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VFX

VES Publishes Industry Credit Guidelines

Ryan Ball - June 4, 2008

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has published the first-ever set of VES guidelines for titles and credits in the visual effects industry. The list...

Features

Writer Picked to Reboot ReBoot

Ryan Ball - June 4, 2008

Rugrats scribe Jon Cooksey has been hired to script the an animated feature film based on the ground-breaking 1994 CG television series ReBoot. According...

Features

Platinum’s Final Orbit on Film Flight Plan

Ryan Ball - June 4, 2008

Platinum Studios is working with producer Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures to develop a feature film based on the Platinum comicbook Final Orbit,...

Features

Willis Game for Kane Role?

Ryan Ball - June 4, 2008

Despite its weak track record, Hollywood continues to mine the world of interactive entertainment in a bid to launch new franchises. The Hollywood Reporter...

Home Entertainment

Animation Show, Kenny on DVD

Ryan Ball - June 3, 2008

Another collection of shorts from Mike Judge's and Don Hertzfeldt's touring theatrical showcase known as The Animation Show are available today on DVD. The...

Television

Total Drama Island Sold to Cartoon Network

Ryan Ball - June 3, 2008

Cake Distribution's animated reality show Total Drama Island has been acquired by Cartoon Network channels in the U.S., Latin America, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern...

Television

DECODE, mememe Dig Up dirtgirlworld

Ryan Ball - June 3, 2008

DECODE Ent., a subsidiary of DHX Media Ltd., has teamed with Australia's mememe prods. to co-produce an new animated preschool series titled dirtgirlworld. Commissioned...

Television

CarpeDiem Opens Animation Station

Ryan Ball - June 3, 2008

Canadian producer CarpeDiem is opening Animation Station Inc., a new toon studio based in central Montreal. The company has hired about a dozen employees,...

Features

Live-Action Beavis & Butt-Head?

Ryan Ball - June 3, 2008

In a recent interview on the MTV Movies Blog, Mike Judge revealed that he is considering making a live-action movie based on his this...

Features

Polar Express Producer Helps Build Robot Taekwon V

Ryan Ball - June 3, 2008

Transformers 2 will get some home-grown competition in South Korea when Shin Cine unleashes Robot Taekwon V. According to The Hollywood Reporter, producer William...

Home Entertainment

NCircle Brings Henson’s Sid to Vid

Ryan Ball - June 2, 2008

NCircle Ent. has signed on as home video distributor of the The Jim Henson Co.'s new animated preschool series Sid the Science Kid. Henson...

Festivals & Events

Transformers Crashes MTV Movie Awards

Ryan Ball - June 2, 2008

Transformers, director Michael Bay's adrenaline-pumping take on the classic toy line and animated television series, was named Best Movie at Sunday night's MTV Movie...

Television

Family Guy Attempts Emmy Coup

Ryan Ball - June 2, 2008

For years, primetime animated series have been vying for a chance to compete with live-action fare in the Comedy category at the Emmys, rather...

Television

TV-Loonland, CarpeDiem Do Life

Ryan Ball - June 2, 2008

TV-Loonland and Canadian company CarpeDiem Film & TV have announced the start of production on a new animated series titled My Life Me. TELETOON...

Features

Niles’ Dead to Wake on Screen

Ryan Ball - June 2, 2008

Peter Jackson's Weta will create visual effects for a filmed adaptation of Wake the Dead, a bestselling graphic novel by Steve Niles (30 Days...

Features

Feature Review: Kung Fu Panda Delivers Kicks

Ryan Ball - June 2, 2008

As much as I've enjoyed the growing number of animated features aimed at more adult audiences, I'm happy to report that the latest talking-animal-on-a-journey-of-self-discovery...

Home Entertainment

Watchmen’s Black Freighter to Be DVD Movie

Ryan Ball - May 30, 2008

Fans of the bestselling Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel Watchmen cheered at last year's San Diego Comic-Con when it was revealed that director Zack...

Licensing

9 Story Pacts with Licensing Shop

Ryan Ball - May 30, 2008

Canadian entertainment production and distribution company 9 Story Ent. has named The Licensing Shop its exclusive worldwide (excluding Germany) licensing and merchandising representative. The...

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