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Home Entertainment

VIZ Pacts with Warner Home Video

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

Anime distributor VIZ Media has signed a home entertainment distribution agreement with Warner Home Video (WHV) for the United States and Mexico. Effective April...

Mass Animation Draws Animators to Facebook

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

Mass Animation, Intel Corp.'s initiative to create a CG-animated short film through a virtual studio staffed by animators around the world, has received more...

FUNimation Counts Down New Anime for ’09

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

FUNimation Ent. will be announcing new anime titles for 2009 with an online event dubbed 'New Show A-Go-Go.' The 10-day countdown to the new...

Television

4Kids Has New Plan for CW Saturdays

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

Children's entertainment company 4Kids Ent. has announced its new lineup of programs for The CW4Kids, its five-hour program block airing Saturday mornings from 7...

Television

TV-Loonland’s Penelope Set for CBeebies

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

British broadcaster BBC has acquired full TV rights to TV-Loonland's is animated show, Penelope. The series of 54 five-minute cartoons will begin airing on...

Features

Director Sets Sails for Sinbad

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

After trolling the waters of development hell for a few years, Columbia Pictures' new Sinbad movie appears closer to actually being made. The studio...

Features

Tron Sequel Goes 3-D

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

Disney's return to the video game world known as Tron will be a three-dimensional journey, according to Ain't It Cool News. The fanboy web...

Features

Despereaux’s Tale Told in Theaters

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

Kate DiCamillo's Newberry Medal-winning children's book The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of...

Features

WALL’E Wins Over Chicago Critics

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

Disney/Pixar's WALL'E has been honored by yet another group of movie reviewers as end-of-the year picks continue to roll in from around the country....

Video Games

Take-Two Shares Profits with Rockstar Games

Ryan Ball - December 18, 2008

Under new management, Take-Two Interactive Software has established an incentive compensation program for the Rockstar Games label that is primarily based on a profit-sharing...

Festivals & Events

Bolt, WALL’E, Madagascar Songs on Oscar List

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a list of 49 tunes eligible for consideration in the Best Original Song category...

Home Entertainment

Dark Knight Has Stellar DVD Debut

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

Warner Bros. The Dark Knight quickly became the top-grossing film of 2008, and is set to become the best'selling home video release of the...

Features

Cheech and Chong Make Smokin’ Animated Debut

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

Bob and Doug McKenzie aren't the only classic comedy duo getting animated. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, who built an empire on pot humor...

Features

Universal Backs Bakugan Movie

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

Universal Pictures and Stuber Prods. have signed a deal with children's entertainment company Spin Master Ltd. to produce a feature film based on the...

Features

Judge Pushes Back Watchmen Trial

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

The trailers have already hit the web and the graphic displays have been draped in movie theaters across the country, but the fate of...

Features

Orphanage Founder to Direct Priest

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

Priest from Tokyo Pop is one of the latest graphic novels to travel the road to the big screen, and it now has a...

Features

Delgo Sets Box-Office Record

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

While the scrappy determination that led independent animation house Fathom Studios to bring an animated feature to the big screen is admirable, the box-office...

Features

Sony Animation, Gotham Ink Pic Deal

Ryan Ball - December 17, 2008

Los Angeles-based talent management and production firm The Gotham Group has signed a first-look production deal with Sony Pictures Animation. Led by founder and...

Festivals & Events