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‘Hoodwinked Too!’ Looks to Continue Toon B.O. Hot Streak
It took a while, but The Weinstein Co.’s long-in-the-works sequel to its 2005 hit Hoodwinked! is finally coming to theaters this weekend. Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil is set to play in slightly more than 2,500 theaters this weekend. A successful opening for the film would continue this year’s animated [...]
MoCCA Adds Levitz, Uslan to Advisory Board
Former DC Comics president and publisher Paul Levitz and Batman movie producer Michael Uslan have joined the board of advisors for the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. MoCCA’s board of advisers assists the museum in tasks such as fundraising, growing the permanent collection and curatorial assistance. Levitz entered the [...]
Renner, Lopez, Ansari Join ‘Ice Age 4′ Cast
Ice Age: Continental Drift is adding some cast members to the venerable animation franchise. Among the actors The Hollywood Reporter says are lending their voices to the next installment of the Blue Sky Studios/Fox franchise are Jeremy Renner, Wanda Sykes, Keke Palmer, Jennifer Lopez, Aziz Ansari and hip-hop star Drake. The [...]
‘Instant Karma’ Hybrid Film Comes to Sony Animation
Instant Karma has found a new home at Sony Pictures Animation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has picked up the rights to the project, which is a comedy project from writer director Paul Hernandez that would be made as a hybrid of live-action and CG-animation. Story follows a [...]
Six Shorts from CN Development Studio Europe
Yesterday we posted news about The Amazing World of Gumball being the first series from Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe to be picked up in the states. Today, we have word on some of the shorts that the studio is producing, with six of them having been released for online viewing. [...]
Exec John Andrews to Head Up Six Point Media
Executive producer John Andrews has teamed up with animation studio Six Point Harness to create a new commercials venture called 6 Point Media, bringing over the talent roster of the former ka-chew! studio. “Together, in this new venture, we hope to take on projects that allow us to display our [...]
U.K.-Produced ‘Gumball’ Debuts on CN May 8
The Amazing World of Gumball, the first U.K.-produced full-length animated series to emerge from Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, is set to premiere in the United States on the network May 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT. The series combines 2D and 3D animation in a live-action setting and follows the misadventures [...]
‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ to be ‘Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1′
Goodbye Aqua Teen Hunger Force, hello Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1. The producers of the Adult Swim series Aqua Teen Hunger Force have announced the series will change its name after 100 episodes. ATHF was one of the original series to air on Adult Swim when the block launched in 2001. [...]
3net to Air Tiny Island’s 3D Series Dream Defenders in U.S.
Singapore-based Tiny Island’s CG animated series Dream Defenders is set to debut in stereoscopic 3D in the United States on 3net. The new deal gives 3net — a 3D network from Sony, Discovery and IMAX — the rights for 3D broadcast, home video, publishing and merchandising in the U.S. Dream [...]
Disney Joins Annecy YouTube Competition
Walt Disney Animation Studios is joining the Annecy 2011 YouTube competition. The competition, now in its second year, will offer the winner a week at the Annecy Festival in France as well as a five-night stay in Burbank and a guided tour of the Walt Disney Animation Studios. The trip [...]
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