Italy’s View Conference...
Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...
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Comic-Con Highlight: Disney’s Tangled Team on Holiday Pic’s Design & Story
Although there’s still some work to be done on Disney’s 50th animated feature film Tangled, Comic-Con attendees got a sneak peek at some of the early character designs and enjoyed a lively panel featuring the film’s artists including character designers Glen Keane and Jin Kim, head of story Mark Kennedy, [...]
Skywriter Media and E1 Launch Raccoons on iTunes
Fans of the classic toon The Raccoons can now catch the Canadian show on Apple’s iTunes. Skywriter Media and E1 Ent. Group have finalized a deal with E1 Entertainment to launch the show’s first season’each episode is available for $1.99 and the entire season is pried at $9.99′on iTunes this [...]
Comic-Con First Look: Megamind with Ferrell, Fey and McGrath
With comedic stars Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Jonah Hill and their Megamind director Tom McGrath (Madagascar movies, Penguins of Madagascar) in attendance, Comic-Con got off to a very animated start in San Diego on Thursday. DreamWorks Animation screened exclusive footage from the studio’s upcoming feature and let the jokes [...]
Tron: Legacy Panel Electrifies Comic-Con Fans
If your Comic-Con panel generates unbelievable fan response, it’s a no-brainer to bring it back again. That’s why for the third year in a row, Disney brought the house down with a program devoted to its holiday 2010 tentpole Tron: Legacy. As host Patton Oswalt put it, ‘We showed you [...]
Del Toro to Direct Disney’s Haunted Mansion
One of the most exciting news items coming out of Comic-Con this year was that Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro will direct a live-action feature based on Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion attraction. The well-respected Mexican helmer said that he believes the Mansion to be one of the most precious pieces of [...]
Stan Winston’s Family and Gnomon Launch New School
The family of the late artist and effects visionary Stan Winston and Hollywood-based Gnomon School of Visual Effects have launched the Stan Winston School of Character Arts. The new program offers a training curriculum that covers the entire spectrum of character arts, from practical to digital. Each student can customize [...]
Autodesk Acquires Illuminate Labs
Autodesk Acquires Illuminate Labs Just in time for SIGGRAPH, Autodesk announced today that it has acquired Illuminate Labs, a Swedish privately held maker of lighting technology for game development. Illuminate Labs’ Beast middleware solution and Turtle plug-in for Autodesk Maya software enable faster iteration on a game’s creative intent, and [...]
Autodesk Acquires Illuminate Labs
Just in time for SIGGRAPH, Autodesk announced today that it has acquired Illuminated Labs, a Swedish privately held maker of lighting technology for game development. Illuminate Labs’ Beast middleware solution and Turtle plug-in for Autodesk Maya software enable faster iteration on a game’s creative intent, and more realistic in-game lighting. [...]
Moonscoop’s Hero:108 Lands on Mexico’s Televisa
Moonscoop has sold its animated comedy/action adventure series Hero:108 To Mexico’s Televisa channel. This follows sales to the UK’s GMTV, MBC in the Middle East, and Cartoon Network channels worldwide which co-produced the series. Hero:108 is currently airing on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and UK, and other international territories [...]
Seth MacFarlane to Roast David Hasselhoff
If there’s anyone who knows how to make fun of a celebrity in a good-natured manner, it’s Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. That’s why it’s great news that he has been named roast master for Comedy Central’s upcoming Roast of David Hasselhoff, scheduled to tape on August 1 at Sony [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
