Shorts
Forever Young: Director Zach Parrish Talks About His New Disney Short ‘Us Again’
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Festivals and Events
Cartoon Forum Standouts
September 24, 2002In continuing our wrap-up of the 13th Cartoon Forum in Bangor, North Wales, we look at...
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Home Entertainment
DVD Releases
September 24, 2002The thirty-two episode DVD box set The History of Beavis and Butt-Head, scheduled for release today...
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Home Entertainment
Real War Takes On Terrorism
September 24, 2002Simon & Schuster Interactive will release the next entry in the best-selling Real War game series...
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Internet
AOL Offers Exclusive Two Towers Preview
September 24, 2002With the Dec. 18 release still months away, fans who can’t wait to get a peek...
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Television
Capping Cartoon Forum
September 23, 2002The largest ever Cartoon Forum drew to a close in North Wales this past weekend with...
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Television
Reader’s Digest To Distribute Han Christian Anderson Tales
September 23, 2002In an agreement with Egmont Imagination, Reader’s Digest will distribute The Fairytaler on VHS and DVD....
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Television
SoSophie’s Cannes Debut
September 23, 2002Channelzero will unveil its three-minute pilot of the 26×22 series SoSophie at MIPCOM 2002. Scripted by...
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Television
ADV Offers Animated Farscape, Other Licenses
September 23, 2002ADV Films, a leading distributor of anime and genre live action programming, has announced that television,...
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Commercials
PVI, FOX Sports, Ford Make Virtual Advertising History
September 23, 2002Princeton Video Image Inc. and FOX Sports presented the first ever dynamic, animated virtual advertisements on...
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Licensing
Michael Crichton Dreams Up Concept For SEGA
September 23, 2002SEGA of America Inc. and best-selling author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Congo) have entered into a...
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Features
A Spirited Opening
September 20, 2002One of the year’s most anticipated animated features hits U.S. theaters today in limited release. Disney’s...
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Television
TV-Loonland Forges Metalheads
September 20, 2002Production has begun on TV-Loonland’s latest animation show, Metalheads, an off-the-wall comedy adventure for kids 6...
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Television
Atomic Carnival Rolls Into MIPCOM
September 20, 2002Atomic Cartoons rides into MIPCOM with Coney Island Carneys, created by animation artists Garnet Syberg-Olsen and...
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Festivals and Events
DIY Animation: State Of The Industry II: This Time It’s Personal
September 20, 2002With U.S. animation jobs on the endangered list, the message is clear: if you want to...
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Home Entertainment
ADV Films Says Hello Kitty
September 20, 2002ADV Films has acquired the rights to distribute the series Hello Kitty’s Paradise on VHS and...
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Visual FX and Tech
Disney Helps Kids Make Cartoons
September 20, 2002Aspiring animators can now get a head start with Disney Interactive’s Disney Magic Artist Cartoon Maker....
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Television
MIPCOM Entry Gets Curious About Rock Stars
September 19, 2002From Curious and Blueprint Ent. comes Hey Joel, an adult-oriented, animated sitcom that goes behind-the-scenes at...
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Festivals and Events
Tonight: Get The 411 On Independent Animation
September 19, 2002To follow up June’s well-attended panel discussion, The State of the Industry, ASIFA-Hollywood, The Animation Guild...
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Festivals and Events
CARTOON FORUM Is On
September 19, 2002Cartoon Forum Eryri, one of Europe’s biggest animation events, is underway at Faenol Estate in Bangor,...
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Home Entertainment
Monsters Scares Up Record Video Sales
September 19, 2002Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.. sold 5 million units on DVD and video in North America on the...
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Visual FX and Tech
New Maya Tutorials On DVD
September 19, 2002The Gnomon Workshop, an outgrowth of the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, has released nine new...
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Features
Santa Claus Is Coming To IMAX
September 18, 2002You may have seen Momma kissing Santa Claus, but this holiday season you’ll see the jolly...
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Television
Little Red Tractor Revs Up For MIPCOM
September 18, 2002Entertainment Rights will launch Little Red Tractor at MIPCOM 2002. The co-production with the Little Entertainment...
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Television
Egmont Imagination Waddles To MIPCOM With Paz
September 18, 2002MIPCOM 2002 will see the debut of Egmont Imagination’s new pre-school series, Paz. The 52×5 co-production...
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Visual FX and Tech
ISDN Studios Crank Voiceover Bills Down
September 18, 2002If you’re putting together a budget for your independent animation project, one thing you may not...
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Visual FX and Tech
New Technology Turns PCs Into 3D TVs
September 18, 2002Imagine playing your favorite video game or watching your favorite TV show or movie in eye-popping...
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Visual FX and Tech
Paramount Digs Cinesite Europe For Tomb Raider 2
September 18, 2002With Angelina Jolie set to reprise the role of Lara Croft in Paramount’s Tomb Raider 2,...
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Gaming
Ex-Scream Gaming
September 18, 2002In conjunction with the home video release of Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., THQ Inc. announced the availability...
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Features
Disney Fools With Animation Pitch
September 17, 2002According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has acquired the proposed animated family feature The Fool’s Errand,...
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Television
Comet Ent. Scales Up To Do Lizard Show
September 17, 2002Canadian-based animation production and content development group, Comet Ent. Inc., has entered into an agreement with...
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