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Jim Henson Co. Back in Consumer Products Biz
The Jim Henson Co. is re-launching its consumer products division and has appointed Melissa Segal to the newly created position of senior VP of global consumer products. Segal joins the company from Brandolution, a licensing and product development agency which she founded in 2006. For the past year, Brandolution has [...]
Cartoon Network Debuts FusionFall
Cartoon Network New Media and development partner Grigon Ent. have launched the browser-based, massively multiplayer online game Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall. The network’s most ambitious game to date, the anime-inspired title features characters from such popular animates series as Ben 10 Alien Force, Dexter’s Laboratory, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, [...]
Fleischer Superman Flying to DVD
Warner Home Video and DC Comics will release Max Fleischer Superman on April 7. Featuring 17 vintage, Technicolor theatrical cartoons from the Warner Bros. vault, the two-disc collection will come with two new documentaries that delve into the history of the beloved animated shorts and the Superman mythology in general. [...]
4Kids Inks Deals for Dinosaur King
4Kids Ent. has completed licensing agreements for the animated series Dinosaur King with GMTV in the U.K. and Jetix Netherlands. In addition, the second season of the series has been picked up by Jetix U.K. and is scheduled to launch in late February, Home video distribution rights have been acquired [...]
Huntik Sold to Jetix, CITV in the U.K.
Big Bocca Prods.’ animated action show Huntik: Secrets & Seekers has been picked up by Jetix and CITV in the U.K. The series of 26 half-hour adventures is an original property created by Iginio Straffi, owner of Italian animation studio Rainbow S.p.A. and creator of the animation series Winx Club. [...]
Nick Preps Ni Hao, Kai-lan Special
Nickelodeon is celebrating Chinese New Year with a new half-hour, prime-time special installment of its hit animated series Ni Hao, Kai-lan, which teaches Mandarin to kids. Titled ‘Ladybug Festival,’ the installment will air at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Monday, Feb. 2, the eighth day of the Chinese New Year (Year [...]
Jackson May Be Out of Iron Man 2
First Terrance Howard was replaced by Don Cheadle as Rhody Rhodes, and now Samuel L. Jackson may be cut out of the highly anticipated sequel Iron Man 2. Jackson showed up at the end of the first Iron Man, playing Marvel Comics icon and Avengers leader Nick Fury. He was [...]
Face2Face Contest Winners Announced
We are happy to announce the winners of Animation Magazine‘s Face-2-Face Contest, a 3D modeling competition sponsored by Dell and Image Metrics. Nearly $10,000 in prizes is being awarded to talented 3D artists for creating outstanding facial models in two main categories: Film and Games. The contest has also provided [...]
Bashir Makes Oscar Cut
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards. Among them is Ari Folman’s animated documentary Waltz with Bashir, which won the Golden Globe in the same [...]
WGA Nominates Vid Game Writers
The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for the WGA’s Videogame Writing Award. Recognizing writers as a primary creative force in the gaming industry, the honor will be presented at the 2009 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 7. Simultaneous ceremonies [...]
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...
