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Animation Talent on Spot for ka-chew!
Celebrating 10 years in operation, ka-chew!, the commercial production company owned by Klasky Csupo founders Gabor Csupo and Arlene Klasky, has announced a significant expansion of its directorial roster. The studio’s animation work can currently be seen in careerbuilder.com’s ‘Firefly’ spot, which debuted during the Super Bowl. Other recent achievements [...]
Ratatouille, Pearce Sisters Snag BAFTAs
Ratatouille‘s stellar awards season rolls on as the Disney/Pixar film picked up the award for Best Animated Feature at Sunday Night’s BAFTA Awards, presented by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Aardman Animations’ 2D short The Pearce Sisters, from directors Jo Allen and Luis Cook, was named top [...]
Rocket Fish Animates ‘Panda’ Bowl Spot
Rocket Fish, a new company formed by Animation Magazine founder Terry Thoren, was tapped by producers Geoff Callan and Daniel Grace of boutique advertising and branding agency Creative:Mint to co-produce a series of animated commercials for client Salesgenie.com. One of the spots, titled ‘Panda,’ is scheduled to air Sunday on [...]
Iron Man Tackles the Super Bowl
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Ent. today teased comic-book fans with news of a new Iron Man spot that will air on the FOX network during the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 3. The expensive ad promises to offer new footage from the highly anticipated movie starring Robert Downey Jr. as [...]
elementFX Animates Iron Chef
Visual effects studio elementFX has created an animated spot that employs the anime style in promoting the popular Food Network series Iron Chef America. In the piece, five top chefs duke it out with knives and other kitchen implements, transforming raw materials into culinary food masterpieces with ninja-like aerial moves. [...]
THX Debuts New Animation in Theaters
For many moviegoers, the CG-animated spots that demonstrate the dynamic sound quality at THX-certified cinemas have become part of the experience, much like the cartoon refreshments that once encouraged theater patrons to go to the lobby and get a snack. Acting more or less as trailers for audio portion of [...]
Aardman Creates ‘Discomforts’ for Charity
Playing on its hit British television series Creature Comforts, Aardman Animations is hoping to challenge and change attitudes about disabled persons with ‘Creature Discomforts,’ a clay-animated ad campaign launched this week by Leonard Cheshire Disability. Like the TV show and the Oscar-winning short film that spawned it, the campaign features [...]
Dawkins Upped at Nickelodoen
Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has promoted Nicktoons Network general manager Keith Dawkins to senior VP of Nickelodeon Programming Partnerships. In his new role, Dawkins will be responsible for forging new creative partnerships and co-productions with non-traditional programming partners, while overseeing the international and domestic acquisitions of series, films and [...]
Shrek Characters Hock HD DVD
As Shrek the Third gets set to make its home video debut on Nov. 13, characters from the animated smash hit will be seen extolling the virtues of HD DVD in print and television ads. DreamWorks Animation SKG and Toshiba North America Consumer Products LLC have hired Austin-based ad agency [...]
FlickerLab Animates Pink Panther
Those who love the classic Pink Panther cartoon series are sure to get a kick out of a new advertising campaign for the Virginia Lottery. The 30-second animated spot titled ‘Camouflage’ was created by FlickerLab in New York and emulates the Friz Freleng style as it introduces a new scratch-ticket [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
