Animated People
Exclusive: Disney Junior Welcomes Deaf Drum Wiz Fig to ‘Mickey Mouse Funhouse’
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VFX & Tech
Intel To Accelerate CG production
September 10, 2002The Hollywood Reporter brings word that chip manufacturer Intel promises to speed up production of high-quality...
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Features
Spirited Away Premieres At Toronto Int’l Film Fest
September 9, 2002Slated for U.S. theatrical release on Sept. 20, Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro Kamakakushi) follows the...
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Home Entertainment
Krofft, Gumby DVD Box Sets
September 9, 2002Rhino Home Video stirs up nostalgia with the release of two box sets featuring classic episodes...
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VFX & Tech
NVIDIA Named Fastest Growing Company in America
September 9, 20023D and visual computing technology company NVIDIA Corporation announces that it has been ranked number one...
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Video Games
Jimmy Neutron Battles Alter Ego On PC
September 9, 2002Following the Sept. 6 debut of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius on the small...
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Licensing
Connecticut Scratching For Betty Boop
September 9, 2002Connecticut follows on the heels of Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin with a...
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Features
Last Chance To See Sleeping Beauty
September 6, 2002If you live in the L.A. area and haven’t had a chance to see the 70mm...
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Television
Cartoon Network Acquires Futurama
September 6, 2002In a deal with Twentieth Television, Cartoon Network has picked up exclusive cable rights for all...
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Television
Past And Future Meet In TV Debuts
September 6, 2002This week sees the launch of two animated series which aim to educate and entertain by...
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Television
Chiodo Bros. Animate Clay For Playhouse Disney
September 6, 2002On Monday, September 16, Disney Channel’s learning-based programming block, Play House Disney, will introduce its first-ever...
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Home Entertainment
Gigantor, Transformers Box Sets On The Way
September 6, 2002Rhino Home Video is getting mechanized with two big robot DVD releases for October and November....
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Top Stories
Fox, Amazon.com Preview New Ice Age Short
September 6, 2002Amazon.com customers who pre-order Twentieth Century Fox’s CG hit Ice Age on DVD will get an...
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Features
Disney, Shrek Producer Team For CG Features
September 5, 2002Walt Disney Studios has formed an alliance with Shrek producer John Williams’ Vanguard Films to produce...
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Television
Big Sales For France Animation
September 5, 2002France Animation has signed a number of major deals with buyers across North America, Europe and...
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Festivals & Events
Effects Reign At SIGGRAPH Meeting
September 5, 2002Effects work on the Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment dragon pic Reign of Fire will be...
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People
More Shakeup At RTV
September 5, 2002According to RTV, Peter Hille and Wolfgang Heidrich have stepped down from the Munich-based animation studio’s...
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Video Games
Greece Outlaws Gamers
September 5, 2002CNET News.com reports that all electronic games have been banned by the Greek government. A law...
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Television
SpongeBob Head Gets Kicks With Thunder
September 4, 2002C21media.net reports that Andy Rheingold, former head of development and production for the Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants,...
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Television
Egmont Imagination Cuts Production, Assets On Block
September 4, 2002Egmont Imagination, the animation production-distribution subsidiary of Danish media giant Egmont, is scaling back its production...
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Festivals & Events
Digital Hollywood Reloaded
September 4, 2002This year’s Digital Hollywood conference (Sept. 23-25) will focus on the heightened expectations of the cable,...
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Commercials
EyeballNYC Grooves On MTV Hits
September 4, 2002To create a series of fully animated IDs for the new channel MTV Hits, the music...
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Features
Plympton Draws Next Feature As You Watch
September 3, 2002Marking a first in animation history, cartoonist, animator and independent filmmaker Bill Plympton invites the public...
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Features
Runaway Production Bill Killed
September 3, 2002Variety reports that Assembly Bill 2747, which would have provided as much as $650 million in...
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Television
DOT On The Spot At Cartoon Forum
September 3, 2002U.K.-based GSCFilms, the production house responsible for the award-winning series Kipper, Sheeep and Angelina Ballerina, will...
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Festivals & Events
Women in Animation Launches Canadian Chapter
September 3, 2002The first Canadian chapter of Women in Animation will be dedicated with a launch party and...
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Home Entertainment
Horror Classic Doomed Megalopolis Fated For DVD
September 3, 2002ADV Films announced plans to release Director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, Captain Harlock) animated chiller Doomed Megalopolis for...
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VFX & Tech
Lone Star VFX House Takes Spy Kids For A Ride
September 3, 2002For the effects-filled opening sequence of Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Texan filmmaker...
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Features
Spy Kids Gets The Drop On XXX
August 7, 2002Effects-filled Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams opens today, getting a jump on the weekend...
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VFX & Tech
ComputerCafé Goes Wild For Spy Kids 2
August 7, 2002In Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, swashbuckling skeletons, a miniature zoo and menacing...
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Schools
MCAD Offers Anime & Manga Workshop
August 7, 2002Why have manga and anime become such an international phenomenon? The Minneapolis College of Art and...
