‘The Awesomes’ to Debut on Xbox Before Hulu

June 17, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Microsoft Xbox Live will be able to catch the new animated comedy The Awesomes on July 23, one week before the show premieres on Hulu. Variety reports that Seth Meyers (SNL) and Mike Shoemaker (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)’s toon will get this window before Hulu’s debut on August 1st. [...]

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Wiig and Cooper Guest Voice on ‘The Simpsons’

May 17, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

The parade of stars stopping by The Simpsons office to do guest voice stints on the long-running show doesn’t show any signs of stopping. This past week, ew.com revealed that former SNL comic and Bridesmaids star Kirstin Wiig will portray an FBI agent who helps Lisa investigate Homer’s strangely polite [...]

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Seth MacFarlane to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

August 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

After directing this summer’s sleeper hit Ted (and voicing everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed teddy-bear), Seth MacFarlane will host the 38th season opener of the late night TV show Saturday Night Live on Sept. 15. Fans expect the man behind Fox-TV’s killer primetime toons Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show of [...]

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DreamWorks Preps ‘Penguins of Madagascar’ for 2015

July 12, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 3 Comments

During the DreamWorks Animation panel at Comic-con on Thursday (July 12), Madagascar 3 director Tom McGrath let it slip that the studio is working on a Penguins of Madagascar movie, slated for 2015. In addition to McGrath, panelists were Bill Damaschke, Chief Creative Officer of DreamWorks Animation; James Baxter, supervising [...]

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DreamWorks Announces Lineup for ‘Me & My Shadow’

February 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

Josh Gad (Book of Mormon) Bill Hader (SNL) and Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) are part of the voice cast of Me & My Shadow, the Nov. 2013 animated fantasy from DreamWorks Animation. The pic will be directed by Alessandro Carolini, who was the head of story on How to Train [...]

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Comedy Central Unveils Prod/Dev Slate

December 7, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

A delightful assortment of animated offerings are forthcoming from humor network Comedy Central, as their newly revealed production and development slate reveals! Projects from comedian Daniel Tosh, writer Kumail Nanjiani (John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show), ShadowMachine’s Alex Bulkley & Corey Compodonico, and the webcomic geniuses behind Cyanide and Happiness [...]

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