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LAIKA to Animate New Stop-Motion Pic About Goblins

April 18, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Portland’s stop-motion studio LAIKA has announced that it will produce a stop-motion animated movie based on a children’s book by Philip Reeve titled Goblins. The pic will be directed by Mark Gustafson, the animation helmer for Fantastic Mr. Fox. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming book is set in [...]

New DVDs: ‘American Dad 7,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Ben 10'

April 16, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Get ready for the invasion of three animated TV favorites on the DVD and Blu-ray front this Tuesday (April 17). American Dad: Volume 7 (Fox, $39.98). This three-disc collection offers all 19 episodes from the sixth season of the popular show, created by Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, and Family Guy creator [...]

‘Monster in Paris’ to Open N.Y. Family Film Fest

February 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you’ve been dying to see some fantastic animated features and shorts from all over the world, you’ll just need to book that flight to the Big Apple this spring. The New York Family Film Festival has announced a very impressive line-up for this year’s edition, which takes place March [...]

Smith, Hogan Advance ‘Bone’ Comic Adaptation

January 19, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

Few comics have made as much impact in the past 20 years — or been as difficult to get going in Hollywood — as Jeff Smith’s Bone. But now the self-published success story is getting some serious attention from Warner Bros., which has tapped Patrick Sean Smith to write the [...]