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Brazil’s Animage Festival Seeks Short-Film Submissions
The 4th edition of the Animage International Animation Festival of Pernambuco — set for Sept. 26-30 in Brazil — is open for registration and seeking submissions of animated films no longer than 30 minutes completed since January 2011. Deadline for submissions is July 31, with entry details and forms available [...]
‘Men in Black 3' Debut Tops ‘Avengers’ Over Holiday Weekend
It took a vintage comic book movie franchise to topple the Avengers from its box office throne. Men in Black 3 — arriving a decade after the previous film in the series and originally adapted from an indie comic book for its 1997 movie debut — topped the weekend with [...]
Animag & BabyFirst Americas Launch Latino Culture Contest
Attention budding animators! Submit your animated short that reflects the Latino culture and you could win a $3,000 scholarship – all courtesy of Animation Magazine and BabyFirst Americas, the new channel designed expressly for families with growing children that airs in cities across the country on Comcast Cable. BabyFirst Americas’ panel [...]
‘Twinkle Toes’ Jetés to DVD
Inspiration is everywhere! The new full-length animated film Twinkle Toes: The Movie, for example, is inspired by Skechers’ best-selling kids’ footwear line. Starring girls’ toon fashion icon Grace “Twinkle Toes” Hastings, the direct-to-DVD feature is being released July 31 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Targeting young girls and their parents, [...]
GREE to Unleash ‘Moshi Monsters’ Game
UK-based global entertainment company Mind Candy has announced plans to partner with mobile social gaming leader GREE to take its popular family brand Moshi Monsters to mobile devices worldwide. Two new Moshi Monsters mobile games will launch on the GREE Platform in Q4 of 2012. The new partnership will introduce [...]
Toon Goggles Teams Up with Everloop
Online kids portal Toon Goggles (www.toongoggles.com) and kids and teens social media site www.everloop.com have announced their new partnership today. The entire library of Toon Goggles’ safe, age-appropriate kids’ programming will be available to Everloop members according to Stephen Hodge, exec VP of new media of at Toon Goggles and [...]
Digital Domain to Branch Out in Abu Dhabi
Digital Domain Media Group will collaborate with Abu Dhabi government-backed media and entertainment entity twofour54 to drive development of film, TV and media production to the Middle East. Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG) will establish an animation, vfx and mo-cap studio and a media school in Abu Dhabi. The collaboration [...]
Demand for Animation Skills Increases 25%
Here is some good news for animation students. During the past 90 days, more than 4,000 jobs were advertised online that required animation skills, according to real-time business intelligence outfit Wanted Analytics. Demand for animators is growing due to increasing need for vfx in video games, movies, television and online [...]
Straandlooper Unveils Slate of New Games, Shorts
Irish indie animation studio Straandlooper has announced an exciting new slate of original games, building on the success of their Hector: Badge of Carnage games which were first introduced two years ago. Taking advantage of the Northern Ireland Screen development loan and private funding, the studio is working on three [...]
When The Three Stooges Got Animated
While the late Edward Bernds (1905-2000) was not a toiler in the toon trenches himself, he was on the periphery of the television cartoon industry in the 1960s. Chiefly known as a writer and director for the Three Stooges, Bernds guided the last incarnation of the trio—Larry Fine, Moe Howard [...]
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