Stories By Ramin Zahed
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Features
Kung Fu Panda, Indy 4 to Bow in Cannes
April 23, 2008DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Kung Fu Panda is set to make its worldwide premiere at the...
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Features
VIZ’s Bleach Movie to Splash on 300 Screens
April 23, 2008He sees dead people. That’s Kurosaki Ichigo, the young hero of the hit anime series Bleach,...
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People
VFX Star Knoll Interviewed on modo Podcast
April 22, 2008Oscar-winning visual effects guru John Knoll (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Speed Racer) shares the secrets...
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Home Entertainment
Cloverfield DVD Attacks Stores Today
April 22, 2008If you missed director Matt Reeves’ low-budget 350-foot monster movie Cloverfield in theaters last January, you...
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Festivals and Events
Lasseter Shines at UCLA’s Dumbo Screening
April 22, 2008CG animation pioneer and Oscar-winning director John Lasseter proved to be a huge hit at UCLA...
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Television
Ben 10: Alien Force Shatters Earthly Records
April 22, 2008Cartoon Network’s recent facelift and aging of Ben Tennyson, the star of the animated series Ben...
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Television
Porchlight’s Four Eyes to Blink on CiTV
April 21, 2008U.K.’s children’s digital channel CiTV has acquired L.A.-based PorchLight Entertainment and French Pictor Media’s 2D animated...
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Internet
DIC Hits Right Notes with Online Music Service
March 31, 2008DIC Ent. is expanding its empire with a new online production music business called Cuetunes (www.cuetunes.com)....
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Festivals and Events
FICCI Frames Focuses on Original Indian Toons
March 27, 2008This week’s well-attended FICCI-Frames confab in Mumbai (March 25-27) offered several animation and vfx-related panels exploring...
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Festivals and Events
Annecy Unveils Eclectic ’08 Lineup
March 24, 2008The organizers of the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival have announced the lineup for this...
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Commercials
Z Animation Lays 2D Tiles
March 21, 2008The creative team at New York- and L.A.-based studio Z Animation recently wrapped a new 30-second...
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Television
Britney Blows Her Head Off on South Park
March 21, 2008The career of everyone’s favorite troubled pop star, Britney Spears, has been getting a much-needed shot...
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Festivals and Events
Persepolis Nabs Another Prize at Cartoon Movie
March 7, 2008Although they lost the Oscar to Brad Bird and Ratatouille, Persepolis directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent...
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Festivals and Events
48 Euro Pics Bow at Cartoon Movie
February 28, 2008If you happen to be in Germany next week and would like to take a sneak...
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Features
Pirates Helmer to Navigate First Animated Pic
February 27, 2008Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is getting ready to follow up his CG-laden phantom...
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Festivals and Events
Evangelion 1.0 Nabs Tokyo Fair Top Honor
February 26, 2008Evangelion 1.0: You are (Not) Alone has been given the Animation of the Year Award by...
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Festivals and Events
And Your Oscar Winners Are…
February 22, 2008Just in time of the real Academy Awards ceremony, which takes place this Sunday (check them...
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Television
Replacements Ready for Sophomore Season
February 22, 2008Disney Channel will launch the second season of its popular animated series The Replacements on Monday,...
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Television
China Extends Ban on SpongeBob
February 22, 2008Just when it seemed that the Chinese regulators were going to warm up a little to...
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People
Tyler Perry a.k.a. Madea Talks Toons
February 21, 2008Tyler Perry, the man behind such surprise box-office hits as Madea’s Family Reunion and Diary of...
Superprod Animation (France) and Atmosphere Media (Germany) have started production of Anna & Friends, a ...

About 10 years ago, the producer/directors of the prize-winning animated short Kapaemahu Joe Wilson and ...

Donkey Hodie, a whimsical new PBS KIDS puppet series produced by Fred Rogers Productions and ...
