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Berenstain Bears Celebrate 50th Anniversary
This year marks the big 5-O for beloved characters the Berenstain Bears—who first appeared in Jan and Stan Berenstain’s illustrated children’s book The Big Honey Hunt in 1962. To date, over 300 books selling over 250 million copies have featured the Bears. The furry family made their toon debut on [...]
Illumination Plans a ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Movie
Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford the Big Red Dog will be wagging his tail on the big screen again, thanks to the team at Illumination Entertainment and Universal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Illumination is planning a live-action/CG animation hybrid pic based on the books by Norman Bridwell, which were adapted into [...]
Beloved Children’s Book Artist Maurice Sendak Dies at 83
One of the most influential and beloved children’s artists of the 20th century, Maurice Sendak, died on Tuesday at the age of 83 from complications from a recent stroke. Sendak’s visually stunning and at-times disturbing books were especially prized by babyboomers who in turn, bought them for their children. His [...]
Berenstain Bears Creator Passes Away
Jan Berenstain, who wrote and illustrated the popular books The Berenstain Bears with her husband Stan, passed away on Friday in Solesbury, Penn, after suffering from a severe stroke. The Associated Press reports that the prolific artist was 88 at the time of the incident. Stan and Jan Berenstain first [...]
Nick Debuts CG ‘Franklin’ Feb. 13
Beloved preschool character Franklin the turtle will return to the small screen thanks to Nickelodeon’s new CG-animated series Franklin and Friends, set to premiere Monday, February 13 at 9:30 a.m. on the network. The new show is produced by Nelvana and Infinite Frameworks Pte. Ltd. and will air weekdays at [...]
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, [...]
Nelvana Toons Head to CN Latin America
Cartoon Network Latin America audiences will be able to bid buenos dias to three of Nelvana’s popular kids’ comedy programs soon. Toons Sidekick and Scaredy Squirrel, as well as the live-action series Mr. Young will begin airing across Latin America and the Caribbean next year. “We are delighted to be [...]
TELETOON Unveils Fall Lineup
Canadian cabler TELETOON has revealed its fall broadcast schedule, featuring seven new series (The Looney Tunes Show, Hole in the Wall, Beyond Human, Young Justice) and five returning (Johnny Test season five, Jimmy Two-Shoes season three, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien season two, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake season one [...]
Entertainment One Takes On Two ‘Babar’ Series
Indie distributor Entertainment One (eONe) has secured home entertainment and digital rights to the classic Babar animated series, as well as the new CG take Babar and the Adventures of Badou from Nelvana. Under the agreement, eOne obtains U.S. and Canadian rights for 78 episodes of the classic series, as [...]
Nelvana’s ‘Scaredy Squirrel’ Premieres on Cartoon Network
We’ve been covering the making of Nelvana’s fun animated comedy series Scaredy Squirrel for the past two year, and we’re happy to report that the show will finally make its U.S. debut on Cartoon Network this Tuesday (August 9) at 7 p.m. Scaredy Squirrel is based on the popular book [...]
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