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Some of the programming highlights for the 17th edition of the FMX conference...
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FMX to Spotlight VFX of ‘Hugo,’ ‘Game of Thrones’
Some of the programming highlights for the 17th edition of the FMX conference in Stuttgart, Germany were announced today. The global confab on animation, effects, gaming and transmedia discoveries will include panels devoted to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated feature Hugo, as well as TV shows such as HBO’s multiple-Emmy-winning Game of [...]
Broadwater Promoted to CTO of Sesame Workshop
Noah Broadwater has been promoted to VP and Chief Technology Officer at Sesame Workshop. He will report to Daryl Mintz, the company’s exec VP and CFO. Broadwater determines the strategic technology direction for the company including infrastructure, business and digital systems and client services. Broadwater first joined the Workshop in [...]
Cookie Jar Signs Distrib Deal with Dish
Cookie Jar and Dish Network have signed a deal to provide CJ’s library of animated an live-action shows on the pay-TV provider in the U.S. Subscribers to the Blockbuster @Home package by DISH can watch nearly 400 episodes of children’s entertainment from several of Cookie Jar Entertainment’s television shows on [...]
David Stainton Leaves Paramount Animation
David Stainton has resigned from his post as president of Paramount Animation, for personal reasons. Paramount hired Stainton, head of Disney Animation from 2003 to 2006, last October to head its new in-house animation division. Adam Goodman, president of the Paramount Motion Picture Group, said: “We are grateful for the [...]
Fox Orders Patton Oswalt Superhero Toon
Fox has given a presentation order to Working Class Hero, an animated comedy starring actor-comedian Patton Oswalt and co-written and executive produced by American Dad co-creator/executive producer Mike Barker. According to Deadline.com, the Fox TV project is set in a world where superheroing is just another low-paid government job. Oswalt will [...]
Frederator Launches New Cartoon Hangover Channel
Indie animation company Frederator Networks will launch the premium YouTube channel Cartoon Hangover with three series beginning July 2012. Cartoon Hangover plans to produce and program 10 original series and 39 original shorts in the next three years. The programming will target young adults with character-driven comedy cartoons, according to [...]
Del Toro, Gutierrez Collaborate on ‘Day of the Dead’ Pic
Guillermo del Toro will produce a new CG-animated feature, directed by Jorge Gutierrez, the creator of Nickelodeon’s series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. The movie, which is called Day of the Dead, will be produced by Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze of Chatrone Inc. at Dallas studio Reel [...]
Michael Rose Discusses ‘The Gruffalo’s Child,’ ‘Chico & Rita’
Producer Michael Rose discusses his well-received animated projects, The Gruffalo’s Child and Chico & Rita About seven years ago, Aardman veteran Michael Rose set up Magic Light Pictures, a London-based indie production company with Martin Pope. Rose, who produced the Oscar-nominated The Gruffalo (2009) and this year’s BAFTA-nominated The Gruffalo’s [...]
Reliance Partners on New ‘Ninja Hattori’
Leading Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi and subsidiary studio Shin-ei Animation have made an agreement with Mumbai’s Reliance MediaWorks to produce new episodes of its hit 1980′s series Ninja Hattori. The kids comedy/action franchise, based on the manga by Fujiko Fujio, is popular throughout Asia and has aired on Nick India [...]
Toronto Toon Fest to Host Hertzfeldt
The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International has announced it will present an evening with Oscar-nominated indie animator Don Hertzfeldt, which will include a screening of his latest film It’s Such a Beautiful Day, set for March 5 at The Royal Cinema. The sole Canadian engagement for “An Evening with Don [...]
Broadwater Promoted to CTO of...
Noah Broadwater has been promoted to VP and Chief Technology Officer at Sesame...
Cookie Jar Signs Distrib Deal...
Cookie Jar and Dish Network have signed a deal to provide CJ’s library of...
