New Dates Set for DreamWorks...
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Rick Hoberg’s Seriously ‘Amazing Friends’
What’s the classic line…“Everything old is new again?” Nowhere is that more evident than in the world of television. This week I’m thinking of what has happened to the television series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, which originally aired on NBC from 1981 to 1983. The show created a teen [...]
Marathon’s ‘Redakai’ Hits High Numbers in France & U.K.
Marathon Media and Spin Master’s Redakai: Conquer the Kairu (52 x 26’) is hitting some high notes on French youth and family broadcaster Gulli and the U.K.’s CITV, while TV and DVD sales continue to grow across Europe. In France, Redakai debuted on top kids broadcasters Canal J in 2011 [...]
Platform Animation Fest Announces Fantastic Lineup
Los Angeles residents are in for a treat next month when the acclaimed animation festival Platform pays a visit to the REDCAT theater (October 26-28). In collaboration with CalArts and the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, the fest will showcase exciting and innovative new animated films and talent while also [...]
London Phil to Offer Live ‘Fantasia’ Concert
The London Philharmonic Orchestra will offer a live concert accompanied by High-Def footage from Walt Disney’s original 1940 Fantasia and Disney’s Fantasia 2000 at the Royal Albert Hall on Oct. 21. The music will be performed live while iconic moments from Disney’s footage—including Mickey Mouse as he brings the broom [...]
Toon Goggles: Smooth Streaming Ahead
Los Angeles-based Toon Goggles continues to build its children’s animation library and expanding its global multiplatform reach. It seems that for the past few months, online kids platform Toon Goggles has been snapping up new partners and expanding its tablet reach almost every week. A few weeks ago, the Los [...]
BRB’s ‘Zoobabu’ Offers Fun Riddles for Preschoolers
BRB Internacional’s new animated series Zoobabu, which contains 3D stereoscopic riddles for youngsters is having a great month. The entertaining toon is set to air on Disney in Japan, Canal+ in France, RAI in Italy, Pixel in Ukraine, Discovery Kids in Latin America, Minika in Turkey and Al Jazeera in the Arab [...]
Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Checks in at No. 1
It was a frightfully great weekend for Sony Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, which checked in at the number-one spot at the box office, with an estimated $43 million total in 3,349 theaters stateside. Directed by acclaimed TV veteran Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack) this crowd-pleasing take on popular movie monsters [...]
Frankenweenie Guests on ‘Where’s My Water’ Game
Disney has launched “10 Days of Frankenweenie,” a new, free level pack for its hit mobile game Where’s My Water? Free. Inspired by Disney’s stop-motion animated film Frankenweenie, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton, the level pack features new black and white levels that combine the film’s retro look and feel [...]
Tartakovsky and Hartman Lift Spirits in Ottawa
We had plenty of sunshine and lots of inspiring panels on the first two days of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the TV Animation Conference (TAC) held this week in the charming capital city in Ontario, Canada. On Wednesday morning (September 19), Moira Marguin, head of animation at the [...]
Disney Movie Debuts 1st Little-Girl Princess, ‘Sofia the First’
Disney will introduce its first little-girl princess with the debut of Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess, an animated Disney Junior television movie airing Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. on Disney Channel. The movie, which will lead into a regular series in early 2013, will get repeat airing Nov. [...]
Wiig and Cooper Guest Voice...
The parade of stars stopping by The Simpsons office to do guest voice stints on...
Boinx Unveils New Features of...
German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
