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Features

DHX Moves For-Hire Ops to Canada

Mercedes Milligan - February 14, 2013

Canadian indie toon house DHX Media is moving its Los Angeles-based work for hire production operations to Canada to take advantage of tax credits,...

Festivals & Events

Nick Announces Kids’ Choice Nominees

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2013

Nickelodeon has revealed the nominees for the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards, taking place March 23, airing live on the channel (and online at nick.com/KCA13)...

People

Bullock, Brooks & Neeson Sign to Toon Projects

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2013

It's a busy week for voice star announcements as a few studios have revealed key names for their upcoming projects. From Universal/Illumination comes the...

Television

Putting Himself ‘Out There’

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2013

How South Park veteran Ryan Quincy tapped his awkward phase for IFC’s first original cartoon. Cheer up, Generation X: There’s a new adult-targeted toon on...

Cyber Group’s ‘Zou’ Gets Interactive

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2013

French indie Cyber Group Studios has announced the simultaneous release of new interactive projects starring the cuddly striped zebra hero of its HD CG...

Television

DreamWorks, Netflix to Launch ‘Turbo’ Series

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2013

Home entertainment streaming outlet Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have announced they will create the first ever Netflix Original Series for young audiences by adapting...

Features

Little Airplane’s ‘Small Potatoes’ Star in Musical Movie

Mercedes Milligan - February 11, 2013

Little Airplane Productions are taking the star spuds of their pre-k series Small Potatoes on a feature-length musical adventure as the animated movie Meet...

Television

‘Story Isn’t Over’ for Catalan, Chinese Co-Pro

Mercedes Milligan - February 11, 2013

Televisio de Catalunya, the public television organization for the Spanish region, has announced a new step forward in international co-productions for the area’s toon...

Features

Universal-Illumination to Reboot Seuss’s ‘Grinch’

Mercedes Milligan - February 8, 2013

Universal Studios and its Illumination Entertainment animation division are banking that Dr. Seuss fans have sufficiently recovered from the much-maligned Jim Carrey take on...

Television

Benedict Cumberbatch Has V-Day Date with ‘Simpsons’

Mercedes Milligan - February 8, 2013

Benedict Cumberbatch, star of mystery-solving TV sensation Sherlock, will be guest starring in Sunday night’s special Valentine’s Day themed episode of The Simpsons on...

Television

‘Strawberry Shortcake’ Welcomes New Boy to the Patch

Mercedes Milligan - February 8, 2013

An all-new season of Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures is set to launch on The Hub on Saturday, February 23 with two brand new...

Features

New ‘Croods’ Posters Reveal Cool Critters

Mercedes Milligan - February 7, 2013

DreamWorks Animation and distribution partner 20th Century Fox have unleashed two new posters for the upcoming 3-D CG caveman comedy, The Croods. In addition...

Television

‘Peter Rabbit’ Hops to Nickelodeon

Mercedes Milligan - February 7, 2013

A new CG-animated series based on the works of Beatrix Potter is high-tailing it to Nickelodeon as the preschool-targeted show Peter Rabbit debuts on...

People

Imageworks Adds Dowdeswell, Nichols to Vancouver Studio

Mercedes Milligan - February 7, 2013

Sony Pictures Imageworks has further plumped up its Vancouver, Canada vfx and digital character animation studio (established in 2010) with the appointment of Jason...

Kickstarter Watch: Moonbot Campaigns for ‘Golem’ Game

Mercedes Milligan - February 7, 2013

Shrevepport, Lousiana's Moonbot Studios (the clever folks behind William Joyce's award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore animated short and app) is...

Television

Foundation, Zodiak, High1 Co-Pro Toon Slate

Mercedes Milligan - February 6, 2013

The Foundation, U.K. production company Zodiak Kids and Korea-based animation studio High1 Entertainment have announced they will begin development on a three-project slate of...

People

Carrington Joins HIT as Head of Content & Production

Mercedes Milligan - February 6, 2013

Children’s entertainment producer/rights holder HIT Entertainment has announced the appointment of Michael Carrington to the newly created position of Head of Content and Production,...

Television

KidsCo & Syfy Launch Syfy Kids Block

Mercedes Milligan - February 6, 2013

International kiddy channel KidsCo has announced a new partnership with NBCUniversal’s Syfy channel to launch a dedicated programming block aimed at sci fi fans...

Festivals & Events

‘Life of Pi’ & ‘Brave’ Top VES Winners

Mercedes Milligan - February 6, 2013

The creative team behind the vfx of Ang Lee’s literary adaptation Life of Pi (lead by Rhythm & Hues)—which featured stormy seas, a photoreal...

Features

Digibook Reveals Behind the Scenes of ‘ParaNorman’

Mercedes Milligan - February 5, 2013

Just in time for the Academy Awards ramp-up, the acclaimed team of Oregon’s LAIKA Studios is offering an interactive, all-digital look behind the scenes...

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