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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...

People

Roy Disney Resigns, Wants Eisner Out

Ryan Ball - December 1, 2003

Vice chairman Roy E. Disney resigned from Disney’s board of directors in what may have been a pre-emptive move considering the 73-year-old nephew of...

People

Disney Exec. Paul Robinson Leaves Mouse House

Ryan Ball - December 1, 2003

Paul Robinson, senior VP of worldwide programming strategy for ABC Cable Networks Group and senior VP/managing director of Disney U.K. branded television is leaving...

Festivals & Events

Bob, Arthur Climb BAFTA Hilltop

Ryan Ball - December 1, 2003

Hilltop Hospital didn’t have to mend any broken hearts at the Arthur and Bob the Builder camps over the weekend as The 2003 British...

Home Entertainment

Marvel Comics Digitized on DVD

Ryan Ball - November 26, 2003

If you’re the type who thinks big-screen superhero adaptations always pale in comparison to the original comic books, there’s a new set of DVD...

Home Entertainment

Manga Films Gets Kill Bill for Spanish Market

Ryan Ball - November 26, 2003

Daily Variety reports that indie distributor Manga Films has licensed the Spanish theatrical and home video rights to Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1...

Features

Triplets, Mansion Haunt U.S. Theaters

Ryan Ball - November 26, 2003

French director Sylvain Chomet's animated masterpiece The Triplets of Belleville makes its eagerly awaited U.S. debut today, but the limited release will no doubt...

Features

Disney’s Latest 2D Casualty

Ryan Ball - November 26, 2003

At $70 million and counting, Disney’s Brother Bear is helping to stuff the studio’s turkey this holiday season. Still, the team of animators that...

Features

Big-Screen VeggieTales Follow-Up Gets Green Light

Ryan Ball - November 26, 2003

With the big-screen success of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, Artisan's FHE Pictures and Big Idea Prods. have announced that they will continue their relationship...

Television

New Movie Mission for Kim Possible

Ryan Ball - November 26, 2003

It’s back to the future for Disney’s animated cheerleader-turned-superhero as Disney Channel premieres an all-new primetime Kim Possible movie on Friday, Nov. 28. This...

Television

Nicktoons Picks Up Two from Down Under

Ryan Ball - November 26, 2003

Nickelodeon's digital powerhouse, Nicktoons, has acquired Schoolyard Safaris and Foul Facts, two series of short programs from Nick Australia and Fudge Puppy Prods. Both...

Home Entertainment

X2 Mutates to Video

Ryan Ball - November 25, 2003

Having raked in $215 million at the North American box office over the summer, Marvel’s mutant squad known as the X-Men test their powers...

Video Games

Atari Spins Beyblade to GBA

Ryan Ball - November 25, 2003

One of the most popular new anime series and toy brands comes to handheld gaming as Atari ships Beyblade: Ultimate Blader Jam for Game...

Television

CINAR, BRB Int’l Settle Out of Court

Ryan Ball - November 25, 2003

CINAR Corp. has reached an out-of-court settlement with Spanish animation company BRB Int’l SA. BRB filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court in August...

Television

Racer Up to Speed on SPEED Channel

Ryan Ball - November 25, 2003

Further proof that animation is spreading throughout all areas of entertainment, Speed Racer Ent. has licensed the Classic Speed Racer animated television series to...

VFX

Bauhaus Pre-Releases Mirage for Mac OS X

Ryan Ball - November 25, 2003

The Mirage for Mac OS X pre-release is now available from Bauhaus Software Inc. This is the first Mac platform release of the company’s...

Home Entertainment

Strawberry Shortcake Titles Sell 2 Million

Ryan Ball - November 24, 2003

Recent animated Strawberry Shortcake titles from DIC Home Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) have sold more than 2 million DVD and...

Features

Cat Drags in Box Office Win

Ryan Ball - November 24, 2003

Universal’s big-screen adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss children’s book The Cat in the Hat had some box office magic under its red-and-white striped...

Features