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VFX

Autodesk Takes Over Skymatter’s Mudbox

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2007

Autodesk Inc. has completed its acquisition of nearly all assets of Skymatter Ltd., the privately held, New Zealand-based developer of Mudbox 3D modeling software....

Home Entertainment

Transformers Meets the Eye on Disc

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2007

Having earned more than $700 million at the box office worldwide, DreamWorks' and Paramount's Transformers debuts on home video today. The Michael Bay pic...

Home Entertainment

Squidbillies, Charlie and Lola on DVD

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2007

Adults and kids alike are served with this week's offerings of TV animation on home video. Fans of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim can finally...

Television

Skyland Nabs Top Gemini Award

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2007

The animated action series Skyland was named Best Animated Program or Series on Tuesday at the Gemini Lifestlye, Childrens and Youth Gala, part of...

Festivals & Events

Suzuki Drives Animation Contest

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2007

Suzuki Auto has teamed with the New York Int'l Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) and Cinedulce.com to announce the official call for entries for its...

VFX

PipelineFX Debuts Qube! for Maya ’08

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2007

PipelineFX, makers of the Qube! render farm management software, today announced that it has released support for Autodesk's Maya version 2008. Qube! jives with...

Home Entertainment

Elf Bowling Strikes for Holidays

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2007

Millions have played the Elf Bowling Flash game online, and soon they'll be able to watch the movie on home video as Elf Bowling:...

Features

Ratatouille Big Cheese Overseas

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2007

Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille was the top box-office performer outside of North America for the second consecutive weekend, according to Daily Variety. The CG buddy flick...

Features

Actors Line Up for Justice League

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2007

Happy Feet director George Miller has reportedly been auditioning young actors en mass over the weekend, hoping to find superheroes for his big-screen treatment...

Video Games

EA Acquires BioWare, Pandemic

Ryan Ball - October 12, 2007

Electronic Arts Inc. has reached an agreement with Elevation Partners to acquire VG Holding Corp., the parent company of leading video game development studios...

Television

Disney Channel Recruits Special Agent Oso

Ryan Ball - October 12, 2007

Disney Channel is producing a new animated series titled Special Agent Oso to air during its preschool block, Playhouse Disney. The show will feature...

Television

GONZO Scales Tower of Druaga

Ryan Ball - October 12, 2007

Animation studio GONZO and video game publishing unit GONZO Rosso have teamed with game company Q Ent. to launch a multi-platform project based on...

Features

Ratatouille On Menu in U.K.

Ryan Ball - October 12, 2007

Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille has finally arrived in the U.K., scurrying into 416 theaters to claim the weekend's widest opening. Timed with the week-long school holiday...

Features

Family Friendly Visits Zea Zoo

Ryan Ball - October 12, 2007

Family Friendly Films has started production on an CG-animated short based on the popular children's poem and e-book Zea Zoo and the Land of...

Multi-platform animation network Aniboom (www.aniboom.com) is launching a branded ad-supported animation channel on JoostT (www.joost.com), a service that offers broadcast-quality Internet television. The Aniboom...

Terra Gets Disney Toons in Latin America

Ryan Ball - October 11, 2007

The Walt Disney Co. Latin America has signed a content distribution agreement with leading Latin American Internet company Terra. The pact will allow Terra...

Licensing

SpongeBob in JAKKS’ Toybox

Ryan Ball - October 11, 2007

Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products has granted JAKKS Pacific Inc. the master toy licnese for the hit Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. Announced today...

Festivals & Events

Rome Fest Has Fears(s) of the Dark

Ryan Ball - October 11, 2007

The French animated feature Peur(s) du noir (Fear(s) of the Dark) has been added to the program for the second annual Rome Film Festival....

Features

Director Gets Claws in Thundercats

Ryan Ball - October 11, 2007

Video game art director Jerry O'Flaherty will cut his feature film directing teeth on Warner Bros. Pictures' CG-animated big-screen adaptation of the '80 cartoon...

People

Hanna-Barbera Vet Rice Passes On

Ryan Ball - October 10, 2007

We're sad to learn that we've lost another influential animation veteran from the halls of Hanna-Barbera Studios. Animation director John Rice, an Englishman who...

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