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Isla Fisher Joins Cast of Rango
Actress Isla Fisher will jump from the world of shopping into animation. Variety reports the star of the upcoming Confessions of a Shopaholic will voice the lead female character in Rango, an animated feature to be directed by Gore Verbinski at Paramount. Already on board the voice cast are Johnny [...]
Fox Picks Up Narnia
20th Century Fox has signed on to co-finance the next film in the Chronicles of Narnia series with Walden Media. Disney, which co-financed the first two films in the series, dropped out a month ago on the third film, Voyage of the Dawn Treader. According to Variety, Fox and Walden [...]
Universal Picks Up The Thing
The classic horror movie The Thing will be remade once again, with Universal attaching Battlestar Galactica‘s Ron Moore to the script and commercial director Matthijs van Heijningen to direct, Variety reports. Based on a novella by John W. Campbell Jr., the story was first adapted to film in 1951 as [...]
Panda Director Gets He-Man Gig
John Stevenson, co-director of the Oscar nominated animated feature Kung Fu Panda, has been hired to direct a He-Man live-action film, Variety reports. He-Man, who was created as part of the Masters of the Universe toy line in the early 1980s, went on to star in a popular animated TV [...]
Aardman Secures Licensing Deals for Timmy Time
Aardman has signed a number of new licensing deals for its preschool stop-motion animated series Timmy Time. The company has signed a number of partnerships in the United Kingdom, including: Golden Bear for wooden toys, Cooneen Textiles for nightwear and underwear, DNC UK for tableware and drinkware, Character World for [...]
Face 2 Face Voting Closes Jan. 30
The last day to vote for your favorite entry in Animation Magazine‘s Face 2 Face contest is rapidly approaching, the polls close at 5 p.m. PST on Friday, Jan. 30. Contestants were able to enter up to two facial models in the game resolution or film resolution categories. Entries fell [...]
Videogame Sales Outgross DVD for First Time in 2008
Worldwide retail sales of videogames for the first time outsold DVD and Blu-ray discs combined in 2008, according to a report from Media Control GfK International reported on gamesindustry.biz. While sales of packaged media grew 6 percent last year to $61 billion, games sales grew 20 percent to $32 billion [...]
PassmoreLab First to Convert Claymation to 3-D
The short film Slim Pickings is being converted to 3-D ‘ the first time a claymation film has undergone the process. The work is being done by San Diego-based PassmoreLab in cooperation with Spike & Mike. Directed by Anthony Lucas, the Australian short was released in 1999 and earned many [...]
3-D Terra picked up for May 1 release
Snoot Entertaiment’s 3-D animated feature Battle for Terra has been picked up by Lionsgate and Roadside for a May 1 release. The movie will be released in both 2-D and 3-D formats, according to Variety. Story features aliens whose planet is invaded by humans fleeing a dying Earth. The film [...]
Ninja Turtles Celebrate 25th with New Wave of Licensing
4Kids Entertainment International has announced a number of new licensing deals to mark the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The new international licensing agreements are with: J.L. Fontes in Portugal for flip flops, slippers, clogs and umbrellas; New York Zero in Italy for apparel; Passion Secret in [...]
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Boinx Unveils New Features of...
German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
