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Features

Hellboy Hot, Home in Range

Ryan Ball - April 5, 2004

Despite the lack of bankable stars, Sony Pictures and Revolution Studios' CG-heavy, supernatural action flick, Hellboy, proved that an obscure comic book series can...

Video Games

Atari Plays Ball with Alex Rodriguez

Ryan Ball - April 5, 2004

Atari and Major League Baseball have shipped their Backyard Baseball for PlayStation 2. Starring newly acquired New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the...

Video Games

Epic Games Gets Unreal with NovodeX AG

Ryan Ball - April 5, 2004

Epic Games has selected Novodex AG, creators of the NovodeX Physics SDK, to provide advanced physics and simulation technology for its Unreal Engine technology....

Festivals & Events

Animators Walk Out for Talk-In 2D Expo Planned

Ryan Ball - April 2, 2004

Online animator forum AnimationNation Thursday held its annual animator walk-out in Burbank, Calif., just down the road from Walt Disney Studios. The event offers...

Television

Hellboy Gives ’Em … Well, You Know

Ryan Ball - April 2, 2004

Opening against Disney’s new animated feature, Home on the Range, is Sony/Revolution Studios’ digital effects extravaganza Hellboy. Tippett Studio, The Orphanage, CafeFX, Hatch FX,...

Features

Home on the Range Rides into Theaters

Ryan Ball - April 2, 2004

Cows turn bounty hunters to save the farm and bring down a nefarious criminal in Disney’s latest animated comedy to hit the big screen....

Features

Anime Tamala 2010 Begins Theatrical Odyssey

Ryan Ball - April 2, 2004

Opening in very limited theatrical release today is the new anime feature Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space. Described as a dark allegory,...

Television

MIPTV: Jim Henson Co. Partners with HIT

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

HIT Ent. and The Jim Henson Co. have entered into a five-year global rights and production venture. The deal was announced today in Cannes...

Television

MIPTV: Shaftesbury Films, Cookie Jar Have Hand in Dark Oracle

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

Cookie Jar, the freshly minted product of the Cinar takeover, has joined forces with Toronto-based producer Shaftesbury Films to launch the live-action/animated adventure series...

Television

DECODE Ent. Enrolls in Bromwell High

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

DECODE Ent. hopes to move to the head of the class in Cannes with the new series Bromwell High (working title). Co-produced by U.K....

Television

Simpsons Players Strike

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

Daily Variety reports that the voices behind Fox’s iconic animated hit, The Simpsons, are refusing to go back into the recording booth as their...

Television

New Action Block Coming to Cartoon Net

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

Cartoon Network plans to launch Miguzi, a new weekday afternoon block of action/adventure programming. Aimed at the six-11 crowd, Miguzi will air weekdays from...

Television

Dora Grabs a Peabody

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

Nickelodeon's bilingual preschool toon Dora the Explorer is among the TV shows honored with a prestigious Peabody Award this year. The Awards, which recognize...

Features

Jessica Simpson, President Bush and Condoleezza Rice Star in New CG Feature

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

DreamWorks Animation announced today that it has signed pop star Jessica Simpson, President George W. Bush and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice for a...

Video Games

EA, Def Jam Wage New Vendetta

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2004

Electronic Arts and urban music and lifestyle powerhouse Def Jam are ready to bring the pain again with a sequel to the hit game...

Television

MIPTV: Padmalaya Telefilms, Mondo TV Ink $14 million Deal

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2004

India’s Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd., a subsidiary of Zee Telefilms Ltd, has entered into a $14 million co-production and licensing deal with animation house Mondo...

Television

MIPTV: 4Kids to Open Fox Box to Girls

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2004

September will see the Fox Box launch of an hour dedicated to girls animation, according to C21media. The move is intended to diversify the...

Television

Toopy and Binoo on Tap for Spectra Animation

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2004

Spectra Animation, the film and television division of L’Équipe Spectra, is set to begin work on the new animated preschool series Toopy and Binoo....

Television

Boomerang Battle of the Planets Marathon

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2004

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the U.S. television debut of the anime series Battle of the Planets, Cartoon Network’s Boomerang will kick off...

Television