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U.K.’s Moviehouse Entertainment is shopping the upcoming animated feature The...
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Tatia RosenthalDirector, $9.99
Tatia Rosenthal’s acclaimed stop-motion movie $9.99 will be getting a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on June 19, and will platform throughout the month in other cities around the country. The talented Israeli-born animator was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about her fascinating [...]
Pixologic Unveils GoZ for ZBrush
Pixologic has introduced GoZ, a special new feature of Pixologic’s ZBrush, which is designed to easily connect data workflow to and from modo with a single button click. Once inside modo, rendering ZBrush data with photorealistic results or modifying a model becomes easier and any texture, normal, and displacement maps [...]
Moonscoop’s Hero: 108 Toys with Playmates
Moonscoop’s eagerly anticipated new animated series Hero: 108 has landed Playmates as its global toy partner (excluding Taiwan). The deal allows Playmates to develop and market show-related toys including action figures, vehicles, role play toys and accessories, playsets and electronic and handheld games for the property. Slated for an early [...]
Kickstand Grows in Brooklyn
A new animation and research development company called Kickstand has opened its doors in Brooklyn, New York. Using a team of technical directors with backgrounds in DreamWorks Animation and Charlex, Kickstand will offer commercial software products and services for vfx, game productions, features and TV projects. ‘Our team is committed [...]
Disney’s D23 Expo Details Are Announced
Disney fans will be able to get sneak previews of upcoming new movies and behind-the-scenes info about classic toons at the first D23 Expo, scheduled to take place at the Anaheim Convention Center Sept. 10 thru 13. Presented in conjunction with D23.com, the official online community for Disney fans (23 [...]
Disney Unveils Plans at Licensing Show
Following yesterday news about primetime Handy Manny projects, Disney unveiled plans for new product line extensions for the Toy Story franchise, two new Princess characters (Tiana from The Princess and the Frog and the lead heroine from next year’s Rapunzel), new Mickey Mouse initiatives, a new Winnie the Pooh 2D [...]
Nelvana Spins New BeyBlade Relaunch
The massively popular toyline and animated series about the spinning tops called BeyBlades is getting a reboot. Nelvana and d-rights announced today that 51 new episodes of the series will be ready to air in the fall of 2010 under the Beyblade: Metal Fusion banner. According to Nelvana, the series [...]
Producers’ Event Spotlights Pixar and 3-D Technologies
If you’ve been thinking about checking out the First Produced By event held at Sony Studios this week (June 5-7), you’ll be happy to know that the event features a great panel about Pixar’s unique way of producing animated features as well as a special look at the future of [...]
Family Guy Is Eyeing Best Comedy Emmy
The Peter Griffin clan are hoping to give live-action sitcoms such as 30 Rock and The Office a run for their money this Emmy season. Variety reports that Family Guy exec producer and creator Seth MacFarlane is submitting his show in the comedy category. It’s the second year that Family [...]
Pitch Party Winners’ Updates!
It’s always interesting to find out what’s been happening to the projects and talented artists who submitted the winning entries in previous years’ Pitch Party contests. So we contacted some of the top winners of the past couple of years to find out what they’re up to in 2009. Here [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
