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Animal Logic Brings Its Game to L.A.
Australian vfx and animation studio Animal Logic announced the opening of Animal Logic Interactive in Los Angeles. Giancarlo Mori has been named senior VP of the new division, which will focus on the game and interactive entertainment sectors. Mori recently was VP of production, North America Studios, for Activision, where [...]
Bakugan DVDs Arrive in August
Vivendi and Nelvana have teamed up to bring anime series Bakugan to DVD in Canada. The first DVD release will feature the first five episodes of the series and is due for release Aug. 26. Warner Home Video will release the first Bakugan: Battle Brawlers DVD on the same day [...]
Five New Judges Join Animag’s Pitch Party
We now have placed all our high-powered judges for this year’s Pitch Party contest. Karen Toliver (VP of Production at 20th Century Fox Animation), David Wiebe (Director of Content at YTV, Corus Entertainment) and DreamWorks Animation’s triumphant development trio of Alex Schwartz, Damon Ross and Chris Kuser will be picking [...]
Thursday Block Posts Ratings Gain for CN
Cartoon Network’s “New Thursday Nights” block posted double-digit ratings gains over the same period last year, fueled by the premiere of the original series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Overall kids delivery for ages 2-11 grew 20 percent to 868,000, with ratings up 22 percent to 2.2. The kids 6-11 [...]
Shyamalan Previews Avatar Movie at Expo
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan presented a short preview at the Licensing International Expo of his plans for adapting the Nick/Paramount animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender into a live-action feature film scheduled to come out in 2010. “Casting has begun and we’ve seen thousands of kids. I believe we’ve found [...]
Little Airplane’s Course Takes Off
Professionals looking to sell a series for preschoolers have a chance to learn the inside scoop from Little Airplane Productions founder and president Josh Selig in a three-day course scheduled for July 26-28 in New York. The course covers the entire process of making and selling both animated and live-action [...]
Channel Frederator Announces Freddies Winners
Animation site Channel Frederator has announced winners in 17 categories in the second annual Channel Frederator Awards. The winners of this year’s Freddies are: Bad Ass Bunny Award: In the Beginning by Choom Lam Youngest Filmmaker Award: Ace & Aqua by Stephen Levinson Best CG Film: Kiwi by Dony Permedi [...]
Flickerlab’s GO Debuts at Licensing Show
Flickerlab and its Danish partner Gonzoft have unveiled their real-time animation system, GO, at the Licensing International Expo this week in New York City. GO allows performers to animate characters in real time using standard game controllers, with lip synching done live as the performer speaks into a microphone. Up [...]
Nick Jr. Says Hello to More Ni Hao, Kai-lan
Nick Jr. has ordered 20 new episodes of the half-hour animated preschool series Ni Hao, Kai-lan. Created by Karen Chau and exec produced by Mary Harrington, the toon introduces preschoolers to Chinese culture and the Mandarin language and is currently the No. 2 ranked show on Nick Jr (ride behind [...]
Smurfs to Make It Big at Sony
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have secured the rights to The Smurfs and plan to make a feature film version of the popular blue villagers that mixes live action and animation. Variety reports the film will be produced by Jordan Kerner, who helped the studio secure the rights from [...]
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...
