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Festivals & Events

Red Stick Panels Focus on Web Content

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2009

During the past two days, attendees of the 5th Annual Red Stick Animation Festival in Baton Rouge have been treated to several informative panels...

Festivals & Events

Talking Toons in Baton RougeA Report from Red Stick Animation Festival

Ramin Zahed - April 22, 2009

The beautiful port town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is hosting the fifth edition of the eclectic, entertaining and all-around useful Red Stick International Animation...

Television

DQE to Fly with The Little Prince

Ramin Zahed - April 20, 2009

Indian animation powerhouse DQ Entertainment has embarked on the production of a new CG-animated series based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery's beloved masterpiece, The Little...

Television

Disney Channel Shuffles Execs in Europe

Ramin Zahed - April 20, 2009

The rebranding of Jetix and Disney Channel in Europe has led to the resignation of Steve Aranguren, VP for global original programming at Disney...

Features

Toy Story 3 Trailer Sneaks at NAB

Ramin Zahed - April 20, 2009

Buzz Lightyear and Cowboy Woody made a surprise visit to NAB this week as Disney offered the first public screening of the teaser trailer...

Home Entertainment

Wolverine, Magneto and an Exclusive X-Men Clip!

Ramin Zahed - April 20, 2009

Wolverine and the X-Men brought Marvel's misunderstood mutants back to animation when it debuted on Nicktoons earlier this year, and now it's three-part debut...

Television

FUNimation Picks Up Five New VIZ toons

Ramin Zahed - April 19, 2009

VIZ Media has licensed five of its top animated series to FUNimation Channel, the anime network by FUNimation Ent. and OlympuSAT. Set for debut...

Features

Paramount Visits Animal’s Kingdom

Ramin Zahed - April 19, 2009

Paramount will be making a feature based on Mike Bullock's popular family comic book series Lions, Tigers and Bears, according to The Hollywood Reporter....

David Lynch Directs Moby’s Animated Video

Ramin Zahed - April 19, 2009

You can always count on eccentric indie director David Lynch to come up with projects that captivate and intrigue audiences worldwide. The latest project...

Festivals & Events

Cosmic Quantum Ray, Phineas & Ferb Big Winners at Cartoons on the Bay

Ramin Zahed - April 6, 2009

Mike Young Productions' Cosmic Quantum Ray and Disney's Phineas and Ferb were two of the winners in the top categories at this year's Pulcinella...

Features

Rai Fiction Toons Up 3 New Shows

Ramin Zahed - April 5, 2009

Italian pubcaster Rai Fiction unveiled its new slate of animated programs this weekend at the 13th edition of the Cartoons on the Bay festival...

Festivals & Events

MIPTV Wrap: Day Three ‘The Time-Wasters Stayed Home!’

Ramin Zahed - April 2, 2009

Despite the lousy weather, most of the toon execs I cornered today seemed pretty happy about their business meetings'of course, they would just say...

Television

They Came From MIPTV’

Ramin Zahed - April 1, 2009

As international animation content producers and buyers head over to Cannes this month (March 30-April 3) in search of the next big thing, we...

Video Games

It’s a Cracking New Game, Gromit!

Ramin Zahed - April 1, 2009

Telltale Games delivers an awesome new series of games for two beloved Aardman characters. It's a well-known fact that if you're a game designer dealing...

Features

When Earthlings Attack!

Ramin Zahed - April 1, 2009

After winning the Best Feature Prize at Ottawa, Aristomenis Tsirbas' indie labor of love, Battle for Terra, is ready for its 3-D blitz. Only a...

Television

Iron Man Gets A Face Lift

Ramin Zahed - April 1, 2009

Nicktoons debuts a stylish new animated series starring a teenaged version of the Marvel superhero. If you tune in to the new series Iron Man:...

Television

The Name’s Oso, Special Agent Oso

Ramin Zahed - April 1, 2009

A new animated preschool show on Playhouse Disney pushes the visual envelope while gently spoofing secret agent movies. James Bond and all the other Cold...

Television

Jurassic Choo Choo

Ramin Zahed - April 1, 2009

Creator Craig Bartlett talks about his new animated creation Dinosaur Train, a Jim Henson Company project which is scheduled to pull into PBS KIDS...

Television

Alphanim’s 21st Century Game Plan

Ramin Zahed - April 1, 2009

Heath Kenny, the recently appointed creative director of the French studio, discusses the 2009 slate and plans for increasing the company's global profile. Last year,...

Television