Monday, December 9, 2013
BRB Brings Three Fresh Faces to BLE
Spain’s BRB Internacional will be bringing lots of goodies for its three newest catalog additions to Brand Licensing Europe next week. Filly Funtasia, Invizimals and Pac-Man and ... Continue Reading →
The Best Western You’ve Never Seen
I’ve written before about the increasingly thin barriers between animation and live-action filmmaking, barriers that are becoming more transparent with time (check out Guillermo ... Continue Reading →
‘Khumba’ Official Trailer Unveiled
South African indie Triggerfish Studios (Zambezia) is gearing up for the U.S. release of its second feature outing, Khumba, which will arrive in theaters and On Demand on February 11, ... Continue Reading →
Gromit Sculptures Are a Financial Boon for Bristol
Nearly 1.2 million people are estimated to have visited Bristol’s Gromit Unleashed trail—a statue parade of various inventive versions of local studio Aardman Animation’s ... Continue Reading →
Global TV News Bytes
+ Frederator Studios has announced that season 2 of Penn Ward’s (Adventure Time) breakout web series Bravest Warriors will headline the studio’s growing YouTube channel ... Continue Reading →
Nickelodeon Plans Month-Long Monster Mash
Nickelodeon is packing the pre-Halloween season with spooky tricks and delightful toon treats, including brand new themed episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ... Continue Reading →
First-Time Directors On Board ‘Angry Birds’ Pic
Rovio Entertainment announced this week that Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis will direct the upcoming 3-D, CG-animated Angry Birds movie. The film is being produced by John Cohen and ... Continue Reading →
Nerd Corps to Offer ‘Slugterra’ TV Movie This Spring
Vancouver’s Nerd Corps Entertainment announced this week that it’s preparing the TV movie, Slugterra: Ghoul from Beyond for a spring 2014 release. The original one commercial ... Continue Reading →
Katzenberg’s MIPCOM Keynote Tackles Evolving Industry
This year’s MIPCOM Personality of the Year, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, delivered his keynote speech at the Cannes event today, during which he theorized about ... Continue Reading →
MIPCOM News Bytes
+ SeaWorld Kids, the children’s entertainment brand of SeaWorld Parks & Ent., has joined forces with DQ Entertainment and Rollman Entertainment for a new animated comedy-adventure, ... Continue Reading →
‘Daddy I’m a Zombie’ Coming to North America
L.A.-based PorchLight Entertainment has secured licensing agreements with Canadian broadcasters Corus Entertainment and VRAK TV to air the feature-length CG adventure Daddy I’m ... Continue Reading →
‘Transformers Prime’ 3rd Season Ready to Blast Off
Transformers Prime fans of all ages can add a new item to their holiday wish lists as Shout! Factory and Hasbro Studios release Transformer Prime: Season Three – Beast Hunters on ... Continue Reading →
Toei Unveils New Offerings at MIPCOM
Judging from Toei Animation’s eclectic mix of projects at the MIPCOM market this week, the Japanese studio continues to deliver new seasons of favorites as well as original projects ... Continue Reading →
Pixar Closes Its Vancouver Operation
Pixar closed the doors of its Vancouver studio on Tuesday after three years of operation. Variety reported that close to 100 employees have lost their job as the result of this surprising ... Continue Reading →
Peanuts to Star in French-Produced Animated Shorts
Charlie Brown, Linus and Snoopy will be heading over to France for a new animated short-form series produced by Normaal Animation and France Televisions. Charles M. Schulz’s beloved ... Continue Reading →
‘The Croods’ Is First DVD Mailed to Voters
The team at Fox/DreamWorks are hoping that being the first studio to send out their DVD screeners to Academy members will get them a head start in the wide-open Oscar race this year. ... Continue Reading →
Fox Kills Off ‘Murder Police’
Deadline has uncovered that Fox TV’s so-called Animation Domination has been further diminished by a decision to scrap the intended fall newcomer Murder Police from the line-up. ... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Clip: ‘Tad: The Lost Explorer’ Now on Disc
If you haven’t managed to catch Enrique Gato’s hit adventure-comedy Tad: The Lost Explorer at one of its festival and theatrical engagements around the world, now’s ... Continue Reading →
VIEW Conference Reveals More Details
The Italian digital media conference VIEW, happening Oct 15-18 in Torino (immediately following VIEWFest) will be chock full of activity, information and special events this year. Highlights ... Continue Reading →
‘Sendokai Champions’ Set for Syfy Kids
Animated action-comedy Sendokai Champions will debut on KidsCo’s exclusive SyFy Kids block next Thursday, October 10. The show, co-produced by TVE, Planeta Junior and Kotoc, will ... Continue Reading →
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