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Nick’s ‘Penguins,’ ‘Fanboy’ Win Daytime Emmys Honors
Penguins of Madagascar was a huge hit for Nickelodeon at the 38th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, taking home a half-dozen awards. The show, spun off of the popular DreamWorks Animation Madagascar feature film series, won Outstanding Children’s Animated Program, Outstanding Composition, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Sound Editing and Outstanding Performer in [...]
‘Green Lantern’ Lights the B.O. Lamp with $52M Opening
The superhero visual-effects 3D extravaganza Green Lantern won the top spot at the box office this weekend even as the big-screen debut of the DC Comics hero fell slightly short of expectations for a potential major new tentpole franchise. The superhero movie took in an estimated $53 million in ticket [...]
13 Animators, 12 VFX Artists Invited to Join AMPAS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 13 animators, 12 visual effects artists and a total of 178 filmmakers and film industry executives to join its ranks. Animators on the invite list includes such high-profile names as Sylvain Chomet, Tomm Moore, Teddy Newton and Bob Peterson. Visual [...]
SIGGRAPH Launches Business Symposium
There’s one more reason to check out this summer’s hot SIGGRAPH event in Vancouver (August 7-11). The organizers are preparing a one-day event for August 7 featuring industry leaders to address issues facing the global computer animation industry. The Business Think Tank will tackle a wide variety of topics dealing [...]
‘Canimals’ to Pounce in France This Fall
The new 3-D stereoscopic, CG-animated series Canimals will premiere on Canal+ Family and Télétoon+ in France this October. Produced by BRB Internacional, Aardman and Vooz Club, the show centers on a group of colorful little characters which resemble tin cans and each have their own particular personalities. According to Spain’s [...]
Seeing the (Green) Light!
Sony Imageworks vfx supervisor Jim Berney and his team revisit the classic comic book and use real-world references to construct the luminous world of Green Lantern. The summer of 2011 may go down in history as the season of visually spectacular 3-D superhero movies. Following in the footsteps of Marvel [...]
Sony Ready to Celebrate Global Smurfs Day June 25
Sony Pictures Animation is looking to make this the Smurfiest summer ever, releasing July 29 a major 3D Smurfs movie and declaring June 25 Global Smurfs Day. Global Smurfs Day celebrates the birthday of Peyo, the Belgian artist who created the Smurfs in 1958 in the pages of the comic [...]
‘Lion King’ PSA Lifts Dads for Father’s Day
With Father’s Day this weekend, Disney has lent the characters and footage from The Lion King to a public-service announcement for fatherhood.gov, the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. Take a look: The Lion King is getting converted to stereoscopic 3D and will return to theaters Sept. 16 for a limited theatrical [...]
WB Seeks Bright Debut for ‘Green Lantern’
After years of waiting, Green Lantern arrives in theaters this weekend as Warner Bros. looks to turn DC Comics’ emerald warrior into a major tentpole franchise. Green Lantern is opening wide at more than 3,600 theaters in 2D and stereoscopic 3D formats, making it easily the widest opening of the [...]
‘Toy Story 3′ Wins Top Licensing Award of 2010
Toy Story 3 was presented the Best Licensed Program of the Year Award by the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association at the Licensing International Expo 2011 in Las Vegas. The third installment of Disney-Pixar animated comedy-adventure film series, Toy Story 3 also was honored in the entertainment award category. Hello [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
