Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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Illumination Taps Altschuler, Krinsky for ‘Woody Woodpecker’
Illumination Entertainment’s proposed Woody Woodpecker feature has a pair of writers. John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky have been tapped by Illumination chief Chris Meledandri and Universal Studios to write a script for the proposed feature, reports Deadline.com. The pair have extensive animation and comedy credits, including long runs on the TV [...]
Verrone to Receive Morgan Cox Award
Former Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) president and Emmy and WGA Award-winning writer Patric M. Verrone will receive the WGAW’s 2012 Morgan Cox Award in recognition of his service to the Guild, the organization announced. Verrone will be honored at the ceremony set for Sunday, February 19 at the [...]
Welcome to the Emerald Knight’s Reboot!
DC Comics’ evergreen hero faces new villains and unforeseen challenges in Warner Bros. Animation’s hot new Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Since the late 1950s, Green Lantern has fought evil in brightest day and in blackest night in the pages of DC Comics, as well as in 2D animated form [...]
Daniels to Oversee Two New NBC Toons
Greg Daniels, the prolific TV veteran behind shows such as King of the Hill and Parks & Recreation, will be exec producing two new animated comedies for NBC. The first toon will be written and exec produced by The Office co-exec producer/co-star Mindy Kaling, who will also be voicing one [...]
Don’t Judge a Judge by his Characters!
Recently I bumped into an old acquaintance who happened to mention that he had been a good friend of Bob Clampett during the legendary toonmaker’s latter-day career. He described Clampett as being just as funny and crazy in his private life as his characters were on-screen (well, maybe not quite [...]
Icebox to Produce Glenn Back Toon
We don’t know whether to laugh or cry about this, but conservative talk show host and author Glenn Beck has inked a deal with production house Icebox to produce a new animated comedy series. Among the writers involved in this new project are Jon Collier (The Simpsons, King of the [...]
‘Kung Fu Panda’ Show Premieres on Nick on Nov. 7
Nick has announced Monday Nov. 7 as the premiere date for the its new Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness animated series. The CG-animated DreamWorks Animation co-pro kicking off a full week of brand-new episodes every weekday at 5:30 p.m., following new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants at 5:00 p.m. Kung [...]
Rob Dyrdek Glides to Toon Town
The skateboarding star gets the animation treatment in the new high-energy comedy Wild Grinders. The fact that skateboarder-turned-TV star Rob Dyrdek has embarked on a dynamic animated venture should come as no surprise to those who know him from his high-flying MTV shows Rob & Big and Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy [...]
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love CG
Veteran animator and supervising director of Star Wars: The Clone Wars discusses the digital evolution of his job. In the eight years I had worked in animation, I had never once touched a computer related to my work. Everything I had worked on was traditional hand drawn animation, from my [...]
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 [...]
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+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
Disney XD Sneaks...
Disney XD has announced that it will debut Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, a...
