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The new animated Star Wars Rebels series will premiere in the fall of 2104 as a...
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‘Secret Mountain Fort Awesome’ Blows Up CN
There are some cool new kids on Cartoon Network’s Monday night animation block as Secret Mountain Fort Awesome makes its series debut tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. The premiere will follow new episodes of familiar favorites Johnny Test (7 p.m.), The Amazing World of Gumball (7:30 p.m.), Adventure Time (8 [...]
Superfad Tackles Chapman’s ‘Liar’s Autobiography’
Monty Python fans, rejoice! A new 3-D stereoscopic animated feature based on Monty Python trooper Graham Chapman called A Liar’s Autobiography is on its way to the EPIX premium channel in spring of 2012. Diverse live and digital commercial/entertainment house Superfad is one of the key creative teams involved, and [...]
Cake Gets Slice of Zinkia’s ‘Pocoyo’
Kids’ and family entertainment specialist CAKE has been appointed as distributor for global content creator/brand manager Zinkia Entertainment’s award-winning series, Pocoyo. CAKE will oversee distribution for territories around the world, excluding Spain, Latin America, the U.S., Italy, China and Portugal, which will remain under Zinkia’s handling. “CAKE is well-established in [...]
Filmmaker Junction, Hype Host VFX Panel
Filmmaker Junction and entertainment communications agency Hype have joined forces to present an evening of visual effects info for indie filmmakers. The Westside VFX Panel made up of industry veterans will explore how indie films are successfully integrating visual effects into their lower budget productions, covering topics like how to [...]
Kadokawa Reveals ‘Momo’ Release Plans
Kodakawa Pictures will be releasing director Hiroyuki Okiura’s (Jin-Roh) latest animated effort, A Letter to Momo, on 300 screens during Japan’s Golden Week holiday period next year (April 29 – May 5), according to Variety. The film, from acclaimed Japanese studio Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Sky Crawlers, Kill [...]
‘Dick Figures’ No. 1 Toon on YouTube
Original online animated series Dick Figures has nabbed a top spot as the number one Animated Show on YouTube, having generated over 10 million views in the month of August. The show, which just closed its second season, is produced by Six Point Harness and distributed by Mondo Media via [...]
Wacom Debuts Cintiq 24HD
Interactive pen display leader Wacom has revealed its newest must-have tech tool for designers, illustrators, animators and video editors: the Cintiq 24HD. The 24-inch HD (1920 x 1200) widescreen display provides realistic color, new ergonomics features like a counter-weighted stand for multiple working postures, redesigned screen frame for resting the [...]
‘Clone Wars’ Season 4 Premieres Friday
Prepare for a splash landing as the new season of the CG-animated “mini-movie” series Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts this Friday, September 16 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network. In this new installment, Senator Padmé and her Jedi and clone protectors are sent to the previously unseen water [...]
‘Run Amok’ Makes Off with GRAPHIC Prize
Newly formed Australian artist team ZZZ Collective has blitzed the 2011 GRAPHIC Animation Competition with Run Amok. The toon came out on top after three rounds of voting, with new elements being introduced at each round for incorporation into the story. The international animation contest was organized by the Sydney [...]
GKIDS Scores Ghibli Distribution Deal
Distributor of award-winning animated films GKIDS has forged an agreement with Japan’s legendary Studio Ghibli to handle U.S. and Canadian theatrical and non-theatrical distribution for Ghibli’s animated feature film library. The deal includes all 13 titles produced between 1984 and 2002, including the Oscar-winning Spirited Away, which will be distributed [...]
Moviehouse Brings ‘Hero...
U.K.’s Moviehouse Entertainment is shopping the upcoming animated feature The...
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
