Sony Pictures Animation and Dark Horse Entertainment will develop an animated feature film based on the Dark Horse graphic novel series Chickenhare by Chris Grine. Chickenhare is the story of a unique animal that is half chicken, half hare and all hero. The  graphic novels in which Chickenhare was introduced, [...]

The plug has been pulled on The Dark Tower. Universal Studios has passed on a previously announced ambitious plan to adapt the popular Stephen King book series into three movies and two runs of television, apparently because the studio’s new owners balked at the high cost of the project, reports [...]

Two festivals on opposite sides of the planet are looking for animated film submissions. Up first is the third edition of the  International Festival of Animated Films TOFUZI 2011, which will be held Nov. 2-5 in Batumi, Georgia. The festival this year will offer prizes in the following categories: The Grand [...]

Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with action-adventure producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford and their company Angry Filmworks to develop a live-action motion picture based on the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers Murphy and Angry Filmworks were instrumental in bringing the Transformers movies to the [...]

Before you think you’ve got your plans for Comic-Con worked out — there’s even more stuff being announced for the 41st edition, set for July 21-24. For a shortcut to all the animation-tagged programming at the convention, click here. http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_search_results.php?strShow=30&chkCat[]=278 And don’t forget to stop by booth 1535 and say [...]