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DIC, UAV Drag Heathcliff out on DVD


January 19, 2004 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

Fans of the sarcastic cat Heathcliff, fear not. DVD iterations of classic episodes of the 1970’s cartoon creation are on the way as part of a new deal just signed between UAV Corp. and DIC Ent. The distribution deal will bring select titles from DIC’s library of animated classics to [...]

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Defunct Web Series Get New Life on DVD


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Remember when web-based entertainment was going to put the networks out of business? Okay, so they went bankrupt before they could take on the world. But there’s still apparently some life in the once comically over-hyped medium. A couple of the more politically incorrect (and less juvenile) web series are [...]

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House of Weinstein Adds Toons to DVD Wing


January 14, 2004 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

In a move sure to continue the Weinstein Bros. building of a studio within a studio, Miramax Home Entertainment has announced the acquisition of a new CG animated film from Tundra Prods. and Colorland Animation Prods. In Search of Santa is currently in the voice-casting process, according to a report [...]

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First Volume of Gotham Indie Sampler on DVD


January 13, 2004 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you’re looking for a cool sampler of the thriving animation scene in New York City, you’ll have to give the new Avoid Eye Contact DVD at try. Released on Jan. 8, the DVD spans the past ten years of NYC animation, offering 17 eye-popping shorts by popular animators such [...]

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Danger, Will Robinson! Lost in Space Found on DVD


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If you like your sci-fi old school, help is on the way. Adding to the plethora of DVD iterations of old TV product, Fox is releasing Lost in Space today. No, not the egregiously bad 1998 Matt LeBlanc/William Hurt vehicle of the same name but the actual first season of [...]

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Harryhausen Autobiography Animates U.S. in April


January 8, 2004 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

In April, Billboard Books will release Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life by master stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton, with a foreword by famed sci-fi writer and longtime Harryhausen pal, Ray Bradbury. The book was released in the U.K. late last year and has been well-received by critics. Harryhausen [...]

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Vid Release Set For Looney Tunes


January 7, 2004 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

If you missed the latest Looney Tunes big-screen outing in theaters, as many apparently did, you’ll be able to catch it on DVD and VHS on March 2. Warner Home Video is releasing it with a host of DVD extras including an exclusive Looney Tunes short not available anywhere else. [...]

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SpongeBob, Charlie Brown Face Werewolves on Video


January 6, 2004 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

A couple of favorite cartoon underdogs meet a pack of vicious lycanthropes as today’s home video releases land on DVD and VHS. For animation fans, there’s SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers and A Charlie Brown Valentine, while EFX and horror aficionados can bring home the box office hit Underworld. Directed [...]

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Animated Superman Leaps to DVD


December 12, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Warner Bros. Home Video will release the animated movie Superman: The Last Son of Krypton on Feb. 3, 2004. The featurette is comprised of the first three episodes of Superman: The Animated Series, which was produced by the same team behind the Emmy-winning Batman: The Animated Series and aired on [...]

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Stan Lee’s POW! Ent. to Be Acquired by Arturion Ent.


December 11, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Arturion Ent. Inc. has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding membership interests of POW! Ent. LLC, founded by Marvel Comics super-creator Stan Lee. The buyout, however, does not mean that Lee and other POW! principals will give up control of the company and its properties. The reverse acquisition is [...]

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