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Interactive Headline News

Charged Studios Is Called Upon By MoveOn.org to Produce An Interactive Spot With A Message From the Future

Actress Olivia Wilde takes on the role of a rebel activist who hijacks a present-day TV broadcast to give viewers a glimpse of what the country’s future will be if they do not get out and vote in 2010

Headline News

BATMAN LIVE Worldwide Arena Tour

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), DC Entertainment and Nick Grace of Water Lane Productions Ltd (WLP) announced today that BATMAN LIVE – a unique action-packed live show - will tour arenas for the first time ever across the UK and Europe, beginning in summer 2011 and arriving in North America by summer 2012.

International Headline News

Television Meets Streetwear in the First Ever Creative Collaboration

MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and leading streetwear label 55DSL announced today the launch of their first-ever creative collaboration, set to culminate in five brand new MTV on-air idents and six bespoke t-shirt designs

Animation Headline News

Steve Hulett, Most Incumbents Re-Elected In Animation Guild Elections

Steve Hulett has been elected to his eighth term as Business Representative of the Animation Guild, Local 839 IATSE, withstanding a challenge from Executive Board member Karen Nugent.

Motion Headline News

Court Approves MGM Bankruptcy Plan

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (“MGM”) announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved all of MGM’s motions that were heard today, including finding that modifications to its “pre-packaged” plan of reorganization are immaterial and accordingly authorizing the plan to be amended.

Film Headline News

Hollywood, Bollywood Team Up

After several years of co-productions and joint investment, the two most prominent global film industries came together today for the signing of an historic declaration between the city of Los Angeles and the Indian film industry at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood.

Blogs

Sarto in Singapore Post 1 – Clone Wars and Chewing Gum

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 2:50pm

The boundless energy and enthusiasm I brought to Singapore Monday morning has dissipated somewhat now this fine Wednesday evening, done in by the heat, humidity and non-stop pace of our media tour. It’s late and still quite hot, a sticky hot that’s like summer in Texas, without the pickup trucks or shotguns. It will take a bit of time to properly synthesize everything, so my coverage here begins with a pictorial spread of the first couple days.

Creative Headline News

Ouweleen Named SVP/Group Creative Director At Cartoon Network’s Reorganized Creative Group

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 8:30am

Cartoon Network has promoted veteran network executive Michael Ouweleen to Senior Vice President and Group Creative Director for its new Creative Group, it was announced today by Brenda Freeman, chief marketing officer for Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media (AYAKM) group.

Blogs

Becoming a Job Warrior

By Lisa Kaye | Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 2:38pm

It’s a job battle field out there and it calls for a warrior spirit. Whether you live in the illusion that you possess “job security” or you are swinging from the vine hoping the limb won’t break before you hit the ground, this is no time for the faint of heart. Knowing that your job is a battlefield makes you appreciate the times when you can kick back and enjoy the ride even when you are not always sure where that ride will take you.

Disney Headline News

Disney Junior To Debut In February 2011

In February 2011, Disney Channel will debut Disney Junior, a new multiplatform brand devoted to children ages 2-7 and their families, it was announced today by Carolina Lightcap, president, Disney Channels Worldwide.

Television Headline News

Hasbro & Corus Reach Broad Animation, Live-Action Programming Deal

Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution division of Hasbro, Inc., has reached a comprehensive programming and marketing agreement with Canada's leading kids and family TV broadcaster, Corus Entertainment.

Films Headline News

Panda's Stevenson Joins Vanguard's Alien Rock Band

John Williams, the original producer of Shrek and President and CEO of Vanguard Films, announced today an overall producing/directing deal with Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson.

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