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Video Games

Hollywood Pics Keep Digital Domain Busy

Ryan Ball - November 5, 2008

A host of major motion pictures in production will bear the stamp of Academy Award-winning digital production studio Digital Domain. The vfx house today...

Television

Adult Swim Expands with King of the Hill

Ryan Ball - November 5, 2008

The long-running animated primetime comedy King of the Hill has been in the news a lot lately with FOX's decision to cancel it after...

Television

Coulier Replaces Moranis on Bob & Doug

Ryan Ball - November 5, 2008

A popular comedy team is reportedly being split up, at least in its animated incarnation. The Canadian Press brings word that Full House star...

Television

Simpsons Rides High on ‘Horror’

Ryan Ball - November 4, 2008

It was all treats and no tricks for FOX on Sunday night as the annual 'Treehouse of Horror' episode of The Simpsons generated the...

Television

Chorion, Shanghai Team for Toons

Ryan Ball - November 4, 2008

Family entertainment producer/distributor Chorion and Shanghai Media Group (SMG), one of the largest media groups in China, struck a deal to jointly develop new...

Features

Breakthrough Makes BiG BiG Friend

Ryan Ball - November 4, 2008

Breakthrough Animation announced that it has closed a production deal for My BiG BiG Friend, a new series that will be produced in association...

Home Entertainment

Bender’s Game, Shrek the Halls Hit Disc

Ryan Ball - November 4, 2008

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today released the new animated feature Futurama: Bender's Game on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The third of four new...

Television

King of the Hill Going to ABC?

Ryan Ball - November 4, 2008

The FOX network has proven that a good primetime animated series can be great for ratings, but launching a new toon is always a...

Television

New President Visits South Park

Ryan Ball - November 4, 2008

As the United States elects a new President today, Comedy Central is already set to air a new episode of its hit animated show...

FUNimation Posts Test Episode of Sgt. Frog

Ryan Ball - November 4, 2008

FUNimation Ent. has begun production on an English-language version of the Japanese anime comedy series Sgt. Frog, and wants to get some feedback on...

Television

Buster Animates ‘Dirty Presidents’

Ryan Ball - November 3, 2008

Los Angeles-based ad agency Stun Creative and its motion graphics division, Buster Design, have created eleven 'Dirty Presidents' animated segments to air during a...

VFX

VES Calls for Student Submissions

Ryan Ball - November 3, 2008

The Visual Effects Society (VES) is now accepting entries for its first-ever Student Award, sponsored by Autodesk. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 5,...

Video Games

Afro Samurai Game Gets Release Date

Ryan Ball - November 3, 2008

We've been informed that the video game based on the popular Spike TV animated series Afro Samurai will be available for Xbox360 and PlayStation...

Features

Nick Serves Toons for Thanksgiving

Ryan Ball - November 3, 2008

Nickelodeon is cooking up a heaping helping of animation for Thanksgiving. The 'Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend' will kick off on Wednesday, Nov. 26, offering kids...

Features

Madagascar 2 Sets Records in Russia, Ukraine

Ryan Ball - November 3, 2008

DreamWorks Animation announced that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa made box office history in both Russia and the Ukraine over the weekend. The animated sequel...

Features

Sony, Paramount Circle Tintin

Ryan Ball - November 3, 2008

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson may be able to continue with their plan to make a trilogy of films based on Georges Remi's (a.k.a....

Television

SCI FI Channel Greenlights Video Game Show

Ryan Ball - October 30, 2008

SCI FI Channel is going into production on WCG GameQuest (working title), an 8-episode, elimination-style reality competition that pits 12 contestants against each other...

Video Games

Atari Brings Back Riddick

Ryan Ball - October 30, 2008

It's likely that we'll never again see actor Vin Diesel as futuristic anti-hero Richard B. Riddick on the big screen, but the character is...

VFX

Eden FX Puts CG Chills in Ghost Whisperer

Ryan Ball - October 30, 2008

Hollywood-based visual effects studio Eden FX helped to create the most vfx-laden episode of the hit CBS TV series Ghost Whisperer. For the installment...

Television

King of the Hill Shuts Down

Ryan Ball - October 30, 2008

After an impressive 13-season run, FOX's animated family comedy King of the Hill is apparently ending its run on the network. Daily Variety reports...

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