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Jimmy Two Shoes Tops MIPCOM Jr. List
Breakthrough Entertainment’s animated series Jimmy Two Shoes landed the top spot on the most-screened list at the MIPCOM Junior market this past weekend (Oct. 11, 12). Co-produced by Breakthrough, Jetix Europe and Teletoon, the 52×11 mins (or 26×30 mins) series follows the adventures of an enthusiastic 14-year-old kid, who through [...]
Two-day 5D Confab Eyes Immersive Design
The first edition of 5D: The Future of Immersive Design Conference will offer panels, workshops and presentations on the brave new world of emerging design and technology at the University Art Museum of Cal State Long Beach Oct. 4-5. Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy), Joseph Kosinski of [...]
Milan Fest Moved by House of Small Cubes
Japanese animator Kunio Kato’s beautifully animated and poetic short La maison en petits cubes (The House of Small Cubes) received the prize for best animated picture at the Milan Film Festival last Sunday. Kato’s 12-minute animated short centers on an old widower, who lives in a house which is slowly [...]
Mater Stars in Own Mini-Show on Disney
Mater, the rusty tow truck which befriended Lightning McQueen in the 2005 Pixar feature Cars, will be starring in his own animated three-part short series. Pixar’s Cars Toons will premiere on Disney Channel, Toon Disney and ABC Family beginning Monday, Oct. 27. This news follows yesterday’s announcement that director Brad [...]
PorchLight, Caboom Team Up for Beary Boo
Ecological awareness is on the mind of Beary Boo, a new animated series about a green-living brown bear cub, which will be distributed by L.A.-based Porchlight Ent. and produced by Caboom, a production company with offices in L.A. and Dublin. Developed by Caboom, the new toon targets kids 3-6. This [...]
Marathon to Unveil Amazing Spiez at MIPCOM
After introducing the world to the global hit series Totally Spies!, French animation powerhouse Marathon Media plans to unveil a new espionage-themed series at MIPCOM next month. Co-created by Vincent Chalvon Demesray and David Michel, the energetic show is titled The Amazing Spiez and centers on the escapades of four [...]
Mouse’s Tale Captures Cartoon D’Or at Euro Forum
Those talented French animation students have done it again. Benjamin Renner, a graduate of France’s LA Poudriere, has taken home Cartoon Forum’s Cartoon D’Or Award for his graduation project, A Mouse’s Tale (La Queue de La Souris). The 18th edition of the Cartoon d’Or is the only European prize specific [...]
Huang’s NVISION Keynote Explores Visual Computing Ecosystem
Jen-Hsun Huang, the charismatic co-founder, president and CEO Of NVIDIA, kicked off the three-day NVISION 08 conference with an entertaining and informative keynote speech at the inaugural event held in San Jose August 25-27. Touching upon the many applications of the ‘Visual Computing Ecosystem,’ Huang pointed out to the huge [...]
Stan Winston’s Legacy Celebrated at SIGGRAPH
Hundreds of fans of the late special effects legend Stan Winston filled the house at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles to pay tribute to his life and achievements last night. Part of SIGGRAPH 2008′s Studio Nights events, the tribute was presented by Sony Pictures Imageworks, and featured warm [...]
Telltale Readies Wallace & Gromit Games
The folks at Telltale Games and Aardman Animation have just released a cinematic teaser trailer, character renders and concept art for the upcoming episodic Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures games. Based in San Rafael, Calif, Telltale’s other popular titles include the award-winning Sam & Max series and Strong Bad’s Cool [...]
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