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Home Entertainment

Horton, Dark Knight Arrive on Disc

Ryan Ball - December 8, 2008

This week's biggest home video releases are both based on classic pop lit, one a time-honored children's book and the other a comic book...

Features

Fanboys Director On Vanguard’s Emo Boy

Ryan Ball - December 8, 2008

Vanguard Films has attached Fanboys director Kyle Newman to adapt the cult-favorite comic-book series Emo Boy. Created by Stephen Emond and published by indie...

Features

Dragon Hunters Coming to L.A.

Ryan Ball - December 5, 2008

Futurikon's Dragon Hunters, one of the 14 animated features short-listed for the Academy Award, will kick off it's one-week Oscar qualifying run next Friday....

Features

Madagascar Sequel Opens Wider in Europe

Ryan Ball - December 5, 2008

DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa will get a boost at the box office this weekend as it opens in France, Germany and the...

People

Steve Dildarian, Creator of The Life and Times of Tim

Ryan Ball - December 5, 2008

One day you're hocking beer with talking frogs and the next thing you know you've got a hit animated show on HBO. That's life...

Features

Dark Knight Getting Second Run

Ryan Ball - December 5, 2008

Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight has earned nearly a billion dollars worldwide, but it's not done yet. In addition to hitting DVD and Blu-ray...

Video Games

SURGE is working for NAMCO BANDAI

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2008

Video-game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced the formation of SURGE, a new studio and publishing label dedicated to cutting-edge...

Features

Punisher Enters B.O. War Zone

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2008

Marvel's angel of vengeance leaps off the comic pages and onto the big screen once again. Distributed by Lionsgate, Punisher: War Zone enters the...

People

Lawson Heads Development at Curious Pictures

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2008

New York-based animation studio Curious Pictures has appointed Elyse Lawson to head of development. The move reflects the studio's expansion into original production in...

Television

Toei Studio Gets $55 Million Digital Revamp

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2008

Japanese television producer/distributor Toei is making a major investment in going digital at its Tokyo studio. According to Daily Variety, the company is spending...

Festivals & Events

WALL’E, Dark Knight Honored by Natn’l Board of Review

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2008

The National Board of Review has issued its list of the best films of 2008, placing Disney/Pixar's WALL'E and Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight...

Television

R.I.P. M.D. to Debut at NATPE

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2008

Independent toon shop Lincoln Butterfield Animation will unveil its newest animated series concept, R.I.P. M.D., at next month's NATPE market and conference. From the...

Licensing

Mattel Puts Brakes on Bratz

Ryan Ball - December 4, 2008

Don't mess with Barbie. That's the message MGA Ent. got last night when U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson granted Mattel's request for an injunction...

Video Games

Glu to Publish Watchmen Mobile Game

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2008

Glu Mobile Inc. will publish a mobile video game based on Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming superhero flick Watchmen. The title will launch worldwide in...

Television

Exclusive Wolverine Clip

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2008

The good folks at Nicktoons Network have provided us an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming animated series Wolverine and the X-Men. The 26-episode...

Features

EA Buys Korea’s J2MSoft

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2008

Electronic Arts has acquired J2MSoft Inc., a Korean company that develops free online games that are monetized through micro-transactions and advertising. Titles created by...

Video Games

Street Date for Resident Evil: Degeneration

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2008

The war against the zombies is on again, and this time it's animated. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced that it will release the direct-to-video...

People

Phillips Steps Down as ER CEO

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2008

After only nine months in the position, Nick Phillips has resigned as CEO of children's programming company Entertainment Rights (ER), according to Daily Variety....

Video Games

Atari Telling Tale of Despereaux

Ryan Ball - December 3, 2008

With the folding of Brash Ent., Atari has picked up North American publishing rights to the video game based on Universal's CG-animated family film...

Television