Ryan Ball

8217 POSTS0 COMMENTS

https://www.dev.animationmagazine.net/wordpress

Features

Raimi, Disney Do Superheroes

Ryan Ball - July 31, 2008

Having helmed the blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy for Sony Pictures, filmmaker Sam Raimi is set to produce a superhero flick for Disney. The Hollywood Reporter...

Princess and the Frog Teaser Online

Ryan Ball - July 31, 2008

Disney will see if traditional animation can draw a crowd when it releases The Princess and the Frog, a 2D family film from Walt...

People

Nick Ups Borkent for Acquisitions, Programming

Ryan Ball - July 31, 2008

MTV Networks Int'l has promoted Jules Borkent to senior VP of global acquisitions and international programming for Nickelodeon. In the newly created position will...

Festivals & Events

VES to Fete Kennedy, Marshall

Ryan Ball - July 31, 2008

After honoring such household names as James Cameron, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg in past years, the Visual Effects Society (VES) will bestow its...

Festivals & Events

Autodesk to Host Virtual SIGGRAPH

Ryan Ball - July 31, 2008

For those not able to attend this year's big computer graphics confab, Autodesk is offering Virtual SIGGRAPH on its online community site, the Area,...

Television

Wonder Pets! Musicians Get Contract

Ryan Ball - July 31, 2008

The American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, has reached an agreement with Little Airplane Prods., producers of the Emmy-winning animated preschool series The Wonder...

Features

Marvin the Martian Coming to Big Screen

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2008

Warner Bros. is developing a feature film based on the Looney Tunes character Marvin the Martian. Daily Variety reports that the film will mix...

Features

Year of the Fish Swims to U.S. Theaters

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2008

Filmmaker David Kaplan's independent animated feature Year of the Fish will have a limited U.S. theatrical engagement starting on Aug. 29. The modern-day, adult...

Features

Nick Jr. Headed for Big Screen

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2008

Nickelodeon and National Amusements will bring Nick. Jr. shows to theaters in the U.S. this summer with a preschool movie program dubbed 'Nick Jr....

Festivals & Events

Miyazaki’s Ponyo, Oshii’s Crawlers Compete in Venice

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2008

Two animated features from Japanese masters have been selected to compete in the 65th annual Venice Film Festival. Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff...

Festivals & Events

Katzenberg, Cameron Kick off 3DX

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2008

Daily Variety reports that DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and filmmaker James Cameron will be joined by Twentieth Century Fox filmed entertainment chair Jim...

Television

4Kids Rolls with RollBots

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2008

4Kids Ent. has licensed the new animated TV series RollBots from Amberwood Ent. for broadcast in the U.S. during The CW4Kids Saturday morning block...

Television

Comic-Blog ’08: New BET Animation

Ryan Ball - July 30, 2008

Reggie Hudlin, president of BET (Black Entertainment Television), unveiled footage from the upcoming BET Animation series including the The Black Panther and Hannibal The...

Home Entertainment

Avatar, Freakazoid!, Tiny Toons Lead DVD Slate

Ryan Ball - July 29, 2008

Six episodes of the Nickelodeon's hit animated action series Avatar: The Last Airbender debut on DVD with today's release of Book 3 Fire, Volume...

Festivals & Events

Academy Rediscovers George Pal

Ryan Ball - July 29, 2008

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will revisit some of the magical works of a visionary filmmaker when it presents 'George Pal:...

Festivals & Events

Polar Express 4-D Bound for Dollywood

Ryan Ball - July 29, 2008

Kicking off on Nov. 8, Dollywood's 19th annual Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival will feature The Polar Express 4-D Experience, a theme-park attraction based on...

Television

Nick Picks Up Eisner’s Glenn Martin

Ryan Ball - July 29, 2008

Michael Eisner, former CEO of the Walt Disney Co., has sold a stop-motion animated series to Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite. The network has ordered...

Television

First Look at New Batman Toon

Ryan Ball - July 29, 2008

If you missed the footage of Batman: The Brave and the Bold unveiled by Cartoon Network at Comic-Con over the weekend, you can now...

Television

Disney Orders More Phineas and Ferb

Ryan Ball - July 29, 2008

Disney Channel has ordered an additional 13 episodes of the hit animated comedy Phineas and Ferb, bringing its second season to 39 episodes. The...

Television

Wonder Pets! Musicians File Charges

Ryan Ball - July 29, 2008

The Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM, filed unfair labor charges under the National Labor Relations Act against Little Airplane Prods....

1...373839...411 Page 38 of 411