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‘Yellow Sticky Notes’ to Premiere at Hot Docs


April 15, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Vancouver-based Jeff Chiba Stearns’ new animated project Yellow Sticky Notes | Canadian Anijam, will have it’s Canadian Premiere at the 20th Annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival at the end of April. The film is a follow up to his 2007 animated hit Yellow Sticky Notes. To create the [...]

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Production Pipeline Expo to Launch in May


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The first round of speakers and panels have been announced for next month’s Production Pipeline Expo, which takes place May 3-4 at the Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. What originally began as the Career Fair & Technology Expos of 2011 and 2012 has evolved into a brand new, two-day event, which is designed [...]

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RealD Showcases New Screen Tech at CinemaCon


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RealD is showing off the next wave in theatrical screen technology at the CinemaCon event in Vegas this week, revealing what gave extra oomph to the world premiere of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit at Wellington, NZ’s Embassy Theatre and a screening of The Croods at DreamWorks Animation’s Campanile Theater earlier [...]

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‘Tree Fu Tom’ To Nest on Sprout


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FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has announced that their animated preschool series Tree Fu Tom will continue to put down global roots as it premieres on the U.S.’s 24-hour pre-k channel Sprout this month. The European producer/distributor has previously placed its kids’ content on other major networks in the States, [...]

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Assorted Nuts/Frima to Unleash ‘Tiny Yeti’ in 2013


April 14, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Indie animation studio Assorted Nuts is preparing a new animated series and game with Canadian game developer Frima called Tiny Yeti. The game will be launched in winter of 2013 while the 52 x 11″ comedy series is eyeing a late 2015 release date. Focusing on comedy and interactive gameplay, [...]

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Machinima Launches ‘Happy Hour Tales’ Series


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Internet animation powerhouse Machinima has launched a new fan-fiction series titled Happy Hour Tales. The first episode of the toon kicked off on Sunday (April 14) on Machinima’s Happy Hour Channel. The off-the-wall tale is written by Matt (Two Best Friends Play). Fans are invited to submit original and “totally [...]

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The B-Movie Beasts Are Baaaaack!


April 12, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Emmy-winning animation veterans Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle spill the beans on their eagerly awaited Nickelodeon show, which is based on DreamWorks’ Monsters vs. Aliens. Nick and Cartoon Network had great success with TV series based on DreamWorks’ features Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. That’s [...]

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A Monstrously Good Show


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Disney Junior and Brown Bag Films introduce preschool audiences to a close-nit creature family in a new toon called Henry Hugglemonster. Watch out, Dora the Explorer, Curious George and Dinosaur Train. There’s a charming little monster in town which will give you some stiff preschool competition this month. The CG-animated [...]

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A Capital Venture


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Show creators Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick discuss tackling season five of The Venture Bros. for Adult Swim, and what keeps fans coming back for more. Back in 2003, as Adult Swim viewers were enjoying spoofy recycles of defunct toon heroes in shows like Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The [...]

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Territory Report: French TV Animation in 2013


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It’s no surprise that France continues to be a market leader in animation production in Europe. Despite the tough economic climate in the continent, French studios strive to bring some of the best animated series for children and for adults to the market year after year. Thanks to continued support [...]

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