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Replacements Ready for Sophomore Season
Disney Channel will launch the second season of its popular animated series The Replacements on Monday, March 10. Created by children’s author and illustrator Dan Santat (The Guild of Geniuses) and exec produced by Jack Thomas (The Fairly OddParents), the toon centers on tween siblings who can replace any grown [...]
China Extends Ban on SpongeBob
Just when it seemed that the Chinese regulators were going to warm up a little to Western shows, the country’s State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (SARFT) is cracking down harder on imported toons, extending its prime-time ban on foreign shows by an hour: The block is now extended [...]
Tyler Perry a.k.a. Madea Talks Toons
Tyler Perry, the man behind such surprise box-office hits as Madea’s Family Reunion and Diary of a Mad Black Woman is getting into the animation business. Helping him bring his unique vision to toon town is Venice, Calif-based Exodus Film Group, which is also in production on the CG-animated feature [...]
Animag Book Signing in Big Apple
Last week, Animation Magazine hosted a party in celebration of our 20th anniversary retrospective art book at New York City’s very cool Animazing Gallery. We were fortunate enough to have several of the book’s talented contributors in attendance at the party. Bill Plympton, John Canemaker, Linda Simensky and Terry Thoren [...]
DUCK Swims with Hoop
LA.-based indie studio DUCK recently wrapped the innovative partially animated music video for rising star Jesca Hoop’s second single ‘Money.’ Directed by Richard Borge and produced by Mark Medernach, the innovative clip uses a wide range of media to animate Hoop’s catchy song. The music video was animated entirely in [...]
Big Bad Boo Ready for Business in Vancouver
A new Vancouver-based toon house founded by husband-and-wife team of Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezaei, officially opened its doors in January. Located in the city’s historic Yaletown district, the studio is named Big Bad Boo and employs a great mix of top animation industry veterans. ‘We found so many good [...]
First Smurfs Movie Images Leaked
The Internet was humming yesterday with news about little sky-blue guys known as the Smurfs’or Les Schtroumpfs as they’re called in French. It all started when French network France 3 offered a brief news spot about the 50th anniversary of the famous property, which showed a peek at the CG [...]
Famed Poster Artist John Alvin Dies at 59
John Alvin, the creator of famous movie posters for popular films such as E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, passed away on Wednesday from a heart attack at his home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Alvin’s work came became prominent in the 1970s when movie posters were [...]
Ratatouille Cooks 10-Course Annie Sweep
It wasn’t exactly a big surprise when Brad Bird’s much-loved feature Ratatouille delivered a sweet ten-trophy sweep at the 35th Annual Annie Awards held Friday evening at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Calif. The Pixar/Disney release, which has grossed over $620 million at the box office worldwide, took home [...]
Christy Hui, From Martial Arts to Nature Princesses
Four years ago, Christy Hui shook up the Saturday morning landscape with her trend-setting animated hit Xiaolin Showdown, which generated a huge fan base when aired on Kids’ WB! and Cartoon Network.This fall, Hui is ready once again to take the toon world by storm with her new multimedia creation, [...]
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