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Festivals & Events

Cartoons on the Bay Honors Heavy Metal Director

Ryan Ball - March 20, 2008

The Pulcinella Lifetime Achievement and Studio of the Year awards have been announced for this year's Cartoons on the Bay, the international festival of...

Features

English-Language Persepolis in April

Ryan Ball - March 20, 2008

Those who weren't able to catch the Oscar-nominated Persepolis in limited release over the winter will get another chance when Sony Pictures Classics releases...

Features

Korea’s Sonata Reinvented with Animation

Ryan Ball - March 20, 2008

The South Korean television drama Winter Sonata, a hit across Asia, will be remade as an animated feature, according to Daily Variety. The show's...

Home Entertainment

Conroy Back as Batman Voice

Ryan Ball - March 20, 2008

Warner Bros. Animation has announced that role of Batman in the upcoming animated feature Batman Gotham Knight will be voiced by fan favorite Kevin...

Television

Allcroft Reacquires Mumfie

Ryan Ball - March 19, 2008

Britt Allcroft, who adapted Rev. W. Awdry's The Railway Series for television as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and Shining Time Station, has...

Television

SCI FI Taps Comics Talent for New Shows

Ryan Ball - March 19, 2008

SCI FI Channel has unveiled a new slate of scripted series in development, two of which originate from the world of comic books. A...

Festivals & Events

DreamWorks, HP Keynote NAB

Ryan Ball - March 19, 2008

Execs from DreamWorks Animation and HP will team up to deliver a keynote address at NAB on Monday, April 14 in Las Vegas. Jeffrey...

Features

Enchanted Director On to Spook’s Apprentice

Ryan Ball - March 19, 2008

With the Harry Potter film franchise supposedly nearing the end if its run, Warner Bros. has teamed with Legendary Picutures to raise a new...

Features

Paramount Sets Course for Dune

Ryan Ball - March 19, 2008

Get ready for more CG-animated giant worms and other fantastic extraterrestrial sights as Paramount Pictures goes into development on a new film based on...

Schools

Pixar’s Gordon Instructs at VanArts

Ryan Ball - March 18, 2008

VanArts in Vancouver is offering an Animation Master Class with Pixar aniamtor Andrew Gordon on the weekend of April 19-20. Designed for professional animators...

People

Porchlight’s Jones Heads Home Entertainment

Ryan Ball - March 18, 2008

PorchLight Ent. has promoted Gary Jones to president of PorchLight Home Entertainment (PHE). The appointment will serve the company's focus on growing into the...

Television

Nicktoons to Air Marvel Toons

Ryan Ball - March 18, 2008

Nickelodeon's Nicktoons Network inked a deal with Marvel Ent. for the exclusive television debut of the animated series Wolverine and the X-Men and Iron...

Television

DECODE’s Bo On the GO! to France 5

Ryan Ball - March 18, 2008

DECODE Enterprises, the distribution subsidiary of DHX Media Ltd., has sold both seasons of the animated preschool series Bo on the GO! to France...

Features

Stars Trained on DreamWorks’ Dragon

Ryan Ball - March 18, 2008

DreamWorks Animation has signed a number of actors to lend their voices to the upcoming CG feature How to Train Your Dragon, according to...

Video Games

Blockbuster Game for King’s Mist

Ryan Ball - March 18, 2008

Home video sales and rental giant Blockbuster Inc. has launched a free online game inspired by The Weinstein Co.'s big-screen adaptation of the Stephen...

Home Entertainment

Enchanted, Legend Arrive on Disc

Ryan Ball - March 18, 2008

Live action and animation mesh in two of today's top home video releases. Paying tongue-in-cheek homage to its 2D classics while spinning a modern-day...

Aniboom, Adult Swim Behind Radiohead Contest

Ryan Ball - March 17, 2008

Online animation network Aniboom has teamed with TBD Records to launch a contest inviting Radiohead fans around the world to produce an animated music...

Features

Framestore CFC Adds Producing Credits

Ryan Ball - March 17, 2008

Oscar-winning U.K. visual efects shop Framestore CFC is adding film producing to its resume, reports Daily Variety. The company behind the eye-popping visuals in...

Television

FX Gets Marvel Pics for TV

Ryan Ball - March 16, 2008

Basic cable network FX has acquired rights to five upcoming Marvel Studios superhero films incuding Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, according to Daily...

Features