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Disney Painter Edward Levitt Has Died
Edward Levitt, a background painter for Walt Disney Animation Studios during animation’s Golden Age and a key influence on the Cartoon Modern movement of the 1950s, died April 2 in Palmdale, California. He was 96 years old, Cartoon Brew reports. Born in New York City April 17, 1916, Levitt grew [...]
Titmouse’s ‘Owl’ Takes Wing on iTunes
Titmouse, Inc.—the L.A. studio behind Adult Swim’s The Ventures Bros., Metalocalypse and Black Dynamite—has their first original animated theatrical short The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl prepped and ready for take off on iTunes this week. The film is being publicly released for the first time by the studio’s [...]
Wallace & Gromit New Faces of VisitEngland
Britain’s national tourist board VisitEngland has recruited Aardman Animations’ globally known plasticine pals Wallace & Gromit as Tourism Trailblazers to encourage Britons to embrace the staycation and explore their country this year. The duo will kick off the 2013 vacation season with a new TV ad set to air May [...]
Bruno Bozzetto to Receive ASIFA Prize
The upcoming Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market (June 10-15, 2013) will see Italian cartoon legend Bruno Bozzetto honored with the coveted ASIFA Prize for outstanding achievement in the art of animation. The 75-year-old animator, who produced his first short in 1958, will be awarded the Prize during a special [...]
Global TV News Bytes
+ Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises and The Topps Company are entering into a partnership to develop a new animated boys’ action series Mysticons (26 x 22). The show aimed at kids 6-11 will be produced by Nelvana Studio and written by veteran kids show penman Sean Jara (RedaKai, Hot Wheels: [...]
News From NAB
+ VFX and CG software developer The Foundry is showing off the latest versions of its digital toolset at NAB this year. Additionally, the company has announced that since its merger with Luxology the company will be known only as The Foundry. Among the new software developments: Assist for [...]
FishBowl Unveils ‘The Potts’ Pilot
FishBowl Worldwide Media has released a pilot episode for its original animated series The Potts–a 2D toon about a family obsessed with reality television. The pilot was written by How I Met Your Mother executive producer and TV veteran Chuck Tatham, whose last animation gig was as a consulting producer [...]
New on Nick: Latest ‘Turtles’, ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ Launch
Nickelodeon has exciting plans for CG animation fans lined up this weekend with a brand-new episode of its breakout revamp of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, “Baxter’s Gambit,” airing Friday night, plus the series premiere of the DreamWorks Animation spin-off series Monsters vs. Aliens on Saturday. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – [...]
Pokemon ‘Kyurem’ Movie Hits Shelves
VIZ Media is bringing the latest animated Pokemon adventure to North American home entertainment shelves today as Pokemon The Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice arrives on DVD (TV-Y7-F7; $19.97 US / $24.98), complemented by a tie-in manga edition from VIZ Kids (rated All Ages; $9.99 US / $12.99 [...]
Zodiak Secures Range of ‘Ranch’ Deals
Zodiak Kids has nabbed a new slew of sales for Tele Images Productions’ The Ranch (26 x 26), which made its market debut at MIP Junior last year. The series, which launched on TF1 last fall, was earlier pre-sold to French broadcasters Teletoon+ and Equidia Life (an equestrian lifestyle channel), [...]
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...
