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Festivals & Events

SIGGRAPH Animation Fest Honors Birthday Boy, Ryan

Ryan Ball - May 4, 2004

ACM SIGGRAPH today announced the Computer Animation Festival's Best Animated Short and Jury Honors winners for SIGGRAPH 2004. The 31st int’l conference on computer...

Home Entertainment

Triplets Bops to Home Video

Ryan Ball - May 4, 2004

Nominated for two Oscars, including Best Animated Feature, The Triplets of Belleville makes its home video debut today. Director Sylvain Chomet’s 2D feature premiered...

Licensing

Fox Kids Europe Licensing Division Becomes JCP

Ryan Ball - May 4, 2004

Fox Kids Europe N.V. today announced that its pan-European consumer products division will change its name from Active Licensing Europe to JCP (Jetix Consumer...

People

McGowen Goes to Head of Class at Kids’ WB!

Ryan Ball - May 4, 2004

Betsy McGowen has been promoted to senior VP/general manager for Kids’ WB!. McGowen has been a senior executive at Kids’ WB! since the network’s...

People

Ward Named President of LucasArts

Ryan Ball - May 4, 2004

Jim Ward, head of marketing and distribution for Lucasfilm, has been appointed president of video game division LucasArts, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The...

Television

Back to Work for Simpsons Gang

Ryan Ball - May 3, 2004

According to Daily Variety, the voices behind Fox’s The Simpsons are heading back to the audio booth this week after a work stoppage over...

Television

Anime Network Goes 24/7

Ryan Ball - May 3, 2004

The Anime Network, the first cabler in North America devoted entirely to Japanese-style animation, has been rolling out in select markets over the past...

Television

Matrix Producer Behind Horror Network

Ryan Ball - May 3, 2004

Joel Silver, the uber producer behind the Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and Matrix franchises, has teamed with Orchid Ventures to create Scream, a new...

People

Disney Channel Beefs Up Programming Team

Ryan Ball - May 3, 2004

Disney Channel has recruited two execs to its program planning team. David Levine joins as exec director of program planning and Penelope Jewkes has...

Video Games

Disney’s FamilyFun to Honor “E”-rated Games

Ryan Ball - May 3, 2004

FamilyFun.com, produced by Disney Online, today announced the First Annual FamilyFun Video Game of the Year Awards, a sister program to FamilyFun magazine's Toy...

Festivals & Events

Plympton Heads Animation at Woodstock Film Fest

Ryan Ball - April 30, 2004

For the fourth consecutive year, independent animator Bill Plympton (Mutant Aliens, the upcoming Hair High) will lead the animation program for the Woodstock Film...

Home Entertainment

Lions Gate’s FHE Nabs New Barbie Flick

Ryan Ball - April 30, 2004

One of the best-selling toy lines in the world is now one of the top animated home video franchises ever and Lions Gate Home...

Home Entertainment

Bratz Doll Maker Launches Film Division

Ryan Ball - April 30, 2004

While the hugely successful Bratz line of fashion dolls is nipping at Barbie’s heels on toy shelves, it will soon be challenging the blonde...

Television

Cartoon Network Tricks Out Megas XLR

Ryan Ball - April 30, 2004

Imagine what a New Jersey kid who customizes cars would do with an 80-foot robot he found in a junkyard. Then imagine what would...

Licensing

Hasbro, Scholastic Join DIC in Trollz Venture

Ryan Ball - April 30, 2004

DIC Ent. has concluded partnership deals with Hasbro Inc. and Scholastic to launch Trollz, a new tween entertainment and lifestyle brand based on a...

Video Games

Atari Adds Three to Dragon Ball Z Line

Ryan Ball - April 30, 2004

Atari today announced its 2004 Dragon Ball Z lineup, which will include three new titles based on the popular animated series produced by FUNimation....

Festivals & Events

Animex Calls for Student Entries

Ryan Ball - April 29, 2004

Sponsored by the University of Teesside in the U.K., The Animex Student Animation Awards are dedicated to the promotion of the art of animation...

Home Entertainment

Simon & Schuster to Distribute Viz Manga

Ryan Ball - April 29, 2004

Simon & Schuster Inc. will be the domestic manga distributor for Viz, Llc., one of the leading publishers and distributors of manga and anime...

Television

Activision’s Shrek 2 Swamps Stores

Ryan Ball - April 29, 2004

As DreamWorks gears up to return to its slightly twisted version of Fairy Tale Land with this summer’s release of the animated feature Shrek...

Features

Roy Disney Blasts "Do-Nothing Eisner Board"

Ryan Ball - April 29, 2004

Former Walt Disney Co. chairman Roy E. Disney and his Shamrock Holdings partner Stanley P. Gold today spoke out against yesterday’s news that Disney’s...

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