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Television

TELETOON Has Date With Atomic Betty

Ryan Ball - October 3, 2002

TELETOON Canada has ordered 13 half-hours of Atomic Betty from Breakthrough Films & Television. Developed in partnership with Atomic Cartoons and Phil Roman Entertainment,...

Festivals & Events

"Oscars In Animation" Exhibit to Close

Ryan Ball - October 3, 2002

Sunday, Oct. 6 will be the last day to visit "Oscars in Animation" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The exhibit...

Disney Online Nabs WebAwards

Ryan Ball - October 3, 2002

The Web Marketing Association (WMA) has honored Disney Online with four WebAwards. Winners were announced on Oct. 1 during the sixth annual competition held...

Video Games

Action Girl Takes On GameBoy

Ryan Ball - October 2, 2002

Disney Interactive is shipping Disney's Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist for GameBoy Advance Nov. 8. Based on the hugely successful animated comedy series...

Schools

CalArts Names School of Film/Video Dean

Ryan Ball - October 2, 2002

Steve Anker has been named dean of the CalArts School of Film/Video. The former director of the San Francisco Cinematheque and artistic director of...

People

Blur Studio Appoints General Manager

Ryan Ball - October 2, 2002

Michael T. Nicolaou has joined Blur Studio as general manager. The former Boxx Technologies exec. will oversee day-to-day operations at the visual effects, animation...

Features

Effects Work At Core of Paramount Push-Back

Ryan Ball - October 2, 2002

Citing a tight post production schedule and a decision to give the filmmakers more time to perfect the extensive visual effects, Paramount Pictures has...

VFX

NXN Beams Down alienbrain 6.0

Ryan Ball - October 2, 2002

NXN Software has released the newest version of its award-winning asset management software recently adopted by Pixar Studios. By combining asset and configuration management...

Television

CINAR Runs With Creeps And Dragons

Ryan Ball - October 2, 2002

In addition to producing 13 more episodes of Mona the Vampire with Alphanim, CINAR will co-produce two new 26-episode animated series. The company will...

Video Games

Spy vs. Spy To Sneak Onto Game Consoles

Ryan Ball - October 1, 2002

They’re not 007, but TDK Mediactive Inc. is hoping Black Spy and White Spy can infiltrate the video game market just as well. The...

Licensing

Live Your Speed Racer Fantasy

Ryan Ball - October 1, 2002

Before we learned to covet grown-up automobiles like Mercedes and BMWs, there were The General Lee, The Batmobile and Speed Racer’s Mach 5. Now...

VFX

Polhemus’ FastScan Gets Faster

Ryan Ball - October 1, 2002

Polhemus Inc., a Rockwell Collins Company, has announced the latest developments of the FastSCAN handheld laser scanner system designed for scanning 3D objects for...

Home Entertainment

Mr. Limpet Swims To DVD

Ryan Ball - October 1, 2002

Way before Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the Don Knotts comic vehicle The Incredible Mr. Limpet combined live action and 2D animation to tell the...

Television

Bernie Mac Gets Animated

Ryan Ball - October 1, 2002

For the Thanksgiving episode of The Bernie Mac Show, producers will reportedly include a stop motion animation segment featuring the show’s star in puppet...

Television

Disney Takes DIC’s Movie Toons International

Ryan Ball - October 1, 2002

The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Walt Disney International will air DIC's Incredible Movie Toons on the Disney Channel in key overseas territories. The four-year...

Video Games

Interplay Entertainment Corp. has unleashed the sci-fi survival-horror game Run Like Hell on PlayStation2. The story-driven, third person actioner boasts state-of-the-art 3D environments, cinematic...

VFX

PiXELS 3D, Big Savings Offered To Mac Users

Ryan Ball - September 30, 2002

Pixels Digital announced a pre-purchase offer on the OSX version of the new generation PiXELS 3D 4. To reward Mac users for their patience,...

Festivals & Events

Director, EFX Team Turn Out For Stuart Little 2 Screening

Ryan Ball - September 30, 2002

Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Imageworks are sponsoring a special screening of Sony Pictures’ summer hit and Best Animated Film Oscar hopeful Stuart Little...

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