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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.02 - MAY 2000
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written by Rick DeMott All of the news in this section of Animation World Magazine is published first in the Animation Flash, AWN's weekly e-mail newsletter. Read it first in the Flash! Subscribe today. MIP TV Moments: Oui Oui To MIP TV! Business: CINAR Co-Founder Signed For Investment, Nelvana Enters The Net Game, Entertaindom Employees Angry Over AOL, Macromedia Ventures Into A New Division, Disney Teams With Gemstar Against AOL/Time Warner, CINAR Suspends Globe-X Lawsuit, CINAR Documents Seized, Stan Lee Developing Web-Based Animation Software, PuppetTime & Prosoft Partner On Web-3D Software, TV Loonland, Alliance Add Joint Ventures, Harvey To Rep Film Roman Overseas, 3Dlabs Lands Intense3D Software Deal, Nelvana Nabs Klutz Publishing, Time Warner Reaps In Record Income, Mounties’ CINAR Findings Filed, Stan Lee Creating Batman & Superman Comics, GT Interactive Gobbles Humongous’ Assets. People: DreamWorks Rides With Max Howard, Entertaindom Top Trio Exit, COO & Level 13 Creator Leaves Film Roman, Musical Chairs: Aron Warner New Head Of PDI, Disney Channel Promotes Gary Marsh To Executive VP, Original Programming, Orlando, Florida-Based AARGH! Animation, Inc. Signs Animator Jeffrey Varab, DEN Adds Frank Mancuso To Board Of Directors, Icebox.com Appoints Gary Levine President, Cinegroupe Names Luce Pellerin New Director Of Business Affairs And Pat Palumbo New Director Of Finance And Administration, Greenlight International Appoints Lynn Chadwick New VP And Jaap Joost (JJ) Breijinck New Director Of Licensing, Stan Lee Media Has Hired Iwerks/Universal Executive Jon Corfino To Head Their New Location-Based Entertainment Division, Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. Announced The Appointment Of Dan DiDio To The Position Of Senior VP Of Creative Affairs And Asaph (Ace) Fipke To The Position Of VP Creative Development, Mondo Media Announced That It Has Named Robin Harper New Senior Vice President Of Marketing. Films: AWN Animated Box Office Report, Saban, SAG Struggle Over Digimon Dub Dispute, Cinema Clips: StarCars Exec Producer, The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys, The Lord Of The Rings, Blade 2: Blood Hunt Director, Arach Attack, Harry Potter Director, Chicken Run Web Site, Josie And The Pussycats, Tusker, Episode II, The Incredible Mr. Limpet Helmer, The Arabat Quartet. Television: Wendy The Witch Brews On The Boob Tube, Boomerang Flies Into Homes, NBC’s God Excommunicated, Nelvana Lands Little Critter, The Return Of ReBoot To TV, Mattel Gets Nutty With Interactive TV, Powerful Turn-Out For PBS Picket, Teacher’s Pet Part Of Disney’s Saturday, British Football Star Gets Animated, TV Tidbits: The Miracle Maker, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Pokemon, Stinky And Beaver, Hamilton Mattress, Angela Anaconda On Cartoon Network Europe, Blue Sky & The Sopranos, Cartoon Network Israel, King Of The Hill, South Park Creators Trey Parker And Matt Stone, None Of The Above. Commercials: Seeing Spots: Charlex’s "Casual George," Spot For The U.S. Mint, Will Vinton Studios A New Spot For Syphon Filter 2, Black Logic Wins Big With New Visual Effects Commercial For The Wisconsin Lottery, J.J. Sedelmaier Productions Helped Major League Baseball Star Ken Griffey Jr. Try New "Sportz," SimEx Returns To Toucan Sam With New Kellog’s Spot, Quiet Man Raps On The Newest Barrons Spot. Home Video: Miyazaki’s First Film On DVD, Phantom’s A $100m Phenomenon On VHS, Main Street Dates: Dragoon, Spell Wars: Sorcerer Hunters' Revenge 2, Dragon Half, Martian Successor Nadesico Volume 3, Perfect Blue, Devilman Compilation. Internet & Interactive: Shockwave Shocked By South Park Creators’ Short, Shockwave Clinches Deal With David Lynch, Joe Cartoon Caps Cybersquatter, Titan A.E. Touches Down On PlayStation, Aardman’s Angry On AtomFilms, Rumpus Readies On-Line Mega-Movie, PlayStation 2: A Military Threat?, Cyber Bytes: MuppeToons, The Beatless & Hix Hollar, U.S.A. On Shockwave, The Banana Splits, Dinosaur Trailer, Shockwave.Com’s New Look, Will Vinton Studios Library, Jonni Nitro, Interactivity: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Behind Enemy Lines. Technology: Colorfront Releases Color*star, Boris FX Launches Boris Graffiti, REALVIZ Announces ReTimer 2.0, Maya 3's Universal Rendering Policy, Maxon Release Cinema 4D XL 6, Discreet Announces Combustion*. Books: Two New Storyboarding Books Hit Shelves. Education: VFS Launches Largest Scholarships Drive. Awards: The Old Man And His Oscar, The Scene At Stuttgart, BAFTA Says Beautiful Eyes Is Best, Mission Hill Wins Cartoons On The Bay. Events: Upcoming Events: Nordic and Baltic Animation Festival Fredrikstad, "Digital In Quebec," The 3D Conference and Expo, The Golden Sheaf Awards, The American Digital Arts Festival, The 41st Annual Clio Awards, The World Education Market. Last Month In Animation: Folimage Screening, The Third Brisbane International Animation Festival, The 2nd Annual Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Kirikou And The Sorceress Screening, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Cruise, The 7th Annual James River Festival of the Moving Image, The Fourth Annual Lecture Series "Careers in Animation" featuring animation writer Jack Enyart, PBS Picket, Taos Talking Picture Festival, Oscar Shorts Screening, The 4th Cartoons On The Bay International Festival of Television Animation, Richard Williams’ the Animation Masterclass, An Evening With Lucille Bliss, The 2nd Annual New York Lower East Side Film Festival, The 1st Annual Japanese Animation Festival, The 9th Edition of the Cartoonist International Animated Film Festival & Market, ASIFA-Central’s Eighth Annual Animators Conference and Retreat, The Fourth Annual City of Lights, City of Angels: A Week of New French Films, The Mediawave International Visual Arts Festival, Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival, "Lost Hollywood Cartoons: The Most Violent Cartoons Ever Made!," The Sixth Annual Marc Davis Lecture on Animation, Los Angeles Biped Premiere. Upcoming Major Industry Events: Annecy International Film Festival and Market, SIGGRAPH 2000 Conference & Exhibition, Ottawa International Animation Festival. |
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