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Buscemi, Noni Rose Join ‘Khumba’s’ Voice Cast
South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios announced this week that Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) and Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog) have joined the voice cast of its upcoming feature Khumba. The 3-D, CG-animated feature, which will make its debut at the Annecy Festival in June, also showcases the [...]
Annecy Announces Animated Feature Lineup
Nine animated features from around the world will be competing for the prestigious Cristal Award at the Annecy Animation Festival this June. The features, as reported by Variety today are (in alphabetical order): 2096: A Story of Love and Fury Directed by: Luiz Bolognese (Buriti Films, Gullane, Brazil) [...]
Laurence Fishburne Joins Cast of Triggerfish’s ‘Khumba’
South African animation studio Triggerfish announced today that Laurence Fishburne has joined the voice cast of its upcoming 3D animated pic Khumba as the lead character’s father, Seko. The impressive voice cast also includes Liam Neeson, AnnaSophia Robb, Jake T. Austin, Loretta Devine and Richard E. Grant. Khumba tells the [...]
‘Zambezia’ Becomes South Africa’s Top-Grossing Film
The animated feature Adventures in Zambezia has grossed an estimated $18 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing South African film over the past 30 years. Triggerfish Animation’s highly successful film was recently sold to French distributor Metropolitan Films, which signed up for both Adventures in Zambezia and Triggerfish’s next feature, Khumba. [...]
Bullock, Brooks & Neeson Sign to Toon Projects
It’s a busy week for voice star announcements as a few studios have revealed key names for their upcoming projects. From Universal/Illumination comes the news that Sandra Bullock will be voicing a villain in the upcoming Despicable Me spinoff Minions. Disney-Pixar was pleased to announce the return of Albert Brooks [...]
Triggerfish Swims with the Majors
The South African studio ups the ante in 2013 with Zambezia and Khumba, two new CG-animated features that have generated great buzz globally. Last year, when Capetown-based Triggerfish Studios released its movie Zambezia in several territories, it made animation history: Not only was this South Africa’s first full-length animated feature, [...]
CMG Sells 3D ‘Legend of Sarila’ at AFM
L.A.-based Cinema Management Group has sold its Canadian 3-D stereoscopic animated feature The Legend of Sarila to Russia’s Luxor, Germany’s Telepool and Israel’s 5 Star Pictures at the American Film Market. The Legend of Sarila will be delivered in February and released early next year in Canada. Directed by Nancy [...]
‘Zambezia 3D’ Takes Flight with All-Star Cast
Samuel L. Jackson, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum and Abigail Breslin have joined the voice cast for Triggerfish Animation Studios’ upcoming CG-animated feature Zambezia 3D. The 3D South African pic, which is repped by Cinema Management Group (CMG), will also showcase the voice talents of Richard E. Grant, Jim Cummings, Jennifer [...]
‘Lion King’ Writer Weighs In On Triggerfish’s ‘Khumba’
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 [...]
Makers of ‘Zambezia’ to Raffle Africa Trip During Cannes
Visitors to this year’s edition of the famous film festival and market at Cannes will have a chance to win a trip to South Africa, courtesy of the studio behind the 3D animated features Zambezia and Khumba. Cinema Management Group will hold a raffle at Cannes, with the winner receiving [...]
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