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Grasshorse to move to Iowa
…due to the new tax incentives given to film companies by the state. Grasshorse creates both 2D and 3D animation, with clients that include Warner Brothers, Cartoon Network, and Disney…. |
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Pixarian interviews, book and DVD reviews
…Upcoming Pixar also links to the Cartoon Brew review of the book To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. Lastly, DVD Times have posted their review of… |
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Bazooka Joe heading to the big screen
Animation blog CartoonBrew points to an article on USA Today that reveals plans in store for the 69-year old cartoon character Bazooka Joe. Ex-Disney CEO Micheal Eisner explains his interest… |
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TV to DVD: Freakazoid!, Voltron, Denver
Keeper’s Contemporary Warner Bros. Cartoon Files via TV Shows on DVD has the latest on the rumor that a Freakazoid! DVD set is planned for 2008. Apparently, the series’ first… |
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My nose ain't that big! Does Pinocchio's Platinum ring true or false?
…Disneyland programs that he “hosted”? Likewise, where are the three cartoon shorts featuring Geppetto’s furry friend Figaro the cat? Surely a natural inclusion even if a small fraction of hard-core… |
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Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection 6 – Winner!
…Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection is a two-disc selection of classic cartoon shorts from its four-disc Golden Collection counterpart, which we’ll be reviewing in depth soon. Whereas the Golden Collection‘s each… |
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Aristocats Special Edition DVD press release
…a never-before-seen deleted song, a Disney Song Selection feature, Bath Day (a 1946 cartoon starring Figaro), and Backstage Disney: The Aristocats Scrapbook. The Aristocats will be re-released on February 5th…. |
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The Aristocats Special Edition in February
…it will include all-new extras, such as a never-before-seen deleted song; Bath Day, a cartoon short from 1946 featuring Figaro; “Backstage Disney: The Aristocats Scrapbook”; Disney Virtual Kitten; an English… |
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Grinch still mean, after fifty years
…retrospective traces the evolution of the drawings, describes Dr Seuss’ collaboration with Chuck Jones on the successful TV cartoon that followed the book and surveys the sequels and foreign-language translations…. |
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Three Little Pigs added to National Film Registry
…the 11th-best cartoon of all time in a 1990s poll of animators, Three Little Pigs falls midway through a series of classic shorts (Skeleton Dance, The Band Concert, The Old… |
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Woody Woodpecker Volume 2 DVD coming in April
The Digital Bits reports that Universal Studios Home Video will be releasing The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 DVD on April 15th for $39.98. According to… |
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Character Animation Panel Discussion
…(Stop Motion Animation) Dave Barclay, Perform FX (Puppet Capture Technology) Michelle Papandrew, Cartoon Network (Flash Animation) Ken McDonald, Sony Pictures Imageworks, (Motion Capture) Saturday, January 19th, 2008 11am – 1pm… |
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A bumper weekend post: reviews, announcements and clips…oh my!
…15 episodes from the KidsWB show, and The Real Adventures Of Johnny Quest: Season 1, Volume 1 comes February 17, again from WB, in a two-disc set containing 13 episodes… |
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TV to DVD: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Woody Woodpecker
…an update on The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2, including a detailed list of the 75 cartoons featured on the 3-disc set. Woody’s 2nd DVD is… |
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Brad Bird radio interviews
Cartoon Brew points to a pair of recent radio interviews with writer-director Brad Bird which are worth a listen. The first interview elaborates on what he thinks is wrong with… |
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Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940 Volume Two DVD in June
…of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story retrospective documentary“, the feature-length movie “Gulliver’s Travels“, vintage audio recordings, radio interviews, and more. More information alongwith the cartoon listing, can be found here…. |
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Family Guy spin-off in development
…Brown, a friends of Family Guy‘s protagonist Peter Griffin. Several more upcoming animated shows are mentioned in the story, including Relative Insanity, Mothballs, and a cartoon relaunch of The Pitts…. |
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Bringing WALL•E to life, and a peek at Pixar's Cars Toon!
…discs’ bonus animated short BURN•E‘s director Angus MacLane, about the creation of the new cartoon, which we posted yesterday. Our WALL•E contest closed last night, but keep checking back later… |
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Japan names anime ambassador
MSNBC reports that Japan has named an animated cat to be the country’s anime ambassador! Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura named Doraemon, a popular cartoon robot cat, to the post during… |
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DreamWorks Animation names new head of development
Alex Schwartz has been named head of development at DreamWorks Animation according to The Big Cartoon Database. Co-president of production Bill Damaschke said, “Alex is an exceptional and experienced executive… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh
…earn an Emmy for promoting 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea in prime time!) or repackagings of cartoon shorts. Alice In Wonderland became the first of the animated features to be… |
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Earthworm Jim series, game, feature film
Gamasutra reports that the cartoon series Earthworm Jim will be receiving a series revival. The franchise will also be featured in a Wii video game, and is planned to be… |
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Tom and Jerry Tales DVD art
…will include twelve different cartoons from the animated cartoon series. Tom And Jerry Tales – Volume 5 will be hitting store shelves on August 12th with a price of $14.97…. |
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Clone Wars theatrical trailer
The theatrical trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars can now be viewed on the film’s official site. The new preview aired Thursday night at 7:58 P.M. on Cartoon Network,… |
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Bill Plympton's Idiots and Angels getting rave reviews
…Princetonian adds that Idiots and Angels is “both a delightful comic adventure and an effecting tale about spiritual transformation.” The film will next be screened at the Seoul International Cartoon… |
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CG Cereal Heroes battling the big screen in 2010
…Studios (Igor) in Paris, France and Ho-chi-min, Vietnam. The story follows the adventures of cartoon cereal-box-mascots who are mistakenly brought to life when a plan to replace the world’s fallen… |
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Making the Wall•E picture book
Cartoon Brew points out that “illustrator Ben Butcher has done an interview with Grain Edit about his illustration process on Lots of Bots, a graphically-striking illustrated book being released this… |
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How Jeffrey Katzenberg came to animation
Jeffrey Katzenberg, 57, admitted to The Associated Press during an interview this week in Cannes to promote Kung Fu Panda that he never set out to make cartoons. “I knew… |
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Reality maven Mark Burnett ventures into animation
The Hollywood Reporter announces that top reality producer Mark Burnett (Survivor) has signed a deal with popular online animation Web site Liquid Generation to develop cartoon TV comedies-both original and… |
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time getting limited theatrical release in the U.S.
Jerry Beck points out on the Cartoon Brew to the fact that Mamoru Hosoda’s 2006 film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, is going to get a limited U.S. theatrical… |
