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Pauly Shore & Jon Heder Set Sail with Pororo in ‘Treasure Island Adventure’
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Festivals and Events
And the Oscar Nominees Are:
January 25, 2005The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just released its list of nominees for...
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Home Entertainment
Batman Vs. Superman on Video
January 25, 2005While the fabled Batman Vs. Superman feature film script may never make it to the big...
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Home Entertainment
Sky Captain, AVP Land on Disc
January 25, 2005Two of the year’s biggest effects-loaded sci-fi features invade home video retailers today with the release...
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Visual FX and Tech
Tim Sarnoff on Spideys Oscar Nom
January 25, 2005As the nominations for the 77th Annual Academy Awards were announced early this morning, many in...
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Commercials
Turbo Squid Goes face2face with Mobile Toons
January 25, 2005Turbo Squid, a web-based provider of royalty-free 3D products, has launched a new line of mobile...
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Commercials
Turbo Squid Goes face2face with Mobile Toons
January 25, 2005Turbo Squid, a web-based provider of royalty-free 3D products, has launched a new line of mobile...
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Television
Nelvana, TELETOON Launch DVD/Video Venture
January 24, 2005Toronto-based family entertainment house Nelvana will be joining forces with Canuck cabler TELETOON in a new...
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Television
4Kids Entertainment Has Something for Everybody
January 24, 2005At NATPE 2005, 4Kids Entertainment will introduce two new Japanese anime properties: Mew Mew Power (52×30),...
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Home Entertainment
Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear Coming to Disc
January 24, 2005While Disneys Brother Bear enjoyed a higher profile and bigger box office receipts, it wasnt the...
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People
TV-Loonland CEO Voelkle Resigns
January 24, 2005Daily Variety reports that Peter Voelkle has stepped down from his CEO gig at Munich-based independent...
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Visual FX and Tech
VFX Secrets Revealed by VES
January 24, 2005A good number of Visual Effects Society (VES) members and guests showed up at the Skirball...
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Licensing
KongZhong Connects with Greatdreams
January 24, 2005Chinese wireless services provider KongZhong Corp. has entered into a three-year licensing agreement with Hong Meng...
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Features
Fox to Adapt Chronicles of Darkness
January 21, 2005In the latest bid to discover the next Harry Potter, Fox 2000 has bought rights to...
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Features
Imageworks, Zemeckis to Slay Beowulf
January 21, 2005Sony Imageworks and director Robert Zemeckis will apparently get some more use out of the performance-capture...
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Features
Corpse Bride Trailer Unearthed!
January 21, 2005If you love Tim Burton’s stop-motion masterpiece, The Nightmare Before Christmas, head over to http://corpsebridemovie.warnerbros.com and...
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Television
Checking In With The Winners:The Nicktoons Film Festival Makes an Impact
January 21, 2005After last Sunday’s Winners episode of The Nicktoons Film Festival, we thought it would be a...
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Television
Taffy Ent. Greets Latin America with Hola
January 21, 2005Taffy Ent., the exclusive distribution company of independent animation studio Mike Young Prods., is stepping up...
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Television
Brooks Toons Up Spaceballs for TV
January 21, 2005May the Swartz be with comic legend Mel Brooks as he works to launch an animated...
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Television
Please Leave SpongeBob Alone!
January 20, 2005With everything that’s going on in the world and domestically, you would think Christian conservative groups...
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People
Marvel Owes Stan Lee
January 20, 2005The Associated Press reports that comic-book publisher Marvel Enterprises Inc. was ordered to fork over 10%...
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Gaming
Tigar Hare Gets Shorties
January 20, 2005Tigar Hare Studios, a 3D animation, visual effects and graphic design house, created a 30-second, 3D...
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Gaming
Beastie Boys Jam in NBA STREET V3.
January 20, 2005Hip-hop trio The Beastie Boys are getting animated for Electronic Arts latest edition of its popular...
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Gaming
Activision Acquires Vicarious Visions
January 20, 2005Video game developer and publisher Activision Inc. today announced that it has acquired developer Vicarious Visions....
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Schools
Gnomon Welcomes Spider-Man Artist
January 20, 2005Gnomon School in Hollywood gets up close and personal with one of the 3D artists behind...
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Features
Stars Snared in Charlotte’s Web
January 19, 2005Superstar Julia Roberts has signed on to voice the title arachnid in Paramount Picture’s live-action/animated hybrid...
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Features
Director Conjured for Harry Potter 5
January 19, 2005With Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire now in production, Warner Bros. has already lined...
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Home Entertainment
Catwoman, Tom and Jerry Out of the Bag
January 19, 2005Feline power characterizes this weeks slate of home video releases as Warner Bros. releases Catwoman and...
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Visual FX and Tech
Revealing Weekend for VES
January 19, 2005In preparation for the third annual VES Awards in Hollywood, Calif., The Visual Effects Society this...
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Licensing
BVITV, ProSieben Sign New Licensing Pact
January 19, 2005More Disney toons will make their way to young German viewers as part of a new...
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Television
Destiny Images, TVS Make Distribution News
January 18, 2005The Television Syndication Company (TVS) has signed on to handle international distribution of Destiny Images animated...
In further "yep, there's still a pandemic" news, Anime Expo and E3 are joining Comic-Con ...

International animation studio Discreet Arts, headquartered in Hyderabad, has opened a U.S. office in Burbank, ...

***This article originally appeared in the April '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 309)*** A strong, ...
