DreamWorks Animation to Acquire Classic Media

July 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

It looks like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda will now be hanging out with Casper the Friendly Ghost and Underdog. DreamWorks Animation has acquired Classic Media, the company that owns the rights to Casper, Lassie, The Lone Ranger, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Felix the Cat, Rupert the Bear, and many other [...]

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‘X-Men’ Director Singer on Board for ‘Munsters’

December 1, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

The TV world has already been furrowing its brows in puzzlement over how NBC’s planned one-hour-drama reboot of 1960s slapstick The Munsters is going to turn out, but now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that a nearly finalized deal will bring on board director/producer/writer Bryan Singer of X-Men film franchise [...]

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Must-Sees at the MIPCOM Market

October 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Each October, thousands of TV programming execs, buyers, animation producers and children’s entertainment pros gather at the MIPCOM market in France (Oct. 3-6) to buy and sell programming for the never-ending global appetite for content. We surveyed some of the new shows and developments and put together a brief wrap [...]

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Rocky & Bullwinkle Creator Anderson Dies

October 26, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Alex Anderson Jr., creator of such iconic characters as Dudley Do-Right and Rocky & Bullwinkle, died Friday in Carmel, Calif. He was 90. Born in Berkeley, Calif., in 1920, Anderson had cartoons in his blood as the nephew of Terrytoons chief Paul Terry. After serving in World War II, Alexander [...]

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