Tag "Produce"

Illumination to Produce Tezuka/Urasawa’s Pluto Pic

October 22, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Osamu Tezuka fans can celebrate the fact that Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment is teaming up with Tezuka Productions to produce a live-action/CG hybrid movie based on Pluto, a best-selling manga penned by Naoki Urasawa inspired by Tezuka’s creation. Universal will release the fantasy pic. Urasawa’s Pluto, which he collaborated with [...]

2d3d, Wizzfilms Partner to Produce Zelphire Movie

October 21, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Karim Friha’s comic-book series The Rise of Zelphire will be adapted into an animated feature produced by Angoulême, France-based studio 2d3D Animations and Montreal studio Wizzfilms. The announcement was made today by 2d3D founder Florent Mournier and Wizzfilms president Danny Bergeron at the Ottawa International Festival, in conjunction with Cartoon [...]

Stiller to Produce Animated Zoolander Web Series

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Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films has made a two-year, first-look deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment to develop live-action and animated webisodes and multi-platform social media games, reports Variety. Mike Rosenstein will oversea the new division of Red Hour. An animated spinoff of Stiller’s 2001 feature Zoolander and a tie-in social [...]