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Stop-motion Short ‘Oh Willy…’ Wins Cartoon D’Or
Oh Willy…, a stop-motion animated short film by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, has won the Cartoon D’Or. The honor, given to the best European animated short of the year, was chosen from a field of five finalists and presented last week at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France. [...]
Pixar’s ‘Nemo’ 3D Re-release Hooks $17M in Debut
More than $17 million poured in the box office coffers this weekend for Disney-Pixar’s release of Finding Nemo in 3D. A solid showing, it still was only good enough for second place for the weekend. The winner this weekend was Resident Evil: Retribution. Based on the popular video game series, [...]
‘Penguins,’ ‘Regular Show’ Win Emmys
Nick’s The Penguins of Madagascar and Cartoon Network’s Regular Show won the top honors at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys, presented Saturday at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Penguins of Madagascar won the Outstanding Animated Program honor for the episode, “The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole.” [...]
Tayrona, Arc to Team Up for Four Animated Films
Tayrona Films and Arc Productions, both based in Toronto, have agreed to a deal to finance and produce for animated feature films. According to The Wrap, each company will contribute two films in the deal. Arc has The Legends of the Underzoo from director Kevin Almeida and writer Jeff Treppel [...]
DC Nation Returns Sept. 29 with New Episodes, Shorts
DC Nation returns Sept. 29 on Cartoon Network with new episodes and shorts featuring the heroes of DC Comics. The block, a collaboration between Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, will feature new episodes of Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice. Airing at 10 a.m., the [...]
Millimages Sells ‘Mouk’ to Scandinavia Broadcasters
Millimages has secured new broadcast deals across Scandinavia for its hit children’s property Mouk, with TV2 Denmark, TV2 Norway, MTV3 Finland and a DVD deal with Svensk. The 62 x 11 min. animated preschool series, commissioned by France Télévisions and Disney Channel U.K., has already been a huge success in [...]
Cartoon Tributes Honor Gulli, Monster, Jam Media
Cartoon Forum wrapped up its 2012 edition with its annual Cartoon Tributes, honoring French channel Gulli, Monster Entertainment and Jam Media. Gulli was awarded the Broadcaster of the Year honor. The digital French channel broadcasts animation for children during the day and family films and programs in primetime. The honor [...]
Work Begins on ‘Beyond Beyond,’ New Film from Jacobsen
Copenhagen Bombay has finalized financing for and begun production on a new animated feature film from director Esben Toft Jacobsen tentatively titled Beyond Beyond. The film is about a rabbit, Johan, who sets to find his mother and reunite her with her family, only to find her in a kingdom [...]
Forte Launches Goon Cartoons Channel on YouTube
Animator and comics artist Frank Forte has launched Goon Cartoons, an original animation channel on YouTube. Forte says Goon Cartoons will be a YouTube partner channel. “I’m really excited to be part of the YouTube partner channel family,” says Forte. “We’ve got some really funny cartoon shorts that we’ve been [...]
Finalists Set for MIP Jr. Competitions
The finalists list for this year’s MIP Jr. competitions have been chosen from 250 applications. Six finalists have been selected to pitch their multiplatform project for the MIPJunior International Pitch. The jury members will be looking for the next big brand in kids entertainment. The live pitch sessions are set for [...]
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