ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.12 - March 1999

by Amid Amidi

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Even Dilbert reads the news. © UPN.

Business: Stan Lee Media Formed, Klasky Csupo's Big New Building, Pixar Posts Fourth Quarter Results, Grabbit The Rabbit Links Up, Downtowners Get Down With WGA, Pearson Purchases Eva.

People:
Musical Chairs: Friedman Appointed Kids WB! Senior VP, Five Executive Promotions For Pixar, Fox Kids Network promotes Roland Poindexter, Spontaneous Combustion hires Brian Austin, Curious Pictures adds David Kelley to its directors roster, Kleiser-Walczak hires Alison Brown, Phil Roman resigns at Film Roman, Igor Kovalyov joins CLASS-KEY CHEW-PO COMMERCIALS, Mike Marcus joins Will Vinton Studios board, Eric Rollman upped at Fox Family Worldwide, LoConte Goldman Design promotes Arne Jensen and hires Kenneth Shaw, PDI promotes John Bell.

In Passing:
Croatian Animator Nikola Kostelac Dies, Animation Producer/Artist Herb Klynn Dies.

Films:
AWN Animated Box Office Report, Oscar Noms Announced, Disney's New Fantasia Goes IMAX, Adam Sandler Gets Animated.

Television:
Cartoon Network's Exciting `99, AWN's Super Bowl Animation Guide, Kids WB! Picks Pokémon, HBO Family Channel Arrives, Valentine's Day Animation Guide, Dick And Paula On FX, UPN Digs Dilbert. TV RATINGS TIDBITS: Nickelodeon sets new Nielsen records, Princess Mononoke does great on Japanese TV, Dilbert makes UPN proud. TV TIDBITS: New Timon & Pumbaa episodes, Second season of MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, More Batman Beyond, The Disney Channel presents Black History Month cartoons, Pokémon to Latin America, New NELVANA shows on CBS, NELVANA and Disney Channel team up, Spawn creator Todd MacFarlane buys baseball, Hercules world TV premiere, Daria season premiere, Duckman reappears, Alvin And The Chipmunks 80s marathon, ReBoot on Cartoon Network.

Television: NATPE SPECIAL
Rembrandt Offers Zagreb, The Superfresh Spacebuddies!, Cambium Has Kaboodles, GLC Productions Has A Buddy System, MTV Goes Downtown, Cartoons From Cubic, D'Ocon Is D'there, Salsa's Sizzling Sci-Fi Series, Sabrina, Sonic And Sherlock, Encore For Critters And Goofballs, A Catalyst Of Animation, Canal+ Distribution Hits U.S. Shores, Chung Designing For Samsung, Mighty Kong And Mega Kong, Monster Helps Kevin Save The World, AGS Has Animal-Themed Cartoons, Made For `Net Movie Becomes TV Movie, Cromosoma's Triplets, Cartwrights Move Back To Ponderosa, Columbia TriStar Has 5000 Fingers, Mark Anthony Presents Filbert Fopp, GoodTimes With Rudolph, Varga Is Very Busy, Gaumont Has Roaches And Magicians, NELVANA Has Shows All Over, Interactive TV With Hugo, Toon Factory's Kid Clones, A RAI Of Light, South Park Creators Take On NATPE.

Commercials:
Seeing Spots by (Colossal), Helium, Protozoa and Blue Sky|VIFX.

Home Video
:
Coming To A VCR Near You.

Education:
Animation Creations, A New School.

Technology:
Animation Master 99 Arrives.

Internet and Interactive
:
WhirlGirl On Showtime Online.

Animation Art: Mulan On The Auction Block.

Call for Entries:
Worldfest Entry Call, Cartoons On The Bay Entry Call, San Diego Animation Celebration Entry Call.

Awards:
Making More At Sundance, AMPAS Hands Out Tech Awards, Bunny Is Big At Imagina.

Events:
ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Expo, Computer Animation Boot Camp, Last Month in Animation: Art of Friz Freleng, NATPE, British Pathe, NY Bunny Premiere, Evening of Remembrance, Gaiman's Signal to Noise, The 1999 New York International Children's Film Festival, Brussels Festival of Cartoons and Animated Films, Art & Animation: An International Symposium & Week of Film Screenings, Milia 99, Brussels Festival of Cartoons and Animated Films, Hollywood Shorts, Santa Clarita Film Fest, RIT Screening, Ideas in Animation, Scriptwriters Network "Breaking the TV Barrier."


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