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‘Arrietty’ and More Secrets Revealed on DVD
The endless font of Japanese animated goodness spews forth on DVD shelves this week! The can’t-pass-up offering today is Disney’s North American version of Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty, which arrives on DVD [SRP $29.99] and DVD/Blu-ray combo pack [$39.99]. This exquisitely rendered take on Mary Norton’s beloved [...]
Believe Entertainment Group’s ‘The LeBrons’
Good things happen when the worlds of professional basketball and animation collide—and no, for once we are not talking about Space Jam. We’re talking about the cool webtoon The LeBrons which just wrapped its first season after garnering over 50 million views on YouTube. Starring Miami Heat forward LeBron James, [...]
Fry, Pocoyo Get Caught Reading
Zinkia Entertainment’s loveable little boy in blue Pocoyo and the actor/writer/presenter who narrates his charming animated adventures, Stephen Fry, have teamed up once again to appear together in the “Get Caught Reading” annual national campaign this month, which is organized by the Association of American Publishers. The initiative’s goal is to [...]
The Senate Delivers Spooky Shots for ‘Dark Shadows’
London’s The Senate VFX completed 186 shots for Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s Dark Shadows—the latest Tim Burton opus which opened last week. Anton Yri, vfx supervisor, worked with vfx producer Sam Spacey to oversee six major sequences in the film. Yri was on set for the duration of first unit and [...]
NBC’s ‘Community’ Goes 8-Bit
The stars of NBC’s live-action comedy Community have been through their share of quirky adventures—including stop-motion and anime inspired toon ones—but according to The Hollywood Reporter, they’ll be entering an all new flat dimension as 8-bit videogame characters. The episode titled “Digital Estate Planning,” set to air this Thursday at [...]
Dusty Fest Winners Announced
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City (NYC) has announced the winners of its 23rd annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival. The awards ceremony held at the SVA Theatre capped off a three day festival highlighting over 100 live action and animated films created by graduating students [...]
NCircle to Bear ‘Gruffalo’s Child’
Dallas-based home ent. distributor NCircle Entertainment has acquired DVD distribution rights for The Gruffalo’s Child, the follow up to Magic Light Pictures’ Oscar-nominated short The Gruffalo. NCircle will be releasing the animated special on DVD August 14, 2012. Based on the companion book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by [...]
D3P, Cartoon Network Unleash ‘Ben 10: Omniverse’
D3Publisher and Cartoon Network Enterprises are giving fans a chance to experience Ben 10’s past and present as never before with the upcoming game Ben 10: Omniverse. Based on the franchise’s new highly anticipated animated series of the same name, Omniverse will hit shelves this fall, when the new toon [...]
New Judges Confirmed for Pitch Party ’12!
Animag’s 2012 Pitch Party grows ever nearer! We have two new judges to announce that have agreed to lend time out of their busy schedules to Pitch Party: The annual competition that gets YOUR toon ideas in front of top industry decision makers and offers the chance to win a [...]
Comedy Central Reveals ‘Futurama’ S7 Details
Good news, everyone! Season 7 of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s Emmy-winning sci-fi comedy series Futurama will kick off on Comedy Central with two new back-to-back episodes Wednesday, June 20 at 10 p.m. Fans can look forward to 13 new half-hour episodes this season, awesome guest stars and a [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
