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People
Reeve’s Work Lives On in Animation
October 12, 2004IDT Heads discuss their director’s contributions and the fate of Yankee Irving. Actor Christopher Reeve soared...
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Gaming
Mortal Kombat: Deception Sets Midway Record
October 12, 2004Midway Games announced today that Mortal Kombat: Deception has shipped more than one million units to...
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Gaming
Nintendo Sets Sights on CG Features
October 12, 2004According to The Hollywood Reporter, video game publisher Nintendo plans to enter the crowded CG feature...
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Features
Scribe Enlists for Conran’s Sky Captain Follow-up
October 11, 2004According to The Hollywood Reporter, writer Ehren Kruger (The Ring, The Ring 2), will write John...
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Features
Sharky Machine Going Strong
October 11, 2004DreamWorks’ CG-animated underwater comedy, Shark Tale, ruled the box office again in its second weekend, sinking...
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People
Ex-Disney Animator Named VP of Raven Animation
October 11, 2004Raven Moon Ent. Inc. has named former Walt Disney and MGM animator David Murray VP of...
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People
Christopher Reeve: 1952-2004
October 11, 2004Actor Christopher Reeve, best known for playing the Man of Steel in the Superman movies, died...
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Gaming
Midway Acquires Inevitable Ent.
October 11, 2004Midway Games Inc. announced today that it has acquired Austin, Texas-based Inevitable Ent. Inc., the developer...
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Features
Toy Story Sequels in Play
October 8, 2004New York Newsday reports that Walt Disney Co. plans to produce two back-to-back sequels to its...
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Television
Smokey Robinson Enters ToddWorld
October 8, 2004Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Award-winner Smokey Robinson will sing "Colorful World," the...
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Television
Drew’s Green Screen Hits Small Screen
October 8, 2004Improv meets animation tonight with the premiere of Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show on The WB....
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: BVITV Brings Sonic X, Tutenstein to RTÉ
October 8, 2004Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has signed a deal with terrestrial broadcaster RTÉ in Ireland for...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: DIC Trollz, Hooks TF1, CBBC
October 8, 2004DIC Ent. has inked deals with U.K.’s CBBC and TF1 in France for its new tween-targeted...
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Television
New JibJab Toon on Tonight Show
October 7, 2004As the presidential debates heat up, JibJab (www.jibjab.com) and AtomFilms (www.atomfilms.com) are once again taking aim...
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Festivals and Events
Porchlight, Jetix Europe Push Bladder Lad into Development
October 7, 2004Producer/distributor PorchLight Ent. and Jetix Europe (formerly Fox Kids Europe) have entered into a development deal...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: Breakthrough and Ellipsanime Announce Post-Betty Plans
October 7, 2004After bringing its hit Atomic Cartoons co-production, Atomic Betty, to the market, Breakthrough Animation is partnering...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: Trio Forges New Anime Alliance
October 7, 2004ADV Films COO Kevin Corcoran announced yesterday that his company will be joining forces with Funimation...
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Home Entertainment
Shrek 2 Hits Home in November
October 7, 2004Having raked in more than $439 million at the box office to become the highest-grossing animated...
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Gaming
THQ Drives Cars, Nick Toons to Nintendo DS
October 7, 2004Independent game publisher THQ Inc. today announced that it plans to supply owners of the new...
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Television
MGA Ent.’s Alien Racers Speeds to Fox
October 6, 2004MGA Ent., the consumer entertainment products company behind the BRATZ doll sensation, has joined forces with...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: Nelvana Crows About New Chris Landreth Project
October 6, 2004Toronto-based animation house Nelvana will be producing a new animated feature based on an epic trilogy...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: Antefilms, Marvel Prep New Fantastic Four Toon
October 6, 2004Fans of Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four franchise can look forward to a new cutting-edge animated series...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: ShoPro’s Zatch Bell! Chimes on Cartoon Network
October 6, 2004Following the success of its hit show, MegaMan NT Warrior on Kids’ WB!, ShoPro Ent. has...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: Aardman Launches New CG Series
October 6, 2004Is the world ready for characters called Soppy Street Rappers, Bickering Babes, Nose-picker, Ninja Handyman and...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM Jr. CBBC Not Sheepish about Animation
October 6, 2004“We are happy to be able to secure more funding for animation,” says CBBC head of...
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People
Disney Channel’s Healy Upped to Senior VP, Original Movies
October 6, 2004Disney Channel exec Michael Healy has been promoted to senior VP of original movies. Reporting to...
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Visual FX and Tech
Toon Boom Releases Opus II
October 6, 2004Montreal-based Toon Boom Animation has released Opus II, the latest version of its complete animation solution...
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Features
Team America Sneaking into Theaters
October 5, 2004Paramount Pictures’ Team America: World Police, the latest satirical romp from South Park creators Trey Parker...
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Features
John Woo Powers He-Man to Big Screen
October 5, 2004Daily Variety reports that Hong Kong action auteur John Woo is set to direct and produce...
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Festivals and Events
MIPCOM: Silverwing to Fly as Trilogy
October 5, 2004Bardel Ent.’s Silverwing, an animated action/adventure series about bats, is being repackaged as a trio of...
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