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9 Story Brings New ‘Camp Lakebottom’ to MIPCOM
Canada’s 9 Story Entertainment will offer at MIPCOM new episodes of such hit animated series as Camp Lakebottom, and will debut its new primetime animated comedy Fugget About It. Here’s how the studio described its lineup: Camp Lakebottom (26×22’ or 52×11’), launching full new episodes of the animated children’s series [...]
DHX Media to Buy Cookie Jar for $112 Mil
Canadian children’s entertainment giant DHX Media will buy rival animation giant Cookie Jar in a deal worth $112 million. Halifax-based DHX Media, which is headed by Michael Donovan, will take over Cookie Jar’s library of over 6,5f00 half hours of programming like Arthur, Caillou and Care Bears by offering 36 [...]
The Animated Life Aquatic
Octonauts, the hit animated U.K. preschool show, finds a new home across the pond on Disney Junior this month. Sometimes you can tell a lot by the imaginative names of the recurring characters on a show. How can you resist a toon that offers names like Captain Barnacles Bear, Lieutenant [...]
9 Story to Co-produce with WGBH New Season of ‘Arthur’
WGBH Boston has entered into a co-venture deal with 9 Story Entertainment to become co-producer for the animated children’s series Arthur beginning with the 16th season of the show, now in production. The deal sees Toronto-based 9 Story taking on international distribution of the new season, which will air in [...]
Christmas Miracle: Win Tix to ‘Arthur Christmas’ Premiere
Despite the sweltering summer heat, the holiday season is nearly upon us. To help you get into the spirit of the season, Sony has launched a new online contest for a chance to attend the premiere of Aardman Animations/Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming film, Arthur Christmas. For your chance to win, [...]
‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Leads Daytime Emmy Race
The National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards. Leading the race is Nickelodeon’s Penguins of Madagascar with eight nominations, followed by The Hub’s Transformers Prime which earned six noms. The Daytime Emmy Awards will be telecast on June [...]
‘Rio’ Conquers the World, While ‘Hop’ Repeats in U.S.
Rio opened big overseas, while domestic moviegoers made it clear that they prefer to see Russell Brand in animated movies over live-action remakes. Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ Rio opened with an estimated $55 million in ticket sales in 72 foreign markets. The film played particularly well in Brazil, Russia, [...]
It’s Brand vs. Brand as ‘Arthur’ Looks to Topple ‘Hop’
Moviegoers this weekend will get to decide if they prefer animation or live action when it comes to British comic actor Russell Brand. The star of such comedies as Get Him to the Greek headlines the new release Arthur, which opens at about 3,200 cinemas this weekend. He also provided [...]
Gravity Drops in L.A. with Levinson in Charge
Gravity, a visual-effects house founded in Israel, is coming to California and putting in charge veteran producer Karin Levinson. The company’s new facility, located in Santa Monica, joins its current studios in New York; Stamford, Conn.; and Tel Aviv. The new facility will offer visual effects for all types of [...]
McAvoy, Laurie Join Aardman’s Arthur Christmas
Actors James McAvoy and Hugh Laurie have signed on to provide voices for Aardman Animation’s 3D CG-animated feature film Arthur Christmas. The duo joins a cast that includes Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton. McAvoy will voice the lead role of Arthur Christmas, who is the youngest son of [...]
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