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Features

Madagascar 2’s IMAX Run Extended

Ryan Ball - September 8, 2008

IMAX Corp. and DreamWorks Animation today announced that the IMAX release of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has been extended through the Thanksgiving holiday and...

Features

Sky Crawlers Flies at Sony

Ryan Ball - September 8, 2008

Anime fans in North America and other territories can look forward to seeing the animated feature film The Sky Crawlers, thanks to Sony. Daily...

Features

Keaton is Ken in Toy Story 3

Ryan Ball - September 8, 2008

Actor Michael Keaton has reportedly joined the voice cast for the upcoming Disney/Pixar sequel Toy Story 3. Keaton will lend his voice to the...

Television

NBC Having A Muppets Christmas

Ryan Ball - September 8, 2008

The NBC television network is cuddling up with some popular puppets this winter. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that a new special titled Letters...

Festivals & Events

ASIFA Hosts Student Animation Fest

Ryan Ball - September 8, 2008

ASIFA-Hollywood's Animator Educator's Forum is hosting its first Student Animation Film Festival at Woodbury University in Burbank, Calif. on Oct. 18. Kicking off at...

Festivals & Events

Academy Considers Scientific Achievements

Ryan Ball - September 8, 2008

Academy Considers Scientific Achievements The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that eight scientific...

Television

9 Story Takes Fugget About It to MIPCOM

Ryan Ball - September 8, 2008

Toronto-based production and distribution company 9 Story Ent. will introduce its first prime-time animated project at next month's MIPCOM. Buyers will get their first...

Television

DECODE Shows Go Greek

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

Greece's Channel 9 has acquired six kid shows from DECODE Ent., the distribution subsidiary of DHX Media Ltd. The deal includes the animated series...

Features

Columbia Calls Ghostbusters Again

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

It's starting to feel like the '80s all over again as major studios set their sights on such franchises as Voltron, Poltergeist and Ghostbusters....

Video Games

EA Releases Spore

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

This weekend will see the release of Spore, the eagerly awaited new massively single-player game from Electronic Arts Inc. and Maxis, the development studio...

Television

Antonucci Makes Toons with W!LDBRAIN

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

Danny Antonucci, creator of Cartoon Network's long-running series Ed, Edd n Eddy, has signed an exclusive deal with W!LDBRAIN. Under the deal, Antonucci will...

Television

Mighty B! Back with Corddry

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

Nickelodeon's The Mighty B! returns on Monday, Sept. 8, kicking off a week of all-new episodes airing every day at 5 p.m. Monday's installment,...

Television

Xilam Pitches Mr BaBy at Cartoon Forum

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

Paris-based animation studio Xilam is headed to Cartoon Forum with Mr BaBy, a new short-form animated series that has been commission by French broadcaster...

Television

Dive Olly Dive! Sprouts Up Five Days a Week

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

Dive Olly Dive! from Taffy Ent. and Mike Young Prods. has expanded to five days a week on PBS KIDS Sprout. The 24-hour preschool...

VFX

Alioscopy Unveils Autostereoscopic Display at WAEA

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2008

The glasses are coming off as Alioscopy USA, a maker of 3D display technologies, gets set to demonstrate its 3DHD-40 autostereoscopic 3D LCD display...

Features

Voltron May Have Director

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2008

Writer/director Max Makowski, whose credits include independent films and TV shows, is in negotiations to direct Relativity Media's big-screen version of the 1980s animated...

Television

International Sales for ER’s George, Casper, Finley

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2008

Entertainment Rights (ER) has signed a number of major television distribution deals for core brands in key territories around the globe. George of the...

Television