Science-fiction fans are mourning the passing of author Thomas M Disch, whose children's book The Brave Little Toaster was made into a popular animated...

VFX

DreamWorks Ani, Intel Team for 3-D

Ryan Ball - July 9, 2008

DreamWorks Animation and Intel Corp. have formed a strategic alliance to advance the art of stereoscopic filmmaking. Starting with next year's Monsters Vs. Aliens...

Festivals & Events

Ottawa TV Conference Lines Up Keynotes, Pitches

Ryan Ball - July 9, 2008

Brown Johnson, president of Animation for Nickeoodeon, MTVN Kids and Family Group, will deliver the opening keynote address at the fifth annual Television Animation...

Features

Sony Claims Planet 51

Ryan Ball - July 9, 2008

New Line Cinema's aborted mission has become Sony's new animation invasion plan. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has bought...

Home Entertainment

Feature Review: Batman Gotham Knight

Ryan Ball - July 8, 2008

Heath Ledger's perfromance as a certain clown-faced bank robber will help sell tickets for Warner Bros.' upcoming live-action release, The Dark Knight, but there's...

VFX

SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 to be Served with ICE

Ryan Ball - July 8, 2008

Avid Technology's Softimage Co. today announced SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7, the latest version of its professional 3D animation software for games, film and television. The update...

Festivals & Events

Animation Block Party Set to Roll

Ryan Ball - July 8, 2008

The Fifth Annual Animation Block Party (ABP) is taking place July 25-27 in Brooklyn, New York. Festival favorites Hot Dog from Bill Plympton, Lapsus...

Television

Nick Shows Go to the Olympics

Ryan Ball - July 8, 2008

Nickelodeon is celebrating the summer Olympics with four new sports-themed episodes of the hit animated shows The Fairly OddParents, The Backyardigans, Dora the Explorer...

Features

Fly Me Producer Flies with Dragon

Ryan Ball - July 8, 2008

Charlotte Huggins, producer of nWave's upcoming CG-animated stereoscopic 3-D feature film Fly Me To the Moon, is trading in insects for mythical creatures for...

Home Entertainment

FUNimation Gets ARM, Geneon Anime Titles

Ryan Ball - July 7, 2008

Navarre Corp.'s FUNimation Ent. has acquired distribution rights to a number of anime titles from ARM Corp. Later this year, FUNimation will begin releasing...

Schools

Academy Picks Students for CG Internships

Ryan Ball - July 7, 2008

The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected three students to participate in its second annual...

People

R.I.P Bozo the Clown

Ryan Ball - July 7, 2008

Larry Harmon, the entrepreneur who popularized Bozo the Clown more than 50 years ago, died of congestive heart failure on Thursday at the age...

Festivals & Events

Anime Expo Issues Awards

Ryan Ball - July 7, 2008

The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, the organization behind the annual Anime Expo, has anounced the winners of the 2008 SPJA...

Features

Hancock to the Rescue for Sony

Ryan Ball - July 7, 2008

Sony Pictures and actor Will Smith have pulled off another Fourth of July blockbuster weekend with the deconstructed superhero flick Hancock. The film opened...

Features

Imagi Lands Big Investor

Ryan Ball - July 7, 2008

As it prepares its feature-length version of the anime classic Astro Boy for theatrical release sometime next year, Hong Kong- and Los Angeles-based animation...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Net, Adult Swim Comic-Con Plans Set

Ryan Ball - July 3, 2008

Cartoon Network and Adult Swim will again host panel discussions, signings and a number of other activities at this year's San Diego Comic-Con Int'l....

Video Games