In a bid to capture young audiences brought up on computers, video games and the Internet, three award-winning animation industry veterans have teamed up...

Features

Disney Makes History at Global B.O.

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2003

Disney’s stocks may be slipping in the wake of the recent board shake up, but the studio is enjoying its best year ever at...

Video Games

Spike TV Airs First Annual Video Game Awards

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2003

Spike TV’s first annual Video Game Awards, which took place Tuesday night in Las Vegas, will air tonight at 9:00 p.m. A list of...

Television

This Just In at Spike TV

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2003

Spike is adding another title to its roster of original primetime animated properties that includes Gary the Rat and Stripperella. Daily Variety reports that...

Television

Elton John Visits Bob the Builder for Nickmas

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2003

Nickelodeon has kicked off its Nickmas holiday programming schedule featuring all-new premieres such as Bob the Builder’s one-hour special A Christmas to Remember, debuting...

Home Entertainment

IDT Ent. To Acquire Distrib Anchor Bay

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2003

IDT Ent., which just finalized its purchase of a controlling interest in Canadian CG-animation company Mainframe Ent., has entered into a definitive agreement to...

Home Entertainment

Miramax Gets Fab Three from Paul McCartney

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2003

Miramax, which recently expanded into animation with the anime TV property Tokyo Pig and LEGO’s direct-to-video CG Bionicle series, further grows its library with...

VFX

Boston’s Brickyard VFX Goes West

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2003

Boston-based, artist-owned-and-operated commercial visual effects house Brickyard VFX has officially thrown its hat into the Los Angeles market. The company formalized its West Coast...

Home Entertainment

Pirates, Aliens, Dinosaurs Attack Video Stores

Ryan Ball - December 2, 2003

Having plundered more than $304 million domestically, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl drops anchor on DVD and VHS...

Home Entertainment

Animated DVDs Help TV-Loonland Tread Water

Ryan Ball - December 2, 2003

The re-launch of the G.I. Joe and Transformers animated properties helped struggling German TV and home entertainment rights trader TV-Loonland cut its losses by...

Features

Henry Selick Brings Life to Wes Anderson’s Aquatic

Ryan Ball - December 2, 2003

Cult fave director Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) has tapped The Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick to create stop-motion animation...

Video Games

Hollywood Heavies Driven to DRIV3R

Ryan Ball - December 2, 2003

The third installment of Atari’s gritty, crime-fighting Driver video game series will feature some high-octane voice talent from the film industry. Michael Madsen (Kill...

People

Gold Follows Roy Disney’s Lead

Ryan Ball - December 2, 2003

Another prominent figure has left Walt Disney Co.’s board of directors following Roy Disney’s abrupt departure on Sunday. Yesterday, corporate lawyer Stanley Gold stepped...

Television

Cartoon Network Night B4 Christmas

Ryan Ball - December 2, 2003

Cartoon Network airs the U.S. television premiere of the new animated holiday special The Night B4 Christmas tonight. This hip-hop-infused musical features the voice...

Television

ILL Clan Animates Spike TV Game Awards

Ryan Ball - December 2, 2003

Using realtime animation techniques, New York animation studio the ILL Clan created 12 short animated vignettes introducing the award categories for Spike TV’s first...

Features

Cat Pulls Second Win Out of Hat

Ryan Ball - December 1, 2003

Universal’s big-screen adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat pulled out a second consecutive weekend win at the North American box office...

Video Games

Radica Games Brings FUNimation Anime to Handheld

Ryan Ball - December 1, 2003

Radica Games Ltd. has announced a licensing agreement with FUNimation Prods Ltd. to design and manufacture handheld electronic games based on the popular Yu...

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