Friday, December 6, 2013
Porchlight’s Four Eyes to Blink on CiTV
U.K.’s children’s digital channel CiTV has acquired L.A.-based PorchLight Entertainment and French Pictor Media’s 2D animated series Four Eyes. The 26 x 30 toon follows ... Continue Reading →
DIC Hits Right Notes with Online Music Service
DIC Ent. is expanding its empire with a new online production music business called Cuetunes (www.cuetunes.com). The new site, which debuted this month, offers quality, cost-effect ... Continue Reading →
FICCI Frames Focuses on Original Indian Toons
This week’s well-attended FICCI-Frames confab in Mumbai (March 25-27) offered several animation and vfx-related panels exploring the growth of the industry in the region. Some ... Continue Reading →
Annecy Unveils Eclectic ’08 Lineup
The organizers of the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival have announced the lineup for this year’s edition (June 9-14). This year, 1,866 projects were submitted ... Continue Reading →
Z Animation Lays 2D Tiles
The creative team at New York- and L.A.-based studio Z Animation recently wrapped a new 30-second traditionally animated spot for Bella Casa, one of India’s top tile, bath and ... Continue Reading →
Britney Blows Her Head Off on South Park
The career of everyone’s favorite troubled pop star, Britney Spears, has been getting a much-needed shot in the arm thanks to animation this week. A couple of weeks ago, Spears ... Continue Reading →
Persepolis Nabs Another Prize at Cartoon Movie
Although they lost the Oscar to Brad Bird and Ratatouille, Persepolis directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud won the Award for Best European Director of the Year at this week’s ... Continue Reading →
48 Euro Pics Bow at Cartoon Movie
If you happen to be in Germany next week and would like to take a sneak peek of what the European animated feature film community has to offer, you should definitely check out the tenth ... Continue Reading →
Pirates Helmer to Navigate First Animated Pic
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is getting ready to follow up his CG-laden phantom swashbucklers with a fully animated feature, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ... Continue Reading →
Evangelion 1.0 Nabs Tokyo Fair Top Honor
Evangelion 1.0: You are (Not) Alone has been given the Animation of the Year Award by the organizers of this year’s Tokyo International Fair (TAF). Directed by Hideaki Anno, Masayuki ... Continue Reading →
