Tag "Emmy Awards"

‘Family Guy,’ ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Robot Chicken’ Lead Toon Emmy Noms

July 14, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Fox’s Family Guy leads animated contenders in the nominations for the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards with four nominations, even as it missed being nominated for Outstanding Animated Program. The Fox series earned three music-related nominations: two for Outstanding Music Composition in a Series and one for Outstanding Original Music [...]

‘LEGO Star Wars’ Animated Special to Air July 22 on CN

July 7, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

LEGO and Star Wars have long clicked well in the toy stores and — more recently — the world of video games, so it should be no surprise that they’re teaming up for an animated special. Titled LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace, the all-new computer-animated half-hour special will premiere [...]

‘Cars 2′ Co-Director Brad Lewis Heads to Digital Domain

June 29, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Having navigated Pixar’s Cars 2 to the finish line as co-director to John Lasseter, Brad Lewis has signed on to directed original animated feature films for Digital Domain Media Group’s Tradition Studios. Lewis comes to Digital Domain after 10 years at Pixar racking up credits that include producing the Oscar-winning [...]

‘Ugly Americans’ Returns June 30 on Comedy Central

June 28, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans returns for a wet, hot summer of zombie-loving good times with affable human social worker Mark Lilly (voiced by Matt Oberg), along with his creature cohorts of demons, wizards and robots. The original, animated comedy returns with 10 half-hour episodes beginning on Thursday, June 30 at [...]

‘Batman: Brave and the Bold’ and ‘Barbie: A Fairy Secret’ on DVD

March 14, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

It’s the Caped Crusader and the world’s favorite doll swooping in to the rescue with new video releases perfectly timed to stave off bouts of boredom. Batman: The Brave & the Bold, Season 1, Part 2 (Warner Bros., $14.97) brings 13 episodes from the Cartoon Network series that teams up [...]

Emmy Winner Cellucci Joins Kerner as VFX Executive Producer

March 10, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Emmy-winning visual effects producer Camille Cellucci has joined Kerner as an executive producer. Cellucci produced effects for such recent films as The Green Hornet and was nominated for a VES Award for Salt. Kerner, previously known as ILM’s model shop, specializes in realistic physical effects for film, television and commercial [...]