Italy’s View Conference...
Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...
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Soyuzmultfilm Requests Fund Increase from Russia’s Putin
Iconic Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm has requested a bailout from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to avoid going under, reports Variety. Founded 75 years ago, the studio has produced such classics as The Snow Queen, The Golden Antelope and a Russian version of Pinocchio called The Adventures of Buratino. It also produced [...]
Gnomon Announces New Shane Acker Short, ‘Plus Minus’
Gnomon Studios will release a new animated short film called Plus Minus in late 2011. Here’s a first-look trailer for the film. Plus Minus from Gnomon School of Visual Effects on Vimeo. The short film is the second original work to come out of Gnomon Studios, and is co-directed by [...]
New Trailer For Spielberg and Jackson’s ‘Tintin’
A new trailer has arrived for The Adventures Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, offering the first really good look at how the motion-capture animated feature film. Directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, this first of three planned adaptations of the beloved Herge comic book series is [...]
Take ‘Rango,’ Third ‘Robot Chicken: Star Wars’ For a Spin
Lizards, toys and classic toons come home on video this week, highlighted by the release of the hit feature film Rango. Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring the voice of Johnny Depp, Rango (Paramount, $30.99 DVD, $40.99 Blu-ray and DVD) arrives with plenty of bonus features, including an alternate ending, [...]
‘Transformers’ Rolls Over Comedy Competition
The robots in disguise remained the top draw at the box office for the second week in a row as Transformers: Dark of the Moon became the year’s top-grossing movie. Based on the Hasbro toys and classic 1980s animated TV series, the third film in Michael Bay’s Transformers series grossed [...]
Interest High in Cartoon Forum; Cartoon d’Or Nominees Set
Cartoon Forum isn’t happening until Sept. 13 to 16 in Sopot, Poland, but the event is already generating some heat. So far, more than 600 participants have already registered for the event, including 230 buyers. The show will let European animation professionals preview 66 animated series in progress for TV [...]
FME Adds Andrew Berman as VP Intl. Distribution
Sales, marketing and distribution veteran Andrew Berman has joined FremantleMedia Enterprises in the newly created role of VP international distribution for children’s and family entertainment. Berman joins the company effective immediately and will be based in Los Angeles, where he will report to the head of children’s and family entertainment, [...]
‘LEGO Star Wars’ Animated Special to Air July 22 on CN
LEGO and Star Wars have long clicked well in the toy stores and — more recently — the world of video games, so it should be no surprise that they’re teaming up for an animated special. Titled LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace, the all-new computer-animated half-hour special will premiere [...]
Sony Orders New Writers for ‘Cloudy’ Sequel
Sony Pictures Animation is ramping up its plans for a sequel to the 2009 hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, hiring Horrible Bosses screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to work on the script, according to the Los Angeles Times. The sequel will be based on an original [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
