New Dates Set for DreamWorks...
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Costumed Toons Glitz Up White House Easter Egg Roll
Animated characters will help the first family and the nation celebrate Easter this year, with costumed characters ranging from Babar, the Cat in the Hat and the Smurfs to Spider-Man, Charlie Brown, Jake and Finn, and Alvin and the Chipmunks slated to appear Monday at the 134th annual White House [...]
Beyond Talking Pigs and Singing Chipmunks
VFX powerhouse Rhythm & Hues celebrates 25 colorful years, embarks on more ambitious projects and plans bigger expansion overseas. Although average moviegoers may not be able to identify the work of Rhythm & Hues, they’ve been enjoying the impressive handiwork of the studio’s artists for 25 years now. Whether it’s [...]
Disney’s ‘Randy Cunningham’ Goes into Production
Disney TV’s London-based studio has commissioned Ireland’s Boulder Media and L.A.’s Titmouse to produce a new animated comedy titled Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja. Set to premiere on Disney XD in the fall of 2012 and to air in more than 129 countries worldwide, the 52 x 11-minute series follows the fast-paced [...]
The Animated Life Aquatic
Octonauts, the hit animated U.K. preschool show, finds a new home across the pond on Disney Junior this month. Sometimes you can tell a lot by the imaginative names of the recurring characters on a show. How can you resist a toon that offers names like Captain Barnacles Bear, Lieutenant [...]
Cartoon Network Offers Treats for Halloween
Cartoon Network will be offering a slew of tasty toon treats to boils and ghouls this Halloween (Monday, October 31, if you haven’t been paying attention)! Its Monday night comedy block will be rife with encore presentations of favorite spooky episodes and specials of top shows Adventure Time, Regular Show, [...]
Tales from the Toon Trenches: Big Roy’s Bad Day
When the late, great American artist Iwao Takamoto and his wife Barbara asked me to help write his memoirs in 2005, I was stunned and flattered. Iwao was a legend, and a quiet genius. He and I worked on the project for about two years, and then he tragically died [...]
Sesame Street: “Bert and Ernie Aren’t Gay!”
In response to an online petition on change.org urging Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie to marry, the org has issued a statement noting that the two popular characters are just friends. In a statement released to The Hollywood Reporter, Sesame St. Workshop pointed out: “Bert and Ernie are best [...]
Smurfs and the City – ‘The Smurfs’ in 3D
Peyo’s beloved little blue creatures come to CG life in Sony’s Smurfalicious 3-D hybrid extravaganza. It’s been 53 years since Belgian artist Pierre “Peyo” Culliford came up with the idea of a pastoral village inhabited by The Smurfs (or Les Schtroumpfs as they are called in French) who were only three [...]
Fox Inkubation Grad Ruiz Gets Development Deal
Fox’s Inkubation program for up-and-coming animators has produced its first deal, with the studio signing Jason Ruiz to a one-year deal developing an animated series tentatively titled Murder Police, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ruiz will be developing the series with David Goodman, whose credits include Family Guy and Futurama, [...]
Extended ‘Lord of the Rings’ Arrives on Blu-ray
Fans of Middle Earth can put the final touches on their high-def home video collection. Out this week for the first time on high-definition disc is The Lord Of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy – Extended Edition (New Line, $119.98). This 15-disc set features the entire trilogy and is [...]
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Boinx Unveils New Features of...
German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
