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‘Littlest Angel’ Soars for the Holidays


November 10, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Portsmouth Pictures and Great Highway Company have completed the CG-animated direct-to-video feature The Littlest Angel, set for release November 15. The film, based on the best-selling book by Charles Tazewell, stars the voices of Ron Perlman, Caleb Wolfe and Ed Kelly. “I’m really glad I had the opportunity to tell [...]

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Animetropolis and IDA to Sing ‘Tailchaser’s Song’


November 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Animetropolis announced this past weekend that it will work with IDA (International Digital Artists) to produce the CG-animated feature adaptation of Tad Williams’ Tailchaser’s Song. The fantasy epic follows the adventures of a young ginger tomcat named Fritti Tailchaser who embarks on a dangerous journey to find his best friend [...]

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Biplano Picks Up Licensing Rights for ‘Bolts & Blip’


October 28, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Barcelona-based Biplano has been appointed to manage the licensing rights of 3-D animated property Bolts & Blip in Spain, France and Portugal. Billed as the world’s first stereoscopic 3-D animated series, Bolts & Blip is co-produced by Canada’s ToonBox Entertainment and Korean studio Redrover. The 3-D version of Bolts & [...]

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Aardman’s ‘Pythagasaurus’ Goes Back in Time


October 27, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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Those crafty folks at beloved U.K. animation studio Aardman Animations are offering up delightful new CG toon for their fans: Pete Peake’s Pythagasaurus. The short film stars two amusing cavemen who seek the help of a mathematician dinosaur to deal with a live volcano! Peak wrote and directed the short, [...]

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DreamWorks’ ‘Puss in Boots’ Powered by HP


October 26, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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Tech giant HP has announced that DreamWorks Animation chose HP technology to push the boundaries of CG animation for its most technically advanced film to day, the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots, which hits theaters this Friday, October 28. Artists working on Puss in Boots used more than 200 high-performance [...]

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Vanguard and Arc to Build 3D ‘Nut House’


by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Vanguard Animation (Space Chimps, Valiant) is partnering with Arc Prods. (formerly known as Starz Animaton) on its next CG 3D movie, an animated heist movie titled The Nut House. The pic, which will begin production this January, will be directed by Ross Venokur and John Rice, from a script by [...]

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‘Kung Fu Panda’ Show Premieres on Nick on Nov. 7


October 25, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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Nick has announced Monday Nov. 7 as the premiere date for the its new Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness animated series. The CG-animated DreamWorks Animation co-pro kicking off a full week of brand-new episodes every weekday at 5:30 p.m., following new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants at 5:00 p.m. Kung [...]

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‘Kung Fu Panda 2′ Director to Speak at SIGGRAPH Asia


October 24, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Jennifer Yu Nelson, the acclaimed director of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 and the film’s production designer Raymond Zibach are two of the featured speakers at SIGGRAPH Asia, which takes place Dec. 12-15 at the Hong Kong Convention Center this year. Nelson and Zibach will take attendees through the [...]

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‘Oki’s Oasis’ Saddles Up for Disney Jr.


October 20, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Disney Jr. has started production on the new CG-animated preschool show Oki’s Oasis, which will feature the voice of Mandy Moore. Set to premiere in 2013 on Disney Junior channels and programming blocks around the world, the toon centers on a kitty sheriff who makes sure the town of Nice [...]

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New Season of ‘Strawberry Shortcake’ Sweetens The Hub


by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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The half-hour animated series Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures is set to return for another season on The Hub beginning, Saturday, November 5 at 9 a.m. The CG-animaed series features Strawberry Shortcake and her friends (Blueberry Muffin, Raspberry Torte, Plum Pudding, Orange Blossom and Lemon Meringue) in Berry Bitty City [...]

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