Singer Says Quicksilver...
Just in time for the Memorial weekend, fanboy favorite Bryan Singer announced...
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eigoMANGA Strikes ShortsHD Deal
San Francisco-based comics publisher eigoMANGA has announced a deal to produce and distribute original animated shorts with ShortsHD, the only high-def television network devoted to short film. ShortsHD reaches over 40 million households across three continents and is available on Direct TV, Dish Network and AT&T U-Verse. “I’m really excited [...]
Cheerio, Wallace & Gromit ‘Chat-O-Matic’ App
Here’s a delightful virtual stocking stuffer for all you chappies: Aardman Rights, in association with London-based cross platform app developers Widebeam Digital, have announced the launch of the all new Wallace and Gromit Chat-O-Matic App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch! Selling for a mere 1.49 GBP (about $2.34), the [...]
Character Designer Araki Passes Away
Veteran Japanese animation director and character designer Shingo Araki passed away on December 1 at age 72. Araki was best known for his work on Toei’s adaptations of Go Nagai’s manga including Devilman, Cutie Honey and UFO Robo Grendizer as well as his work with Michi Himeno, with whom he [...]
Cartoon Network’s Merry Mondays!
Cartoon Network is busting out the holiday fare next week by kicking off specials for Johnny Test and Adventure Time, plus new episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball, MAD and more on Monday, December 5 starting at 7 p.m. The first jolly carolers will arrive at 7 with “A [...]
‘X-Men’ Director Singer on Board for ‘Munsters’
The TV world has already been furrowing its brows in puzzlement over how NBC’s planned one-hour-drama reboot of 1960s slapstick The Munsters is going to turn out, but now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that a nearly finalized deal will bring on board director/producer/writer Bryan Singer of X-Men film franchise [...]
NFB Launches Advent Calendar App
The National Film Board of Canada’s cool new Advent Calendar App for the iPad is now available on iTunes for 99 cents! Users can use the digital advent calendar to unlock a cool NFB film each day throughout December. The available films provide a festive family activity for iPad users, [...]
‘Sarah & Duck’ Flaps to CBeebies
London-based Karrot Animation has announced that their first original production, Sarah & Duck, has been picked up by the U.K.’s CBeebies channel. The 40 x 7 preschool series is set to premiere in 2013, and Karrot has also secured a distribution/licensing deal for the property with BBC Worldwide, ensuring international [...]
Indiana Jones Swings into Zynga Adventure
Grab your bullwhips, kids! Swarthy archeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones is debuting in the latest title from social gaming masters Zynga, Adventure World, via a new chapter titled Indiana Jones and the Calendar of the Sun. The chapter, which is live now, is part of a recent collaboration between Lucasfilm and Zynga [...]
Robinson Departs KidsCo
International children’s channel KidsCo has announced that managing director Paul Robinson has decided to leave the position after five years to pursue new opportunities. Robinson was instrumental in founding KidsCo, along with Sparrowhawk Media, in 2005 and has since spearheaded the company’s international growth. KidsCo’s board of directors announced that [...]
“Lost” Disney Film Hits Auction Block
The only known copy of Walt Disney’s film Hungry Hobos, thought lost until recently, has been rediscovered in a social history film archive in Herefordshire, U.K. and will be a highlight in the Entertainment Memorabilia auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles this December 14. The film features Mickey Mouse “prototype” [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
