Tag "Hoodwinked"

TeamTO’s Animated ‘Gus’ Flies with SC Films

April 30, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

U.K.’s SC Films will be selling the new CG-animated feature Gus, which showcases an English-language script by Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked) and a voice cast that includes Dakota Fanning, Seth Green, Richard Kind, Christine Baranski, Danny Glover and Elliot Gould. The movie will be directed by Dominique Monfery (Eleanor’s Secret) and [...]

‘Escape From Planet Earth’ Gets a Weinstein Screening

July 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The case of writer-director Tony Leech and producer Brian Inerfeld against the Weinstein company over the studio’s handling of the CG-animated movie Escape From Planet Earth seems to keep generating news. According to a story in The Hollywood Reporter, Leech and Inerfeld will get to see the latest version of [...]

Henson Rides with Lobel’s ‘Frog and Toad’

June 8, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

L.A.’s Jim Henson Company has picked up the film and consumer products rights to 1970s classic children’s book series Frog and Toad, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. An animated film featuring the comic adventures of the reptile pals is in development, while a licensing program based on the series’ [...]

Shut Up! Cartoons Debuts ‘Krogzilla’

June 4, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Shut Up! Cartoons, the YouTube based original programming destination from Alloy Digital’s Smosh, former Disney TV Animation head Barry Blumberg and Smosh co-founders Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, has premiered its fourth new series: Krogzilla Gets a Job. Check it out at www.youtube.com/shutupcartoons. Created by Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked), Krogzilla follows [...]

SMOSH to Launch YouTube Animation Channel

April 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 9 Comments divider image

Online teen and young adult comedy content destination SMOSH will launch a new animation YouTube channel called Shut Up! Cartoons on April 30. The toon channel is led by former Disney TV Animation head Barry Blumberg and SMOSH co-founders Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. “We are very excited with our [...]

‘Lion King’ Writer Weighs In On Triggerfish’s ‘Khumba’

July 18, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

Jonathan Roberts, one of three credited screenwriters on Disney’s animated classic The Lion King, is lending a helping hand to Triggerfish Animation Studios’ feature film Khumba. The story of a half-striped zebra who embarks on a quest for his missing stripes was originally written by South African writers Raffaella Delle [...]

HD ‘Hoodwinked,’He-Man’ Season 1 Lead TV Toon Disc Parade

February 14, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

A modern take on classic fairy tales and a slew of classic TV toons are reason enough to fall in love with your DVD or Blu-ray player all over again this Valentine’s Day week. Getting the high-definition treatment for the first time is Hoodwinked (The Weinstein Co., $24.99 Blu-ray/DVD combo pack). [...]