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Hasbro Studios President Davis to Oversee All Content
Hasbro has integrated all of its content initiative—including television, film, commercial productions and short-form content—under Stephen Davis, president of Los Angeles-based Hasbro Studios. Davis, who has overseen global TV development, production and distribution for Hasbro since launching the studio in 2009, will report to Hasbro chief marketing officer John Frascotti [...]
‘G.I. Joe: Renegades’ Blu-ray Lands in September
Shout Factory and Hasbro Studios will release G.I. Joe: Renegades: The Complete First Season on September 25. The first season features 26 episodes and special bonus content is produced by Hasbro for a 3-disc Blu-ray set, priced at $49.97. Also available to own on the same day is the Season One, [...]
Clockwork VFX Powers Up ‘Star Wars’ Pod Campaign
VFX, 3D animation studio Clockwork VFX recently wrapped work on Hasbro’s Star Wars Fighter Pods campaign, which introduces the new toy line with a series of five funny webisodes. “It doesn’t get much bigger than Star Wars and our whole creative team was excited to be a part of this [...]
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 [...]
Sony Tackles Hasbro’s ‘Tonka’
Now that the Battleship hype-fest has wound down, a new addition to the unfolding onslaught of Hasbro toy and game properties coming to the big screen is underway at Sony Pictures, who will be developing an animated flick based on Hasbro’s Tonka Trucks line. Tonka, based on the 65-year-old brand, [...]
The Hub’s ‘Kaijudo’ to Premiere at ATX Festival
The Hub’s new animated series Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters will make its world premiere at the first annual ATV Television Festival in Austin on Saturday, June 2nd. Actor Scott Wolf (Party of Five, V), who stars in the series, will host the screening of the half-hour series with [...]
Universal’s ‘Battleship’ Hit Hard by ‘The Avengers’
As many had predicted Universal’s costly Battleship was sunk by Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers this past weekend. For the third week in a row, The Avengers sat atop the box office, bringing in $55.1 million domestically (with a $457 million cume domestically). Meanwhile, Battleship ($25.3 million), The Dictator ($17.4 million), Tim [...]
New Judges Confirmed for Pitch Party ’12!
Animag’s 2012 Pitch Party grows ever nearer! We have two new judges to announce that have agreed to lend time out of their busy schedules to Pitch Party: The annual competition that gets YOUR toon ideas in front of top industry decision makers and offers the chance to win a [...]
Hub to Premiere ‘Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters’ June 2
The animated action-fantasy series Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters is scheduled to premiere June 2 on The Hub. Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters is follows the adventures of a young hero, Ray, who possesses the rare ability to befriend and duel alongside fantastical creatures from a parallel dimension. Evil forces [...]
The Hub Reveals 2012-13 Slate
Kids and family network The Hub will be launching four original series as part of its 2012-13 programming line up, president and CEO Margaret Loesch announced. “With the momentum of our successful first year, we’re building a slate of programs for the 2012-’13 season that continues our strategy of presenting [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
