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Jerusalem Venture Partners sets sights on animation
Red Herring reports that on Tuesday, Jerusalem Venture Partners launched Israel’s first media center and multimillion-dollar animation studio, hoping to make Jerusalem a major presence in the animation and gaming… |
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Third Happy Feet teaser trailer thaws online
The third teaser trailer for Happy Feet is now online, at Yahoo! Movies. This time around, a lightheard penguin, voiced by Robin Williams, takes center stage, performing his version of… |
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Disney 2006 shareholder meeting
Yahoo! Movies reports on the Disney shareholder meeting which took place earlier today at the Anaheim Convention Center across the street from the Disneyland Resort. There appeared to be no… |
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Will the real Chicken Little please stand up?
…search of hundreds of U.S. chicken farms for the perfect “real-life” poultry star, chicken finalists were flown to Hollywood, where they strutted their stuff down a special chicken “runway” to… |
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Knight of Laika conquers land
Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight has bought 30 acres of land south of Portland, Oregon, for the placement of a “state-of–the-art” Laika Entertainment campus. Scheduled for a 2008 opening,… |
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20 years of Pixar headed to Japan
The Mainichi Daily News reports that “Pixar: 20 Years of Animation” is coming to Asia. The exhibit which experienced acclaimed success in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the… |
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Ultimate Avengers 2 panel at the Con
…event will begin at 7pm on Friday, July 21st with a Q&A with some of the voice and behind-the-scenes talent from the film (panel participants listed below), followed by the… |
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Iran updates policies to boost domestic animation
The nation of Iran has made efforts to revise policy in hopes of preserving the animation field in the country and harnessing its “unique potentials.” The Islamic Republic News Agency… |
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Meet the Robinsons at SIGGRAPH 2006
Jim Hill Media spotlights the Meet the Robinsons display Walt Disney Feature Animation is offering at SIGGRAPH 2006. Located at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, concept art for the… |
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Exclusive! Another Conversation With Eric Goldberg
…watching. AN: I noticed at the last Oscars the head of the Academy mentioned a couple times the “special-ness” of going to the theater. EG: It’s true. It’s their agenda… |
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Little Mermaid to test waters in Denver
Playbill reveals that before the musical hits Broadway, The Little Mermaid will make its world premiere in June 2007 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Ellie Caulkins Opera… |
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Hawaiian schools gets animated
Leeward Community College is now just one of the educational facilities in Hawaii sporting a “state-of–the-art animating computer system.” TheHawaiiChannel.com writes that the Animation Render Farm Project is allowing students… |
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Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline director Selick speaks
In preparation for a retrospective screening of his work at the Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium last Wednesday, Henry Selick was interviewed by The Oregonian. Topics the director discussed include… |
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Viewers to chew more Gumby
…of Gumby creator Art Clokey. In addition, the claymation character is at the center of new licensing and marketing partnerships with national advertisers. Meanwhile, Classic Media will now manage rights… |
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RIP, Robert Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006)
…Disney Productions. The musical achieved respectable box office results, while also marking the movie debut of Robin Williams, in the title role. For more information on the life of Robert… |
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Restoring Rankin/Bass' Rudolph and Santa
The New York Times covers the history of two Rankin/Bass puppets of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus. Crafted from wood, felted wool and wire, the figures were created… |
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BCI Announces Second Volume Of Happy Tree Friends
…program. The DVD will consist of the half-hour episodes that air on G4 Network and will feature the following bonus material: Storyboards Commentary A look behind the scenes And a… |
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Latest on Little Mermaid musical
…Broadway event. Speaking of the Mermaid musical, Jim Hill offers his thoughts on its “out-of-town try-out” in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts…. |
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Ubisoft delves into computer animation
The Hollywood Reporter reports that French video game publisher Ubisoft is hoping for success in the computer animation business. The company plans to spend nearly $400 million for the expansion… |
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Van Eaton Galleries
Van Eaton Galleries, the “full service animation art gallery, and resource center for the animation art collector and enthusiast,” is featuring original art from many works of animation, from many… |
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DVD review: Open Season Special Edition
At Animated Views, Ben Simon examines the Special Edition DVD for Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season. “Overall this is a schizophrenic movie that has an ill-advised smattering of truly outrageous… |
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ASIFA-Hollywood presents Stop-Mo Expo
…on display from the ASIFA-Hollywood Archive, including part of the set from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, the stop motion model from the animated short Africa Parting and a… |
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Hair High winds up
…left to catch the critics favorite! Hair High received a flawless 100% score of positive reviews from the Cream of the Crop at Rotten Tomatoes; some fresh quotes from the… |
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Shrek the Third fun facts
…•The amount of clothing created for Shrek the Third is approximately 10 times the amount created for the original movie. •The physics and the dynamics of the clothes in Shrek… |
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Ratatouille charity preview, podcast
…by the City of San Carlos website, the event will benefit the Parks and Recreation Foundation of San Carlos and the San Carlos Educational Foundation, as well as The Riekes… |
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Tootsie Pop classic gets CGI remake
Cartoon Brew notices that the animated 1970 Tootsie Pop commercial in which a boy unsuccessfully searches for the number of licks it takes to reach the center of a Tootsie… |
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Harry Gregson-Williams: Scoring the Return to Narnia!
…the children theme, the heroic theme, the family theme and Aslan’s theme. These themes didn’t seem to want to change. They wanted to be the same themes as we’d had… |
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Eighth Annual Golden Trailer recipients
Coming Soon has posted the winners for the 8th Annual Golden Trailer Awards. The honors were provided yesterday evening at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Mary Costa as Sleeping Beauty‘s Princess Aurora
…the Godmothers, raised by them. They were kind and mischievous and loving and very protective of her. Then, she was in the woods with the animals, and they’re so different… |
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The Con Is (back) On!
…experiences as we found our way around the town, the convention center, and then on to Disneyland for a couple of days of relaxation to get over it all! Although… |


