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Avast! Aardman’s ‘Pirates’ to Attack Theaters This Friday!

April 26, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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With The Pirates! Band of Misfits Peter Lord and his team have outdone themselves with another delightful, beautifully crafted animated movie. We’ve all seen stop-motion family pictures, Hugh Grant comedies and pirate adventures on the big screen before, but nothing has quite prepared us for the spectacular concoction that is [...]

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‘Motorcity’ Ready to Burn Rubber on Disney XD

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The futuristic Motorcity explores a bizarro car culture on Disney XD. Die-hard animation fans who have been watching cool shows such as Metalocalypse, Megas XLR and MTV Downtown have known about the talent and creativity of Chris Prynoski for many years. In April, more audiences can jump on the Prynoski [...]

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‘Wreck-It Ralph’ to Offer Vidgame Star Cameos

April 25, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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More info about Disney’s upcoming holiday movie Wreck-It Ralph was released the CinemaCon event in Las Vegas this week. Directed by Rich Moore (Sit Down, Shut Up, Drawn Together, Futurama), this much-anticipated CG-animated movie centers on a 1980s arcade game character (voiced by John C. Reilly) who is tired of [...]

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Annecy Selects 18 Animated Features

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The Annecy Animation Festival has announced a rich program of new animated features from all around the world screening during its 2012 event (June 4-9). Ten features films (in competition) and 8 out-of-competition titles were selected out of a record number of 82 movies submitted for the fest. Features in [...]

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Millimages and BBC Sign Licensing Deal for ’64 Zoo Lane’

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European animation house Millimages has signed a licensing and merchandising deal with BBC Worldwide for its hit preschool show 64 Zoo Lane (104 x 11’). BBC Worldwide has taken global licensing rights to the show, excluding French-speaking World. John Reynolds, group commercial director at Millimages says, “The stories in 64 [...]

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Pokémon Players Get Darkrai, Card Game Expansion

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Dedicated Poké-masters playing the Black and White versions of the popular critter-collecting game will get the Pokémon of their dreams—and give their opponents nightmares—when The Pokémon Company International kicks off a special character distribution event next month featuring the mythical Darkrai. The Dark-type monster is equipped with a special attack [...]

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Anime Version of Stitch Still Big in Japan

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Huggable blue alien buddy Stitch from Disney’s Lilo & Stitch is returning to Japanese televisions in an all-new one-hour TV anime special titled Stitch! to Suna no Wakusei (Stitch and the Planet of Sand) this June. Planet of Sand is a follow-up to three previous Stitch! TV series that aired [...]

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Upcoming Pixar Projects Unveiled at CinemaCon

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Attendees at yesterday’s CinemaCon event in Las Vegas learned all about Pixar’s upcoming animated slate and found out details about the sequel to Disney’s Muppets movie. Here is the Pixar slate: The Good Dinosaur. Directed by Bob Peterson with co-director Peter Sohn and producer John Walker. This comedy takes a look [...]

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Weinstein Tags 3 Toons for Theaters

April 24, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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2013 is going to be a busy year for The Weinstein Company as the studio focuses on multiple family-friendly toons set for theatrical release next year. In addition to the much-buzzed about Escape from Planet Earth, TWC co-chair Harvey Weinstein has announced the release dates for SantApprentice, The Trick or [...]

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‘My Little Pony’ Wedding A Ratings Record

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The Hub TV network scored a record high audience with the much-buzzed about two-parter wedding special of their in-house produced My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on Saturday, April 21. The Royal Wedding Event delivered best-ever numbers for any series in The Hub’s history in the 2-11, 6-11 and Households [...]

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