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Spain’s Imira Names Barbier Head of Licensing
Barcelona-based Imira Entertainment has hired Julian Barbier as head of licensing. Barbier joins Imira from Biplano in Spain, where he handled the licensing of major brands for clients including DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon and Sony Pictures. At Imira, he will manage and develop the company’s properties in Spain and Portugal, as well [...]
Skywriter, Roddenberry Develop ‘Gene’s Journal’ Toon Series
Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group and Roddenberry Entertainment are developing an animated children’s comedy series called Gene’s Journal, based on the web comic created by Trevor Roth and illustrated by cartoonist David Reddick. A chronicle of legendary science-fiction icon and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s adolescent years, Gene’s Journal will [...]
Nick Signs on to Air New Action Property ‘Monsuno’
JAKKS Pacific, Dentsu Entertainment and FremantleMedia Enterprises announced a global content-distribution deal with leading children’s entertainment network Nickelodeon for worldwide broadcast rights to the new original animated entertainment franchise Monsuno. The 52 x 30 min. series is a boys’ action show about a race to harness a power called Monsuno [...]
Kevin Lima Directs DreamWorks’ ‘Monkeys of Mumbai’
DreamWorks Animation has hired Kevin Lima to direct the feature Monkeys of Mumbai. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lima’s credits include both animation and live action. He began his film career an animator at Disney, designing characters for films like Oliver & Co. and The Little Mermaid, before directing the [...]
Sony, Dark Horse Plan ‘Chickenhare’ Animated Feature
Sony Pictures Animation and Dark Horse Entertainment will develop an animated feature film based on the Dark Horse graphic novel series Chickenhare by Chris Grine. Chickenhare is the story of a unique animal that is half chicken, half hare and all hero. The graphic novels in which Chickenhare was introduced, [...]
Calls for Entry: TOFUZI in Georgia, ANIMAGE in Brazil
Two festivals on opposite sides of the planet are looking for animated film submissions. Up first is the third edition of the International Festival of Animated Films TOFUZI 2011, which will be held Nov. 2-5 in Batumi, Georgia. The festival this year will offer prizes in the following categories: The Grand [...]
‘Transformers’ Producer Murphy Develops ‘Capt. Planet’ Movie
Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with action-adventure producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford and their company Angry Filmworks to develop a live-action motion picture based on the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers Murphy and Angry Filmworks were instrumental in bringing the Transformers movies to the [...]
Comic-Con Animation Highlights, Part 2!
Before you think you’ve got your plans for Comic-Con worked out — there’s even more stuff being announced for the 41st edition, set for July 21-24. For a shortcut to all the animation-tagged programming at the convention, click here. http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_search_results.php?strShow=30&chkCat[]=278 And don’t forget to stop by booth 1535 and say [...]
‘Lion King’ Writer Weighs In On Triggerfish’s ‘Khumba’
Jonathan Roberts, one of three credited screenwriters on Disney’s animated classic The Lion King, is lending a helping hand to Triggerfish Animation Studios’ feature film Khumba. The story of a half-striped zebra who embarks on a quest for his missing stripes was originally written by South African writers Raffaella Delle [...]
Key ‘Transformers,’ ‘G.I. Joe’ Documents to Be Auctioned
If you’re a fan of the classic animated series Transformers and G.I. Joe — and you have a lot of disposable cash on hand — you’ll want to mark Aug. 18 on your calendar as Heritage Auctions puts some key behind-the-scenes documents from those series on the block. The documents [...]
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...
