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Curious George Animators Go Bananas for Toon Boom
Montreal-based animation solution producer Toon Boom is proud of the success of Universal/Imagine’s 2D-animated Curious George at the box office this past week. Toon Boom’s leading animation software solution Opus was widely used by animation studios working on the feature over the past two years. “For more than 65 years, [...]
Dora Explores Top Toy Brand Honor
Nickelodeon’s little animated adventuress, Dora was the big winner the sixth annual T.O.T.Y. (Toy of the Year Awards), put together by the Toy Industry Assoc. Awards at the 103rd American International Toy Fair in New York City. The Feb. 11 ceremony was attended by almost 700 industry leaders and innovators. [...]
Disney Faves, He-Man and MirrorMask Out on DVD
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, there’s an avalanche of animated and vfx-related titles arriving in DVD stores today. Fans of 1990s-era TV series based on durable Disney characters can pick up Goof Troop: Vol 1 and Quack Pack: Vol. 1, both of which feature three episodes per disc ($14.99). [...]
FUNimation’s Dragon Ball Z Bounces to CN Weeknights
Navarre’s FUNimation Entertainment has announced the return of Dragon Ball Z to Cartoon Network’s weeknight schedule. The popular anime series will air Mondays thru Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. “We are excited that Dragon Ball Z is coming back to week-night programming on Cartoon Network and that fans will again be [...]
Weinsteins Plan CG-Animated Escape From Planet Earth
It sure seems like Harvey Weinstein can’t get enough of CG-animated family movies. It was announced today that the Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to Escape from Planet Earth, a comedy feature pitch to be written by Tony Leech and Cory Edwards, the team behind the surprise box-office hit, [...]
Amp’d Cells Dial Up Scanner Spots
The trailer for Richard Linklater’s highly anticipated animated adaptation of A Scanner Darkly is set to debut on Amp’d Mobile handsets today. Based on a sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick, the Warner Independent movie stars Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder. The trailer can be [...]
Artists Offer Extreme Disney Makeovers
If you like to see modern takes on favorite Disney classics and you live in Los Angeles, then you have to visit a special show at Gallery 1988 running February 17-March 10. Remixing the Magic features ‘reinterpretations’ of classic Disney features and shorts by 50 contemporary artists and animators. An [...]
Aardman Leads British Animation Awards Race
Aardman Animation leads the finalists’ race in the jury-judged categories at this year’s British Animation Awards. Nick Park and Steve Box’s Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit will be battling Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride in the Best Animated Feature catgory. Aardman’s Angry Kid is also nominated in [...]
Clik Clak Clicks with Animex Jurors
The winners and runners up for the Animex Student Animation Awards were announced at Animex Talk! on Friday 10 by Shelley Page (DreamWorks Animation), David Sproxton (Aardman) and Philip Hunt (Studio AKA). The Animex International Festival of Animation & Computer Games takes place every year in Middlesbrough in the North [...]
Monkey Swings at Box Office
By George, this monkey has legs! Universal’s well-reviewed adaptation of H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey Curious George book series took in an estimated $15.3 million at the U.S. box office this weekend. Directed by Matthew O’Callaghan (Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas), this 2D-animated underdog follows the misadventures of an inquisitive [...]
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