ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.8 - NOVEMBER 2000

Compiled and written by Rick DeMott.
Technology news written and compiled by Mike Amron.
Additional reporting from the U.K. by Andrew Osmond.

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Awards | Business | Call for Entries | Commercials | Education | Events | Films
Internet & Interactive | Licensing | People | Technology | Television | Video

Awards

  • Disney Announces the 2000 Disney Legends Recipients
  • BAFTA Hands Out Its Interactive Nods
  • I Castelli Animati Festival Splits Grand Prize
  • Matita Honors Pleasures Of War With Grand Prize
  • Saint Gely Awards Toon Prize To Adolf
  • Portuguese Short A Suspeita Wins Cartoon d'Or
  • Oscar For Animated Feature To Be Given In 2002

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Business

  • Z.com Laid Off Not Laughing
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, October 17, 2000
  • Blur Studio's Expansion Adds Motion Capture Services
  • Phil Roman Entertainment Teams With C-3D TV & Internet
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, October 10, 2000
  • Eidos Not Game On Takeover Terms
  • Cinar Explains Reasons For Delaying Financial Reports
  • Cosgrove Hall Goes Digital
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, October 3, 2000
  • German TV Loonland Acquires Sony Wonder
  • MIPCOM Preview: The World Converges On Cannes
  • Sony Cuts Holiday PlayStation 2 Orders By Half
  • German Helkon Media Buys Dutch Rubinstein Media
  • Fox & Saban Sue Universal Over X-Men Videos
  • Cartoonists' Union Ratifies Contract
  • Foresight Marketing Forms New Animation Studio
  • ZDF Enterprises Launches New Media Subsidiary
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, September 26, 2000
  • Canadian Writers Guild Adds Toon Scribes Under Coverage
  • Olive Jar Acquired By Red Sky
  • ASIFA International Selects New Board

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Call for Entries

  • Showtime Wants To Showcase Your Toons Online
  • Highlight Your Work In Front Of The World At Brussels
  • British Academy Awards Entry Deadline Nears
  • New York Children's Film Fest Calls For Kid At Heart Flicks
  • AtomFilms Wants To Fill Their Savage Sideshow With Your Toons

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Commercials

  • Blur Studio Enlisted For U.S. Army Reserve Spot
  • Quiet Man Uses face2face Technology On K'nex Toys Spot
  • Director Peter Nydrle Turns Cadillacs Into Olympic Swimmers
  • Black Logic Zooms With Second Lexmark Printers Ad
  • Steele VFX Strengthens New Jeep Spot
  • ViewPoint Studios Goes Wild With Animal Planet ID
  • Spontaneous Combustion Scores For NFL Properties
  • TOPIX/Mad Dog Bites Termites For Alka-Seltzer Ad

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Education

  • Nick Creates Development Program For TV & Film Writers

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Events

  • Famed Russian Animator Yuri Norstein Comes To Georgetown University
  • ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards Are The Toon Land's Top Honors
  • Animation Magazine Is Hosting An Animation Business Marketplace
  • Yuri Norstein Discussion In Russian!
  • 4th Annual Collectibles Business And Gift Executive Conference
  • Acting For Animators With Ed Hooks
  • Yuri Norstein Will Be Screening His Work-In-Progress: The Overcoat
  • DreamWork's Frank Gladstone Presents "What Makes A Great Film Great"
  • Cinanima Captures The Art of Animation
  • Unsold Anime Pilots: See What Never made It To U.S. TV!
  • AnimExplosion Festival Brings Philippino Toons To The World
  • UCLA Showcases The Art Of Anime
  • TAIS Is Holding A Storyboarding For Animation Workshop
  • Flashcore Presents Their Expo Of New Media & Internet Animation
  • Baddeck Brings New Media To Canada!
  • RESFEST 2000 Is Touring The World With The New Animated Film WAVE TWISTERS
  • Take A Sneak Peek At Tomorrow's Superstars At MISAF 2000!
  • Celebrate The Opening of The Hands-On Animation Lab At Toon Sensation Weekend
  • Catch A Sneak Peak At New Animation Work From ILM, PDI, DotComix & Wild Brain
  • LEAF 2000 Features A Sneak Peak At PDI/DreamWorks' Shrek
  • Holland Animation Fest Adds Indie Toon Competition This Year
  • FCMM Celebrates The Cutting-Edge In A State Of The Art Theater
  • London International Advertising Awards Puts The Spotlight On Spots
  • Ajijic Festival de Cine Brings World Talent To Mexico
  • Help Cure Ectodermal Dysplasias By Buying Animation Art!
  • Learn How To Animate From Don Bluth at TOON-UP 2000!
  • Jerry Beck's Obscure TV Toons Is back By Popular Demand!
  • iMix Brings Interactive TV To The Big Apple
  • visions2000 Celebrates The Unusual World Of Animated Theatre

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Events

Films

  • WB Set To Start Live-Action Scooby-Doo Feature
  • The House of the Dead Game Becomes Feature
  • X-Men Claim More International Victories
  • Tron Sequel In Works
  • F/X Flicks Flicker With Lost Souls Debut In Third
  • What Lies Around With Hollow Man Fading
  • Exorcist Out Scares Digital Monsters Debut
  • Mortal Kombat Helmer Takes On Resident Evil
  • Disney Scraps Inappropriate Toon Feature
  • Hollow Empties Pockets At The International BO
  • Exorcist Repossess #2 At The US Box Office
  • What Lies On Top Of The International Box Office

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Films

Internet and Interactive

  • This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, October 13, 2000
  • This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, October 6, 2000!
  • Cops Producer Teams With Stan Lee On Webtoon
  • Honkworm Teams With Cartoonist Leib On Jickett's Speed Shop
  • This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, September 29, 2000

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Internet%and%Interactive

Licensing

  • South Park Condoms?

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People

  • Disney's Vice-Chair Walks
  • Curt Roth Joins Extratainment.com As CEO
  • Honkworm Adds Von Funk To Senior Staff
  • EM.TV's CFO Steps Down In Light Of Stock Plummet
  • Sesame Workshop Names Chrein VP, Global Media
  • Rhinoceros Adds Director/Designer Dorrington
  • Eidos CFO Resigns
  • Dotcomix Fills Key Positions As Co-Founder Leaves
  • Brown Takes New VP Post At Sunwoo
  • Cornerstone Adds Ellwood To Board & VanBorssum As COO
  • Emmer Lands Film Roman Rep Post
  • Solomon Pegged To Victory Board

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=People

Technology

  • Pixar Pieces
  • Animation Toolworks Ships The LunchBox Sync
  • Will SGI Rebound?

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Technology

Television

  • WB Orders More Chan Toons
  • Witchblade Now Gets A TV Series
  • British Mr. Bean To Become Cartoon
  • Dotcomix's Sister Randy Brings Habit To BBC America
  • Henson Set To Helm Jack & The Beanstalk Miniseries
  • Abdul Set To Choreograph New Cartoon
  • CBS Seeing Ratings Boom From Nick Jr Block
  • Cartoon Network Ratings Up 25%
  • Neptuno Films & Planeta 2010 To Co-Produce Puss In Boots Series
  • Cosgrove Hall Animates Fetch The Vet
  • Chorion Creates $15M CGI Noddy Series
  • ABC Outbids CBS For Peanuts' Specials
  • Aardman Delinquent Breaks Net

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Television

Video

  • Toy Story 2 Lassoes Video Release Date On Video & DVD
  • Icebox's Mr. Wong Direct-To-Video Plans Melt
  • Shamanic Princess Descends Onto Video
  • The 8th Volume Of Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 Hits Stores
  • Maze Series Wakes Up On VHS
  • ETA For Spaceship Agga Ruter "Sweet Release" October 2000
  • Special Editions Of Nightmare Before Christmas & Giant Peach
  • Scooby Scares Up Direct-To-DVD
  • Blue's Clues First Feature
  • Black Cauldron and Ichabod & Mr. Toad Come To DVD

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