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New ‘Care Bears’ Animated Series Gets Green Light

July 6, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

It’s been almost 30 years since the Care Bears first starting, well, caring — and to celebrate, American Greetings Corp. is bringing them back to TV. The company has given the green light to an all-new CGI-animated series for the Care Bears that will start airing next year to coincide [...]


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Paramount Launches In-House Feature Animation Unit

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Paramount Pictures is getting into the cartoon game, announcing plans for an in-house animation division that will roll out its first title in 2014. Chairman and CEO Brad Grey said the initiative was part of the studio’s long-term strategy for growth and that the new division, called Paramount Animation, will [...]


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Dutch Favorite ‘Miffy’ Graduates to the Big Screen

July 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean Comment! divider image

Miffy, the most popular animated white rabbit from the Netherlands, is coming to the big screen in her first feature film. Telescreen Filmproductions and Mercis, which manages the rights to the work of Miffy’s creator, Dick Bruna, have joined in this project with Warner Bros. Netherlands and Dutch public broadcaster [...]


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‘Gutters,’ ‘Love & Rockets,’ Langridge Top Harvey Award Noms

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The online parody comic Gutters and veteran comic book creators Roger Langridge and Los Bros Hernandez lead the nominations for the annual Harvey Awards, chosen by comic book professionals to honor the best work in comics, graphic novels and sequential art. Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by [...]


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Sandler, Tartakovsky Check In to Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’

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Adam Sandler will voice the lead role of Dracula in Hotel Transylvania, a 3D animated feature film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and due for release from Sony Pictures Animation on Sept. 21, 2012. Here’s how the studio describes the feature: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, [...]


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In This Issue!

  • Monsters University
  • Blue Sky's Epic
  • Sanjay and Craig
  • Annecy's Highlights
  • Summer VFX
  • Legends of Oz




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Amazon’s LoveFilm and...

LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...

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Toon fans will no longer have to speculate about the final look of...

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Production on DreamWorks Animation’s late-2015 release Kung Fu Panda 3...

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French animation producer Marc du Pontavice, who presented his latest project...

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Disney Release Plans Include...

Updates to the Walt Disney Studios’ release schedule have revealed plans...

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Disney Channel Provides New...

Mickey Mouse is ready for his major comeback. On Friday, June 28 at 8:30 p.m.,...

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FremantleMedia Releases New...

FremantleMedia Kids and Family and Nerd Corps released new information about...

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Vortexx on The CW Unveils New...

Vortexx on The CW, an affiliate of Saban Brands, will be kicking off a new...

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Global TV News Bytes

+ Little Airplane Productions has sealed a series of deals for its spud-tastic...

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DreamWorks Signs Multi-Year...

It’s official: Netflix loves the green ogre and everyone else in the...

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Italy’s View Conference...

Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...

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Annecy Announces 2013 Edition...

The 2013 edition of the prestigious and very well-attended Annecy Festival and...

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Nick’s ‘Kung Fu...

The 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards were held at the Beverly...

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Academy Brings Marc Davis...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will bring the Marc Davis...

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Animation Block Party:...

I’ve told the evolution of ABP story before, but for readers foreign to...

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Gorman Upped to President at...

Sean Gorman has been promoted to president of American Greetings Properties. He...

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Geary to Head Production,...

Animation and transmedia company FlickerLab has appointed Jordan Geary as its...

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An Interview From Abroad with...

Academy Award winning writer and director Brenda Chapman recently gave a...

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Carl England Assumes MD Role...

Nigel Stone, CEO of U.K.-based indie film and kids’ TV production studio...

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Disney Publicist Denise...

We were saddened by the recent death of longtime Disney publicity exec Denise...

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Here's your chance to win Adventure Time Season 2 on Blu-ray!

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