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Festivals & Events

Sound Innovator Thom to Address SIGGRAPH

animation_magazine - March 10, 2009

Oscar-winning sound editor and designer Randy Thom will deliver a keynote address at this year's SIGGRAPH conference, set for August 3-7 in New Orleans. Thom...

Festivals & Events

VIZ Translates Miyazaki Essays

animation_magazine - March 10, 2009

Starting Point: 1979-1996, a collection of acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's essays, notes, sketches and rare interviews, will be translated into English and published...

Features

Mr. Selick’s Other-Worldly Magic

animation_magazine - March 10, 2009

How the brilliant Henry Selick and his team at LAIKA used 3-D stopmotion to recreate the world of Coraline. In Neil Gaiman's popular novella Coraline,...

Features

Princess and the Frog Gets Earlier Release

animation_magazine - March 10, 2009

The Walt Disney Co. has moved up the release date for its 2D animated musical feature The Princess and the Frog to Dec. 11. Previously...

Features

DreamWorks Drives Dinotrux Deal

animation_magazine - March 10, 2009

Chris Gall's (There's Nothing to Do in Mars, Dear Fish) upcoming children's book Dinotrux is on track to evolve into a CG-animated film at...

Video Games

U.K. Game Industry Protests Change 4 Life Ad

animation_magazine - March 9, 2009

Video game makers in the United Kingdom are strongly objecting to a government healthy-living ad campaign that they say unfairly portrays playing games as...

People

Director, Designer Rand Signs with DUCK

animation_magazine - March 9, 2009

Award-winning director Natasha Rand has signed on with DUCK, a Los Angeles-based creative studio that specializes in commercials, music videos, short films and web...

Home Entertainment

Pinocchio, Gulliver Lead Stampede of New DVDs

animation_magazine - March 9, 2009

Brand-new editons of all-time animated classics Pinocchio and Gulliver's Travels highlight a week heavy on animated and VFX-laden DVD and Blu-ray releases. Up first is...

Home Entertainment

Babar Returns in New CG Series

animation_magazine - March 9, 2009

King Babar, the elephant star of a beloved series of children's books, is returning to animation in a new series that has begun production...

Television

JoBros. Kick Off Season 13 of South Park

animation_magazine - March 9, 2009

The long-running animated comedy series South Park kicks off its 13 season Wednesday, March 11 with an episode skewering the musical group The Jonas...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Movie Wraps With Tributes, Record Attendance

animation_magazine - March 8, 2009

Cartoon Movie wrapped up the first edition in its new locale in Lyon, France, by awarding tributes to the top performers in European animation,...

Television

Henson Co.’s Science Kid Travels the Globe

animation_magazine - March 8, 2009

Sid the Science Kid is coming to TV screens all over the world, with the Jim Henson Co. finalizing broadcast deals across the globe...

Features

Watchmen Watchers Spend $55 Million

animation_magazine - March 8, 2009

As expected, Watchmen'adapted from the acclaimed DC Comics graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons'dominated the weekend box office, raking in $55.7 million...

Features

Johnson Adds Voice to Holy Cow!

animation_magazine - March 8, 2009

Dwayne Johnson has signed on to voice a tough Texas steer in the animated feature Holy Cow!, Variety reports. The project is a joint effort...

Features

Miller to Take Anime to Mad Max

animation_magazine - March 8, 2009

Mad Max, star of a trilogy of popular action films in the 1980s, could return to the big screen as a 3D anime-style feature. George...

People

Knight Rises to Top Spot at LAIKA

animation_magazine - March 6, 2009

Travis Knight is the new CEO and president of LAIKA, the Portland-based animation studio behind the hit 3-D stop-motion feature film Coraline. Knight sits...

Video Games

The Beatles Join the Rock Band Revolution

animation_magazine - March 5, 2009

The Beatles are coming to Rock Band. Management for the Fab Four announced a special Beatles version of the popular music videogame will be released...

Home Entertainment

Garden DVDs to Bloom in Canada

animation_magazine - March 5, 2009

The popular animated preschool TV series In the Night Garden, which has sold 750,000 DVDs to date in the United Kingdom, is set for...

Home Entertainment

Dinosaur King DVDs Go Global

animation_magazine - March 5, 2009

4Kids Entertainment has sold the home video rights to its animated series Dinosaur King to key markets around the world. In addition to its deal...

Features

Watchmen Storms the Box Office

animation_magazine - March 5, 2009

Storming into theaters as the sole major release is Watchmen, the long-awaited adaptation of the classic superhero graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave...

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