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Universal to Ride with ‘Despicable Me’ Minions
Get ready to experience life as yellow Minions. Variety reports that Universal Studios will offer a ride based on Despicable Me at its Orlando theme park in 2012. The park will also Islands of Adventure’s The Amazing Adventure of Spider-Man attraction with new 3D technology. The Despicable Me ride will [...]
Inoue’s Art to Aid Japan Disaster Recovery
VIZ Media will help raise funds for Japanese disaster relief using Takehiko Inoeu’s Smile: Pray of Japan illustrations on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad in North America. The famous manga artist’s illustrations will be available for purchase via the VIZ Manga App. All VIZ Media proceeds from these purchases will [...]
Disney Unveils New Muppets Movie Poster
Another day, another hot new movie poster is unveiled! Today, it’s Disney’s official poster for the highly anticipated feature The Muppets that has fans all excited. Slated for a November 23 release, it is directed by James Bobin (The Flight of the Conchords, Da Ali G Show) from a script [...]
Toon Boom Nixes MIFA, Launches Harmony Tour
Montreal-based animation software company Toon Boom announced yesterday that it won’t be attending Annecy’s MIFA market this year due to a “fundamental disagreement with the organizers.” Since Toon Boom was planning to officially announce Harmony 9 at MIFA, the executive team will now be embarking on a Harmony Launch Tour [...]
Henry Rollins Talks About Green Lantern Role
Henry Rollins, Voice of Kilowog in DC’s Animated Feature Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Singer/actor/spoken-word artist Henry Rollins talks about voicing Kilowog, the hardcore trainer of Green Lantern recruits in the upcoming DC Universe animated original movie, coming to DVD and Blu-ray on June 7. How did you approach the character [...]
Academy Announces Student Oscar Winners
Twelve students from nine U.S. colleges and universities and three students from outside the U.S. have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. The student filmmakers will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry-related activities and [...]
Geronimo Stilton Wiggles Whiskers in India
Scholastic India, the exclusive distributor of Atlantyca Entertainment’s popular Geronimo Stilton books, will host Italy’s most famous mouse on a five-city tour of India this May and June. The tour is being supported by marketing efforts including radio spots, social media, downloadable online activities for kids and a national contest [...]
Anchor Bay Revs Up ‘Redline’
Anchor Bay Films has announced its acquisition of the animated Japanese film Redline. The deal includes all rights in North America, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand and will be released under the company’s Manga brand this fall. Bill Clark, president of Anchor Bay Entertainment, made the announcement. Katsuhito Ishii—the [...]
‘Tintin’ Teaser and Poster Arrive
Paramount has released the first teaser trailer and poster for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming 3-D CG performance capture feature, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. This fresh take on Belgian comic-book artist Hergé’s classic character will hit theaters December 23 of this year. Produced by Spielberg and Peter Jackson from [...]
FOX Debuts Trailers for New Sunday Toons
This week, Fox-TV unveiled the latest plans for its Sunday Night Animation Domination block. In September, the cabler will premiere Allen Gregory at 8:30 p.m., right after The Simpsons. Created by Jonah Hill, Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel and exec produced by David Goodman, the show follow the adventures of [...]
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...
