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Animation Army, Women in Games Throw Mixer in Hollywood
Richard Taylor, cinematic director at Electronic Arts Los Angeles will be the featured speaker at a networking event being hosted by Animation Army and Women in Animation Int’l on Sunday, Jan. 18 at Cinespace in Hollywood. Starting at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m., the event offers an opportunity [...]
Imira Makes Pre-NATPE sales
Spanish production and distribution company Imira Ent. is heading to NATPE with a raft of deals in place with U.S. and Latin American broadcasters for the hit animated shows Lola & Virginia, Vitaminix, 64 Zoo Lane, Louie and Bali. Among the company’s new NATPE offerings is the live-action preschool series [...]
Rabbi’s Cat Comic Becoming Toon Feature
Joann Sfar will adapt his Eisner Award-winning graphic novel The Rabbi’s Cat as a 2D animated feature. According to Daily Variety, Sfar will co-direct the film with Antoine Delesvaux. This is the first project for Autochenille, a Paris-based company they founded with comic-book artist Clement Oubrerie. TF1 Intl. will co-produce [...]
SpongeBob’s Cook-Off Coming to DS
THQ Inc. announced that SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Beach Party Cook-Off for Nintendo DS is currently in development and scheduled to arrive at retail in March. Based on Nickelodeon’s upcoming special, SpongeBob vs. The Big One, which is slated to air in April, the game will have players slicing [...]
Ben 10, Chipettes, Underworld on DVD
It’s one of those rare weeks when there aren’t a ton of animated releases hitting retail outlets. What we do get today are episodes of Cartoon Network’s hit series Ben 10: Alien Force and a reintroduction to the female counterparts of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Fans of the vfx-laden Underworld [...]
Sedelmaier Behind NY Animation Exhibit
J. J. Sedelmaier Prods. and the Westchester Arts Council, along with animation shop Blue Sky Studios, have teamed up to present ‘It All Started Here,’ a historical and creative retrospective of New York’s animation industry. Curated by J. J. Sedelmaier and animation historian, teacher and author Howard Beckerman, the program [...]
DreamWorks Animator Has Gallery Show
DreamWorks animator Devin Crane will debut his latest collection of art at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, Calif. on Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. Titled ‘Love and Tears,’ the exhibit is inspired by Crane’s own personal experiences with relationships, and will examine America’s obsession with excess in relation [...]
Nature Between Us Premieres at Sundance
Director William Campbell’s short film The Nature Between Us, which blends animation and live action, is set to premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It will screen with Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, the feature directorial debut of John Krasinski, one of the stars of the hit NBC comedy [...]
Nick Celebrates 10 Years of SpongeBob
Nickelodeon is set to kick off a year-long celebration in honor of the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants. The festivities will include production of a SpongeBob documentary, the first-ever live cast performance, a new online destination, new episode premieres and a Seinfeld-esque TV movie due to air in November. Created [...]
Maggie Q Joins King of the Fighters
A big-screen adaptation of the popular Japanese video game King of the Fighters has a femme fatal in Hong Kong action star Maggie Q, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Recently seen in the Hollywood sequel Live Free or Die Hard and the ping pong farce Balls of Fury, the limber [...]
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