The Mighty B! Back with Corddry

Nickelodeon’s The Mighty B! returns on Monday, Sept. 8, kicking off a week of all-new episodes airing every day at 5 p.m. Monday’s installment, “Bee Patients,” features special guest star Rob Corddry, a comedian who got his start on Comedy ... more

Columbia Calls Ghostbusters Again

It’s starting to feel like the ’80s all over again as major studios set their sights on

Xilam Pitches Mr BaBy at Cartoon Forum

Paris-based animation studio Xilam is headed to Cartoon Forum with Mr BaBy

Dive Olly Dive! Sprouts Up Five Days a Week

Dive Olly Dive! from Taffy Ent. and Mike Young Prods. has expanded to five

Antonucci Makes Toons with W!LDBRAIN

Danny Antonucci, creator of Cartoon Network’s


















Go WAC-O for Animation!

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AMO Launches School Guide 2008!

We are witnessing an amazing rise in high-quality projects being created by students at colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. As in previous years, we've put together our comprehensive guide to help readers seek the programs and educational institues that best match their financial, academic and future career goals. Click Here to View the `08 Guide!

TV

FOX’s Cleveland Goes to MIPCOM

The Cleveland Show, a spin-off of the hit animated series Family Guy, is one of several new shows 20th Century Fox Television Distribution will be showcasing at this year’s MIPCOM television market in Cannes, France. Other shows to be presented to international buyers include the time-travel crime drama Life on Mars, the ... more

Features

Setback for Warner Bros. in Watchmen Suit

Warner Bros.’ upcoming big-screen take on the Alan Moore graphic novel Watchmen could be one of next summer’s biggest hits, or it could never be seen by audiences at all. The trades are reporting today that a judge has shot down Warner Bros.’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ... more

Gaming

Cryptic Beams Up Star Trek Online

Cryptic Studios, a independent developer and publisher of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, revealed the first details and gameplay trailer for Star Trek Online at the annual Star Trek Convention. The MMOG was unveiled in the Gene Roddenberry Theater by Cryptic chief creative ... more

Visual FX

Maya Turns 10

Autodesk is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Maya, its widely used modeling, animation and rendering software. The company has dedicated an area of its website to reviewing a decade of Maya accomplishments, starting with the 1998 Chris Landreth short film Bingo the Clown, which is available for viewing at ... more

Commercials

Mainframe Invests in new Digs

The London headquarters of Mainframe, an independent studio specializing in motion graphics, animation, vfx and titles for commercials, is investing more than $2.2 million in a larger studio. Part of a continuing expansion project that recently saw Mainframe North open in Manchester, the new ... more

Events

Adobe Design Winners Announced

Adobe Systems Inc. today announced the winners of its eighth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards, a competition that honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers and computer artists from renowned educational institutions around the globe ... more

Internet

Happy Tree Friends Go to the Olympics

Lip-syncing and fake fireworks are the least of China’s worries as Mondo Media’s calamity-prone Happy Tree Friends make their way to the Olympic Games in the latest in a series of gory cartoon shorts dubbed “Smoochies.” The video is now available at www.happytreefriends.com ... more

Animated Person

Next Avengers Voice Actor Tom Kane

Whether you're an avid animation fan or a casual cartoon viewer, you’ve no doubt heard the work of Tom Kane. The versatile and very much in demand voice actor is the new voice of Yoda for the animated movie and TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as numerous video ... more

Tech Reviews

Luxology’s modo 302

Sometimes I get the feeling that I’m constantly writing reviews of modo. But that’s because the talented team at Luxology keeps coming up with new versions of their popular tool. Luxology really gets under the hood and tinkers around to make it faster and add in whole new features. So many little tweaks have been implemented ... more

Question of the Week

Question of the Week

Who was robbed? Now that we all know which shorts and features received nominations from the Academy, were you upset that any of your favorites didn't make the list? Who would you put in the Best Animated Short, Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects categories? How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, The Pearce Sisters and The Simpsons Movie are three that come to mind!

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Editorial

Feature Review: WALL•E

What a great week to be an animation journalist. On Monday I got to watch Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Batman: Gotham Knight (stay tuned for the review), and Tuesday night offered a screening of Disney/Pixar’s WALL•E. Director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) and the rest of the Pixar team have hit another homerun with this funny, charming, heartfelt and poignant love story with a big message about taking care of our planet before it’s too late. ... more