Features
News Bytes: BAFTA Animation Shortlist, Sean Sexton Talks DreamWorks, Adobe Snags Oculus Medium & More
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Visual FX and Tech
Sony’s New 4:4:4 HD System Adopted for Episode III
April 7, 2003When production on the latest installment in the Star Wars saga begins in June at Fox...
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Visual FX and Tech
Alias | Wavefront Announces Maya 5
April 7, 2003Alias | Wavefront announced the release of Maya 5 over the weekend at the meeting of...
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Gaming
LucasArts Goes to Jedi Academy for PC and Xbox
April 7, 2003LucasArts, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, announces the coming of Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, the...
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Internet
Fox Signs On With CinemaNow
April 7, 2003According to Reuters, online movie service CinemaNow has inked a distribution deal with Twentieth Century Fox,...
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Features
Disney Finds Enchanted Director
April 3, 2003Variety reports that Bringing Down the House director Adam Shankman will direct a live-action/animated romantic fable...
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Home Entertainment
THQ Ships Disney Princess
April 3, 2003THQ Inc. brings characters from the Disney animated classics Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Snow White and...
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People
2004 is Seussentennial
April 3, 2003In celebration of Theodor Seuss Geisel’s 100th Birthday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises will sponsor a year-long tribute....
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Internet
Garfield, MovieTickets.com Help Make Web Safe for Kids
April 3, 2003Garfield Island (http://www.GarfieldIsland.com), a subscription-based, kid-safe, parent-approved web browser and community, is getting help in promoting...
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Licensing
Codemasters Gets American Idol Video Game Rights
April 3, 2003If phoning in your vote for your favorite American Idol contestant isn’t interactive enough for you,...
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Television
Spielberg, The Thing to Materialize on Sci-Fi
April 1, 2003The Sci Fi Channel is currently in negotiation with Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks TV and the folks...
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Television
Germany’s EM.TV Singing Financial Blues
April 1, 2003German children’s TV outfit EM.TV is hoping to sell the Jim Henson Co., which it aquired...
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Television
South Park Renewed for Two
April 1, 2003Kenny, Cartman, Stan and Kyle will continue to cause mischief in the sleepy town of South...
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Television
Angelina Ballerina Makes Encore Performances
April 1, 2003Five new episodes of the series Angelina Ballerina will begin airing this May on PBS. Produced...
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Home Entertainment
The Wild Thornberrys Movie Comes Home
April 1, 2003The first big-screen outing for the family of wildlife documentary filmmakers known as The Wild Thornberrys...
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Licensing
Soda Maker Pops for Two Towers Home Video Release
April 1, 2003While soda may be unheard of Middle-Earth, Dr Pepper/Seven Up will join forces with New Line...
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Features
Filmgoers Fancy Funny Over FX
March 31, 2003For the fourth week in a row, comedy has been king at the box office. This...
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Features
Peter Jackson Takes on Kong
March 31, 2003Years ago, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson expressed his desire to remake the 1933...
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Television
Scholastic Ent. Explores Clifford’s Puppy Days
March 31, 2003Scholastic Ent., producer of the award-winning series Clifford The Big Red Dog, is going back to...
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Home Entertainment
Plympton’s Hair High Graphic Novel Released
March 31, 2003NBM Publishing has released the graphic novel version of Hair High, Bill Plympton’s upcoming animated feature....
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Home Entertainment
Spirited Away Coming to DVD This Month
March 31, 2003Having swept off with to Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece Spirited Away...
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Television
University Games, JP Kids Form New Children’s Media Company
March 27, 2003Educational board game manufacturer University Games has merged with children’s and family media company JP Kids/Mindrocket...
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Festivals and Events
Kids Animate Against Smoking
March 27, 2003The Thirteenth Annual TEAM (Tobacco Education Awareness Message) Awards were held last night at the Wadsworth...
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Visual FX and Tech
IBM Dips Into Nvidia Chip Biz
March 27, 2003IBM Corp. and NVIDIA have announced a multi-year strategic alliance that will see IBM manufacturing NVIDIA’s...
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Commercials
The Mill Goes Fetal
March 27, 2003When you think CG, that dancing pink thing from Ally McBeal probably comes to mind. But...
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Licensing
No Ink, Just Paint For Nickelodeon and Lowe’s
March 27, 2003Nickelodeon and home improvement retailer Lowe’s have launched the Nickelodeon paint collection, part of a series...
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Features
Spirited Away Back in Theaters
March 26, 2003Disney announced that it will re-release Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning animated feature Spirited Away in theaters across...
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Television
TPS Offers Three New Kid Channels in France
March 26, 2003Three new kids channels will join Teletoon and Teletoon Plus One on French digital platform TPS....
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Television
Nelvana Secures More European Deals
March 26, 2003On the heels of its sale of Beyblade to German broadcasters, Corus Ent.’s Nelvana has closed...
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Television
BA20, Utv Toons on Road to Bollywood.
March 26, 2003BA20 and utv toons have agreed on a 50/50 partnership deal to develop the BA20 property...
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Festivals and Events
WIA Takes Wild Ride from the Tube to the Big Screen
March 26, 2003From Rugrats to The Wild Thornberrys, Klasky Csupo has been successful in bringing TV properties to...
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Television
‘Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart’: Parker Simmons’ Loveable Trio Hits the Road
June 30, 2019***This story was written for the August ’19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** If you...
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Features
Watch: New English-Language Trailer for ‘Maquia’
August 16, 2018Eleven Arts Anime Studio has announced the English dub cast and English dubbed trailer for Maquia:...
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