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Schools

DePaul Adds Animation Degree Programs

Ryan Ball - May 14, 2008

In order to help meet the rising demand for animators, DePaul University in Chicago recently launched two degree programs in animation through its College...

Festivals & Events

Disney’s Star Wars Weekends Shape Up

Ryan Ball - May 14, 2008

Lucasfilm has announced some events scheduled for this year's Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort. Running every...

Television

Comedy Central Gets Atom TV

Ryan Ball - May 14, 2008

During its UpFront presentation, Comedy Central announced that it has added Atom TV to its 2008-2009 lineup. Bringing the best shorts and webisodes from...

Features

Fable, Sparx Unbox Cereal Heroes

Ryan Ball - May 14, 2008

Film production and animation company Fable Works LLC is producing an original 3D-animated feature film titled Cereal Heroes! for theatrical release in 2010. Currently...

Aniboom Animates I-play Properties

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

Aniboom, an independent animation network fed by talent from around the world, has teamed with Oberon Media's multi-platform casual games publisher, I-play, to...

Television

Playhouse Disney Teaches Alligator Manners

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

The June 21 premiere of a new animated short-form series titled Can You Teach My Alligator Manners? will kick off 'Super Duper Summer Saturdays'...

Television

Electric Company Returns

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

The immortal words 'Hey you guys!' will be shouted once again as Sesame Workshop throws the switch on an all-new version of classic kids'...

Television

KidsCo Launches in Hong Kong

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

Children's programming channel KidsCo, a joint venture of NBC Universal, DIC Ent. and Corus Ent., has debuted in Hong Kong via a major broadcast...

Television

Televisa Takes Taffy’s Fantastic Four, Creepie

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

Top Mexican broadcaster Televisa has purchased free TV rights to Taffy Ent.'s animated series Growing Up Creepie and The Fantastic Four. The deal was...

Video Games

GTA 4 Makes Record Book

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

World-record authority Guinness today confirmed that Take-Two Interactive's Grand Theft Auto IV has smashed the record for day-one grosses generated by a video game...

Features

Weinsteins Board Fraggle Rock Pic

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

The Weinstein Co. has signed on to distribute the Fraggle Rock feature film being developed by the Jim Henson Co., according to Daily Variety....

Features

Win a Signed Garfield Animation Cel!

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

In celebrating Garfield's 30th Anniversary and today's home video release of Garfield: A Cat and His Nerd, Fox Home Entertainment and Paws Inc. have...

Home Entertainment

Drawn Together Leads Disc Charge

Ryan Ball - May 13, 2008

Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment today releases Drawn Together Season Three: Uncensored on DVD. Featuring an extended version of each episode,...

Schools

Imageworks Adds Schools to IPAX Program

Ryan Ball - May 12, 2008

Seven new educational institutions have been accepted into Sony Pictures Imageworks' Professional Academic Excellence (IPAX) program. After a rigorous review process, Brigham Young University,...

Features

Iron Man Beats Speed Racer

Ryan Ball - May 12, 2008

The summer's second big release put the pedal to the metal over the weekend, but Warner Bros.' Speed Racer didn't have quite enough gas...

Features

Madagascar Escapes 2 IMAX

Ryan Ball - May 12, 2008

IMAX Corp. and DreamWorks Animation SKG today announced that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa will be released in IMAX theatres worldwide on Nov. 7, 2008....

Features

Chipmunks Return in 2010

Ryan Ball - May 12, 2008

When the first movie based on Ross Bagdasarian's high-pitched trio of rodents made more than $358 million worldwide, a sequel became inevitable. Now Daily...

Features

Witchblade Movie Greenlit

Ryan Ball - May 12, 2008

Having sold more than 100 million copies worldwide since its 1995 debut, the Top Cow comic-book property Witchblade is set to hit the big...

Second Life Doc Debuts

Ryan Ball - May 9, 2008

Dutch production company Submarine today began rolling out Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey, a documentary made entirely...

Festivals & Events