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Kidvid Site Kidobi Adds Animasia’s ‘ABC Monsters’
Malaysia-based Animasia Studios has granted digital preschool platform Kidobi the subscription video-on-demand rights for the animated preschool series ABC Monsters in Canada and the United States. The educational preschool series will be available to subscribers on Kidobi.com later this spring. “The deal with Kidobi is a great step forward for [...]
‘Titans,’ ‘Mirror Mirror’ No Match for ‘Hunger Games’
Perseus and Snow White were no match for Katniss Everdeen, as The Hunger Games held on to the top spot against the VFX-heavy sequel Wrath of the Titans and Tarsem’s Mirror Mirror. Lionsgate’s Hunger Games earned $61 million in its second weekend at the domestic box office, pushing its total [...]
‘Pocahontas,’ ‘Rescuers,’ ‘Aristocats’ Make Blu-ray Slate
Pocahontas, The Rescuers and The Aristocats are among the classic Disney animated features coming to Blu-ray in 2012 as part of a year-long campaign to grow the studio’s high-definition catalog. Here are the animated films and their expected release dates: Treasure Planet Pocahontas The Rescuers Lady And The Tramp 2: [...]
Illumination Eyes More Seuss with CG ‘Cat in the Hat’
The animation studio behind the hit movie The Lorax is returning to the Dr. Seuss library, this time for a 3D CG-animated feature based on The Cat in the Hat. According to Deadline.com, Universal-based Illumination Entertainment has started developing the pic and tapped Rob Lieber to write the script. Illumination president [...]
Updated: ‘Superman vs. The Elite’ Premieres at WonderCon
Attendees at this weekend’s WonderCon in Anaheim will have a chance to see the world premiere screening of Superman vs. The Elite, the most-recent DC Universe original animated feature. Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Home Video, the all-new, PG-13 rated film will screen Friday, [...]
‘The Little Prince’ Racks Up 20 New Sales
Brand manager PGS Entertainment reports the animated series The Little Prince has been acquired by more than 20 new broadcasters. Among those picking up the series’ 52 half-hour episodes are: Disney Spain, Televisa Mexico, Discovery Kids Latin America, Knowledge Network Canada, TVO Canada, CTC Russia, Minimax Eastern Europe, E Vision for the [...]
Activision Plans ‘Transformers Prime’ Game
Transformers Prime, the hit Hasbro Studios animated TV series, is morphing into a video game. Activision has signed on to the project, which the company says will let fans play as their favorite Autobot characters as they attempt to save the planet from Megatron and his new secret weapon. Along the [...]
Preview: Darth Maul Returns in ‘Clone Wars’ Season Finale
When audiences last saw Darth Maul, he was plunging down a reactor shaft in pieces at the end of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. But the Dark Side of the Force is strong — strong enough to bring back the popular villain in “Revenge,” the season four [...]
Rodriguez’s New Quickdraw Animation Preps ‘Heavy Metal’
Director Robert Rodriguez is getting into animation, announcing he’s formed a new company called Quickdraw Animation and that it is already working on a new feature film version of Heavy Metal. Speaking at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Rodriguez said Quickdraw will focus on CG-animated features and will have [...]
DreamWorks Previews ‘Rise of the Guardians,’ ‘Madagascar 3′
Select members of the media got a sneak peek Wednesday at footage from DreamWorks Animation’s 2012 releases: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and Rise of the Guardians. The studio showed 25 minutes of Madagascar 3, due out June 8, and about 15 minutes of footage from Guardians, up for release [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
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