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Animated Lies Earns Top Short Honor at Sundance
Lies, an animated short film from Swedish director Jonas Odell, has earned the top prize for international shorts at the Sundance Film Festival.The film features three episodes dealing with the subject of lies and their consequences, and is Odell’s second successful short. His 2006 short, Never Like the First Time! [...]
SpongeBob’s Kenny to Host Annies
Tom Kenny, the voice actor behind SpongeBob SquarePants, will once again be the host for Annie Awards, to be held Jan. 30. Kenny will be joined at the 36th annual event by a group of distinguished presenters, including animation legend June Foray, actors Brad Garrett (Ratatouille, ‘Til Death), Seth Green [...]
Wall’E, Bolt, Panda Oscars Top Toons
Pixar pic earns six noms; Bashir gets foreign-language nom Surprises abounded as the Oscars announced their nominated films, with Disney’s Bolt joining DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda and Pixar’s WALL’E‘which earned six total nominations’competing for the animated feature nomination. While WALL’E and Kung Fu Panda were expected, Bolt beat out the [...]
Al Jazeera Creates Animation Series
Qatar-based Al Jazeera Children’s Channel is developing a 3D animated series called Salaheldine. The ongoing series, about a hero who pursues a dream of uniting his people in battle and delivering them from enemies, is set for release next year. The series is being produced by JCC and Malaysia, with [...]
Disney Takes DQ’s Twisted Abroad
Walt Disney Television International (Southeast Asia) has picked up India-based DQ Entertainment’s CG-animated series Twisted Whiskers for 12 new territories. The deal means the series will be seen on Disney Channel in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Palau, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Korea, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea. [...]
Sony’s 2012 Moved to November
Director Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi film 2012 has been pushed back from its original July 10 release date to Nov. 13. Execs at Sony tell Variety the move makes sense given the studio’s strong summer slate and its success with a mid-November release on the past two James Bond films. The [...]
GenArts Acquires SpeedSix
Leading vfx software firm GenArts, Inc. announced Tuesday its acquisition of SpeedSix Software. The deal means SpeedSix’s plug-in package Monsters and Raptors, which includes tools for retiming, particle effects, lens distortion matching, fire, and organic fluid backgrounds, will be offered alongside GenArts’ Sapphire software for creating visual effects. All SpeedSix [...]
Igor, Ember, Powerpuff Hit DVD
Finally, a mad scientist’s assistant got his chance to star in a film with Igor, the CG-animated feature that arrives on DVD this week. The movie, directed by Anthony Leondis, stars John Cusack in the tale of an assistant out to prove he’s worthy of being a mad scientist all [...]
WB Casts Green Lantern as Next DCU Star
The release of the back cover art for Warner Bros.’ forthcoming Wonder Woman DVD animated feature reveals Green Lantern will be the next superhero to get the same treatment. Wonder Woman reaches stores March 3rd, and is the fourth original DVD feature WB has produced based on classic DC Comics [...]
Cartoon Art Museum to host Coraline exhibit
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will present an original exhibit of props, puppets and artwork from the feature film Coraline from Jan. 24-Feb. 15. The film, directed by Henry Selick and produced by Oregon-based LAIKA studios is a stop-motion animated feature shot in 3-D that will be released [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
