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Rush, Wenham Sign On to Snyder’s Ga’Hoole Feature

Actors Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Taylor and David Wenhem have signed on to provide voices for Watchmen director's Zack Snyder's upcoming animated feature,...

Bashir Takes WGA’s Doc Honor

Ari Folman's screenplay to the animated film Waltz with Bashir won the WGA Award for best documentary screenplay, adding to the film's awards season...

BAFTAs Honor WALL’E and Wallace

The British Academy of Film and Television honored the Disney-Pixar film WALL'E as the best animated feature at its awards ceremony Sunday. The awards were...

Oscar Trio Leads Toon Noms for Kids Choice Awards

The nominees for Nickelodeon's 22nd annual Kids Choice Awards give young voters a chance to decide which of their favorite animated projects and actors...

CN Launches 2nd Volley of Clone Wars This Fall

Cartoon Network on Monday announced it will pick up a second season of the Lucasfilm Animation series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The series, which...

Audiences Select Selick’s Magic

Focus Features's 3-D, stop-motion feature Coraline earned $16.4 million in its opening weekend'good enough for third place. Leading the weekend was the Warner Bros. /...

DreamWorks Out at Universal, Talking to Disney

DreamWorks and Disney are expected to announce Monday they have struck a deal for Disney to distribute the studio's films. Talks were ongoing through the...

Disney/DreamWorks Deal Done

It's official: DreamWorks has a new distributor in Disney. The long-term exclusive deal was announced Monday after much speculation over the weekend after a DreamWorks/Universal...

Match Factory Pitches CG Feature

The Match Factory has picked up the worldwide sales rights to Alois Nebel, one of the first computer-animated feature to be made in the...

Aardman Animates Healthy Message for U.K.

A U.K. public-service campaign promoting healthy diets and exercise has released a new animated announcement created by Aardman Animations. The spot is directed by...

THQ Hires Pucino as CFO

Video game company THQ Inc. has named Paul J. Pucino to the post of executive vice president and chief financial officers. He is replacing Colin...

The Orphanage Closes Its Doors

San Francisco-based vfx house The Orphanage announced it is suspending operations indefinitely after 10 years in business. The news broke on the blog of co-founder...

Academy Sets First Animated Feature Symposium Feb. 19

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate its nominees for best animated feature at its first Animated Feature Symposium on Feb....

Nick UK Has Record Year

Nickelodeon UK announced it was the No. 1 kids network in the country for 2008, posting its highest share since launching in 1993. The channel...

Missing Lynx Nabs Spain’s Goya Award

If you needed proof of the growth of the feature animation industry in Spain, all you have to do is take a look at...

Sony, Platinum to Develop Animated Feature

Sony Pictures Animation has signed a deal to develop with Platinum Studios a feature animated film based on characters in Platinum's library of comic...

Lumenas Sets Murphy, Brady for Santa Claus Pic

Salt Lake City-based Lumenas Animation Studios has hired a writer and director for its first animated feature, The Legend of Santa Claus. Tab Murphy will...

Wright Adds Animation to Scott Pilgrim

Director Edgar Wright's movie version of Bryan Lee O'Malley's popular graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim is going to include several hand-animated sequences, according to...

Coraline Leaps into Theaters in 3-D

Henry Selick's stop-motion 3-D movie Coraline lands in theaters this weekend. The PG-rated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's popular novella stars Dakota Fanning as a girl...

Campbell in Talks for Green Lantern

Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. is negotiating with Casino Royale director Martin Campbell about helming the DC Comics adaptation Green Lantern. Campbell would direct...
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