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Features

Sony Adapting ‘Muncle Trogg’ for Big Screen

Mercedes Milligan - March 31, 2011

Sony Pictures Animation has acquired the motion picture rights to Janet Foxley’s prize-winning book Muncle Trogg. The deal was announced by Bob Osher, president...

Home Entertainment

Shout! & FremantleMedia Bring ‘M.A.S.K.’ to Home, Digital

Mercedes Milligan - March 31, 2011

Shout! Factory and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) have announced a deal to bring popular ‘80s animated series M.A.S.K. to the home entertainment market. Under the...

Television

Nelvana Goes for Laughs at MIPTV

Mercedes Milligan - March 31, 2011

Canada’s Nelvana Enterprises is putting the spotlight on its animated comedies at the MIPTV market next week. Three new toon series Sidekick, Spliced and...

Television

Nelvana, Nick Nab ‘Bolts and Blip’

Mercedes Milligan - March 31, 2011

In advance of the MIPTV market in Cannes, ToonBox Entertainment and CJ Entertainment have secured international deals for the Redrover Co. Ltd. & ToonBox...

Festivals & Events

MIPTV – 2011 Show Preview

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2011

MIPTV 2011 Preview: 10 New Shows to Write Home About This month, international producers and distributors will unveil some of their new animated content at...

People

The Artist’s Toolbox – Tools of Top Animators

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2011

The Artist’s Toolbox As we speed ever onward towards the summer blockbuster season, it’s time for our annual survey of top animators and vfx artists’...

Features

CG Creature Double Feature

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2011

Universal serves up two very different films, Hop and Paul, with a common link: both feature computer animated stars in live-action environs. One thing’s...

Television

Unleashing the Pizza-Loving Beast

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2011

Artist and show creator Ben Jones reveals how Cartoon Network brought his eclectic characters to animated life in Problem Solverz. It’s been an interesting ride...

Commercials

The 2011 Anicomm Awards

Mercedes Milligan - March 14, 2011

Where we pick the best animated commercial of the past year! In 2010, most eyes were on Betty White, the deep-voiced Old Spice guy and...

Features

The Mouse That Roared

Mercedes Milligan - March 14, 2011

The German co-directors of the acclaimed special The Gruffalo discuss how they adapted the popular children’s book for the small screen. A fearsome monster is...

Television

Nickelodeon’s Ocean of Knowledge

Mercedes Milligan - February 11, 2011

Preschool veterans Robert Scull and Jonny Belt dive in with their swimming new educational series, Bubble Guppies. The under-five set will have an exciting new...

Features

‘Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance’ Gets Ready for its Flight to U.S. theaters

Mercedes Milligan - January 28, 2011

Giant cyborgs, apocalyptic symbols and Jungian psychology are a few of the heady ingredients of the hugely popular Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. First introduced...

Features

Summer Wars: When Worlds Collide

Mercedes Milligan - January 7, 2011

Anime visionary Mamoru Hosoda imagines a clash between two realities in his 2D sci-fi hit, Summer Wars. While toon town tab-keepers are pondering which...

Television

Justice: The Next Generation

Mercedes Milligan - January 7, 2011

Warner Bros. Animation delivers the next evolution of your favorite teen heroes for Cartoon Network’s Young Justice. What is it about superheroes that keeps us...

Features

‘The Dreams of Jinsha’ Opens in L.A.

Mercedes Milligan - December 3, 2010

If you’re trying to check all the possible Best Animated Feature contenders off your list and find yourself in the Los Angeles area, here’s...

Festivals & Events

French Animation Celebration at L.A.’s Hammer

Mercedes Milligan - December 3, 2010

The Los Angeles Film & TV Office and the French Embassy are presenting a run of superb French animated features at the Hammer Museum’s...

Festivals & Events

CTN Expo Brings Moebius, The Illusionist to Burbank Nov. 19-21

Mercedes Milligan - November 3, 2010

Forget about Thanskgiving! For all of us toon fans, the most-anticipated event of November has to be Burbank’s fantastic CTN Animation Expo. For the...

People

Pokemon Writer Takeshi Shudo Dies

Mercedes Milligan - October 29, 2010

Takeshi Shudo, a writer who worked extensively on the Pokemon animated series and feature films, died Friday in Japan of a brain hemorrhage. He...

Home Entertainment

Beat the Heat: Cool Cartoons on DVD

Mercedes Milligan - June 30, 2010

Johnny Bravo, Tom & Jerry, Aang and the NFB's favorite indie filmmakers all make bows on disc this month. Johnny Bravo: Season One Almost 13 years...

Features

Shrek: The Final Frontier

Mercedes Milligan - May 24, 2010

Mike Mitchell and the DreamWorks Animation team deliver Shrek Forever After, the green machine's final bow, in 3-D. The infallible rule of fairy tales is...

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