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PBS KIDS Celebrates Valentine’s Day
PBS KIDS will celebrate Valentine’s Day a day early this year. Airing on Friday, Feb. 13, the channel presents a lineup of heartwarming programs that includes a new episode of WordWorld and a special hour of Clifford the Big Red Dog. The new episode of WordWorld will feature two tales, [...]
CN Offers Kids’ Advice to Obama
Cartoon Network will celebrate the inauguration Tuesday of President-elect Barack Obama with a series of 30-second spots in which kids from a Boys & Girls Club in Atlanta give the new president advice. The kids were also asked their thoughts on other presidential matters, such as their favorite president and [...]
Holiday Weekend Box Office ‘Cops’ Big Increase
Sony’s Kevin James comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop topped a strong Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box office, earning a whopping $33.8 million. The Friday-Sunday gross was up more than 30 percent from last year, with Monday’s holiday expected to bring more good news to the studios, [...]
Emmerich Scores Asimov’s Foundation
Roland Emmerich, director of 10,000 B.C. and the forthcoming 2012, won the screen rights to adapt Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy’an epic sci fi series revolving around Asimov’s invented concept of ‘psychohistory’ which takes place during the collapse of a Galactic Empire. In addition to directing, Emmerich will produce the film [...]
Happiness Factory, Zune Nab Animation Webbys
The winners of the 2008 Webby Awards have been announced, giving out honors in more than 70 categories for excellence on the Intenenet. In the best use of animation or motion graphics category, the Webby went to Happiness Factory’s Now Hiring Coke ad created by AKQA. The people’s choice winner [...]
Sit Down, Shut Up Shuts Down
Writers and writer-producers of Sony’s new animated series Sit Down, Shut Up! have walked off the show to dispute whether WGA or ITASE has jurisdiction over the writing staff according to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood website. The toon, which is scheduled to join Fox TV’s animation block this fall, is [...]
Canal Plus Solicits Short Ideas
Makers of short-form, family-oriented toons may want to brush up on their French, as Canal Plus has issued a worldwide call for such fare to become part of its New Cartoons effort. The French pay-TV outlet made the announcement Wednesday at the Annecy Intl. Film Festival, where head of children’s [...]
Fat Albert’s Halloween Special a New DVD Treat
Classic Media is bringing to DVD Fat Albert’s Halloween Special, which has been a classic and a fan favorite since it first aired on CBS in 1977. A combination of live action and animation, the classic Filmation series was created and hosted by Bill Cosby and was an Emmy-winning favorite [...]
Nick Jr. to Worship Superheroes
With superheroes all the rage at the box office this summer , it’s only natural that animators would want to get in on the fun. Three Nick Jr. shows ‘ The Backyardigans; Go, Diego, Go!, and The Wonder Pets ‘ will all debut new superhero-themed shows in a special block [...]
Hulk Ready to Smash Shyamalan at B.O.
The Incredible Hulk smashes his way back into theaters this weekend with a reimagining of the popular Marvel Comics character that is more straightforward than Ang Lee’s less-than-successful 2003 version. The Marvel Studios pic is being released by Paramount on 3,505 screens and anticipation is running high. Starring Edward Norton, [...]
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Cartoon Network has announced the premiere date of it’s brand-new CG...
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Those crazy, irreverent kids on FOX TV’s Family Guy team have done it...
