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‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ to Unspool at Giffoni
European audiences can’t get enough of Scrat and his buddies. Fox’s fourth installment of the Ice Age franchise has been selected to premiere at the Italian Giffoni Film Festival (near Naples) next month. Billed as the largest film festival to showcase children’s productions, the event will kick off with the [...]
Licensing Expo Spotlights Coming Toon Attractions
We had the chance to visit the colorful Licensing Expo in Las Vegas this week, where thousands of our favorite animated and vfx-driven brands were basking in the limelight (June 12-14). As always, fans were able to take a look at what many of the big studios and smaller indies [...]
Jonathan Davis to Oversee Animation at Fox
Jonathan Davis is the new exec VP of comedy development and animation at 20th Century Fox. Davis, who previously managed comedy development, will now oversee animation as well. Jennifer Howell, senior VP of animation, will now report to Davis, who reports to Fox chairs Dana Walden and Gary Newman. “Jonnie [...]
Beyonce, Farrell, ‘Idol’s’ Tyler Lead Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’ Voice Cast
A voice cast including Beyonce Knowles, Steven Tyler and Colin Farrell has been set for Epic, an upcoming animated feature film from Fox and Blue Sky Studios. Directed by Chris Wedge, Epic is about a teenage girl who is transported into a secret forest universe where a group of whimsical [...]
Maggie Simpson to Star in 3-D Animated Short
The youngest star of The Simpsons family, Maggie, who had the distinction of being voiced by the late Elizabeth Taylor in one episode, will star in her own animated short this summer. The 3-D short, which is called The Longest Daycare will play in theaters before Fox’s Ice Age: Continental [...]
Ice Age 4-D Debuts at San Diego Zoo
Months before its July 13 release, the critters of Fox/Blue Sky’s highly anticipated 3-D adventure Ice Age: Continental Drift have arrived in an all new immersive 4-D Experience attraction, which was unveiled by the SD Zoo in conjunction with 20th Century Fox Consumer Products and SimeEx-Iwerks over the weekend. Actress [...]
L.A. Film Festival Spotlights Women in Animation
This year, the Los Angeles Film Festival shines the spotlight on the contributions of women to the world of animation. The special panel “Women of Wonder – A Celebration of Women in Animation” on Sunday, June 17 from 2:30-5:00 celebrates the accomplishments in this field, examine the broader challenges for [...]
Amazon Studios Dives into the Toon Biz
Online retail powerhouse Amazon has entered the animated series business. The content development division, Amazon Studios, announced today that it is now accepting proposals for original animated shows for distribution via its digital video streaming service, Amazon Instant Video. If Amazon chooses to distribute a full-budget series, the project creator [...]
Fox to Adapt Viral Comic ‘Axe Cop’
Fox has given the go-ahead to an animated series version of Axe Cop, the comic-book franchise created by seven-year-old Malachai Nicolle and his older brother and chief illustrator Ethan, according to Vulture.com. The comic centers on a very earnest police officer who uses a firefighter’s axe as a weapon and, [...]
‘The Simpsons’ Snubs Fox News
Well in line with its tradition of subtle (and not so subtle) irreverence, Matt Groening’s The Simpsons blasted its host channel’s Fox News during the network’s 25th anniversary special programming on Sunday. The dig came at the end of a re-run of the toon’s first episode, when an end card [...]
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Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
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Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
