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Television

Heathcliff Making Animated Comeback

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2008

The other mischievous orange cat of comic strip fame is set to return to the screen in celebration of the 35th anniversary of George...

Features

Disney to Bring Ponyo to U.S. in 2009

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2008

Reporting on the Venice Film Festival screening of Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated opus, Time Magazine confirms that Disney will release Pony on the Cliff...

Happy Tree Friends Explode with Ka-Pow!

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2008

Mondo Media to day introduced Ka-Pow!, a new series based on its animated web sensation Happy Tree Friends. The property's millions of fans can...

People

Peanuts Animator Bill Melendez Dies

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2008

Bill Melendez, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning animator best known for bringing Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts characters to life, died on the morning of Tuesday,...

Features

Animated Short Walks Tight Rope

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2008

Magnolia Pictures' documentary Man on Wire will be accompanied in select theaters by Michael Sporn's 2005 animated short film The Man Who Walked Between...

Features

Watchmen Trial Set for January

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2008

The fate of one of the most highly anticipated big-screen comic-book adaptations hangs in the balance as 20th Century Fox gets its day in...

Television

4Kids Announces Saturday Lineups

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2008

4Kids Ent. today unveiled its lineup of fall programs to air on Saturday mornings on FOX and The CW Network. Both blocks will kick...

Video Games

Image Metrics Puts Face on Operation Flashpoint 2

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2008

Image Metrics is creating facial animation for key characters appearing in cinematic sequences for Codemasters' upcoming video game Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising. Slated...

VFX

RocketOn, Animax Develop Virtual Worlds

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2008

RocketOn Inc., creator of the Parallel Virtual World Platform, and Emmy-winning multiplatform entertainment studio Animax Ent. have formed a strategic partnership to co-develop parallel...

People

TELETOON Fills Marketing Jobs

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2008

Canadian broadcaster TELETOON has appointed Russell Ward to the post of VP of marketing, and has promoted Natalie Cunningham to director of marketing. Both...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Tributes Nominees Named

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2008

Cartoon Forum, the European Association of Animation Film, has announced this year's nominees for Cartoon Tributes, an award ceremony to be held on Sept...

Home Entertainment

Henson’s Blue Elephant Charges to Disc

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2008

Once known for The Muppets and other puppet creations, The Jim Henson Co. continues its push into animation with The Blue Elephant, a new...

Home Entertainment

Batman, Scooby Double Features on DVD

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2008

Warner Home Video today released two sets of feature-length animated movies starring two very different cartoon crime fighters. A Batman double feature offers Batman...

Video Games

WWE’s Claims against THQ Dismissed

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2008

Video-game maker THQ Inc. today announced that the Connecticut Superior Court has dismissed most of the claims filed against it and THQ/JAKKS Pacific LLC....

Features

Renaissance Producer Spawns Prodigies

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2008

Aton Soumache, producer of Christian Volker's 2006 Annecy award-winning animated feature Renaissance, is producing another major French CG feature. According to Daily Variety, he...

Features

Delgo Finally Gets Release Date

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2008

We first became aware of the independently produced CG animated feature film Delgo in 2003, but haven't heard much from the production since the...

People

Abbey Home Media Gets Moore

Ryan Ball - August 29, 2008

Abbey Home Media, a British independent distributor, rights owner and producer of children's programs, has appointed Stephen Moore partner and shareholder. Moore previously held...

Features