Tag "Back to the Future"

Syfy Kids Beams to Asia July ’13

April 16, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

International kids’ channel KidsCo has confirmed that the Syfy Kids programming block will launch in Asia this July. The block is a result of a partnership between KidsCo and Syfy and will debut with a line-up featuring original series and newly acquired titles from Platinum Films and KidsCo joint-venture partners. [...]

Henson Plans ‘Sid the Science Kid: The Movie’

March 22, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Jim Henson Company has signed on with Chinese partner Nine Eyes Stone & Shanghai Animation Film Studios to co-produce the CGI animated Sid the Science Kid: The Movie, based on Henson’s popular digital puppet series for PBSKIDS preschool lineup. The film will be the company’s first animated movie to [...]

Zemeckis and ImageMovers Move to Universal

August 3, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

After being unceremoniously dropped by Disney, director Robert Zemeckis and his ImageMovers production entity have made a two-year first-look producing deal with Universal. Zermeckis worked with Universal on the three Back to the Future movies. ImageMovers will stay in its current headquarters and will not be based on the Universal [...]

Gumball Begins Reign of Color

May 29, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Cartoon Network Europe’s hot new series serves up the adventures of an animated sitcom family with amazing verve and visual pizzazz. If you’re been searching for a dynamite new show that is whimsical, funny and cleverly animated, you have to look no further than Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of [...]

Disney Sinks Zemeckis’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ Plans

March 15, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

With Mars Needs Moms flopping at the box office, Disney has decided to officially pass on producer/director Robert Zemeckis’ planned mo-cap remake of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pass means Zemeckis — who’s made mo-cap CG animation his forte with such projects as The Polar [...]