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Television

Cartoon Network Parties with Rave Master

Ryan Ball - May 10, 2004

Cartoon Network will add the new music-infused anime series Rave Master to its Toonami lineup on Saturday, June 5, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Gold-selling...

Television

Buyer’s Corner– New AMO Initiative For Readers Interviews With Power Buyers From Around the World

Ryan Ball - May 10, 2004

No matter how experienced you are, no matter how many buyers you know, it still helps to have someone out there digging up the...

Features

Monster Opening for Van Helsing

Ryan Ball - May 10, 2004

Universal’s over-the-top horror/action/adventure tour de force Van Helsing kicked off the summer movie season with a fang over the weekend, driving a stake through...

Video Games

Buena Vista Games Enchants E3 with Narnia, Chicken Little

Ryan Ball - May 10, 2004

Buena Vista Games Inc., the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Co., will publish video games based on the upcoming Mouse House features...

Home Entertainment

Hasbro Adds Color to VIDEONOW Player

Ryan Ball - May 7, 2004

With competition from Majesco’s and Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance Video products on the way, Hasbro is introducing a color version of its hot-selling kid-friendly,...

Television

Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour Director Talks Blending 2D and 3D

Ryan Ball - May 7, 2004

Worlds and animation styles collide tonight when Nickelodeon combines two of its most popular cartoon series for the special The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour. Premiering...

Features

Van Helsing Out to Slay at Box Office

Ryan Ball - May 7, 2004

After reviving Universal's classic Mummy franchise with a pair of summer blockbusters, writer/director Stephen Sommers is at it again, this time taking on Dracula,...

Features

Nemo Helps Pixar Triple Profits

Ryan Ball - May 7, 2004

Pixar Animation Studios announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended April 3, 2004, reporting that profits have tripled over last year. Pixar earned...

Video Games

Activision’s Shark Tale, Spider-Man 2 Premiere at E3

Ryan Ball - May 7, 2004

Activision Inc. will showcase 10 new titles at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center May 12-14....

Festivals & Events

Robot Wins Copenhagen 3D Award for Taking Onimusha 3 to the max

Ryan Ball - May 6, 2004

Tokyo-based animation studio Robot Communications took the top prize in the Game Cinematics category at last night's awards ceremony for 3D Festival 2004 in...

Television

IDT Ent. Adds Stan Lee’s POW! to Stable

Ryan Ball - May 6, 2004

IDT Ent. has acquired a minority equity interest in POW! Ent. LLC, a company headed by comic book legend Stan Lee. Under the terms...

Licensing

Hasbro Has Swamp Gas with Shrek 2

Ryan Ball - May 6, 2004

In conjunction with the May 19 release of DreamWorks’ Shrek 2, Hasbro Inc. will launch a full line of plush toys, play sets, figures...

Features

Polar Express Pulls into IMAX 3D Land

Ryan Ball - May 6, 2004

IMAX Corp. and Warner Bros. Pictures have set plans to release the CG feature The Polar Express in the IMAX 3D format at the...

Video Games

Atari to Tag E3 with Graffiti Game

Ryan Ball - May 6, 2004

Video game maker Atari has teamed up with Marc Ecko, creator and founder of the urban lifestyle brand Ecko Unlimited and publisher of Complex...

Aardman’s Angry Kid Back at AtomFilms

Ryan Ball - May 5, 2004

Aardman Animations may be best known for its Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit shorts and the hit feature Chicken Run, but a little something called...

Home Entertainment

Game Boy Video Hits Stores

Ryan Ball - May 5, 2004

The lower-cost alternative to the personal DVD player has been shipped to stores across North America. Owners of Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Game...

Home Entertainment

New Ani Van Details

Ryan Ball - May 5, 2004

As director Stephen Sommers’ CG-laden, live-action horror/adventure extravaganza, Van Helsing, gets set to take a bite out of the box office this weekend, Universal...

Features

Ryder, Downey, Harrelson in Scanner Lineup

Ryan Ball - May 5, 2004

Daily Variety reports that Keanu Reeves will be joined by Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Rory Cochran in director Richard Linklater’s...

Features

Shrek 2 Release Pushed Up

Ryan Ball - May 5, 2004

Fans won’t have to wait quite as long to see the highly anticipated sequel to 2000’s Best Animated Feature Academy Award winner. Originally scheduled...

VFX