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Television

Stan Lee, Showtime Out Gay Superhero

Ryan Ball - November 13, 2008

Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee is exec producing a Showtime series about a gay superhero. The hour-long series is based on the book...

Television

Comedy Central Has Ugly Americans

Ryan Ball - November 13, 2008

Comedy Central announced that it has commenced production on a pilot episode of Ugly Americans, an animated project about an alternate universe in New...

People

Seales Named VP of Production at Cartoon Network

Ryan Ball - November 13, 2008

Nathania Seales has been promoted to VP of production for Cartoon Network On-Air. Formerly senior director of on-air production, Seales will oversee production of...

Features

Carell Gets Despicable for Toon

Ryan Ball - November 13, 2008

Steve Carell is re-teaming with Horton Hears a Who! pals for his next animation voicing job. According to Daily Variety, the Office star been...

Home Entertainment

Christmas Is Here Again on DVD

Ryan Ball - November 12, 2008

Another animated holiday movie has joined the fray. Christmas Is Here Again a musical adventure featuring the voices of Kathy Bates, Ed Asner, Shirley...

aniBoom Awards Entries Due Dec. 1

Ryan Ball - November 12, 2008

Virtual cartoon studio aniBoom will soon close the submission process for its third annual aniBoom Awards. Independent animators of all types around the globe...

People

Woolverton Gets WGA Animation Award

Ryan Ball - November 12, 2008

Lion King scribe Linda Woolverton has received the eleventh annual Animation Writing Award for lifetime achievement from the Writers Guild of America, West's Animation...

Features

Coraline Poster Debuts

Ryan Ball - November 12, 2008

Focus Features today released the one-sheet for Coraline, the upcoming stop-motion feature from LAIKA and director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and...

Features

Scott, Toon Scribe Tapped for Monopoly

Ryan Ball - November 12, 2008

Hasbro and Universal have found a director and screenwriter for their upcoming movie based on the enduring board game Monopoly. According to The Hollywood...

VFX

Image Metrics Mints Game, Film/TV Units

Ryan Ball - November 12, 2008

Image Metrics, a provider of facial animation solutions for the entertainment industry, announced that it is aligning its operations into video game and film...

Festivals & Events

TV Academy Examines Diversity In Animation

Ryan Ball - November 12, 2008

Those who live in the Los Angeles area can check out a special program being presented tonight (Nov. 12) by the Academy of Television...

Home Entertainment

Clone Wars, Disney Treasures on DVD

Ryan Ball - November 11, 2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the theatrically released feature that kicked off the Cartoon Network series, arrives on hone video today, along with the...

Home Entertainment

Hellboy II, Harry Potter Bring Magic Home

Ryan Ball - November 11, 2008

Digital visual effects abound as Director Guillermo del Toro's CG-laden sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army and the Harry Potter Years 1-5 Gift Set...

Home Entertainment

Pixar Introduces BURN’E

Ryan Ball - November 11, 2008

The world has fallen in love with WALL'E, but is there room in viewers' hearts for another bewildered robot from the futuristic world created...

Television

Cleveland Delayed by FOX

Ryan Ball - November 11, 2008

Family Guy fans will have to wait a while to see the animated show's African American character get his own show. Daily Variety reports...

People

Rubber Duck Names new Production, Development Head

Ryan Ball - November 11, 2008

Laura Clunie has been appointed head of production and development at Rubber Duck Entertainment (RDE), the television production and development arm of Contender Entertainment...

VFX

Toon Boom Debuts Animate

Ryan Ball - November 11, 2008

Toon Boom Animation Inc. has released Toon Boom Animate, a new creative animation software package promising greater productivity, better quality and faster delivery of...

Features

Madagascar is King of B.O. Jungle

Ryan Ball - November 10, 2008

DreamWorks Animations's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa debuted as the top movie in North America, raking in an estimated $63.5 million domestically and another $40...

Features