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The new animated Star Wars Rebels series will premiere in the fall of 2104 as a...
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Atomic Carnival Rolls Into MIPCOM
Atomic Cartoons rides into MIPCOM with Coney Island Carneys, created by animation artists Garnet Syberg-Olsen and Jared Deal. Coney Island Carneys mixes off-beat humor, slapstick gags and social commentary to explore the lives of a close-knit family of eccentric carnival workers and show that being ‘different’ is okay. Touted by [...]
TV-Loonland Forges Metalheads
Production has begun on TV-Loonland’s latest animation show, Metalheads, an off-the-wall comedy adventure for kids 6 to 11. The 26×11 co-production with ZDF, in conjunction with CBBC, is being produced by TV-Loonland’s UK-based animation studio Telemagination for a summer 2003 delivery. Described as equal parts Monty Python and A Knight’s [...]
A Spirited Opening
One of the year’s most anticipated animated features hits U.S. theaters today in limited release. Disney’s English-dubbed release of Ghibli Studios’ and Writer/Director Hayao Miyazaki’s award-winning fantasy/adventure Spirited Away opens in New York and Los Angeles. Other cities will follow at later dates. The film, which set box-office records in [...]
New Maya Tutorials On DVD
The Gnomon Workshop, an outgrowth of the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, has released nine new training DVDs on modeling, dynamics and expressions in Alias|Wavefront’s Maya. This series, which includes three DVDs on NURBS modeling and four titles on Maya’s Dynamics engine, was produced by Alex Alvarez, director of the [...]
Monsters Scares Up Record Video Sales
Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.. sold 5 million units on DVD and video in North America on the first day of release, breaking the record of $4.5 million held by The Lion King. Monsters, Inc. trails The Lion King as the second highest-grossing animated film in box-office history. If sales continue to [...]
CARTOON FORUM Is On
Cartoon Forum Eryri, one of Europe’s biggest animation events, is underway at Faenol Estate in Bangor, North Wales, U.K. During the three days of meetings and presentations, more than 700 participants, including influential producers, programmers and investors, will be introduced to 80 brand projects available for co-production shares, broadcast and [...]
Tonight: Get The 411 On Independent Animation
To follow up June’s well-attended panel discussion, The State of the Industry, ASIFA-Hollywood, The Animation Guild Local 839 and Women In Animation will look to the arena of independent production. State of the Industry: Independent Animation Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002 Check-in and networking: 6:30 p.m. Panel discussion: 7:00 p.m. Burbank [...]
MIPCOM Entry Gets Curious About Rock Stars
From Curious and Blueprint Ent. comes Hey Joel, an adult-oriented, animated sitcom that goes behind-the-scenes at a music talk show. The 13×22 series is being developed in conjunction with VH1 in the U.S. and will air on Chum in Canada. Hey Joel stars John Cryer as the voice of Joel [...]
Ex-Scream Gaming
In conjunction with the home video release of Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., THQ Inc. announced the availability of Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena, exclusively for Nintendo GameCube. Having discovered the power of laughter, Mike, Sully and the other inhabitants of Monstropolis compete to fill their laugh canisters in unique dodge ball-style games. [...]
Paramount Digs Cinesite Europe For Tomb Raider 2
With Angelina Jolie set to reprise the role of Lara Croft in Paramount’s Tomb Raider 2, casting has also been nailed for some of the film’s other stars — the visual effects. Cinesite (Europe) Ltd. has been awarded a major portion of the wizardry for next summer’s action/adventure thrill ride [...]
Moviehouse Brings ‘Hero...
U.K.’s Moviehouse Entertainment is shopping the upcoming animated feature The...
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
