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Toon Boom & Bento Box Introduce New Pipeline
Toon Boom Animation and Bento Box Entertainment have created an exclusive and state-of-the-art digital animation production pipeline uniquely designed for Bento Box’s production on prime-time animated television series, among them Bob’s Burgers, Allen Gregory, and the upcoming new series Brickleberry, Out There, and The Awesomes. The all-digital global workflow will [...]
Tartakovsky and Hartman Lift Spirits in Ottawa
We had plenty of sunshine and lots of inspiring panels on the first two days of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the TV Animation Conference (TAC) held this week in the charming capital city in Ontario, Canada. On Wednesday morning (September 19), Moira Marguin, head of animation at the [...]
Political Parodies: ‘Simpsons’ Premiere, ‘Drive-In Religion’
If you’re at all like us, there’s two things you can’t wait for: The end of the election season and the start of the 24th season of The Simpsons! The good news is they overlap, producing the opportunity for a great jab from one to the other. Take a look: [...]
Bento Box Launches Interactive Unit
Burbank-based animation studio Bento Box Entertainment has launched Bento Box Interactive, a new venture that specializes in the creation of distribution of digitally enhanced e-books and 3D apps. Daily Variety reports that the studio has already secured an initial round of funding in the mid-seven figures from Colombia-based media company [...]
Ingredients of New Season of ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Revealed
Mad Men star Jon Hamm will be playing a talking toilet in the upcoming, third season of Fox TV’s Emmy-nominated Bob’s Burgers. According to a new Entertainment Weekly article. “It’s a kind of E.T. homage, but instead of an alien, it’s this high-end talking electronic toilet that falls of a [...]
Benjamin Reveals ‘Archer’ Crossover with ‘Bob’s Burgers’
Get ready for the most off-beat animation crossover of all time, as the FX series Archer is set to collide with the Fox hit Bob’s Burgers. The thread that ties the shows together is voice actor H. Jon Benjamin, who told EW.com that he’ll pull double duty as both Bob [...]
Fox Animation Announces Guest Lists and Premieres
It looks like the fall 2012 season is going to be an unusually star-packed one for the animated shows on the Fox Sunday night lineup. The network has just released the full guest list lineup for its animated series, and we’re definitely impressed. Here is a comprehensive list of who’s [...]
Cartoon Network, FOX Dominate Animation Emmy Race
Earlier this morning (Thursday) the nominees for Outstanding Animated Program were announced by the TV Academy. Fox scored big time with three nods for American Dad (really?), Bob’s Burgers and long-time favorite The Simpsons. Also nominated were Futurama (Comedy Central) and The Penguins of Madagascar (Nickelodeon). Cartoon Network dominated the [...]
Cartoons @ Comic-Con
The flashing lights, the cacophonous video displays, the thousands of people wearing only enough clothing to cover a few dozen…the annual Comic-Con International in San Diego is nothing if not overwhelming, and it’s jam-packed event scheduling is no exception. Before you find yourself trapped in the third Battlestar vs. Trek [...]
Question for the Week of November 7 2011
We’ve seen a lot of discussion about FOX-TV’s prime-time animated series this fall. Which one do you think needs to get axed?
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
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Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
