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Festivals & Events

Harryhausen Book Signing at Ex’pression College

Ryan Ball - April 23, 2004

Emeryville, Calif. based Ex’pression College for Digital Arts will host an afternoon with stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen on April 27 at 3 p.m....

Television

Corman’s Dinocroc Rampages on Sci Fi

Ryan Ball - April 23, 2004

Schlock-and-shock king Roger Corman celebrates his 50th year in movies with the release of his latest creature feature, Dinocroc. The film, which employs digital...

Features

Clifford Wags into Theaters

Ryan Ball - April 23, 2004

Warner Bros. today takes Scholastic’s hit animated TV series Clifford the Big Red Dog to the big-screen. Following test openings in several markets, Clifford’s...

Features

Indie Producer Bankrolls Polar Express

Ryan Ball - April 23, 2004

Independent producer Steve Bing (The Big Bounce) is pumping $80 million into Warner Bros.’ CG holiday offering, The Polar Express, according to Daily Variety....

Video Games

EA Feels Need for Speed Again

Ryan Ball - April 23, 2004

Having sold more than five million copies of Need for Speed Underground since its November 2003 release, Electronic Arts has announced that Need For...

VFX

NAB NEWS: Midway Recruits Alienbrain for Next SpyHunter

Ryan Ball - April 22, 2004

Avid Technology Inc. announced at NAB that Midway Games Inc. will use Alienbrain Studio to create content for the next release in the top-selling...

VFX

Toon Boom Plays Concerto into Retail

Ryan Ball - April 22, 2004

Toon Boom Animation, maker of Toon Boom Studio and USAnimation, has launched Concerto, a new animation solution for paperless, digital, re-use or cutout animation...

Television

BBC Pulls for More Little Red Tractor

Ryan Ball - April 22, 2004

The BBC has ordered 26 more 10-minute episodes of Entertainment Rights' stop-motion-animated preschool series Little Red Tractor. The show has only been on the...

Television

Noah & Saskia Goes from Oz to the Middle East

Ryan Ball - April 22, 2004

Following preliminary discussions at MIPTV, Middle East Media has licensed the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) production Noah & Saskia for Free TV in...

Video Games

Playboy Puts the X in Xbox

Ryan Ball - April 22, 2004

If you've ever dreamed of being Hugh Hefner (and what guy hasn't?) you'll soon have your chance to virtually slip into the silk PJs...

Festivals & Events

Nemo, Pirates Plunder MTV Movie Noms

Ryan Ball - April 21, 2004

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl came out on top when MTV today announced the nominees for the 2004...

Home Entertainment

Ten-Strike Home Ent. Adopts Liberty’s Kids

Ryan Ball - April 21, 2004

Distributor Ten-Strike Home Entertainment has acquired the exclusive U.S. distribution rights to the complete series of DIC Ent.’s Liberty’s Kids, which airs on PBS....

Television

Ex’pression College Offers Sound Game Plan

Ryan Ball - April 21, 2004

Emeryville Calif.-based Ex’pression College for Digital Arts has announced that it is offering a Game Audio curriculum, a new addition to the schools’ growing...

Features

Del Toro Talking Hellboy Anime, Games

Ryan Ball - April 21, 2004

Another live-action filmmaker is looking to the world of animation to extend his feature film franchise. Guillermo del Torro, director of the Sony/Revolution Studios...

Features

First Image From Riddick: Dark Fury

Ryan Ball - April 21, 2004

Compliments of Universal Home Video, here's a first glimpse of art from the upcoming direct-to-video anime release The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. The film...

Video Games

Atari Turns Godzilla Loose Again

Ryan Ball - April 21, 2004

As fans prepare to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Godzilla’s 1954 big-screen debut, Atari is bringing the Tokyo destroyer back to the game console...

VFX

BOXX Unveils Realtime HD Editing System

Ryan Ball - April 20, 2004

BOXX Technologies introduced at NAB the HD RT, a software-based, real-time high-definition nonlinear editing system featuring CineForm Prospect HD running in Adobe Premiere...

Festivals & Events

Women In Animation Explores “Women Creating Women”

Ryan Ball - April 20, 2004

The next meeting of Women In Animation (WIA) will be held in celebration of the organization's tenth anniversary. The event will be held on...

Home Entertainment

Mansion, Master Offer CG Thrills and Chills on DVD

Ryan Ball - April 20, 2004

Computer-generated visual effects take center stage as today’s home video releases offer up Disney’s The Haunted Mansion and Twentieth Century Fox’s Best Visual Effects...

Home Entertainment