Sunday, December 8, 2013
Obama Gets the Star Treatment at DreamWorks
President Obama talked about the economy, praised DreamWorks and got the inside scoop on two of the studio’s upcoming movies, during his visit to the Glendale campus today (Nov. ... Continue Reading →
Autodesk VP of Sales Gruman Dies at 51
Stig Gruman, VP of worldwide M&E sales at Audodesk Media and Entertainment died unexpectedly at the age of 51 on Nov. 23rd in Montreal.
The charismatic and well-liked Gruman had ... Continue Reading →
Minions Take Over Manhattan
The team at Universal is doing a fantastic job promoting Despicable Me 2‘s digital HD release this week and the Blu-ray/DVD arrival on December 10. The studio sent the hugely ... Continue Reading →
Go Behind the Scenes of LAIKA’s ‘Boxtrolls’
Stop-motion animation fans are always hungry for news about Portland studio LAIKA (Coraline, ParaNorman) and the shop’s upcoming animated feature The Boxtrolls. Well, today we ... Continue Reading →
‘Sofia the First’ Special Sets Ratings Record
The premiere of the Sofia the First: The Floating Palace special was a ratings winner for Disney Channel on Sunday (Nov. 24). According to the cabler, the 7 p.m. broadcast garnered ... Continue Reading →
Toon Boom Releases New Effects-Packed Harmony
Emmy-winning animation software producer Toon Boom Animation has released a new version of Toon Boom Harmony in its standalone version for small businesses, as well as its network ... Continue Reading →
‘Room on the Broom,’ ‘Adventure Time’ Win BAFTAs
BBC’s acclaimed TV special Room on the Broom, Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time and BBC/Aarmdan’s Timmy Time were among the top TV winners at last night’s British ... Continue Reading →
‘Bubble Guppies’ Pays Homage to ‘Lord of the Rings’
When you think of appropriate homages to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings series, Nickelodeon’s preschool series Bubble Guppies doesn’t exactly leap to ... Continue Reading →
‘Family Guy’ — Oh No, They Killed Someone!
Taking a page from The Simpsons’ playbook, Fox’s animated series Family Guy killed off a major character during the “Life of Brian” episode which aired on Sunday ... Continue Reading →
GKIDS to Release ‘Ernest & Celestine’ on March 14
New York-based indie distributor GKIDS announced today that it will release the English-language of the acclaimed pic Ernest & Celestine on March 14. The title will first open in ... Continue Reading →
