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Krypto the Superdog preview
An exclusive sneak preview of Krypto the Superdog is now up at Cartoon Network. The new series is set to premiere April 4…. |
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New 'toons at LooneyTunes.com website
{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=12405 Animation World Network}} reports that Warner Brothers has opened their new {{link http://LooneyTunes.com LooneyTunes.com}} website, which includes “the first original Looney Tunes shorts (online or offline) in more… |
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WDTVA names new executives
…Network}}. Metz, formally Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs at Klasky Csupo, will oversee new and existing projects on Disney Channel and the JETIX block on ABC Family and Toon Disney,… |
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Muppets' Wonderful Wizard of Oz teaser trailer online
…The Muppets’ Wonderful Wizard of Oz is now online at Muppet Central. Experience “the classic tale as it was never meant to be told” this May on the ABC network…. |
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This Land now belongs to you and me
Animation World Network reports that Ludlow Music is withdrawing its lawsuit against JibJab Media. The suit demanded that JibJab discontinue the use of the tune for the famous American song… |
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More DreamWorks promoting for Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
…SKG: DreamWorks SKG was formed in October, 1994, by its three principal partners—Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen—to produce live-action motion pictures; animated feature films; network and cable television… |
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Justice League Unlimited review
…up superheroics cafeteria-style, with speed and convenience. Those needing their Justice League are unlikely to be disappointed.” Justice League Unlimited premieres on Saturday, July 31, at 8:30pm on Cartoon Network…. |
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Interview with Rino Romano, the new voice of Batman
Batman: Yesterday, Today and Beyond interviews Rino Romano, the voice of the title character in Kids WB/Cartoon Network’s upcoming The Batman…. |
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CGI Popeye trailer online
Those intrigued as to what to expect from this fall’s Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy (to air on the Fox network and appear as an extended DVD) can now… |
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CINEME 2004 shedule
The {{link http://www.cineme.org/ CINEME International Animation Festival}}, held each year in Chicago, is gearing up for this year’s event, to be held September 24-26, 2004. Guests from Weta, Cartoon Network,… |
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Craig McCracken talks career, Imaginary Friends
The New York Times focuses on Craig McCracken and his new Cartoon Network show Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. [free registration for The New York Times required]… |
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New shorts profiled at AWN
Animation World Network has a new review of five different animated shorts, including one about a pig who has lost its snout, a Christmastime dinosaur tale, and an oil paint… |
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One by One "the rarest treat"
Animation World Network has a new article giving the most in-depth look so far behind the scenes of Disney’s new animated short One by One…. |
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Halloween comes late this year: New Simpsons season begins with Halloween episode
Animation World Network reports that long-running television series The Simpsons is set to return for its sixteenth season with its fifteenth Treehouse of Horror episode (the first season of The… |
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Walt Disney Treasures Wave 4 screening in Los Angeles
Animation World Network reports that some of the shorts that will be appearing on the upcoming Walt Disney Treasures Wave 4 DVD sets will be shown on Tuesday, September 7,… |
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TV-Loonland opens up markets; Heidi feature announced
…Twins (26×30′), which has already enjoyed success on both Cartoon Network and CBBC. Mipcom will also see TV-Loonland’s first cgi series, Dragon’s Rock (26×23′), a coproduction with Germany’s Super-RTL that… |
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Eisner's end of term: letter and reply
The Animation World Network has posted Michael Eisner’s {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=11910 end-of-contract letter}} to the board of The Walt Disney Company, in which he announces his intentions to step down as… |
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Alvin And The Chipmunks head to the big screen
Obviously content with the tidy sum Garfield The Movie made over the summer season, 20th Century Fox are to bring another 80s cartoon favorite to the screen in the form… |
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Bob sets off for MIPCOM
…Screen, Defective Detective (well, I guess there goes Terry Gilliam’s plans again!), a surprise runaway hit at 2003’s Cartoon Forum. For more details, including a full-sized look at Bob himself,… |
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The expanding market for faith-based animation
Karen Raugust at Animation World Network examines the current rise of high-quality, faith-based animation in today’s market, which has been spurred on by Mel Gibson’s blockbuster The Passion of the… |
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Second Season on the Way
…web slinger has been given a second life. The first season hired on MTV, scoring high ratings and is available on DVD. Apparently, another network will air the new series…. |
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Dini gives thoughts concerning Krypto
…that era. He’s made the perfect animation fusion of Silver Age DC comics and Little Golden Books.” Krypto, following the adventures of Superman’s dog, will premiere on Cartoon Network April… |
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Robots preview on TV tonight
Kristin writes in to point out that the FOX Network is hosting a preview tonight at 8PM entitled Assembling ROBOTS: The Magic, The Music and the Comedy. Robots hits theaters… |
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Clone Wars Season 3 site now up
Cartoon Network’s official site for Season 3 of Star Wars: Clone Wars is now up. This season will consist of five 12-minute episodes (beginning tonight) rather than ten 3-minute episodes… |
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Top cats: Lorenzo and Catwoman unmasked
Animation World Network’s VFX World takes a look at two recent feline featured films: Disney’s short {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2169 Lorenzo}} and the visual effects-created world of {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2168 Catwoman}} (which is… |
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Google Video Store to offer classic cartoon titles
The Big Cartoon Database reports that coming soon to Google Video are such cartoon favorites as Felix the Cat, Casper The Friendly Ghost and Rocky and Bullwinkle, among other Classic… |
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Barbie to hit 2006 with two new DTV movies
…high school. Meanwhile, Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia, coming March 2006, continues the franchise began by 2005’s Barbie Fairytopia. The announcement of the films’ release is posted at the Animation World Network…. |
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Teen Titans defeated by cancellation
Toon Zone points to sources TitansTower.com and Titansgo.net to report that Teen Titans has been cancelled by Cartoon Network. No explanation regarding the move has been given yet. Nonetheless, fans… |
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Pat Morita, dead at 73
…Oscar nomination in 1985. On the animation front, Morita voiced the Emperor in both Mulan films, in addition to playing himself in an episode of Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken. He… |
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Predicting the animation Oscars
Rick DeMott, managing editor of {{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=2705&page=2 Animation World Network}}, takes a look at the upcoming Academy Award races for Animated Feature and Animated Short films and tries to predict… |