Tag "Bruno"

Disney Junior Adds Bejuba’s Musical Toon

December 17, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Disney Junior has added Bejuba! Entertainment’s 49 x two-minute preschool show Big Block SingSong to its lineup in the U.S., Australia, Japan and Spain. The interstitial toon features block-like characters that sing topical, humorous songs, aimed at kids aged three and up. Disney Jr. will debut the series on January 21. [...]

Cuppa Coffee Plans a Spinoff for ‘Life’s a Zoo’

August 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Toronto-based animation studio Cuppa Coffee (Bruno, Celebrity Deathmatch, Ugly Americans) is planning a spinoff for its stop-motion reality show spoof Life’s a Zoo. The company’s distribution arm Decaf Distrib, has also signed a deal with Australian network Foxtel, for a three-year deal for the original show, which has also played [...]

A High-Tech, Dysfunctional Santa’s Coming to Town

November 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

How the wizards at Aardman joined forces with Sony Animation to deliver the poignant and funny CG-animated holiday adventure, Arthur Christmas. Santa Claus and animation have enjoyed a long, mutually rewarding relationship over the years. From classic Rankin-Bass specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Chuck Jones’ How Grinch Stole [...]

Cuppa Coffee Animates ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’

August 17, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Fresh off earning a Gemini nomination for animating Nick at Nite’s Glenn Martin, DDS, Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios will lend its expertise to a stop-motion comedy based on the adventures of Dog the Bounty Hunter (Duane Chapman). “We’ve created something both very funny and action-based and we are excited to [...]