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CLIP: Jason Schwartzman Guests on ‘Out There’


March 13, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Indie darling Jason Schwartzman (Moonrise Kingdom, Bored to Death, Fantastic Mr. Fox) will make a guest voice appearance the latest episode of IFC’s original animated series Out There. The episode airs Friday, March 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Check out this preview clip for the episode, in which socially awkward teen [...]

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Putting Himself ‘Out There’


February 12, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image
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How South Park veteran Ryan Quincy tapped his awkward phase for IFC’s first original cartoon. Cheer up, Generation X: There’s a new adult-targeted toon on the TV block that’s more about finding the humor in growing pains than cheap laughs in gas pains. Starting this month on IFC, a labor-of-love [...]

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New ‘Out There’ Toon to Premiere on IFC


January 3, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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IFC will premiere a new animated series by former South Park director and producer Ryan Quincy on February 22. The show, which is called Out There, features the voices of Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Megan Mullally (Will and Grace) and Linda Cardinelli (Freaks and Geeks), as well as Quincy, who will [...]

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Ingredients of New Season of ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Revealed


August 17, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Mad Men star Jon Hamm will be playing a talking toilet in the upcoming, third season of Fox TV’s Emmy-nominated Bob’s Burgers. According to a new Entertainment Weekly article. “It’s a kind of E.T. homage, but instead of an alien, it’s this high-end talking electronic toilet that falls of a [...]

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Sony Lines Up Scribes for ‘Smurfs 3'


May 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Only a few weeks after announcing details about The Smurfs 2 feature (set to be released on July 31, 2013) Sony has revealed info about the third outing of the little blue guys. It turns out that sequel writers Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche have now been assigned to write [...]

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Plot and Cast Announced for ‘Smurfs’ Sequel


April 26, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Sony Animation began production on the sequel to its 2011 hit The Smurfs today. Most of the cast and crew from the original movie, which made over $560 million at the global box office, are coming back for the second outing, which will be released on July 13, 2013. The [...]

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‘Portlandia’ Gets Bent with ‘Zero Rats’


March 8, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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A recent episode of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s IFC skit show Portlandia, which lampoons the city of Portland, Ore. and its colorful denizens, got some extra animated oomph thanks to local studio Bent Image Lab. The nearly three-minute skit is titled Zero Rats and was directed by Rob Shaw. [...]

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First-Wave December DVD Rush


November 28, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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If you managed to avoid the Black Friday mania over the holiday weekend, you may congratulate yourself on your cool-headed approach to the consumer madness. However, the gift-getting clock is ticking down! Why not cross a couple names off your list with a few of this week’s cool toon and [...]

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FX Orders New Toon ‘Unsupervised’


September 15, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Archer won’t be the only adult-oriented toon roaming the programming schedule of cable network FX. The new animated series called Unsupervised, which is created and exec produced by Rob Rosell, Scott Marder and David Hornsby (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) will be paired up with Archer this January. Unsupervised is [...]

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New Trailer Teases ‘The Smurfs’


May 25, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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A new trailer offers a more detailed look at Sony’s upcoming animation/live-action adaptation of The Smurfs, including plot details explaining how the little blue dudes end up in New York City. Here’s the trailer: The Smurfs movie is set to be released July 29. It is directed by Raja Gosnell, [...]

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