Several animation studios in Santiago, Chile, including Arce Studios, EMU

Ltd., ROOS Film S.A., and Trimedia S.A. have formed a partnership to

promote the animation business in Santiago. The partners are looking for

co-producers and/or investors for their products. Alvaro Arce, President of

Arce Studios, worked in the animation industry in the United States for

many years at Hanna-Barbera, The Walt Disney Company, and others. Alvaro

has several original series currently in development. Arce Studios is now

Early in December 1999, Macromedia, a leader in digital and Internet software, announced it had completed its acquisition of Andromedia Inc., a leading provider of eMarketing software solutions for e-commerce. Macromedia previously announced a definitive agreement to acquire Andromedia on October 7, 1999. As part of the merger, Macromedia will obtain all of the outstanding stock in Andromedia. The company will issue 5.2 million shares of stock in connection with the deal and will incur one-time charges from the merger of up to $5 million in its fiscal third quarter.

Brazil's Justice Ministry has banned six video games it considers too

violent for the public. This ruling comes on the heals of last month's

deadly shooting rampage in a movie theater by a medical student. "The games

are considered violent and [are] affecting people who play them,

particularly children," a ministry spokeswoman said. "As for DUKE NUKEM,

the ministry regulation says its virtual world may have motivated Mateus da

Costa Meira to stage the cinema shooting on November 3 in Sao Paulo." All

This week's updates to the Calendar
of Events includes the World Animation
Celebration in the U.S., and Anima Mundi 2000 in Brazil. The Calendar of
Upcoming Events is a constantly changing reference source for what's
happening around the World of Animation. Use it to stay abreast of
animation related activities across the globe. If you know of animation
related events that we don't have listed, send an email with the pertinent

The Classical and Computer Animation Graduating Class of Vancouver-based
VanArt School is holding an Open House on Thursday, December 9, from 6:00 -
7:30 pm. VanArts is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at 837
Beatty St. Please RSVP to Leslie Bishko: Tel.: (604) 682-2787; Email:
bishko@vanarts.bc.ca. For more information on the school, visit the
VanArts website.

December 19-20, 1999, ASIFA Italia, with the help of the Ministry of
Cultural Affairs, the Regione Piemonte and the Comune di Torino, together
with the support of Young Artists Circle and the British Council and
Pro-Helvetia, is organizing a meeting and a series of films on the subject
of "Art & Animation" in Turin, Italy. The meeting aims to heighten
awareness of animation as an art form with a particular stress on
independent research, experimental and artistic short films. The event is

Cult comic and TV franchise THE TICK is getting a new lease on life.
Producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Josephson (FANTASY ISLAND, MAXIMUM
BOB), via their deal at Columbia TriStar Television, will bring a
live-action, primetime half-hour version of the clueless hero's show to Fox
Broadcasting. The series is scheduled for fall 2000.



Read more about THE TICK from creator Ben Edlund in the Animation World
Magazine article "Tick Fever Endures" by Deborah Reber.

INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC just finished up the new Will Smith video WILL2K for
Columbia Records and Sony Pictures. Robert Caruso directed the vid that sends
mega-star Will Smith on a Millenium eve time traveling spree. The futuristic
effects were created with ILM's newest motion capture software.



Read Heather Kenyon's interview with ILM's Seth Rosenthal in Animation
World Magazine.

BLUE SKY STUDIOS adds DR. MICHAEL REED as a new member to its research and
development team. He comes to Blue Sky after receiving his Ph.D. in
Computer Science from Columbia University and positions at the laboratories
of IBM, Philips, and Bell Atlantic Corporations. Reed will continue his
work with geometric surface construction techniques to create new solutions
in rendering and geometry for Blue Sky.

MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC. announced two new Directors have been appointed to the Board. PETER CUNEO, President and CEO, Marvel Enterprises, Inc., and
producer SID GANIS, former Vice Chairman of Columbia Pictures and President
of Worldwide Marketing for Columbia/TriStar Motion Pictures Companies, were
each appointed to the Board of Directors.