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Animated Lies Earns Top Short Honor at Sundance

Lies, an animated short film from Swedish director Jonas Odell, has earned the top prize for international shorts at the Sundance Film Festival.The film...

SpongeBob’s Kenny to Host Annies

Tom Kenny, the voice actor behind SpongeBob SquarePants, will once again be the host for Annie Awards, to be held Jan. 30. Kenny will...

Wall’E, Bolt, Panda Oscars Top Toons

Pixar pic earns six noms; Bashir gets foreign-language nom Surprises abounded as the Oscars announced their nominated films, with Disney's Bolt joining DreamWorks' Kung Fu...

Al Jazeera Creates Animation Series

Qatar-based Al Jazeera Children's Channel is developing a 3D animated series called Salaheldine. The ongoing series, about a hero who pursues a dream of...

Disney Takes DQ’s Twisted Abroad

Walt Disney Television International (Southeast Asia) has picked up India-based DQ Entertainment's CG-animated series Twisted Whiskers for 12 new territories. The deal means the series...

Sony’s 2012 Moved to November

Director Roland Emmerich's sci-fi film 2012 has been pushed back from its original July 10 release date to Nov. 13. Execs at Sony tell Variety...

GenArts Acquires SpeedSix

Leading vfx software firm GenArts, Inc. announced Tuesday its acquisition of SpeedSix Software. The deal means SpeedSix's plug-in package Monsters and Raptors, which includes...

Igor, Ember, Powerpuff Hit DVD

Finally, a mad scientist's assistant got his chance to star in a film with Igor, the CG-animated feature that arrives on DVD this week....

WB Casts Green Lantern as Next DCU Star

The release of the back cover art for Warner Bros.' forthcoming Wonder Woman DVD animated feature reveals Green Lantern will be the next...

Cartoon Art Museum to host Coraline exhibit

The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will present an original exhibit of props, puppets and artwork from the feature film Coraline from Jan....

Online Critics Call Wall’E Year’s Best Picture

The internet-based critics group known as the Online Film Critics Society has named Wall'E best picture of the year. The group also gave the...

Calon, Osmond Team Up to Tame Shiloh

Wales-based independent toon maker Calon TV is developing a TV movie called Shiloh that is based on an idea from singer Merrill Osmond. Osmond, formerly...

Toei Buys Out Partner in HK Facility

Japanese animation giant Toei announced plans to buy out partner Animation International's shares in the Hong Kong-based Toei Animation Enterprises, Variety reports. The move...

Animation Co-op shuts down

Kevin Geiger and Moon Seun have closed down Animation Co-op, the interactive website community for animators that they founded in 2003. The announcement was...

WB and Autodesk Cut Jobs

Warner Bros. and software maker Autodesk are the most recent companies to announce extensive layoffs in the face of the economic downturn. WB announced...

China Cuts Taxes for Animation Companies

China has reduced business taxes for qualifying animation companies by 3 percent. The news, first reported in the China Stock Journal, says qualifying companies...

WordWorld Inks Three New International Licensing Deals

Emmy-winning PBS KIDS series WordWorld has signed three new international licensing deals. Among the deals are a three-year DVD pact with Innoform for Singapore,...

Toons Open Sundance; Doc Pair Eyes SpongeBob SquarePants

Animation is making waves at this year's Sundance Film Festival. First, the Australian claymation feature Mary & Max from writer/director Adam Elliot (Harvie Krumpet)...

CN Offers Kids’ Advice to Obama

Cartoon Network will celebrate the inauguration Tuesday of President-elect Barack Obama with a series of 30-second spots in which kids from a Boys &...

Holiday Weekend Box Office ‘Cops’ Big Increase

Sony's Kevin James comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop topped a strong Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box office, earning a whopping...
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