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From Van Eaton Galleries, The Largest Selection of Original Animation Production Art Anywhere In The World
Hollywood, Calif.--Van Eaton Galleries of Sherman Oaks, will be showcasing four of the top artists in their field at their booth, Number 501, in Exhibit Hall A at the San Diego Comic-Con International.
Film Life and HBO will host the American Black Film Festival (ABFF). HBO is the ABFF's founding and title sponsor and Wal-Mart Voices of Color is the presenting sponsor.
The 2006 ABFF program includes independent film screenings, network and studio premieres, panels, workshops and seminars led by accomplished industry professionals. Other highlights include live entertainment, exclusive networking events and the ABFF Awards presentation.
Throughout July, FrameForge previs software will be demoing at various locations in Los Angeles.
On Wednesday, July 19 in West Los Angeles at 5:00 pm, the Media Services/Showbiz Software Store, located at 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd. on the first floor, will demo the software. To RSVP, contact Leimomi Coloretti at Leimomi@media-services.com.
The next demo will be in Hollywood on Wednesday, July 26 at 7:00 pm at the Final Cut Users Group meeting, Barnsdall Art Park located at 4800 Hollywood Blvd. To RSVP, contact Michael Horton at michaelh@lafcpug.org.
Davy Jones, the tentacle toting villain from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MANS CHEST, has already been hailed as the next great leap in CG character performance, thanks to ILMs new on-set motion capture system, some terrific facial animation and a fine performance from actor Bill Nighy.
Alfred Haber, founder of Alfred Haber Distribution Inc. (AHDI), announced that the company has entered into an agreement for the first time with MTV Networks' Spike TV to serve as the international distributor of SPIKE TV SCREAM AWARDS 2006, the first annual televised event devoted to celebrating the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres. Haber has secured the rights to worldwide distribution of SPIKE TV SCREAM AWARDS 2006 with the exception of the U.K. and Canada.
Academy Award-nominated Brown Bag Films has just delivered the 52x2 animation series I'M AN ANIMAL for kids 3-6. The series was commissioned by state broadcaster RTE and the Irish Film Board and distributed by Monster Distributes.
All computer how-to books in the In Pictures series are being provided free to the public, as downloadable files.
Anyone who visits In Pictures' website at www.inpics.net/ can download any and all of its 22 different books for free, in Adobe PDF format. In the month since the site was launched, more than 20,000 people have visited it to download free books.
Odd Lot Ent. announced that Frank Miller (SIN CITY) will adapt and direct THE SPIRIT, based on Will Eisners influential comic strip, and will talk about the project for the first time at a panel at this years Comic-Con Intl on Saturday, July 22, 2006.
Canadas only animation-specific industry forum, the Television Animation Conference (TAC), which returns to Ottawa Sept. 20-21, 2006, at the Château Laurier hotel, has announced its 2006 lineup.
ReelTime Rentals Inc., the first broadband network offering a true full screen, DVD quality, "point, click and watch" online television experience, announced today (July 19, 2006) it is launching a specific service for kids of animated and live-action programming.
Marisa Materna chats with director Richard Linklater on the production of A Scanner Darkly, which utilizes interpolated rotoscoping to bring live-action footage into an animated dream world.
Nina Jacobson is out and marketing head Oren Aviv is in as president of production, Walt Disney Pictures, as chairman Dick Cook announced the anticipated restructuring and downsizing of The Walt Disney Studios. Aviv will oversee the live-action development and film production slate.
Thus, there will be a strategic shift toward more Disney branded movies aimed at global synergy across all entertainment platforms. The studio will produce and distribute approximately 10 Disney live-action and animated films a year and two to three Touchstone films a year.
In this months Animated Scene, Joseph Gilland gives readers a sneak peek at his upcoming book, Elemental Magic: The Classical Art of Hand-Drawn Effects Animation.
With 2006 being the 40th Anniversary of SPEED RACER, Art Asylum will be premiering episodes of the new animated promos, as well as the videogame, upcoming SPEED RACER soundtrack and toy line exclusively at Booth # 3913 at San Diegos Comic-Con, July 1923, 2006. Each day of the show fans can come by and watch the individual episodes while they meet the team from Heroes Garage.
Miami International Short Film Festival 2006Miami, Florida, USANovember 27 - December 2, 2006Deadline: September 26, 2006
REAL D, the leader in the delivery of premium digital 3-D experiences, will present Columbia Pictures' animated MONSTER HOUSE in the REAL D Cinema format. MONSTER HOUSE represents the widest 3-D rollout worldwide day-and-date with the 2-D release on July 21. MONSTER HOUSE is the second release in REAL D and the second animated feature to employ the groundbreaking performance capture innovation (Imagemotion) developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Engine Room Visual Effects has hired visual effects supervisor Andrew Honacker. An Emmy, BDA and VES award-winner, Honacker has worked as CG supervisor with the company in a freelance capacity on such projects as THE DA VINCI CODE teaser trailer, new theatrical opens for Lionsgate Films, a recent GMC Denali commercial campaign, the upcoming feature film release ALPHA DOG, the Discovery Channel TITANIC promo, a campaign for NASCAR on FOX and THE DREW CAREY GREEN SCREEN SHOW.
Avid Technology Inc. has purchased the intellectual property assets of Character Animation Technologies Ltd. Those assets will be managed by Avid subsidiary, Softimage Co. Softimage will continue to provide the same sales, support and services that were available from CAT in the past and CAT customers will continue to have the same sales and support contacts as they have had in the past. In addition, CATs cto, Philip Taylor, has joined the Softimage team in Montreal, bringing his expertise and knowledge to contribute to our future vision for character animation
Patti McTeague has been promoted from vp to svp, kids communications, Disney-ABC Television Group, overseeing strategic planning and implementation of communications and publicity initiatives for all of the Kids Communications areas for the Group, including the wholly owned basic cable kids platforms and programming blocks Disney Channel worldwide, Playhouse Disney, Toon Disney and Jetix as well as ABC Kids, Walt Disney Television Animation and Radio Disney.
Joe Strike follows the journey of Iceboxs Queer Duck from its early webisodes to its new coming out party on DVD.
Christina Applegate (ANCHORMAN) has joined the voice cast of Bob Saget's FARCE OF THE PENGUINS as the female lead, reports VARIETY. Cast also includes Samuel L. Jackson, Lewis Black and Mo'Nique. ThinkFilm is financing. Its a co-production with Permut Presentations and Saget's Two Angels Prods. The film will use archival footage of penguins to bring the story to life.
Kiefer Sutherland will lend his voice to the character of Raistlin Majere in the animated feature, DRAGONLANCE. Sutherland joins a voice cast that includes Lucy Lawless (XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS) as Goldmoon, Michael Rosenbaum (SMALLVILLE) as Tanis Half-Elven and Michelle Trachtenberg (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) as Tika Waylan.
Mondo Media will present the world premiere of the G4 television series version of HAPPY TREE FRIENDS at Comic-Con. The screening will take place at 6:00 - 7:00 pm in Room 5AB of the San Diego Convention Center.
Immediately following the world premiere, there will be a discussion and Q & A panel with the shows creators. Panelists include Kenn Navarro, John Evershed, Ken Pontac, Jim Lively and Francis Carr.
Attendees will be able to get their photo taken with a 7-foot Cuddles mascot and receive an exclusive HAPPY TREE FRIENDS TV button.
The various units of Walt Disney Enterprises are uniting for a huge promotional push at this years Comic-Con. Disney (#3613), Jetix (#3821) and ABC Family (#3817) will all have booths at the event.
Disney will be conducting a raffle once a day at 2:00 pm on July 20-22, and 1:00 pm on July 23. Prizes will include videogames, product and DVDs for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, NARNIA, NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and Roger Corman. Giveaways will include:* PIRATES bags and tattoos
The Jim Henson Co. is will conducting a panel at Comic-Con, giving fans a special preview look at its work on THE POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL and other upcoming projects. Lisa Henson and Michael Polis (MIRRORMASK) will discuss current and upcoming projects, which include the new puppet TV shows fro grown-ups as well as new DVD releases, manga and new products from Jim Henson Designs.
