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Atomic Betty Zooms to Cartoon Network U.S.
Cartoon Network in the U.S. has picked up the animated series Atomic Betty from co-producers Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Animation Inc. and Tele-Images Kids. The broadcaster has entered into a five-year deal for the adventure/comedy for kids 8-12 and plans to add it to its fall line-up in September. Created by [...]
Nick Jr. to Launch in Australia
Nickelodeon is set to launch Australia’s first dedicated channel for preschoolers. Nick Jr. will air on FOXTEL and AUSTAR when the subscription television providers launch new digital services in the first half of 2004. Nick Jr. is currently finalizing a launch slate that includes original Australian shows featuring local personalities, [...]
Raven Animation to Make Partners of Disney Discards
If Disney doesn’t want them, plenty of others do. As former Mouse House animators re-enter the job market, growing animation companies are hoping to enlist their talents by offering interesting incentives. Take Raven Animation Inc. The wholly owned subsidiary of Raven Moon Ent. Inc. announced today that it not only [...]
MTV Marooned on Monster Island in March
If you bemoan the fact that they just don’t make giant monster movies like they used to, MTV may have your fix. Fans of classic ’50s and ’60s B-movie fare and stop-motion animation can look forward to Monster Island, an MTV original movie starring Carmen Electra, Adam West and a [...]
Massa Helms New Argentine Toon
The director best known for the 2001 international kid’s hit Chiquititas, is now fully engaged filming the animated epic Patoruzito. The Buenos Aires-based Patagonik Film Group is producing the $1 million project. Patagonik is backed by Walt Disney’s Buena Vista Intl., Argentina’s Grupo Clarin and Spain’s Admira. Argentina’s Red Logo [...]
Sci Fi Greenlights Prehistoric Pilot
Sci Fi Channel has eyes on all things Jurassic . After over three years in development, the niche cabler has given the greenlight to Anonymous Rex, a two-hour back door pilot based on the book series authored by Eric Garcia. According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, the channel [...]
In Acquiring Mood, IDT Nabs Archie and Friends
A month after buying a controlling share of Canadian-based ani house Mainframe Entertainment, IDT Entertainment has announced that it has added a stake in Archie Comics to its portfolio. With a reported 5% stake in the franchise, IDT is set to develop animated TV fare and direct-to-DVD/VHS projects based on [...]
Barbarian Makes Solid Invasion in Debut
The latest offering from the Disney Channel, a toon about an effete but tough caveman has had a solid debut in its first outings, winning its time period versus all basic cable programming for kids in a number of key demos. The Friday early access airing of Dave the Barbarian [...]
Johnny Bravo Goes Hollywood
Talk about checking your ego at the door. Alec Baldwin, Jessica Biehl and Don Knotts, an unlikely combo if ever there was one, are about to play second-fiddle to a TV cartoon star. All three are voicing characters to be seen on Cartoon Network’s Feb. 20 airing of a new [...]
Power Rangers Go Back to Jurassic Age
The ever-morphing Power Rangers are going to spend their 12th season fighting the forces of evil back in the time of dinosaurs. For every one of its season, Rangers has changed locale and villains but not the essential dynamics of the Power Rangers versus over-the-top bad guys. The series became [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
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Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
