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Watchmen Storms the Box Office

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...

KidsCo Secures MarVista Titles

KidsCo has acquired from MarVista Entertainment the broadcast rights to such animated titles as Anastasia, Beauty and the Beast and The Pied Piper for...

Spore’s Will Wright to Deliver SIGGRAPH Keynote

Will Wright, the renowned designer of such games as SimCity and Spore, will give a keynote address at the 2009 SIGGRAPH conference. Wright's SimCity franchise,...

Banjo Celebrates 30th With DVD Release

The 1979 classic short film Banjo the Woodpile Cat has arrived for the first time on DVD in a special 30th anniversary edition. Banjo...

W!LDBRAIN Expands to L.A.

W!LDBRAIN, producers of the hit Nick Jr. series Yo Gabba Gabba!, have announced plans for an animation studio in Los Angeles. The Sherman Oaks-based...

Rob the Robot Co-Production Assembled

Singapore-based One Animation and Canada's Amberwood Entertainment have agreed to co-produce the preschool animated series Rob the Robot. The 3D animated series, developed and commissioned...

Studio Ghibli, Toyota Team on Training Center

Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli will team up with Toyota to open a new animation training center in western Japan, reports Variety. Ghibli, which has...

Hit Targets Big Screen with Thomas

Hit Entertainment is bringing its hit children's TV franchise Thomas the Tank Engine to the big screen. Variety reports the feature, due in 2010, is...

Toon Boom, iStockphoto Team Up

Software makers Toon Boom Animation Inc. have teamed up with iStockphoto, the world's largest royalty-free stock image service, to offer its users access to...

CJ, ToonBox Team Up for Bolts and Blip

Korea-based CJ Entertainment has struck a co-production deal with ToonBox Entertainment and Redrover Co. Ltd. for the animated television project Bolts and Blip. The series,...

DreamWorks Snaps Up Heights Creator

Lin-Manuel Miranda, writer and star of the Broadway hit In the Heights, has signed a deal to create a musical animated feature for DreamWorks. The...

Ex-Food Exec to Run Activision Blizzard’s Europe Arm

Thibaud De Saint-Quentin will take over as senior VP and managing director of Activision Blizzard's European publishing effort, effective March 9, reports the U.K....

Watchmen, Wonder Woman Move to DVD

Comic-book heroes lead a heavy week of new animated DVDs hitting store shelves. Up first is Wonder Woman, the latest original animated DVD in the...

Review: Updated Wonder Woman Shines

Wonder Woman has always been a difficult character to get right. Sure, she's appeared continuously in DC Comics since 1941, but her story hasn't...

Fantasporto Honors Plympton’s Idiots

Bill Plympton's animated feature film Idiots and Angels won the grant prize in the fantasy competition at the 29th annual Fantasporto Oporto Film Festival. Plympton's...

Nick Solicits Reels for Online Job Database

Nickelodeon Animation Studios is building a digital database of reels by animators looking for work. The studio has requested artists interested in openings at the...

Video Games Live Adds 45 Tour Dates


Video Games Live, the touring performance of music from top games, expanded its 2009 tour with the addition of 45 new dates. The tour, founded...

Moonscoop Absorbs Divisions into Overall Brand

Moonscoop will consolidate subsidiaries Taffy Entertainment and Mike Young Productions into the parent company's overall brand. Both Taffy and Mike Young will now be known...

Madea Still Reigns; JoBros. Fend Off Resurgent Slumdog

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail held on to the top spot at the weekend box office in its second frame, pulling in a...

Disney Plans to Make 2-D Features Every Other Year

Walt Disney Animation Studios visual effects supervisor Marlon West told crowds at WonderCon this weekend that the studio plans to make a 2-D, hand-drawn...
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