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Video Games

Halo Board Game Announced

Ryan Ball - July 3, 2008

Genius Products Inc. and B1 Games have teamed to create the first board game based on bestselling Halo video game property from Microsoft and...

Television

FX All Ears for Horton Hears a Who!

Ryan Ball - July 3, 2008

The hit animated family feature Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! will make its free TV debut on FX. Daily Variety reports that...

Features

Blur, Fincher to Animate Goon Comic

Ryan Ball - July 3, 2008

Eric Powell, creator of the Dark Horse comic book series The Goon, announced on his website (www.thegoon.com) that the property has been optioned by...

Festivals & Events

Comic Book Challenge Names Top 50

Ryan Ball - July 2, 2008

Platinum Studios Inc. today announced the top 50 contestants in The Comic Book Challenge, the company's international competition to find the next great comic-book...

Video Games

AOL Opens BigDownload.com

Ryan Ball - July 2, 2008

AOL announced the launch of BigDownload.com, a new content and service site for the PC gaming audience. The first joint project between AOL Games...

Television

Nick Nabs Ratings Milestone

Ryan Ball - July 2, 2008

Citing Nielsen Media Research data, popular kids' cable network Nickelodeon has claimed its 53rd consecutive quarter as basic cable's top total-day performer with kids...

Television

WGA Scribes Support Sit Down, Shut Up Writers

Ryan Ball - July 2, 2008

A number of animation writers/producers who are members of the Writers' Guild of America (WGA) have come out in support of fellow scribes who...

Features

Box-Office Fireworks for Hancock?

Ryan Ball - July 2, 2008

Casting the world's box-office champ as a reluctant superhero should pay off big for Sony Pictures as the Will Smith action-comedy Hancock opens in...

Features

Warner Bros. Picks Up Hiding in Time Comic

Ryan Ball - July 2, 2008

As he works to bring George Miller's Justice League movie to the big screen, producer Dan Lin has boarded another comic-book adaptation for Warner...

Home Entertainment

Naruto, Samurai 7, Bravestarr on Disc

Ryan Ball - July 1, 2008

Heroic television figures dominate this week's animated home video debuts as anime warriors and space cowboys arrive at retail. Fans can now pick up...

Licensing

LucasFilm, Toys ‘R’Us Partner for Clone Wars

Ryan Ball - July 1, 2008

George Lucas' Lucasfilm Ltd. and major retailer Toys"R"Us have joined forces to promote the highly anticipated August 15 theatrical release of the CG-animated Star...

Video Games

HP Debuts Spore Creature Creator

Ryan Ball - July 1, 2008

HP has announced the availability of its exclusive version of the Creature Creator, an application that allows gamers to create, paint, animate and share...

Television

Martha Speaks to PBS KIDS on Labor Day

Ryan Ball - July 1, 2008

Young viewers will learn what happens when a dog suddenly acquires the extraordinary ability to talk as the new animated series Martha Speaks debuts...

Television

IFG Plows Into FARMkids

Ryan Ball - July 1, 2008

International Film Group (IFG) has signed on to be the exclusive sales agent for Australian production company FARMkids in the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership...

Features

Imageworks Takes on Heroic Projects

Ryan Ball - July 1, 2008

With its work on the big-budget superhero satire Hancock set to splash onto screens this weekend, Sony Pictures Imageworks has released a rundown of...

Festivals & Events

Pitch Party ’08 Results Are In!

Ryan Ball - June 30, 2008

After several days of deliberation, our animation industry judges have finally weighed in, and we have the winners of the Seventh Annual Animation Magazine...

Video Games

THQ Takes Gamers to the Center of the Earth

Ryan Ball - June 30, 2008

THQ today announced the worldwide shipping of its handheld video game based on New Line Cinema's upcoming CG-laden adventure film Journey to the Center...

Television

Nick Fires Up Avatar Movie

Ryan Ball - June 30, 2008

Nickelodeon's animated phenomenon Avatar: The Last Airbender will conclude its Book Three with a two-hour television movie scheduled to air on Saturday, July 19...

Features