming CG-animated short French Roast has been receiving numerous festival awards and critical attention over the past few months. In August,...

Television

So, This Dentist and His Family Get in an RV ‘

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2009

Michael Eisner and Eric Fogel team up to bring viewers Glenn Martin DDS, a claymated sitcom about a dentist and his family, which premieres...

Television

A New Chapter for The Jungle Book

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2009

DQ Entertainment sets up a robust animation pipeline for its upcoming new CG-animated series. While Disney's 1967 feature adaptation of The Jungle Book will always...

Home Entertainment

Books We Love

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2009

God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga By Natsu Onoda Power For those of us who love to...

Festivals & Events

Let the Good Bytes Roll

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2009

The eclectic sights and sounds of New Orleans add an extra dimension to this year's SIGGRAPH confab and CG animation festival. It's a commonly acknowledged...

Television

Cartoon Network Picks Up Another Live-Action Pilot!

Ramin Zahed - August 7, 2009

This isn't an animation-related story, but it's definitely indicative of the direction in which Cartoon Network has been heading for the past year or...

Festivals & Events

French Roast Wins SIGGRAPH’s Best in Show

Ramin Zahed - August 3, 2009

French Roast, Fabrice O. Joubert's witty animated short about a Parisian caf' patron who can't pay his bill has won SIGGRAPH 2009's Best in...

VFX

Kickstand Introduces StretchMesh 1.5 for Autodesk Maya

Ramin Zahed - July 31, 2009

Kickstand LLC has announced the worldwide availability of StretchMesh 1.5 software for Autodesk Maya software.This new surface deformation plug-in is designed to seamlessly integrate...

Festivals & Events

Paley Center Celebrates Hanna-Barbera’s 70th Anniversary

Ramin Zahed - July 31, 2009

The Paley Center in Beverly Hills is hosting a 70th anniversary celebration of Hanna-Barbera Studio, on Saturday, August 22 at 4:30 p.m. Jerry...

Features

Fantastic Mr. Fox Comes Out of Hiding

Ramin Zahed - July 31, 2009

At long last, we get to see the first trailer for Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson's much-awaited adaptation of Roald Dahl's popular children's book....

Features

Quantum Quest Details Revealed

Ramin Zahed - July 30, 2009

Although some of the more over-hyped animated features and vfx projects were hogging the spotlight at Comic-Con last week, a smaller indie 3-D, CG-animated...

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