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Moonscoop to Launch ‘Code Lyoko’ Social Online Game
Brand management and entertainment studio Moonscoop and French producer 3D Duo will launch a new social online game based on the animated series Code Lyoko in the spring of next year. The game will first be introduced as a Facebook application with plans to roll it out to further online [...]
Happy Feet Sequel Not as Popular As First Pic
The second time is too much of a charm for the dancing penguins of Happy Feet Two, which opened to a $22 million box-office total domestically. The first outing of George Miller’s Oscar-winning feature made $41.5 million over the same weekend in 2006. The CG-animated birds had tough competition from [...]
A High-Tech, Dysfunctional Santa’s Coming to Town
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 [...]
Something Worth Tweeting About!
Tweety, Sylvester, Granny and some familiar voices make the new Warner Bros. 3-D short the cat’s meow. The world is a much different place today than it was in November of 1942 when Tweety Bird made his first appearance in A Tale of Two Kitties. Almost 69 years later, the [...]
CN to Air ‘Ben 10/Generator Rex’ Crossover Episode
Two of Cartoon Network’s popular shows will be crossing over on Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. In the hour-long special Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United, two heroic teenagers, Ben Tennyson and Rex, team up to save both their worlds from an all-new evil menace. So how do [...]
Universal Buys MacGuff for Illumination Ent.
Universal Pictures has bought French animation studio Mac Guff Ligne for Illumination Entertainment, according to Deadline.com. Illumination and Mac Guff worked together on CG-animated features Despicable Me and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. The Paris-based studio will be renamed Illumination Mac Guff and will work exclusively on Illumination’s fully CG movies [...]
New ‘Morris Lessmore’ App Has Holiday Twist
The best-selling iPad application based on the award-winning CG short The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is getting a new seasonal makeover with the Holiday App, available now from the Apple App Store. Developed by Moonbot, the app can now be enjoyed in eight languages and features all [...]
‘Merry Xmas Sick Puppy’ Hits Web
A free version of animator Dave Rolls’ one-man dark comedy Merry Xmas Sick Puppy is available online for the first time. The CG animated tale follows the gruff Sick Puppy as he battles death, Martians, and holiday cheer. The half-hour special—which was written, directed, animated (in 3ds Max) and voiced [...]
Warner Bros.’ Greenlights Hybrid ‘Lego’ Movie
Warner Bros. has given the go-ahead to the upcoming Lego movie, based on the popular Danish construction toy, reports Variety. The feature, which will be written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs fame. Slated for a 2014 release, the pic will [...]
Technicolor, Mattel Partner for New ‘Barbie’
Technicolor has revealed its collaboration with Mattel’s Barbie brand for the popular character’s latest DVD feature, Barbie: A Perfect Christmas. The doll’s 22nd CG-animated adventure hit shelves in the States November 8, with a European release scheduled for November 22. Technicolor provided a full range of services for the project, [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
