Spielberg to Produce...
Steven Spielberg will exec produce a live-action TV series based on the popular...
Archive
Target Secures New ‘Punky’ Deals
Rights management group Target Entertainment has completed a raft of international sales deals for Monster Animation’s ground-breaking 2D series Punky (20 x 7). The series which launched on Ireland’s RTE last year has earned global praise and earned nominations for this year’s Irish Film and TV Awards. The new sales [...]
Lantz Foundation Supports LMU Animation Lab
Thanks to a $540,000 grant from the Walter Lantz Foundation, Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television will be able to outfit its new Animation Lab with state-of-the-art digital equipment and technology—giving students access to the same kind of hardware, software and equipment that Hollywood professionals use. The grant [...]
Exclusive: Sneak Peek at ‘The Aquabats!’
Here’s a real gem freshly plucked from The Hub toon mines! Check out this cute clip of Lil Bat’s morning routine, one of the many animated vignettes from the channel’s upcoming live-action/animated action comedy The Aquabats! Super Show!, which premieres this Saturday at 11 a.m. EST / 8 a.m. PST. [...]
Studio Bozzetto and m4e Trap ‘Tip the Mouse’
Italy’s Studio Bozzetto & Co. has partnered with German media and brand management company m4e AG to develop and produce a new CG preschool toon based on popular children’s book series Tip the Mouse (Topo Tip in Italy). Studio Campedelli and Italian broadcaster RAI will serve as co-production partners on [...]
3-D ‘Lorax’ Comes to 269 IMAX Screens
The latest 3-D CG flick from Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, will come to IMAX March 2, opening on 269 domestic screens simultaneously, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The IMAX launch will be concurrent with the film’s North American wide release. In addition, Lorax will open in seven [...]
Magic Dumpling’s Geiger Named China 3D Consultant
Kevin Geiger, president and CEO of Magic Dumpling Entertainment, has accepted as position as a resident foreign consultant to the China 3D Film & Television Association, an organization commissioned with setting standards for stereoscopic production and exhibition by China’s State Administration of Radio, Film & Television (SARFT). “I am honored [...]
‘Justice League: Doom’ Leads DVD Charge
Warner Bros. Animation’s latest direct-to-disc feature Justice League: Doom leads the cool new toon and effects titles hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week! New collections or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Redakai, Angry Beavers and Hugo which just nabbed a handful of Oscars, including Best Visual Effects. Justice League: [...]
Second Season of ‘Geronimo’ to Debut on Rai 2
The second season of Atlantyca Entertainment’s hit kids series Geronimo Stilton, which was a big ratings success when it premiered last October on Italian channel Rai 2, is returning to the network for a second run on weekday mornings, beginning February 29 at 7 a.m. New episodes are set to [...]
‘Numtums’ Count Down to CBeebies Premiere
A cuddly new educational children’s series is set to launch on the U.K.’s CBeebies channel this month. Starting Monday February 27 Numtums will broadcast twice a day, at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. as part of the channel’s Love to Learn block. The show is animated by London studio Beakus [...]
Reliance Partners on New ‘Ninja Hattori’
Leading Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi and subsidiary studio Shin-ei Animation have made an agreement with Mumbai’s Reliance MediaWorks to produce new episodes of its hit 1980′s series Ninja Hattori. The kids comedy/action franchise, based on the manga by Fujiko Fujio, is popular throughout Asia and has aired on Nick India [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
Global TV News Bytes: Guru,...
+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
