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MCAD Offers Anime & Manga Workshop
Why have manga and anime become such an international phenomenon? The Minneapolis College of Art and Design will offer a look at the history, creative process and cultural meanings embedded in these graphic comics and gritty, highly stylized animations typified by big-eyed schoolgirls and the massive mobilesuit. The weekend workshop [...]
ComputerCafé Goes Wild For Spy Kids 2
In Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, swashbuckling skeletons, a miniature zoo and menacing mutant animals await siblings Carmen and Juni Cortez, thanks to the visual effects wizards at ComputerCafé. Like the movie’s mad scientist, Professor Romero, ComputerCafé’s Santa Maria studio created a menagerie of wildly imaginative mutant [...]
Spy Kids Gets The Drop On XXX
Effects-filled Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams opens today, getting a jump on the weekend competition, which includes another super spy thriller, XXX. And while the two films are not necessarily going after the same audience, they could both be vying for the No. 1 spot. Robert Rodriguez is [...]
PSYOP Shoots Straight For LUGS
To get the latest pitch for LUGZ Footwear up and running, ad agency Avrett Free & Ginsberg called upon the team of artists at PSYOP. The New York-based creative collective directed, designed and animated Arrow, a commercial spot that blends 2D and 3D animation to create a cool world. PSYOP [...]
Rings, Simpsons, Titans On DVD
Directed by Peter Jackson and featuring Oscar-winning CG animation by Randy Cook and the team at WETA Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will no doubt dominate video sales and rentals with today’s release through Warner Home Video. Featuring a star-studded cast including Elijah Wood, Sir Ian [...]
Sophie Heats Up Comic-Con Int’l
Visitors to Comic-Con Int’l in San Diego got a special treat as Sophie McNievl, star of channelzero Ent.’s upcoming animated series SoSophie signed her centerfold in the August issue of Animation Magazine. Even though her show has yet to debut, Sophie is already getting attention from rock star bad boys. [...]
ILM on Trail Of Tears
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Industrial Light & Magic has won a bid to do visual effects work on the upcoming Bruce Willis film Tears of the Sun, to be directed by Antoine Fuqua. Written by Alex Lasker and Pat Cirillo, the film has Willis leading a special forces unit [...]
Disney Promotes Tim Kilpin To Exec. VP, Studio Franchise Mgmt.
Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and Andy Mooney, president of Disney Consumer Products Worldwide, announced the promotion of Tim Kilpin to the newly created role of exec. VP, studio franchise management. Kilpin previously served as Sr. VP, global toys and marketing and creative arts, for Disney Consumer [...]
CLU Gets Velocity Up To Speed At Comic-Con Int’l
Creative Logik Universe (CLU) made its Comic-Con Int’l. debut in San Diego, Calif. with the premiere of its 3D animated series Velocity. Co-created by Managing Director Al Lopez and Creative Director John Bavaresco, Velocity tells the story of six time-traveling teenagers stuck in the futuristic metropolis of Velo-City, which is [...]
Molly Shannon Makes Contact With Good Boy
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon is in negotiations to star in the live-action/CG animation family feature Good Boy for MGM/Jim Henson Pictures. John Hoffman will direct Zeke Richardson’s story of an alien dog who comes to Earth to find out why his fellow [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
