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Television

Film Roman Paints Pop Artist Britto into Development Deal

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Phil Roman recently collaborated with renowned artist Gaudi to produce the animated Howdi Gaudi series of TV specials. Now Phil's old company, Film Roman,...
Television

DIC Kid’s Block Hangs with the Big Boys

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Independent children's entertainment producer and distributor DIC Ent. launched its DIC Kid's Network on September 1, helping broadcast stations meet their FCC "core" programming...
Television

Int’l Sales Come to Bear for Spellbound’s Koala Brothers

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The Koala Brothers will soon be chewing up the scenery in France, Poland, New Zealand and Quebec. U.K.-based rights holder Spellbound Ent. has sold...
Television

Whamo, Porchlight, Anchor Bay Principals Form Marvista Ent.

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Whamo Ent. principals Joseph Szew, Fernando Szew and Mar Gaya have teamed up with Michael Jacobs, former Sr VP of worldwide sales for PorchLight...
Television

IDT Media Grows Animation Empire with Mainframe

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Having recently acquired a controlling interest in Film Roman and a minority stake in Vanguard Animation, IDT Media's animation unit, Digital Production Solutions (DPS),...
Television

NBC Bites for Van Helsing-Inspired Series

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Daily Variety reports that NBC will try out a supernatural drama series inspired by Universal's upcoming, effects-laden horror fest, Van Helsing. The film, directed...
Video Games

EA Launches New Division for Indie Development

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Redwood City, Calif.-based Electronic Arts today announced the creation of EA Partners, a new business unit dedicated to managing the company's worldwide distribution and...
Video Games

Simon & Shuster Close Book on Games Unit

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Reuters reports that Viacom book publishing unit Simon & Schuster has begun selling off its video game division. A spokesperson is quoted saying the...
Video Games

Atari to Distribute Microsoft Titles

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A licensing deal struck with Microsoft Game Studios will make Atari Inc. the exclusive U.S. jewel case distributor for select Windows titles. Atari's widespread...
Home Entertainment

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Holy Grail Quest to Video Shelves

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Today's batch of home video releases offers another round of episodes from a popular anime TV series and a special collector's edition of one...
Television

Emmy Competition Eats Simpsons’ Shorts

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Fox's primetime animated institution The Simpsons scored its nineteenth Emmy win Saturday as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the creative arts...
Television

Family Guy’s MacFarlane Back in Fox Family?

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Daily Variety reports that Fox has ordered a pilot from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. The new half-hour animated show, American Dad, may see...
Features

Fox, Blue Sky Scale Up for Iguana Brothers

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tony Johnston's picture book The Iguana Brothers: A Tale of Two Lizards may be coming to a theater near...
Features

Lovecraft Re-animated At Film Fest

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A feature-length, animated adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's 1927 fantasy novel The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath will debut at this year's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival,...
Features

Valiant Takes Flight in London

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Vanguard Animation today opens the doors to its full-scale computer animation film studio at London's Ealing Studios. For the next 18 months, the studio...
Television

Jakers! New PBS Toon Gets Extended Run

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The new CG series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks debuted on Saturday, Sept. 7 on PBS, bringing the charm of Irish storytelling to...
Festivals & Events

Cartoon d’or Nominees Announced

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Five European short films have been selected to compete for the coveted Cartoon d'OR award at this year's Cartoon Forum, taking place Sept. 17-20...
Home Entertainment

Grave of the Fireflies Makes Top 100 DVD List

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The movie Roger Ebert raves "Belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made" has landed a spot in the top portion...
Features

Holy Screen Test! New Batman Cast

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In the modern movies, D.C. Comics hero Bruce Wayne has been played by Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney. Now another will don...
Features

2D Animation: Dead, Dying or Just Napping? Part V: The Artists

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I have an old Smith Corona Junior manual typewriter on my desk, sitting just three feet from my sleek, translucent iMac (which is, at...
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