Tag "Cory Edwards"

TeamTO’s Animated ‘Gus’ Flies with SC Films

April 30, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

U.K.’s SC Films will be selling the new CG-animated feature Gus, which showcases an English-language script by Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked) and a voice cast that includes Dakota Fanning, Seth Green, Richard Kind, Christine Baranski, Danny Glover and Elliot Gould. The movie will be directed by Dominique Monfery (Eleanor’s Secret) and [...]

A Zany Return to Area 51

February 12, 2013 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

Director Cal Brunker stresses strong visuals and iconic imagery in the new, sci-fi comedy movie Escape from Planet Earth. If luck happens when preparation meets opportunity, then director Cal Brunker is one lucky guy. After working as a storyboard artist on Horton Hears A Who!, Ice Age: Continental Drift and [...]

‘Escape From Planet Earth’ Gets a Weinstein Screening

July 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The case of writer-director Tony Leech and producer Brian Inerfeld against the Weinstein company over the studio’s handling of the CG-animated movie Escape From Planet Earth seems to keep generating news. According to a story in The Hollywood Reporter, Leech and Inerfeld will get to see the latest version of [...]

Henson Rides with Lobel’s ‘Frog and Toad’

June 8, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

L.A.’s Jim Henson Company has picked up the film and consumer products rights to 1970s classic children’s book series Frog and Toad, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. An animated film featuring the comic adventures of the reptile pals is in development, while a licensing program based on the series’ [...]

Shut Up! Cartoons Debuts ‘Krogzilla’

June 4, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Shut Up! Cartoons, the YouTube based original programming destination from Alloy Digital’s Smosh, former Disney TV Animation head Barry Blumberg and Smosh co-founders Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, has premiered its fourth new series: Krogzilla Gets a Job. Check it out at www.youtube.com/shutupcartoons. Created by Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked), Krogzilla follows [...]

SMOSH’s Shut Up Cartoons Delivers Strong Numbers

May 4, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Since its debut on April 30, Alloy Digital/Smosh’s Shut Up! Cartoons has ranked first or second in growth and registered close to 2 million video views. The toon-centric channel broke into the top-500 of all of YouTube’s hundreds of programming channels within the first 24 hours of its launch. Its [...]

SMOSH to Launch YouTube Animation Channel

April 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 9 Comments divider image

Online teen and young adult comedy content destination SMOSH will launch a new animation YouTube channel called Shut Up! Cartoons on April 30. The toon channel is led by former Disney TV Animation head Barry Blumberg and SMOSH co-founders Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. “We are very excited with our [...]

Voice Cast Set for ‘Escape From Planet Earth’

August 2, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

The Weinstein Company and Canada’s Rainmaker Entertainment announced today that the voice cast of their 2012 animated movie Escape from Planet Earth will include Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson. The 3-D CG-animated movie is directed by Cal Brunker, best known for his [...]