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Exodus and Sparx Team Up for Bunyan
L.A.-based Exodus Film Group will team up with Paris-based Sparx Animation Studios to deliver its upcoming feature Bunyan & Babe. According to Variety, Sparx will begin work on the feature next month, handling modeling, rigging, animation, texturing, writing and vfx. Exodus president Max Howard said that Kelsey Grammer has joined [...]
L.A.’s Nuart Screens Animation Show Volume 4
The Fourth edition of The Animation Show, the hip collection of contemporary shorts curated by Mike Judge makes it Los Angeles debut at the Nuart theater today.(Judge’s former partner in crime Mike Hertzfeldt is no longer part of the picture.) Following in the footsteps of the beloved Spike and Mike [...]
DIC Pinches Penny Brite
After hitting the jackpot with classic girl brands such as Strawberry Shortcake, Eloise and Horseland, DIC Entertainment is now eyeing Charisma Brands’ wholesome retro line, Penny Brite. DIC’s exec VP of global sales Kirk Bloomgarden announced today at the Licensing Show in New York that DIC is the new international [...]
Boondocks 2, Fantastic 4 Discs Land Today
As most students begin their countdown to the end of the school year, two hot DVD releases hit stores today. Fans of Aaron McGruder’s edgy and trend-setting comic The Boondocks can let forward to Sony’s three-disc release of the animated series’ second season today. This must-have set contains 15 uncut [...]
Hot Pitch Party Tips from Last Year’s Winner!
One of the most frequent questions we get around this time of the year is what has happened to previous winners of our Pitch Party contest. We caught up with Brian Smith and the team at Toronto’s Eggplant studio who won in 2007 with their entry King of the Universe [...]
Sam Register joins WB Animation
Cartoon Network veteran Sam Register has joined Warner Bros. Animation as exec VP of creative affairs. The Hollywood Reporter says he will be in charge of running the day-to-day operations of the unit, overseeing development and production. He will report to Warner Bros. TV president Peter Roth. Former Warner Bros. [...]
Tinker Bell DVD to Fly in October
It’s been 55 years since Tinker Bell made her animated debut in the popular Disney feature Peter Pan. The single-minded fairy will be the star of her own CG-animated adventure on October 28, when Disney Home Entertainment releases Tinker Bell on DVD and Blu-ray. This will be the first time [...]
Monster Buster Club Open for Business on Jetix
U.S. audiences will finally meet Marathon Media’s CG-animated series Monster Buster Club when it premieres this Monday (June 9) at 7 p.m. on Toon Disney’s Jetix block. With an estimated budget of $21 million, the show is a France-Canada co-production between Marathon Media, TF1, Jetix Europe, and Canada’s YTV. Targeting [...]
Toon Boom Sharpens Pencil Check Pro
Toon Boom has launched a new flexible line-testing software called Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro. The new tool completes the animation pipeline by offering a wide array of capture options, an efficient line testing process and an advanced feature set. Pencil Check Pro supports a full range of devices from [...]
BRB’s Imp Begins Mischief in France
French TV Canal+ will begin airing BRB Internacional’s award-winning new series The Imp on a daily basis today. Co-produced by Red Kite Animation, Screen 21 and TVC, the 65-part High-Def comedy centers on a hilarious character who tries unsuccessfully to unleash his devilish plans upon the world in each 90-second [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
