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Teen Titans 2 now available for Nintendo systems
Fans of the hit Cartoon Network series and DC Comics franchise may now experience Teen Titans 2, available for the GameBoy Advance and DS handheld systems. SCI FI Wire observes… |
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Joe Barbera, RIP
…Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, and many more. The Associated Press has more info, and Cartoon Brew is posting an expanding list of memories of Joe sent in by members of… |
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Viewers get Re-Animated, avoid Year Without a Santa Claus
In a press release at Yahoo! Finance, Cartoon Network announces the success of its latest television feature, Re-Animated, which debuted last Friday evening at 8 p.m. Mixing traditional animation with… |
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Underdog revealed
By posting the film’s teaser poster, Ain’t It Cool News provides a first look at the title character of Underdog, Disney’s live-action adaptation of the 60’s cartoon. The site also… |
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TV to DVD: Avatar, Grim & Evil
…it premieres on Cartoon Network. In the meantime, the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be split into four separate DVD releases next year, each containing an exclusive… |
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Irn Bru spoofs The Snowman
Cartoon Brew points to a hilarious but controversial Irn Bru commercial. Hosted at YouTube, the recent advertisement for Scotland’s #1 soft drink spoofs the beloved Holiday classic The Snowman. Concurrently,… |
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BREAKING… 2007 Annie Award Nominations
Various news outlets (including Cartoon Brew, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Associated Press) are reporting that nominations for the 2007 Annie Awards have been revealed. DreamWorks leads all studios with… |
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RIP, Shirley Walker (April 10, 1945 – November 29, 2006)
…of Shirley Walker, please visit the Big Cartoon Database and the Internet Movie Database. Thanks to George C. at the Animated News Forum for the notice of this tragic news…. |
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RIP, Robert Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006)
…he was given an Honorary Award by the Academy, in 2006. In 1980, Popeye, Altman’s live-action film adaptation of the cartoon sailor man, was released by Paramount Pictures and Walt… |
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Writers Guild searches for nominees
The Writers Guild of America is searching for nominees regarding TV Animation. Cartoon Brew hosts information on how one can apply for this honor for free. Although one does not… |
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San Francisco Society of Illustrators presents Pixar Under the Hood
Cartoon Brew hosts the advertisement for Pixar Under the Hood: The Making of Cars, presented by the San Francisco Society of Illustrators. Held in the Morgan Auditorium of San Francisco,… |
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RIP, Jack Palance (1919-2006)
…“Best Casting for Animated Voiceover.” For more information on the life and death of Jack Palance, please visit The Big Cartoon Database, Yahoo!/The Associated Press and The Internet Movie Database…. |
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New Medium in traditional animation
…Partible) represents the dreams of Bridgette (Maria Lark), the young daughter of psychic Allison Dubois (Patricia Arquette). Done as traditional 2-D hand-drawn animation, the cartoon dreams start out as light… |
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Curious George, Land Before Time update
The Animation Guild Blog notes that a second Curious George feature is being considered by Universal Cartoon Studios. If the film moves forward, it will aim for a direct-to-video release…. |
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Hellboy's Animated Debut
The animated Hellboy movie, Hellboy: Sword of Storms, premiered on Cartoon Network last night. Many of the actors from Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 live-action film voiced their characters including Ron… |
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Connoisseurs of the Absurd
…choices. Maiellaro is currently working on the second season of Cartoon Network’s 12 oz. Mouse and Willis is working on Squidbillies. This entry was written by Animated News intern Ryan…. |
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Late Night’s Pale Force unites online!
…webisodes of Pale Force, every Friday, starring Conan O’Brien and Jim Gaffigan. NBC.com will feature a total of 20 new 90-second webisodes of the cartoon every Friday. Each month, Gaffigan… |
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Grim Adventures of Bill & Mandy – Season 1 DVD details
…Grim Adventures of Bill & Mandy – The Complete Season 1. Scheduled to hit stores on September 18, the two-disc set will contain 13 episodes of the Cartoon Network series…. |
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Larry Loc-s horns with Amid Amidi in open letter
Already a controversial figure for some, Cartoon Brew‘s Amid Amidi has found himself in ASIFA-Hollywood Executive Board member Larry Loc’s sights after Amidi penned some disparaging remarks about the organization’s… |
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Eartha Kitt, the voice of Yzma, dies
Eartha Kitt, singer, dancer and actress, died of colon cancer on Thursday at 81, reports Big Cartoon Forum. Kitt, who successfully played Catwoman in the Batman television series in the… |
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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… |
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M. Night Shyamalan's take on The Last Airbender
The Sixth Sense director told Coming Soon! about his plans for the live action adaptation of the Nickelodeon cartoon, which is set in a world that’s divided up into elemental… |
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The Smurfs coming to the big screen
…known in the United States for the long-running Hanna-Barbera cartoon, the Smurfs were created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford, known throughout the world as Peyo. The Smurfs, originally… |
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Casper the friendly ghost celebrates 60 years in 2009
…compilation will contain 12 classic Casper cartoons. Last but not least, a brand new Casper Scare School CG television series will hit the small screen next year; it has been… |
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Angelina Jolie "upset" by Disney films
…her daughters movies from the animation giant because they don’t feature African princesses. “Even the colour of the children in the cartoon matters. There still isn’t a Disney princess that’s… |
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Fly Me To The Moon trailer and blog
Check out the trailer for the first animated film created from scratch for 3-D at Cartoon Brew, which also links to the official Fly Me To The Moon blog…. |
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Animated Beetlejuice coming to DVD
…DVD and Blu-Ray disc due out September 16, 2008 (via ToonZone). According to the Beetlejuice animated series fansite, The Neitherworld, “In the cartoon, Beetlejuice rents a run-down building, (‘BJ’s Roadhouse’),… |
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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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Cool Hanna-Barbera 3D stills
Amid at Cartoon Brew takes a nostalgic look at the wonderful View-master reels of classic Hanna-Barbera characters created back in 1960, unearthed by Bob Logan…. |
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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… |