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Visio to Give Global Push to South Africa’s ‘Jock of the Bushveld’
Jock of the Bushveld, the independent South African 3D animated feature, has signed on with Hollywood-based Visio Entertainment to mount a global merketing and distribution campaign for the film, which is expected to be released in the United States and Europe in the third quarter of this year. The deal [...]
NBA Star James Brings ‘The LeBrons’ to the Web
NBA star LeBron James is bringing his animated alter egos, The LeBrons, to the internet in a new series of webisodes via his production company, Spring HIll Productions, and Believe Entertainment. Dru Dog Productions will handle production fo the show, which is set to debut “in early 2011.” The animated [...]
Moonscoop Scores TV Sales Across Asia
Moonscoop is reporting multiple sales of animated programs across Asia in the wake of last month’s Asia Television Forum in Singapore. “Asia has proven to be a major market for our shows, and last year we signed a significant volume of sales in the region,” says Lionel Marty, president worldwide [...]
‘Toy Story 3′ Up for Three BAFTA Awards
Toy Story 3 has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards: best animated feature. best adapted screenplay and best visual effects. In the best animated screenplay, the Disney-Pixar film will go up against Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me and DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. In the adapted screenplay category, Michael [...]
Downey Jr. Joins Cast of DWA’s ‘Mr. Peabody and Sherman’ Feature
Robert Downey Jr. has signed on to provide the voice of Mr. Peabody in DreamWorks Animation’s planned feature film based on the classic time-traveler and his pal, Sherman, from the old Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, reports Entertainment Weekly. The magazine reports the feature is planned for 2014 and will be [...]
Televix to Distribute Care Bears in Latin America
Care Bears are coming to Latin America, courtesy of a broadcast and home video distribution deal the characters’ owner, American Greetings, has cut with distributor Televix. Televix will offer a full slate of Care Bears programming, including 52 episodes of Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot, the classic Care Bears animated [...]
Aardman Animates Ad for Canada’s Funcheez
Canadians who don’t skip the commercials will be getting a peak at some delicious new animation from Wallace & Gromit creators Aardman Entertainment. The U.K.-based company has animated a new spot for Funcheez Moon and Stars, a snack food aimed at kids. For non-Canadians, here’s a look at the commercial: [...]
HIT Develops ‘Diary of a Worm, Spider, and Fly’ for TV
HIT Entertainment has acquired the rights to children’s books Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Fly and Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss and is developing them into an animated series for kids ages 3-5. The series has a working title of Diary of a Worm, [...]
DQE, M6 Prep Season 2 of ‘Little Nick’
India-based DQ Entertainment has entered into a co-production agreement with M6 Studios in France for a second season the animated series Le Petit Nicholas (Little Nick). The second season of the show will consist of 52 13-minute episodes and will be produced in CG with a budget of $10.3 million [...]
‘Toy Story 3′ Wins Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature
Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 has won the best animated feature award at the Golden Globes. The film beat out challengers Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist and Tangled for the top honor. The award was presented by teen singing star Justin Beiber and True Grit star Hailee [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
