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Features

Seabiscuit Director Mounts Desperaux

Ryan Ball - March 8, 2004

Daily Variety reports that Seabiscuit helmer Gary Ross will produce an animated feature adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s Newberry Award-winning book Tale of Desperaux: Being...

Television

Nicktoons Launches Kaput & Zosky

Ryan Ball - March 5, 2004

Kaput & Zosky, a series of 78 seven-minute shorts from Futurikon, will debut on Nicktoons on March 7 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The title...

VFX

Zoic Sees Future in Century City

Ryan Ball - March 5, 2004

Digital effects studio Zoic, which recently won Visual Effects Society awards for its work on The WB’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and SCI FI...

Television

SpongeBob Goes Flintstone

Ryan Ball - March 5, 2004

SpongeBob trades in his signature square pants for a square loin cloth in the primetime special SpongeBob SquarePants Goes Prehistoric, premiering tonight, March 5,...

Features

Marvel’s Luke Cage Captures Singleton

Ryan Ball - March 5, 2004

The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Columbia Pictures is in talks with filmmaker John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood, Shaft) regarding a feature film...

Features

Cool Zone: Submitted for your approval: Monster Island

Ryan Ball - March 5, 2004

If Ray Harryhausen's Mysterious Island and any Roger Corman creature feature from the ’50s got fused in an atomic blast, the resulting film would...

Features

Hidalgo Enters Tough B.O. Race

Ryan Ball - March 5, 2004

Disney’s EFX-laden, live-action epic Hidalgo rides into theaters today to face tough competition from Mel Gibson’s controversial The Passion of the Christ and the...

Festivals & Events

Eisner Out As Disney Chairman

Ryan Ball - March 4, 2004

As a result of yesterday's shareholder vote, the Walt Disney Co. Board of Directors has decided to separate the positions of CEO and Chairman....

Licensing

Energizer Bunny Goes Home on the Range

Ryan Ball - March 4, 2004

Disney and Energizer hope to get audiences juiced to see the upcoming animated feature Home on the Range. The two companies have partnered with...

Features

Namco Sells SoulCalibur Film Rights

Ryan Ball - March 4, 2004

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Namco’s SoulCalibur may soon be coming to the big screen. American Pie franchise producer Warren Zide and his Sony-based...

Video Games

American McGee Joins Enlight

Ryan Ball - March 4, 2004

Parkville, Md.-based entertainment software developer/publisher Enlight Interactive Inc. has hired renowned artist and video game visionary American McGee as creative director. Founder of the...

People

Corus Children’s TV Names Joanna Webb VP, Programming

Ryan Ball - March 4, 2004

Corus Ent. has promoted Joanna Webb to the position of VP of Programming. In her new role, Webb will continue to be responsible for...

Television

Daytime Emmy Noms Unveiled

Ryan Ball - March 4, 2004

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today announced its nominees for the 31st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, recognizing some popular cartoons among the...

Television

SCI FI Begins Tripping the Rift

Ryan Ball - March 4, 2004

SCI FI Channel’s first animated series, Tripping the Rift, premieres tonight 10:30 p.m. The racy, CG animated half-hour comedy Joins the Thursday night lineup...

Festivals & Events

Shareholders Send Message to Eisner

Ryan Ball - March 3, 2004

The Walt Disney Co.'s annual shareholders meeting concluded today in Philadelphia with 43% of shareholders giving company chairman and CEO Michael Eisner a "No...

Home Entertainment

Diesel Does Animated Riddick

Ryan Ball - March 3, 2004

A story in today’s Daily Variety mentions that Universal Studios Home Video will release the direct-to-video animated feature The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury....

Features

Sony, Marvel Talk Spider-Man 3

Ryan Ball - March 3, 2004

At a time when movie franchises automatically come in threes, it’s no surprise that Marvel is already baiting fans with talk of a third...

People

Sony Animation Ups Paul Gerard to Creative Exec.

Ryan Ball - March 3, 2004

As Sony Pictures Animation plugs away at its recently announced first feature, Open Season, the studio announces that Paul Gerard has been promoted to...

Television

Spike TV Previews This Just In

Ryan Ball - March 3, 2004

Male-oriented cable network Spike TV expands its animated offerings next week with the debut of This Just In, a Flash-animated comedy series that offers...

Festivals & Events

Disney’s Ohio Players Not Backing Eisner

Ryan Ball - March 2, 2004

The eyes of the animation industry are on Philadelphia this week as Walt Disney Co. shareholders converge for their annual meeting on Wednesday, March...

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