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Liam Neeson Latest Voice Star for ‘Nut Job’
Oscar-nominated and three-time Golden Globe-winning actor Liam Neeson is joining the list of stars lending their voices to The Nut Job, a new animated comedy feature from ToonBox Entertainment (Canada) and Redrover Co., Ltd. (Korea). The voice cast already includes Katherine Heigl, Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Stephen Lang, Sarah Gadon [...]
Guru’s ‘Dinopaws’ Is Ready to Roam
A new international co-production from Impossible Kids (U.K.), Kindle Entertainment (U.K.) and Guru Studio (Canada) has been given the go-ahead with commissions from U.K. kids’ channel CBeebies, the international CBeebies network (BBC Worldwide Channels) and Canadian kids’ broadcaster Treehouse. The series, called Dinopaws (52 x 11) kicked off production last [...]
Buckinghamshire Re-Launches Animation & VFX Degree
Buckinghamshire New University, located in High Wycombe, England, is re-launching its Animation and VFX Degree (BA Hons) program, the content of which is in line with the Core Skills of VFX handbook put together by Creative Skillset to help plug the skills gap in the animation industry and increase the [...]
FX Gives ‘Archer’ Season 5 Mission
Adam Reed’s hit animated spy comedy for Fox’s FX network has been given the greenlight for a fifth season of 13 episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show will also be entered in the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy contest. The fourth season of the show, created by Reed and [...]
‘Miffy’ Movie Goes Gold
Having hit a total audience of 120,000 moviegoers in The Netherlands, Miffy the Movie has attained the status of “Golden Film.” The first feature outing for Dick Bruna’s popular bunny character is directed by Hans Perk from a script by James Still and premiered in The Netherlands on January 30, [...]
FMX to Showcase Pixar, Cloud Computing and More
Germany’s FMX conference on animation, effects, games and transmedia—taking place in Stuttgart April 23-6 this year—has revealed further programming information, featuring highlights of new and recent Pixar projects, the potential of cloud computing, hot companies and schools and new industry trends from around the world. Here’s a look at the [...]
Van Eaton Galleries Celebrates Hanna-Barbera
The L.A. area’s Van Eaton Galleries is busy preparing an art show tribute to animation legends Hanna-Barbera this spring. The show will kick off April 6 with a free, open to the public artists’ reception from 6-10 p.m. The tribute is open to works in all media, from painting and [...]
Japan Pollsters Rank Favorite Miyazaki Flicks
Most animation aficionados have a soft spot for Studio Ghibli founder and animation master Hayao Miyazaki’s works—some would even be hard pressed to pick a favorite out of the director’s timeless library of anime classics. However, an ambitious polling website called Research Panel put this challenging question to over 130,000 [...]
D23 Premieres Japan Event This Fall
The Walt Disney Company Japan has announced it will put on the first-ever D23 Expo Japan; a special event for Disney fans created by D23: The Official Disney Fan Club. The first Expo to be held outside the U.S. will feature presentations hosted by senior Disney creative execs which will [...]
‘Blue’s Clues’ Creator Launches Interactive Co.
Traci Paige Johnson, creator of pre-k hit Blue’s Clues and co-creator of SuperWhy, is teaming up with award-winning feature producer Caroline Baron (Capote, Monsoon Wedding) to launch a new interactive children’s media company called yummico (www.yummico.com). The company will produce preschooler-friendly media for multiple platforms, with a focus on digital [...]
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