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Illumination Taps Altschuler, Krinsky for ‘Woody Woodpecker’
Illumination Entertainment’s proposed Woody Woodpecker feature has a pair of writers. John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky have been tapped by Illumination chief Chris Meledandri and Universal Studios to write a script for the proposed feature, reports Deadline.com. The pair have extensive animation and comedy credits, including long runs on the TV [...]
Blue Collar Comedy Toon ‘Bounty Hunters’ Coming to CMT
Cable network CMT has picked up its first-ever animated series, a comedy from Blue Collar Comedy stars Larry the Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall called Bounty Hunters. Lisa Lampanelli also provides a voice as a series regular for the series’ 13 half-hour episodes. The trio of comedy stars [...]
Sneak Peek at ‘Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous’
Marvel’s merry mutants face an unexpected threat from within in Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous, an animated motion comic feature coming to DVD April 10 from Shout! Factory. Based on the popular comic book storyline by writer Joss Whedon (co-writer and director of this summer’s Avengers live-action movie) and artist John Cassaday, [...]
Zodiak Kids Signs Partners for ‘Quick, Quack, Duck!’
Zodiak Kids has secured a three-way international co-production deal for the 3D animated preschool series Quick, Quack, Duck! The 52 x 11 min. series is created and produced by Zodiak Kids’ production company The Foundation, in partnership with Korean animation studio High 1 Entertainment and Tel Aviv-based QQD Limited, the [...]
Rovio in Production on Animated ‘Angry Birds’ Series
Having conquered the mobile gaming market, Angry Birds is coming to your television as a new animated series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Angry Birds developer Rovio announced a 52-episode series at the MIP-TV market in Cannes, France. The episodes each will be two to three minutes long and are [...]
Thunderbird, Flux, Telegael Team on ‘Wiki the Kiwi’
Vancouver’s Thunderbird Films is joining forces with New Zealand’s Flux Animation Studios and Ireland’s Telegael on a new CGI preschool series called Wiki The Kiwi. The companies will produce 78 seven-minute episodes. The announcement was made today by Michael Shepard, president of Thunderbird Films; Paul Cummins, CEO of Telegael; and [...]
Digital District, Aveillan Give Grand Life to Cartier Spot
Few brands are more revered, influential, stylish and historic than that of the renowned jeweler Cartier — and it was the brand’s unique qualities that inspired Bruno Aveillan and his team at Digital District to step their game and turn a promising advertising spot into a unique and ambitious cinematic [...]
Animation Block Party Spotlight on Mike Hollingsworth
Animation Block Party (www.animationblock.com) is the premier animation festival of the East Coast. In this interview series, the founder of ABP, Casey Safron will be introducing Animation Magazine readers to some of the award winning animators who have screened at past ABP festivals. Mike Hollingsworth has been screening his shorts at ABP [...]
‘Dennis and Gnasher’ Goes Back Into Production
Australian production house Sticky Pictures and Red Kite Animations, a subsidiary of global media enterprise August Media Holdings, announced a new series of Dennis and Gnasher has kicked off production. Scheduled for delivery in mid-2013, the new series (52×12 / 26 X 24) renews the partnership with rights owner DC Thomson. [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
