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Comic-Con Sets Drawing for Limited Badge Resale
If you’re one of the many who wants to join the annual celebration that is Comic-Con International, but missed out on getting passes when they went on sale earlier this year, you’ve got a second chance. Convention organizers have announced returned or cancelled single-day badges will be offered for sale. [...]
Snyder and Timm to Unveil Superman Anniversary Short
Man of Steel director Zack Snyder and highly regarded Warner Bros. toon veteran Bruce Timm (Superman: The Animated Series) are working on an animated short film in honor of Superman’s 75-year history. According to The Hollywood Reporter, details are being kept under wraps, but sources says Snyder envisions the short [...]
Pitch Party 2013: Latest Judges Confirmed!
Animag is up and running with the 2013 edition of our annual Pitch Party contest — the online/print pitching competition that puts your animated project ideas into the hands of industry decision makers. Submissions are still open for this year’s contest, with the winners set to be announced in our [...]
Hulu Plus to Premiere Animated ‘Awesomes’ in August
Seth Meyers and Michael Shoemaker’s new animated series The Awesomes will premiere on August 1st on Hulu. Entertainment Weekly reports that the that the 10-episode series will revolved around the greatest superhero team in history and explores what happens after the most powerful members of the team decide to leave. [...]
Muybridge Biopic Is in the Works
The strange life of Eadweard Muybridge, the man behind the revolutionary zoopraxiscope device, has inspired a new live-action feature. Directed by Kyle Rideout and produced by Josh Epstein (Wait for Rain), the feature is described as a psychological thriller and will star Michael Eklund as the 19th century English photographer [...]
Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ to Open London Film Fest
Tim Burton’s much-anticipated black-and-white stop-motion feature Frankenweenie is set to open the 56th BFI London Film Festival on October 10, a week before its London opening. Based on Burton’s 1984 student short, the Disney feature showcases the voices of Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau and Winona Ryder. The story [...]
Marvel Announces Release Dates for Next Pics
Among the numerous comic-book-related news items that were revealed at Comic-Con this past weekend was that Marvel has set August 1, 2014 as the release date for its next superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy. In addition, an adaptation of Ant-Man (a likeable hero who “kicks ass one inch at [...]
New ‘Oz’ Pics from Disney
Having unveiled the trailer for the upcoming Sam Raimi-directed take on L. Frank Baum’s fantastical world at Comic-Con, Disney has also leaked some gorgeous preview images for 2013’s Oz: The Great and Powerful. The film, which will hit U.S. theaters March 8 of next year, combines story elements from several [...]
Tartakovsky Signs Overall Deal with Sony Animation
Acclaimed animation veteran Genndy Tartakovsky has inked an overall deal with Sony Pictures Animation. The overall agreement goes beyond his current role as director of Hotel Transylvania and will include development and direction of his own projects, as well as the upcoming new take on Popeye. The deal was announced [...]
Groening Launches ‘Futurama’ Head-in-a-Jar App
Just in time for Comic-Con, the new, free Futurama Head-In-A-Jar Creator app will open a new world of cool digital possibilities to iPhone, iPod Touch and Android fans all over the world. Today (Wednesday, July 11) at 10:30 p.m., during a live post-show streamed on cc.com, series creator Matt Groening [...]
Adobe’s Creative Cloud...
Adobe announced that a major update to Adobe Creative, the company’s flagship...
‘Kung Fu Panda 3'...
Production on DreamWorks Animation’s late-2015 release Kung Fu Panda 3...
