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Cartoon Forum Selects 70 Projects for 2012 Edition
The European animated TV co-production event Cartoon Forum has announced the 70 titles selected for its 23rd edition. The forum, which takes place Sept. 11-14 in the beautiful French city of Toulouse, will bring together over 700 producers, broadcasters and investors from 35 countries to negotiate the financing and production [...]
Alphanim’s ‘Calimero’ to Hatch on Italy’s RAI
Alphanim and Studio Campedelli’s new CG-animated Calimero series will air on RAI in Italy. Created in 1963 by Nino Pagot, Toni Pagot and Ignazio Colnaghi, Calimero originated as a series of animated advertisements part of the “Carosello” advertising show broadcast on RAI through the 1960s and 70s. More than 70 [...]
Alphanim Puts ‘Santa’s Apprentice’ App to Work
Paris-based animation house Alphanim has launched four new bilingual holiday apps based on its popular Santa’s Apprentice franchise. Become Santa Claus in 24 days is a free interactive advent calendar with 24 mini-games which, once completed, awards the player a personalized Santa Claus diploma. Launched Nov 24th to support the [...]
Alphanim to Wreak Havoc with ‘Pok & Mok’
Alphanim is unveiling a new animated series titled Pok & Mok at the Mip Junior and MIPCOM market next week. Produced for France Télévisions, the 76 x 7’ comedy is directed by Isabelle Lenoble, one of France’s most prominent women in animation. Lenoble’s stop-motion studio Vivement Lundi! is co-producing the [...]
Alphanim Introduces ‘Kerity’ Reading App
French animation studio Alphanim has made its first app available on the App Store today. The App is based on the 2009 animated feature Kerity (aka Eleanor’s Closet), directed by Dominique Monfery. The film centers on a young boy who inherits a magical library, in which all the characters from [...]
TFOU and Alphanim Hatch Plans for ‘Calimero’
Calimero, Pagot’s famous black chicken, has found a new home on TF1’s youth programming block TFOU. Alphanim and TFOU announced today that the new 104 x 11’ CG-animated Calimero, which is based on the popular character created by Pagot in 1963, will be part of the network’s programming in 2013, [...]
Toon Boom Nixes MIFA, Launches Harmony Tour
Montreal-based animation software company Toon Boom announced yesterday that it won’t be attending Annecy’s MIFA market this year due to a “fundamental disagreement with the organizers.” Since Toon Boom was planning to officially announce Harmony 9 at MIFA, the executive team will now be embarking on a Harmony Launch Tour [...]
‘Redwall’ Creator Brian Jacques Dies
Brian Jacques, an English author whose Redwall books were adapted into an animated series that ran three seasons on PBS and Teletoon, died Saturday of a sudden heart attack in his hometown of Liverpool. He was 71. According to School Library Journal, Jacques was born and raised in Liverpool. He [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
