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Genndy Does the Monster Mash

September 28, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Acclaimed animation world veteran Genndy Tartakovsky brings some old cartoon-y magic to Sony’s summer frightfest Hotel Transylvania. Last summer, when Sony Animation announced that TV veteran Genndy Tartakovsky would take over the reins of its animated feature about a resort for monsters, fans unanimously took a deep breath of relief. [...]

Tartakovsky and Hartman Lift Spirits in Ottawa

September 21, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

We had plenty of sunshine and lots of inspiring panels on the first two days of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the TV Animation Conference (TAC) held this week in the charming capital city in Ontario, Canada. On Wednesday morning (September 19), Moira Marguin, head of animation at the [...]

‘Hotel Transylvania’ to Premiere at TIFF

July 31, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Sony Pictures Animation’s highly anticipated 3-D CG feature Hotel Transylvania will get its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 6-16) during the TIFF Kids program on Saturday, September 8. For tickets and more screening schedules, visit tiff.net/thefestival. Hotel Transylvania, which will have its wide theatrical release on [...]

Tartakovsky Signs Overall Deal with Sony Animation

July 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Acclaimed animation veteran Genndy Tartakovsky has inked an overall deal with Sony Pictures Animation. The overall agreement goes beyond his current role as director of Hotel Transylvania and will include development and direction of his own projects, as well as the upcoming new take on Popeye. The deal was announced [...]

Details Announced for Comic-Con’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’

July 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Director Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars) and producer Michelle Murdocca (Open Season) will share new footage from their upcoming animated comedy, Hotel Transylvania, during a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, CA on Thursday, July 12 at 3:00 p.m. in the Indigo Ballroom of the [...]

Preview: Darth Maul Returns in ‘Clone Wars’ Season Finale

March 15, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

When audiences last saw Darth Maul, he was plunging down a reactor shaft in pieces at the end of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. But the Dark Side of the Force is strong — strong enough to bring back the popular villain in “Revenge,” the season four [...]

Sandler, Tartakovsky Check In to Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’

July 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Adam Sandler will voice the lead role of Dracula in Hotel Transylvania, a 3D animated feature film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and due for release from Sony Pictures Animation on Sept. 21, 2012. Here’s how the studio describes the feature: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, [...]

CN Upfronts Spotlight ‘Dragon,’ ‘DC Nation,’ ‘Problem Solverz’

March 23, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Cartoon Network announced 13 new animated series at its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York, including the TV series version of How to Train Your Dragon, a new DC Nation block spotlighting the superheroes of DC Comics, The Problem Solverz, The Looney Tunes Show, Green Lantern: The Animated Series and [...]