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Lucas’ THX: Bigger, Better and Re-Mastered

Ramin Zahed - May 21, 2004

George Lucas’ THX 1138, which is considered one of the seminal sci fi works of the ’70s has got a face lift and will...

VFX

Imagemotion to Shine at SIGGRAPH

Ramin Zahed - May 20, 2004

Sony Picture Imageworks’ proprietary performance-motion-capture system called Imagemotion™, which was developed for the upcoming feature The Polar Express, will be showcased at SIGGRAPH 2004....

Licensing

DECODE Grows Licensing Branch

Ramin Zahed - May 20, 2004

Toronto-based children’s and family entertainment company DECODE Entertainment has launched a new consumer arm to meet the merchandising and licensing demand of its high-profile...

People

Industry Vet Lee Orgel Passes Away at 78

Ramin Zahed - May 20, 2004

Lee Orgel, a veteran of Broadway, TV and film industry passed away at his home May 12 at the age of 78. His career...

Features

El Cid Scores a U.S. Date

Ramin Zahed - May 20, 2004

Spanish animated feature, El Cid: The Legend, will make its U.S. debut in September, thanks to new distributor Hannover House. According to Daily Variety,...

Features

Sin City Graphic Novel Inspires Noir Movie

Ramin Zahed - May 20, 2004

Director Robert Rodriguez has announced the cast of his next project, Sin City, based on the acclaimed graphic novel series by Frank Miller (Batman:...

Video Games

New Agency Connects Gaming Players with Hollywood

Ramin Zahed - May 20, 2004

Video game and Hollywood veterans Tim Langdell and Geoff Brown have announced the formation of Langdell Brown Associates, an agency created to increase the...

VFX

Radium Launches Design Branch

Ramin Zahed - May 19, 2004

Santa Monica- and San Francisco-based digital effects studio Radium has launched a new media design division. The eight designers tapped to lead this new...

Television

Soup2Nuts’ O’Grady Simmers on The N

Ramin Zahed - May 19, 2004

O’Grady, a new primetime toon about four self-involved teens who must cope with bizarre events, is slated to premiere in July on The N,...

People

Cartoon Network’s Khaki Jones Upped to VP of Original Series

Ramin Zahed - May 19, 2004

Khaki Jones has been promoted to vice president, original series, for Cartoon Network, it was announced today by Bob Higgins, senior VP of programming...

People

TOKYOPOP Taps Rene Garcia as VP of Film & TV

Ramin Zahed - May 19, 2004

Former Craven-Maddalena president of production Rene M. Garcia has joined L.A.-based manga and animation house TOKYOPOP as VP of Film and Television. "Manga's kinetic...

Features

Shrek 2 Sees Green Today in Theaters

Ramin Zahed - May 19, 2004

After three years of resting in his swamp with his true love, DreamWorks' Oscar-winning CG ogre, Shrek, will be having a brand new adventure...

Video Games

Playing the New Hollywood Games Event

Ramin Zahed - May 19, 2004

If you’re a gaming enthusiast, you won’t want to miss Producers Guild of America’s New Media Council’s upcoming panel, "Playing the New Hollywood Games,"...

VFX

Polhemus Announces New Tracking Product

Ramin Zahed - May 18, 2004

Polhemus, the Vermont-based company behind the 6 Degree-of-Freedom (6DOF) motion capture, tracking and digitizing technologies, has released a new state-of-the-art tracking system. The LIBERTY...

VFX

We Love Your Cookies. We Mean It This Time!

Ramin Zahed - May 18, 2004

We're happy to report that all our cookie problems have been solved. You can now log on to the Animation Magazine website only once,...

Festivals & Events

Irish Eyes Smiling at Tutenstein

Ramin Zahed - May 18, 2004

Congratulations are in order this morning to the talented cast, crew and producers of Tutenstein, the acclaimed series about a ten-year-old mummy who is...

Home Entertainment

Undercover Brother, Smallville Vol. 2 Out on DVD Today

Ramin Zahed - May 18, 2004

It must be spring fever at the DVD stores as animation fans are treated to even more titles than they’ll have time to watch...

Features

Zemeckis Develops Case of Measles

Ramin Zahed - May 18, 2004

Robert Zemeckis is getting hooked on performance capture animation. The director, who is helming this holiday season’s The Polar Express is also looking at...

VFX

Toon Boom’s Vogelesang Receives Prestigious Indian Honor

Ramin Zahed - May 17, 2004

Joan Vogelesang, president and CEO of Toon Boon Animation, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award at FRAMES 2004, one of Asia's biggest conventions centering...

Festivals & Events

Tripping the Rift, Creature Comforts Tops at Cartoons on the Bay

Ramin Zahed - April 29, 2004

The new Bill Plympton short Guard Dog, Sci-Fi Channel/Cinegroupe's 3D series Tripping the Rift and Aardman Animation/ITV1 series Creature Comforts were some of the...

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