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Obama Appears in Spider-Man Comic
If you collected Spider-Man comics as a kid, being featured in an issue is probably one of the coolest things that could happen to you, even if you happen to be the President Elect of the United States. Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada told the Associated Press that the company [...]
Azur & Asmar Gets Disc Date
Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest, the latest animated feature from acclaimed French filmmaker Michel Ocelot (Kiriku and the Sorceress) will arrive on DVD on March 17. Released domestically by Genius Products and The Weinstein Co., the CG-animated family tale will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.97. [...]
People Choose WALL●E, Simpsons, Dark Knight
Disney/Pixar’s WALL●E was voted Favorite Family Film during Wednesday night’s People’s Choice Awards, beating out DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda and Disney/Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. However, the night belonged the Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight, which fluttered off with five awards, including Favorite Movie, Favorite Action [...]
WGA Nominates Bashir, Chicago 10, Dark Knight
A pair of animated documentaries and a comic-book adaptation made the cut as the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2008. Winners will be honored at the 2009 Writers Guild Awards held on [...]
Henson’s Dinosaur Stomps to PBS KIDS
The Jim Henson Co. has finalized an agreement with PBS KIDS to debut the new CG-animated series Dinosaur Train this fall. Created by Craig Bartlett (Hey Arnold!), the show encourages basic scientific thinking as the audience learns about natural science, natural history and paleontology. Bartlett and fellow exec producers Brian [...]
Disney XD Launches in February
Disney announced that it will debut Disney XD, the boy-focused re-branding of Toon Disney, on Friday, Feb. 13 at 12 midnight (ET/PT). The girl-inclusive entertainment brand for kids 6-14 will revolve around a 24-hour, ad-supported basic cable network that will feature Disney’s hit comedy series Phineas and Ferb, while introducing [...]
Rourke May Wrestle with Iron Man
Hot off his career-reviving role in director Darren Aronofsky’s award-winning film The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke may end up putting the smackdown on a popular Marvel superhero. Daily Variety reports that the Sin City actor is in talks to face off against Robert Downey Jr. as the main baddie in Iron [...]
Persepolis, Bashir Up for BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominees for the Film Not in the English Language BAFTA Award, including two autobiographical animated features in the mix. The black-and-white French film Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parannaud faces off against Waltz with Bashir from Israeli filmmaker Ari [...]
Verbinski Explores RPGs for Universal
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski wants to venture into the darker side of massively multiplayer online role-play games for the big screen. According to Daily Variety, the filmmaker and Universal Pictures have acquired a 2007 Wall Street Journal article about someone who has abandon his real life in [...]
Nolan Up for DGA Award
A few years ago, it would have seemed far-fetched for a filmmaker to be up for major awards for directing a comic-book movie. With The Dark Knight, director and co-writer Christopher Nolan has not only helped to legitimize the superhero genre, but has also managed to put himself on track [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
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