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Check Out New ‘Futurama’ Final Season Clip
While we all steel our hearts and wait for the (second) final season of Matt Groening’s Futurama to blast off, Comedy Central offers a little salve for the wound with a new preview clip, which features Amy—inexplicably disguised as a marmoset—being subjected to the advances of a baboon businessman. The [...]
Nexus Partners with ‘Were-Rabbit’ Producer Jennings
London-based animation studio Nexus as announced an exclusive partnership with multi-award winning toon producers Claire Jennings, Christopher O’Reilly and Charlotte Bavasso to develop and produce original animated features. Jennings notably produced the Oscar and BAFTA-winning Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Oscar nominated, BAFTA winning Coraline. Indie studio [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry Birds’ Flick
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and King of the Hill in addition to live-action series like The Office, The Larry Sanders Show and Saturday Night Live, has been tapped to pen the script for Rovio Entertainment’s upcoming 3D feature adaptation of its smash [...]
Global TV News Bytes: Guru, DHX, Imira
+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a second book based on the toon house’s Emmy and Annie-nominated kids series Justin Time (52 x 11), now in its second season. Based on the show’s first episode, The Big Pet Story is a 32-page illustrated book for [...]
Shout! Unleashes ‘Wolverine: Origin’ July 9
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill Jemas, Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove is pouncing on shelves as Shout! Factory unleashes Wolverine: Origin from Marvel Knights Animation on July 9. For the first time fans can uncover the secret history of Marvel’s Wolverine in animation with [...]
Bradford Animation Fest Open for Submissions
The Bradford Animation Festival–the U.K.’s longest running toon fest–is now open for submissions for its 19th edition, taking place in the centrally located city of Bradford, just west of Leeds, November 13-17. Conceived and organized by the National Media Museum, the Festival will be accepting short animated film submissions until [...]
Pitch Party 2013: Latest Judges Confirmed!
Animag is up and running with the 2013 edition of our annual Pitch Party contest — the online/print pitching competition that puts your animated project ideas into the hands of industry decision makers. Submissions are still open for this year’s contest, with the winners set to be announced in our [...]
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at 2014's ‘Legends of Oz’
Roger S. Baum’s further adventures of his great-grandfather’s beloved characters are given a new animated life in Summertime’s Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. In the world’s supply of film-worthy fairy tales, the attempts of American authors make up but a tiny fraction. Whether the United States’ relative youth or its [...]
DWA Guns it for ‘Turbo’ App with $1m Contest
DreamWorks Animation is redefining a “snail’s pace” by launching a new action-packed app based on its upcoming (July 17) super-speedy mollusk movie, Turbo Racing League. The company is also making mobile games history with $1 million in prizes to be snapped up in the Shell-Out Contest presented by Verizon—the first [...]
Imira Appoints Elena Mera Dios as Sales Manager
Spanish youth programming production and distribution house Imira Entertainment has appointed Elena Mera Dios as its new sales manager for EMEA, North America and Asian markets. Her primary responsibility will be furthering relationships with these territories. Dios is a seasoned industry player in the region, having previously held positions at Treeline [...]
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