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Video Games

TechTV Announces Best Of E3

Ryan Ball - May 27, 2003

Cable network TechTV announced the winners of the first annual X-Play's Best of E3 Awards. The awards, which recognize the best new to debut...

People

The Voice of Tom Terrific Silenced

Ryan Ball - May 27, 2003

Lionel Wilson, the voice actor behind the Tom Terrific cartoons featured on the Captain Kangaroo show, died from pneumonia on April 30 in Manhattan....

Features

The Bruce is Mightier Than “The One”

Ryan Ball - May 27, 2003

The Jim Carey vehicle Bruce Almighty proved to be just that at the box office over the Memorial Day weekend. The comedy about a...

Festivals & Events

Groening Named Cartoonist of the Year

Ryan Ball - May 27, 2003

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening was named Cartoonist of the Year, professional cartooning's highest honor, during The National Cartoonists Society's 2002 Reuben Awards. The...

Home Entertainment

Ants, Neutron March on Post-Memorial Day Picnic

Ryan Ball - May 27, 2003

Topping this week's slate of home video releases is Buena Vista Home Ent.'s A Bugs Life – Collector's Edition. This time around, the Disney/Pixar...

Schools

Raleigh’s School of Communication Arts to Expand

Ryan Ball - May 23, 2003

The School of Communication Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina was one of the first schools in the world to offer instruction in high-end computer...

Licensing

Disney Toys Search for a New Home

Ryan Ball - May 23, 2003

It looks like all those Finding Nemo glow-in-the-dark toys are going to be looking for a new home soon. The Walt Disney Co. announced...

VFX

DreamWorks Renders Sharkslayer with Mental Ray

Ryan Ball - May 23, 2003

DreamWorks SKG and rendering software producer mental images signed a multi-year software license and custom support agreement that provides DreamWorks with mental images's mental...

VFX

Maya Ent. Takes Bollywood EFX To New Heights

Ryan Ball - May 23, 2003

Maya The Magic Shop (MTMS), the effects arm of Ketan Mehta’s Maya Ent. Ltd., claims to have completed India’s first visual effects-intensive film. Jajantaram...

Television

New Lineup Out of Fox Box

Ryan Ball - May 23, 2003

Fox Box, 4Kids Ent.’s branded Saturday morning cartoon block on Fox, has added four shows to its 2003-2004 season, which kicks off on September...

Television

Viacom Concludes Comedy Central Buy-out

Ryan Ball - May 23, 2003

Following up on an agreement reached on April 22, Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. has completed the acquisition of cable outlet Comedy Central, home to...

Licensing

Hasbro Sues Kellogg Over Finding Nemo Promotion

Ryan Ball - May 22, 2003

Hasbro Inc. doesn't think Kellogg's latest cereal promtion is so grrrrrrrrrreat. The Associated Press reports that the toy maker has filed a federal trademark...

VFX

Rhinoceros Gets New Name, New Artists

Ryan Ball - May 22, 2003

New York-based Rhinoceros Visual Effects and Design has gone in for a bit of rhinoplasty, so to speak. To kick off an overall rebranding...

Features

American Ent. & Animation to Bankroll Uncle Mugsy

Ryan Ball - May 22, 2003

American Entertainment & Animation (AEAN) and Florida-based Words & Pictures Prods. plan to co-produce a CG animated feature film based on the book Uncle...

Features

Onimusha Game to Get Feature Treatment

Ryan Ball - May 22, 2003

Capcom's best-selling PlayStation 2 title, Onimusha, may be coming to a cineplex near you. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Davis Films and Gaga Prods....

Festivals & Events

Animex Student Awards: Last Call for Entries

Ryan Ball - May 22, 2003

The University of Teesside in the U.K. is accepting entries for the 2004 Animex Student Animation Awards. The event, dedicated to promoting of the...

Bandai Launches Junkers Come Here Site

Ryan Ball - May 22, 2003

In conjunction with the limited theatrical run and upcoming home video release of the anime family film Junkers Come Here, Bandai Ent. has launched...

Features

Animation Guild Members Ratify New Studio Contract

Ryan Ball - May 21, 2003

An overwhelming majority (96%) of Animation Guild and Affiliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts, Local 839 IATSE members have ratified a new collective bargaining...

Features

French Network to Put Asterix on Film

Ryan Ball - May 21, 2003

The Hollywood Reporter brings word that French TV network M6 is set to produce an animated feature based on one of Europe's best-known comic...

Features

ADV Films to Make Live-Action Neon Genesis with Weta EFX

Ryan Ball - May 21, 2003

Anime producer and distributor ADV Films has acquired the rights to produce a live-action feature film based on the anime television series Neon Genesis...

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