Tag: HBO
Nyong’o, Christie Cast in ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’
The Force is adding a few actresses to its cast.
The producers of the now-in-production Star Wars: Episode VII have announced that Oscar-winning actress Lupita...
‘LEGO Movie’ Builds Up Warner’s Q1 Profits
Things are clicking into place for Time Warner, Inc. as the company reports that the blockbuster performance of its animated hit The LEGO Movie...
Shade VFX Opens NY Facility
Shade VFX has opened a new facility in New York, prompted by a favorable economic climate and client requests. The Park Avenue location will...
Aguirre-Sacasa Joins Archie, Recruits ‘Girls’ Dunham
Writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, whose credits range from writing comics for Marvel and Archie to working on the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,...
‘Mr. Fox’ Returns in Criterion Edition
One of the most-acclaimed indie animated films of recent years gets the Criterion treatment this week with the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox: Criterion...
WB Fetes ‘Justice League: War’ in Beverly Hills
Having already had a premiere in New York, Warner Bros. went Hollywood Thursday night for the West Coast premiere of its new DC Universe...
Oscar-Nominated Animator Michael Sporn Dies at 67
We are sad to report the passing of Oscar-nominated American animator Michael Sporn at the age of 67 from pancreatic cancer. The influential New...
‘Gravity’ Has Strong Hold on VES Nominations
Gravity lead the nominations in motion picture categories for the 12th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, announced Tuesday. The film, directed by Alfonso Cuaron,...
FX Sweetens the Toon Deal
This month, the cable network debuts Chozen, an intriguing new animated series about a white gay rapper—and showcases a diabolically different new season of...
A Tale of Two Johns
Last week would have been John Lennon's 73rd birthday, a fact that was widely recognized around the world. While a lot of people realize...
Film Roman Invests in Bold, Original Shows
Burbank-based animation studio Film Roman, who is best known for working on shows such as The Simpsons, Beavis and Butt-head, Ultimate Spider-Man and King...
Spin Contributes to Season 3 of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’
Toronto-based vfx house Spin has wrapped work on the third season of HBO's hugely popular series Game of Thrones.
"We thank HBO and the VFX...
‘Family Guy’ Spoofs ‘Girls’ in Emmy Ad
Those crazy, irreverent kids on FOX TV's Family Guy team have done it again. Once again celebrating its yearly tradition of going to great...
FXX Orders Danny McBride’s Animated ‘Chozen’
FXX has greenlit Chozen, an FX animated comedy pilot from Danny McBride and his Rough Pictures partners Jody Hill and David Gordon Green. The...
Retro Fever: ‘Fraggle Rock’ and ‘Taz’ on DVD
There are several fun new animated and puppet-driven series making their debut on DVD/Blu-ray this week that should put everyone in the right retro...
TV News Bytes: DHX, Mediatoon
+ International indie toon house DHX Media has inked a deal with Viacom Media Networks for the sixth season of its wacky animated action-comedy Johnny...
New DVDs: ‘Ricky Gervais’, ‘Tom & Jerry Kids’
There are plenty of animated DVDs to keep toon heads busy this week as we all wait for the arrival of Fox/Blue Sky’s Epic...
IDW to Publish New ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’ Comics
Here is a wonderful new comic-book venture we can all get behind. Over the weekend, we got word that San Diego-based IDW Publishing will...
Double Negative Opens New TV Branch
VFX company Double Negative has launched Double Negative TV, a new division of Dneg dedicated to visual effects creation for television.
Dneg TV will be...
Ari Folman’s ‘The Congress’ to Premiere in Cannes
Annie-nominated director Ari Folman’s new pic The Congress will open the 45th Director’s Fortnight sidebar during the Cannes Film Festival on May 16.
The sci-fi...
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