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Updated: Weinstein catches Igor
…development, brought the project to The Weinstein Company and will oversee it on behalf of TWC. Barry Littman, executive vice president of business and legal affairs, and Michal Podell, vice… |
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Miyazaki to receive Cartoon Network tribute
…Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – In Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, set in the distant future, the “Seven Days of Fire” have destroyed much of… |
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All new Mac and Bloo
…Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry…. |
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Boomerang readies Captain Planet unseen episodes
…exclusive, first-time presentation of the 13 half-hour episodes that comprise the sixth and final season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The episodes – each of which presents an important… |
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IDT Entertainment finds Liberty
IDT Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming Everyone’s Hero and Space Chimps, has been bought by Liberty Media Corp, whose assets include the OVC home shopping network and Expedia.com. According… |
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Leroy & Stitch storyline update
…his own mischievous army. Now it’s up to Lilo to gather Stitch and the rest of the gang from the far corners of outer space to battle the legion of… |
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ReFrederator offers animated shorts from the great directors
{{link http://refrederator.com/ ReFrederator}}, which posts free classic cartoon podcasts daily, has announced that this week’s downloads will feature some of the great animation shorts directors from the golden age of… |
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Agenda set for the Animation Block Party
…universe as they began their careers in the era of Rankin and Bass, Terrytoons, and UPA continued through the classic MTV and Nickelodeon age, and are still thriving in the… |
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House advertisements
…House: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8. Likewise, the film’s marketing has officially taken up residence at My Space. Audiences may enter the House on July 21st…. |
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Slater, Buscemi and Cleese meet Igor
…The Lion King, and Aladdin, and Warner Bros.’ Space Jam and The Iron Giant. The screenplay was written by Chris McKenna, who is currently writing for his third season on… |
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Preview Animation from Pencils to Pixels
…Staging • The Rule of the Line • Shooting Down the Line • Getting Around the Line • The Cut-Away Shot • Moving the Camera • Moving the Actors •… |
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Little Mermaid big on DVD
…the treasures of the Disney vault and it is wonderful to see so many of our consumers respond to this long-awaited release making it the most well received Platinum title… |
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Fraggle Rock rolls into production
…(The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless) will pen the film’s treatment, while also executive producing the project with Brian Henson and Jason Lust. Lisa Henson will produce the project…. |
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Christmas specials scheduled for Cartoon Network
…– When the Rustbucket’s a/c goes on the fritz in the middle of the desert, Ben, Max and Gwen take refuge at Holiday Village, an over-the-top Christmas theme park that… |
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Scooby-Doo designer Iwao Takamoto dead at 81
…of the characters based on an idea for a proposed cartoon show. Takamoto designed the beloved Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the rest of the Mystery Machine crew. He named the popular… |
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Small World to big screen?
Considering the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, IGN FilmForce contemplates what other Disney theme park attractions could make blockbuster motion pictures. Rides under consideration by the site… |
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Enchanted
…artists themselves, Andreas Deja and Mark Henn, among others. Although we have a ways to go before classical animation, in the shape of The Princess And The Frog, is back… |
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Powerpuff Girls – First Season coming June 19
IGN has the specs, including cover artwork, for The Powerpuff Girls – The Complete First Season. Bonus features for the two-disc set will feature: “[creator Craig] McCracken ‘s student film… |
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Submarine banner among best posters
…Submarine as one of its “Best Movie Posters Ever.” Providing some history on the poster, the site writes, “As the film’s art director and man in charge of the advertising… |
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Director Anderson, producer McKim talk Robinsons
…– the one from Lost in Space. In addition, producer Dorothy McKim explains to the site why Robinsons could very well be “the biggest 3-D release ever in movie history.”… |
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New first for Dragon's Lair
Coming Soon reveals that the classic 1983 Don Bluth videogame Dragon’s Lair, the first arcade game to incorporate full scenes of hand-drawn animation, will now become “the first game title… |
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Bee Movie: A Very Jerry 2-Disc Edition
…the two-disc, since the single isn’t a mirror of the first disc from this set and only features the movie and a selection of the mostly weaker features (the music… |
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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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“Behind The Tatamis” with Kung Fu Panda‘s Directors!
…became reality and he joined the world of kung fu to study alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five: Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper, and Monkey, under the leadership of their… |
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Celebrate Mother's Day with The Flintstones
…and one-half hours of Wilma-centric escapades from The Flintstones animated series and concludes with the Boomerang presentation of the 90-minute animated feature Hollyrock-A-Bye Baby (1993). Following are the programming details… |
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VES Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Timeâ€
…panels with industry leaders and legends, screenings of past and present films and the presentation of the VES 50: The Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time. THE VES… |
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Bravestarr: The Movie
…the end of the studio. Filmation had had its first hit with its initial series The New Adventures Of Superman, and through the 1960s and 1970s saw further success with… |
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Sonnenfeld to work with Chimps
Variety indicates that Barry Sonnenfeld will produce the animated Space Chimps with Vanguard Animation and Starz Media. Twentieth Century Fox will handle the film’s distribution. As for the Chimps voice… |
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Ariel’s Song: loving memories of a Mermaid‘s lyricist, Howard Ashman
…one-of-kind artist, pervaded by magic, always eager to share it with extraordinary generosity and talent…and an irresistible touch of humor! The release of The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning and the… |
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Art Stevens, RIP
…animated features such as Fantasia, Song of the South, The Three Caballeros, the Winnie the Pooh shorts and more. He helped Ward Kimball out with the Man in Space series… |

