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BAFTA Toon Noms: ‘Tintin,’ ‘Arthur Christmas,’ ‘Rango’
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has nominated three features for its Best Animated Film Category. Announced Tuesday by actors Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger with BAFTA chairman Tim Corrie, the nominated films are: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg Arthur Christmas, [...]
Coolabi’s ‘Poppy Cat’ Lands Purrfect Digital Deal
UK-based producer and rights management company Coolabi has landed a U.S. distribution deal with Entertainment One (eOne) for its preschool animated show Poppy Cat (52 x 11), beginning this fall. New-York based The Joester Loria Group has also been in discussions with potential partners on behalf of the property. Based [...]
Five Animated Features Make the BAFTA List
The long list of nominees for this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards were revealed yesterday. The BAFTA Animated Feature category includes The Adventures of Tintin, Arthur Christmas, Gnomeo and Juliet, Puss in Boots and Rango. It’s interesting to note that the Brits opted for Arthur Christmas and Gnomeo and [...]
‘Octonauts’ to Make a Splash on Disney Jr.
Disney Junior announced today that it will premiere the hit animated preschool show Octonauts on Monday, Jan. 9. At 11:30 a.m. The BAFTA-nominated series is based on a series of books Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy of Meomi Design. It follows the underwater adventures of Captain Barnacles Bear, Lieutenant Kwazii [...]
Aardman Launches ‘Home Sheep Home 2′
Aardman Digital, the interactive branch of the acclaimed Bristol-based animation house, has launched Hope Sheep Home 2, a sequel to the BAFTA-nominated online game released in February of 2012 which has reached over 109 million plays to date. Starring the lovable characters of the award-winning TV series Shaun the Sheep, [...]
Aardman Herds New ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Game
Aardman Digital will release a second installment of its hit online game Home Sheep Home following the huge success of the first game, which reached 100 million plays in just over 18 months. The original Home Sheep Home, which launched in February 2010, registered 880,000 plays in a single day, and [...]
DVD Rush: ‘Idiots & Angels,’ ‘The Gruffalo’
The dog days of summer may be ruling on TV, but there are plenty of new, exciting toons debuting on DVD and Blu-ray this week. First up, Bill Plympton’s wonderful movie Idiots & Angels (Passion River, $19.99), which was completed in 2008, but had its limited release in 2010 and [...]
‘Eagleman Stag’ Wins Prize at LAFF; ‘Switez’ Wins at Palm Springs
Mike Please’s The Eagleman Stag won the Best Animated Short prize at the 17th Edition of the Los Angeles Film Festival this past weekend. Voiced by British actor David Cann, the monochrome stop-motion short centers on a man’s obsession with his quickening perception of time and the extreme lengths he [...]
BAFTA Announces Kids Awards Nominees
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominees for its annual children’s awards, including nominees in several animation categories. The winners will be announced Nov. 28 in a ceremony at the London Hilton hotel. This year, the awards brings back the BAFTA Kids’ Vote, giving children [...]
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