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Television

Hensons Discuss Skrumps, Farscape

Ryan Ball - July 31, 2007

We recently spoke with Jim Henson Co. CEOs Brian and Lisa Henson, and Skrumps creator John Chandler about their new animated property and what's...

Television

Simpsons Unmasked at Comic-Con

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2007

As they do every year at Comic-Con, the mad geniuses behind FOX's The Simpsons packed the largest auditorium at the San Diego Convention Center...

Television

Galleon Opens Apollo’s Pad

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2007

U.K.-based intellectual property owner Galleon Ent. has greenlight production of a new animated series titled Apollo's Pad. Working in association with Sony BMG, The...

Features

Simpsons Movie Burns Up Box Office

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2007

The Simpsons Movie was expected to gross around $50 million domestically this weekend but ended up surpassing even 20th Century Fox's promising projections....

Features

Stanton Talks Wall’E at Comic-Con

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2007

Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton took the stage before a massive audience at Comic-Con to share his thoughts and some exclusive footage from the...

People

It’s Jerry Time with Jerry and Orrin Zucker

Ryan Ball - July 27, 2007

The underdog came out on top for once when the no-budget animated web series It's Jerry Time became the first video blog to win...

Features

The Simpsons Movie Hits the Big Screen

Ryan Ball - July 27, 2007

It's been a long time coming, but Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and all the other wacky residents of Springfield are finally on the...

Features

Imageworks Hatching New Movies

Ryan Ball - July 27, 2007

As the trailer for director Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf makes the rounds on the Internet, digital production studio Sony Pictures Imageworks announced today that it...

Home Entertainment

Futurama Plans Revealed

Ryan Ball - July 26, 2007

As part of its Comic-Con activities, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will shed light on the upcoming Futurama DVD movies and new TV episodes,...

Home Entertainment

FUNimation Goes Blu-ray with Dragon Ball Movies

Ryan Ball - July 26, 2007

Navarre Corp.'s FUNimation Ent. will release the Dragon Ball Z movies Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan and Broly: Second Coming as its first high-definition...

Video Games

Ubisoft Game for Heroes

Ryan Ball - July 26, 2007

Ubisoft has signed a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to develop and publish a video game based on the hit NBC...

Television

Animation Collective, Fatcat Make Delivery

Ryan Ball - July 26, 2007

New York-based Animation Collective and Canadian entertainment company Fatkat Studios today announced a co-venture to produce 26 episodes of a half-hour animated action-comedy series...

Features

Beowulf Trailer Debuts

Ryan Ball - July 26, 2007

The art of creating digital humans for film has come a long way since Square's and Columbia Pictures 2001 box office flop Final Fantasy:...

Festivals & Events

Warner Home Video Gets Animated at Comic-Con

Ryan Ball - July 25, 2007

Warner Home Video will offer a bit of cartoon nostalgia and offer sneak peeks and new productions as it hosts several animation-related panels this...

Home Entertainment

Virgin Comics Hunts Jenna Jameson

Ryan Ball - July 25, 2007

One of the year's most ironic entertainment partnerships has porn star and adult entertainment entrepreneur Jenna Jameson teaming with Virgin Comics to create a...

Video Games

Cartoon Network MMOG Debuts at Comic-Con

Ryan Ball - July 25, 2007

Cartoon Network today unveiled its first massively multi-player online game (MMOG), Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall, at Comic-Con Int'l in San Diego. Attendees can go...

Aardman, Enable Launch Virtual Kid World

Ryan Ball - July 25, 2007

Aardman Animations and Enable Interactive have created a new Interactive portal for Kids at www.webbliworld.com. Commissioned by WebbliWorld Ltd., the virtual world was designed...

IDT Corp. Acquires Comic Publisher IDW

Ryan Ball - July 25, 2007

IDT Internet Mobile Group (IMG), a division of IDT Corp., has acquired a controlling interest in IDW Publishing, a leading independent comics publisher that...

VFX

Yowza Animates DinoSapien

Ryan Ball - July 24, 2007

Animation studio Yowza Digital in Toronto is handling 3D animation and visual effects production on DinoSapien, a live-action television series that features CG character...

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