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Features

Rock May Grapple With Johnny Bravo Role

Ryan Ball - October 18, 2002

Variety reports that wrestling sensation turned action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may play the title role in a live-action feature film version of...

VFX

Maya Users Get mental For Free

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2002

Alias|Wavefront is now offering mental images’ mental ray for Maya plug-in at no extra charge to all Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited customers. Previously...

VFX

Cinesite Conjures Houdini Magic For X-Men 2

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2002

For its work on the upcoming sci-fi/action sequel X-Men 2, visual effects house Cinesite has worked Side Effects’ Houdini 3D software into its CG...

People

Eden FX Recruits From Emmy-Winning Crew

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2002

Eden FX has added three former Foundation Imaging CG specialists to its in-house staff. Stephen Pugh, Robert Bonchune and John Teska all contributed to...

Home Entertainment

Deluxe Roger Rabbit DVD Coming; 15th Anniversary, Extras-Loaded Edition Available March 25

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2002

Winner of four Academy Awards, the groundbreaking live-action/animated classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is getting the full treatment this time around with a deluxe...

Home Entertainment

Infogrames Brings Nick Jr. Fare To CD-ROM

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2002

Infogrames Inc. and Nickelodeon have announced the availability of four new PC/MAC CD-ROM games based on top-rated preschool programs. Dora the Explorer: Backpack Adventure,...

Video Games

Golf, Goofy Style

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2002

Electronic Arts and Disney Interactive hope to hit a hole in one with Disney Golf, now available for PlayStation2. Developed by T&E Soft, Disney Golf...

VFX

Eden Fx Takes Trek, Gets Haunted

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2002

Two-year old visual effects shop Eden FX has landed CG work for the second season of the Paramount Television series Enterprise and the next...

VFX

Blade 2.0 Cuts Loose From in-sync

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2002

Software developer in-sync corp. has released Blade 2.0 with new features supporting 24p and advanced 24p production. Based on new technology in-sync has dubbed...

People

Former Fox Family, Fox Kids Pres. Smith Joins TLC Ent.

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2002

Maureen Smith, former Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network president has assumed a partnership at TLC Ent., producers of live action, animation, and...

Home Entertainment

Warner Bros. To Distribute Liberty’s Pinocchio

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2002

Liberty Int’l Ent. Inc., producer of the animated feature Adventures of Pinocchio, has signed an agreement which will see the film distributed on home...

Festivals & Events

The Chubb Chubbs Go Glam At L.A. Short Fest

Ryan Ball - October 16, 2002

It isn't every film festival that boasts a batch of furry Cuisinarts as its opener, but last night The Los Angeles International Short Film...

Home Entertainment

Scooby-Doo Bow-wows On Video, Sequels In The Works

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2002

Last summer’s live-action/CG blockbuster based on the classic cartoon about a talking Great Dane and a roving band of meddling kids hit video shelves...

Festivals & Events

ChubbChubbs Open L.A. Int’l Short Film Fest

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2002

Sony Pictures Imageworks’ first CG short, The ChubbChubbs, which made a splash in theaters over the summer as a warm-up act for Men In...

Television

Cosgrove Hall Mixes It Up For Mr Scruff

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2002

Dangermouse creator Cosgrove Hall has teamed up with film production company Four23Films to produce a surreal animated video for "Sweet Smoke," the latest single...

Features

Santa vs. The Snowman Offers 3D Fun, CG Fluff

Ryan Ball - October 15, 2002

The first ever animated holiday film to hit IMAX screens, Santa vs. The Snowman tells the story of a lonely snowman whose envy of...

Licensing

Simpsons Serve Up Burgers And Frights

Ryan Ball - October 14, 2002

Just in time for Halloween and Fox’s annual spooky Simpsons special, Treehouse of Horror XII (Nov. 3), participating Burger King restaurants are unleashing Simpsons...

Schools

Brian Lemay Moves to Seneca

Ryan Ball - October 14, 2002

Writer/artist Brian Lemay (Animated Cartoon Factory) has left Sheridan College and is currently working at Seneca College as an instructor of 2D animation, storyboarding...

New Wallace & Gromit Series Hits AtomFilms

Ryan Ball - October 14, 2002

Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions, Aardman Animations’ new series of 10 short films will debut online at AtomFilms tomorrow, Oct. 15. Fans of the...

Features