Ryan Ball

Monsters on DVD Rampage

Today's home video releases unleash a couple of beasts in the form of a six-armed stop-motion octopus and a green-painted Lou Ferrigno. The Ray...

Spike TV Zeroes in on John Leguizamo

Emmy Award-winning actor/writer/comedian John Leguizamo (Ice Age, Moulin Rouge, Empire) has created a 30-minute adult animated special to air on Spike TV (formerly The...

Disney to Launch Toontown Online

Disney Online will officially launch a downloadable version of Disney's Toontown Online (www.toontown.com), a massively multiplayer 3D online game for kids and families, on...

EA Awarded Superman Rights

Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Comics have granted Electronic Arts worldwide interactive rights to develop, publish and distribute video games based on Superman....

Henry Selick Directs at Carl’s Fine Films

Henry Selick, director of the Tim Burton-produced stop-motion holiday classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, will lend his talents to TV ads for San Francisco-based...

X Marks the Spot

Twentieth Century Fox's X2: X-Men United took the box office by storm over the weekend with an estimated $85.8 million domestic take. The effects-laden...

Disney to Release A Bug’s Life Collector’s Edition

Buena Vista Home Ent. will release a collector's edition of its hit CG family flick A Bugs Life on DVD. This time around, Disney/Pixar...

Boogiepop Phantom Creeps to Anime Network

The hit anime thriller Boogiepop Phantom, produced for U.S. distribution by The Right Stuf Int'l, has been licensed for broadcast on Anime Network. The...

Toon Scribe Jeffrey Scott Chats Online

The Big Cartoon DataBase and AnimationHQ will sponsor an online chat with Emmy-winning cartoon writer and creator Jeffrey Scott on May 10 at 4:00...

EA, LEGO Engineer BIONICLE Game

Electronic Arts and LEGO Interactive are collaborating on a video game based on BIONICLE, the popular toy line that Miramax is developing into computer-animated...

Koala Brothers Under Big Tent Ent.

Following news of a European toy license deal with Hasbro, London-based Spellbound Ent. has licensed its stop-motion pre-school series The Koala Brothers to Big...

Vinton to Animate Burton’s Corpse

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed a rumor that Portland, Ore.-based Vinton Studios will animate producer Tim Burton's upcoming stop-motion animated feature The Corpse Bride for...

T2: Extreme DVD to Feature HD Version

Terminator2: Judgment Day broke new ground in the use of digital visual effects technology. Now Artisan Home Entertainment Inc. is set to bring something...

Bandai Lanuches Geneshaft Website

Bandai Ent. today launched http://geneshaft.bandai-ent.com in conjunction with the upcoming DVD release of Kazuki Akane's anime series, Geneshaft. The website offers an in-depth look...

Burger Joins Splash Design as CG Supervisor

Splash Design creative has brought on animator Steve Burger as its new CG supervisor. He will be working with director/visual effects supervisor Andy Milkis...

The X Factor

The summer of big effects movies gets an early start with Friday's release of Twentieth Century Fox's X2: X-Men United. Director Bryan Singer's action-packed...

VES Offers Advice on Finding and Keeping a Job

The Visual Effects Society will present "Finding and Keeping a Job in Today's Visual Effects Industry," on Saturday, May 17 from 9:00 a.m. to...

ADV Films Acquires Three Anime Series

ADV Films has picked up the anime series Azumanga Daioh, Magical Shopping Street Abenobashi and Final Fantasy: Unlimited for stateside release. The distributor also...

AICP Hosts First Honors in Brand Integration

The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) has announced an inaugural program honoring innovative work in screen-based integration of branded content. Part of the...

First L.A. Anime Fest Tomorrow

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre kicks off the 1st Annual Los Angeles Anime Festival tomorrow. Sponsored by the Japan Foundation, the fest...
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