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Animation Block Party Spotlight on Mike Hollingsworth
Animation Block Party (www.animationblock.com) is the premier animation festival of the East Coast. In this interview series, the founder of ABP, Casey Safron will be introducing Animation Magazine readers to some of the award winning animators who have screened at past ABP festivals. Mike Hollingsworth has been screening his shorts at ABP [...]
New Tax Credits Introduced for U.K. Animation
The U.K. government announced yesterday that it’s working on offering tax credits for high-end dramas and animation produced in the country. Chancellor George Osborne outlined a new tax credit system for creative media industries including animation and drama production in the U.K., according to the BBC. The plan is likely [...]
FMX to Spotlight VFX of ‘Hugo,’ ‘Game of Thrones’
Some of the programming highlights for the 17th edition of the FMX conference in Stuttgart, Germany were announced today. The global confab on animation, effects, gaming and transmedia discoveries will include panels devoted to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated feature Hugo, as well as TV shows such as HBO’s multiple-Emmy-winning Game of [...]
Hot New Discs: ‘Adventures of Tintin,’ ‘Ice Age Special’
If the upcoming Steven Spielberg upcoming feature The Adventures of Tintin has whetted your appetite for other versions of Herge’s comicbook character, we’ve got just the DVD for you this week. Shout Factory! has released a new disc featuring Season One of Nelvana’s traditionally animated series based on the franchise, [...]
DreamWorks Animation Finalizes Netflix Deal
DreamWorks Animation has finalized its deal with Netflix, selling the rights to its movies for a reported $30 million per title, according to The New York Times. This development is seen as the first time a major studio has picked a Web streaming venue over pay TV. The deal replaces [...]
‘Futurama’ Wins Emmy for Best Animated Show
Mark another win for Bender, Fry and the hard-working gang at Comedy Central’s Futurama. Exec produced by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler, the episode “The Late Philip J. Fry” took home the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program on Saturday (Sep. 10) at the Creative Emmy Award ceremony. [...]
Gods of Animation Smile at MTV
The cabler toons up its schedule with new episodes of Mike Judge’s beloved Beavis and Butt-Head and the premiere of the surfer show Good Vibes. Animation fans are going to want their MTV again this fall, when the music network gets back into the cartoon game in a big way [...]
HBO’s ‘Life and Times of Tim’ Returns in Dec.
HBO has announced that Steve Dildarian’s adult animated series The Life and Times of Tim will be returning for its third season on Monday, Dec. 19. The 10-episode season will continue to chronicle the misadventures of an average New York City guy whose instincts keep leading him to the wrong [...]
MarVista Nabs More Capital, Brings In New Execs
L.A.-based indie distributor and producer MarVista’s CEO Fernando Szew announced recently that his company has secured new investment capital from Brian N. Sheth’s Investment Group. In addition, the company’s production division will now be headed by Robyn Snyder who has been promoted to the newly created post of Executive Vice [...]
DreamWorks Nears Netflix Deal, Wins Copyright Trial
The deal machine is working overtime at DreamWorks Animation, which is reportedly close to a streaming content deal with Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter and Bloomberg, the deal would replace one DreamWorks has in place with HBO that runs through 2014. However, HBO may offer to terminate the deal [...]
Adobe’s Creative Cloud...
Adobe announced that a major update to Adobe Creative, the company’s flagship...
‘Kung Fu Panda 3'...
Production on DreamWorks Animation’s late-2015 release Kung Fu Panda 3...
