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Clone Wars Ignites TNT Encore
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is getting a first-season encore presentation on TNT. The animated series, which has been a hit on Cartoon Network, will debut on the cable channel’a fellow Turner outlet with a broader audience’on Feb. 14, reports Variety. The premiere will feature back-to-back episodes airing after coverage [...]
Commercials Animate Super Bowl
There was a football game going on, but for animation fans the real action was going on between plays at this year’s Super Bowl. Airing on NBC, a record $206 million in advertising was sold for Super Bowl XLIII, in which the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 at [...]
Disney Is Tops with Kids in 17 Territories
Disney Channels Worldwide ranked as the top children’s programming channel in 17 territories last year. The company extended its winning streak in several territories, topping the charts in the United Kingdom for the second consecutive year, Australia for the third year, Argentina for the fourth and New Zealand for the [...]
Moviegoers Thrilled with Taken
The 20th Century Fox thriller Taken, starring Liam Neeson, topped the domestic box office on Super Bowl weekend, raking in $24.6 million on its opening weekend, reports the website Box Office Mojo. The Kevin James comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop continued its strong performance, coming in second place after two [...]
Panda Clobbers Competition at Annies
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda dominated the 36th annual Annie Awards, taking home 11 trophies, including best animated feature, while its spinoff short film Secrets of the Furious Five took four more. Wall’E, the Pixar film that was one of the best reviewed of the year and seen as a [...]
Spielberg, EA Spin Boom Blox Sequel
Director Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts are working on a new videogame called Boom Blox Bash Party, a sequel to their first videogame collaboration. The game, being developed for the Nintendo Wii, is expected to be out this spring, says The Hollywood Reporter. “Boom Blox Bash Party is a wild [...]
Sarnoff Departs Sony Imageworks
Tim Sarnoff has stepped down from his longtime post as president of Sony Pictures Imageworks. Sarnoff joined SPI in 1997 and has lead it to success as one of the industry’s top visual effects and animation shops ever since, reports Variety. A Sony spokesman told the trade the Sarnoff would [...]
Torrence Joins Animax as CEO
Animax Entertainment has hired Corey Torrence as its new chief executive. Torrence, previously president of Prodigious Worldwide, will over see daily operations and plan for the company’s growth with president Michael Bellavia. Founded in 2001 by Andrew K. Bain and writer-actor Dave Thomas, Animax specializes in Flash animation and has [...]
Kalagian to Develop Business for Fresh TV
Toronto-based family entertainment company Fresh TV has teamed up with Kalagian Productions to broaden its development and production slates. Under the deal, Kalagian president Terry Kalagian will act as a consultant, finding co-production and financing opportunities for Fresh TV and its animation service partner, Elliott Animation. Kalagian was previously VP [...]
Taken Tries to Tackle Fans Away from Super Bowl
The list of films looking to lure viewers away from this weekend’s Super Bowl is led by Taken, a new thriller from Fox starring Liam Neeson that opens on more than 3,100 screens. Also opening this weekend are The Uninvited, a remake from Paramount/DreamWorks of a Korean horror film, hitting [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
