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Panda Clobbers Competition at Annies

DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda dominated the 36th annual Annie Awards, taking home 11 trophies, including best animated feature, while its spinoff short film...

Spielberg, EA Spin Boom Blox Sequel

Director Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts are working on a new videogame called Boom Blox Bash Party, a sequel to their first videogame collaboration....

Sarnoff Departs Sony Imageworks

Tim Sarnoff has stepped down from his longtime post as president of Sony Pictures Imageworks. Sarnoff joined SPI in 1997 and has lead it...

Torrence Joins Animax as CEO

Animax Entertainment has hired Corey Torrence as its new chief executive. Torrence, previously president of Prodigious Worldwide, will over see daily operations and plan for...

Kalagian to Develop Business for Fresh TV

Toronto-based family entertainment company Fresh TV has teamed up with Kalagian Productions to broaden its development and production slates. Under the deal, Kalagian president Terry...

Taken Tries to Tackle Fans Away from Super Bowl

The list of films looking to lure viewers away from this weekend's Super Bowl is led by Taken, a new thriller from Fox starring...

Isla Fisher Joins Cast of Rango

Actress Isla Fisher will jump from the world of shopping into animation. Variety reports the star of the upcoming Confessions of a Shopaholic will voice...

Fox Picks Up Narnia

20th Century Fox has signed on to co-finance the next film in the Chronicles of Narnia series with Walden Media. Disney, which co-financed the...

Universal Picks Up The Thing

The classic horror movie The Thing will be remade once again, with Universal attaching Battlestar Galactica's Ron Moore to the script and commercial director...

Panda Director Gets He-Man Gig

John Stevenson, co-director of the Oscar nominated animated feature Kung Fu Panda, has been hired to direct a He-Man live-action film, Variety reports. He-Man, who...

Aardman Secures Licensing Deals for Timmy Time

Aardman has signed a number of new licensing deals for its preschool stop-motion animated series Timmy Time. The company has signed a number of...

Face 2 Face Voting Closes Jan. 30

The last day to vote for your favorite entry in Animation Magazine's Face 2 Face contest is rapidly approaching, the polls close at 5...

Videogame Sales Outgross DVD for First Time in 2008

Worldwide retail sales of videogames for the first time outsold DVD and Blu-ray discs combined in 2008, according to a report from Media Control...

PassmoreLab First to Convert Claymation to 3-D

The short film Slim Pickings is being converted to 3-D ' the first time a claymation film has undergone the process. The work is being...

3-D Terra picked up for May 1 release

Snoot Entertaiment's 3-D animated feature Battle for Terra has been picked up by Lionsgate and Roadside for a May 1 release. The movie will be...

Ninja Turtles Celebrate 25th with New Wave of Licensing

4Kids Entertainment International has announced a number of new licensing deals to mark the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The new international...

Clotiaux to Head Up Frantic’s Global Efforts

Terry Clotiaux, a 20-year veteran of the visual effects industry, has signed on with Frantic Films, a division of Prime Focus Group, as senior...

Hulk Vs. Leads Week’s DVD Releases

A newly animated Hulk takes on both Wolverine and Thor in this week's batch of DVD releases. Hulk Vs. (Lionsgate) includes two animated features from...

Imagi Debunks Rumors of Halt to Astro Boy

Amid reports of financial problems plaguing Hong Kong-based Imagi, president of the company's U.S. operation Erin Corbett denied in an interview with io9.com that...

Tintin Starts Production, Casting

The final pieces have been put in place for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, the first film in Steven Spielberg and...
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