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GKids Picks Up ‘Rabbi’s Cat,’ ‘Zarafa’ for U.S.
Indie U.S. distributor GKids has picked up rights to the French animated features The Rabbi’s Cat and Zarafa, according to Variety. The announcements come on the eve of the Annecy Animation Film Festival and at the end of the debut, limited-release weekend for the Oscar-nominated feature A Cat in Paris. [...]
Moonscoop, I Can Fly Team for Tennis Toon ‘Turboten’
Moonscoop and I Can Fly announced plans to co-produce the animated series Turboten, in association with the French Federation of Tennis and top-ranked tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The television series, aimed at kids ages 6 and up, is an adventure comedy featuring two students at secret tennis school called Turbo [...]
June 21 WIA Panel to Explore the Green Light Process
Women in Animation’s next general meeting will include a special panel discussion titled “The Green Light: Who Says ‘Yes’ and Why?” The panel will include executives who work in development, production and consumer products, and will be held June 21 in the second-floor meeting room of The Animation Guild, 1105 [...]
Pixar Teases 2014's ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Pixar’s upcoming dinosaur project has a name, as well as a few details for animation fans to ponder. Up’s Bob Peterson will direct The Good Dinosaur, which postulates that the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs never happened and the creatures still walk the Earth today. “It’s time [...]
Rollman, Evolution Develop Grevioux’s ‘Monstroids’
The Monstroids, a comic book property from Underworld creator Kevin Grevioux, is being developed as an animated series with brand management firm Evolution and Rollman Entertainment. Half monster and half machine, the Monstroids are the most advanced man-made creatures ever constructed. Created by the sinister Dr. D. L. Frankenheim to [...]
‘Cat in Paris’ Stakes Limited Release; ‘Snow’ Hunts Wide
A live-action Snow White makes a big push at the box office this weekend, while an Oscar-nominated animated feature from France gets a limited release. Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman, starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron, is by far the biggest release of the week. The live-action visual-effects spectacle [...]
Former WB Head Alan Horn to Lead Walt Disney Studios
Former Warner Bros. president Alan Horn will take over as chairman of the Walt Disney Studios on June 11. Horn was tapped by Disney chief Bob Iger to replace Rich Ross, who left the studio in April. Horn was president of Warner Bros. for 12 years before leaving the studio [...]
Beyonce, Farrell, ‘Idol’s’ Tyler Lead Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’ Voice Cast
A voice cast including Beyonce Knowles, Steven Tyler and Colin Farrell has been set for Epic, an upcoming animated feature film from Fox and Blue Sky Studios. Directed by Chris Wedge, Epic is about a teenage girl who is transported into a secret forest universe where a group of whimsical [...]
Coolabi Signs French, Korean Agents for ‘Poppy Cat’
Coolabi has appointed two new agents for its hit property, Poppy Cat, extending the brand further into the key territories of France and Korea. Planeta Junior has been granted the agency rights in France to Poppy Cat, which begins airing on France 5 in June. Asiana Licensing has been awarded [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
