ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.11 - FEBRUARY 2001

Written and compiled by Rick DeMott.
Technology news written and compiled by Paul Younghusband.
Tampere news written by AWN’s Scandinavian correspondent Heikki Jokinen.
Additional news written by Katie Makal,
editor of sister Creative Planet community site Design In Motion.

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Awards | Books | Business | Call for Entries | Commercials | Events | Films
In Passing | Internet & Interactive | People | Technology | Television | Video

Awards

  • Sci-Tech Oscar Goes To Pixar
  • Grammy Gives Nods To Toons With Tunes
  • Havana Film Fest Awards Go To Gods & Cinema
  • Chicken Run Lays A Golden Globe Nom

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

Business

  • Film Roman Dropped From Nasdaq
  • Mondo Media Lands $17M More In Financing
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, January 16, 2000
  • FCC Approves AOL/Time Warner Merger
  • New Visual Design Firm Opens In Jersey
  • Das Werk Acquires Centropolis Effects
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, January 9, 2000
  • Kirch Might Not Bail Out EM.TV
  • Aardman Catches Spies In Their Midst
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, January 2, 2000
  • Stan Lee Media Probed Over Stock Trades
  • Pentamedia Acquires Media Dreams
  • Incanta and AtomFilms Announce Distribution Agreement
  • Saban Forces His Way Out Of Fox Family
  • Z.com Sues Chris Rock Over Non-Delivery Of Content
  • EM.TV Shares Rocket Upward
  • Cinar Announces Canadian Tax Settlements
  • Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, December 19, 2000
  • Medusa Etches Deal In Stone To Buy Lanterna Magica

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

Call for Entries

  • Tough Eye Festival Highlights The Best of All-Time
  • Get Your Film In Front Of Tinsel Town At The Hollywood Film Fest
  • Animate In Paradise On A Balearic Islands Retreat

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=Call%for%Entries

Commercials

  • Class-Key Chew-Po Goes Cuckoo For Coco-Puffs
  • Blur Travels Back In Time For New Pac-Man Spots
  • Rhinoceros Tears Up 3M Scotch Tape Spot
  • TOPIX/Mad Dog Opens Pool For Thrifty Spot
  • Click 3X Spots Disney Store Ad For 102 Dalmatians Merchandise
  • Spontaneous Shocks Circuit City With Photo-Real Santa Spots
  • ViewPoint Livens Up Rivera Live With New ID Package
  • Rhinoceros Sparkles For Victoria's Secret

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

Events

  • Animation Dreams VI Brings The Best Of The School of Visual Arts To The Public
  • The 98th Toy Fair Invades New York In February
  • The First Cartoon Masters of 2001 Comes To Reunion Island
  • See How Voicebank.net Will Attempt To Change The Industry At Their Upcoming Demo
  • Animation 2001 Includes Talks By The Bolex Bros & Bob Godfrey
  • Cartoon Masters Strasbourg Tackles The Topic Of Business Plans
  • Exploratorium Presents Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television
  • Larry Lauria Animation Workshops In Phoenix
  • ASIFA-Colorado Best of Ottawa Screening
  • Plympton's Mutant Aliens Premieres At The Sundance Film Festival
  • The British Academy Gives Their Year End Nods
  • Brussels Festival Highlights The Best In All Kinds Of Animation
  • Australian Effects & Animation Fest Brings F/X Down Under
  • Discover The Middle East Toon Scene At The Animation Festival Of Tehran
  • Kick Off The Buying & Selling Year At The Monte-Carlo Television Market
  • The Second Annual Interactive TV Games Conference
  • Evening of Remembrance Celebrates Animation Greats Who Passed In 2000
  • Find New Opportunities At The Interactive TV & Mobile Games Conference
  • Sell Your TV Ideas At The 41st Monte Carlo Television Festival
  • Milia New Talent Competition Showlights Sensational Student Work
  • Art In Motion II Investgates Who Is The Author In Filmmaking?
  • Milia 2001 Brings Interactivity To Life For The World To See!
  • Mobius Advertising Awards Honor The Best In Commercials
  • Phoenix Film Festival Sets The Moving Image Ablaze
  • Want To Sell Your Toon Premise Then Go To WIA's Writers' Group Seminar
  • Discover New Talent At The Victoria Independent Fest
  • Internet World Media & Entertainment Fest Brings The Best To The Web
  • New York Intl Children's Film Fest Highlights The Young At Heart

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

Films

  • Cast Away Sinks To Second At US Box Office
  • Unbreakable: Int. Box Office Hero, Chicken Still Runs Mexico
  • Crouching Tiger Director To Take On The Hulk
  • Disney's Groovy Spanish Dub Disaster
  • Unbreakable Unstoppable At IBO, Chicken Run Takes Mexico
  • Third Week Atop The US BO For Cast Away
  • Dinosaur Still Roars At IBO, Pokemon Claims Germany
  • Disney To Release Spanish Dubbed Groove In LA
  • National Registry Adds Clampett's Porky In Wackyland
  • Cast Away Floats Atop Holiday Box Office In The US
  • Cats & Dogs Writing Duo To Pen New Looney Tunes Feature
  • The Grinch Steals Int BO As Charlie's Angels Fades

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

In Passing

  • Indie Animator Alison de Vere Has Passed Away
  • Schoolhouse Rock Co-Creator Passes

http://www2.awn.com/mag/news.php3?item=In%Passing

Internet and Interactive

  • This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, January 12, 2001
  • Rumpus Gains Big Voices For Next Online Feature
  • This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, January 5, 2001
  • DreamWorks Signs 5 Year Gaming Pact With TDK
  • Electronic Arts To Support Microsoft Xbox Console
  • This Week's Web Animation Guide For Friday, December 22, 2000

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

Licensing

  • Dragon Tales Taps Top Licensing Deals

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

People

  • AOL Time Warner Cuts Colin Powell & 5 Others From Board
  • TV Loonland Beefs Up Sales Staff
  • Unbound Opens Doors For VP Of Business Development
  • iXL Gains New Exec Producer & Senior F/X Artist
  • CartoonNetwork.com Registers New VP
  • Mondo Media Appoints David McCoy To VP Of Advertising Sales Post
  • Cinesite Adds Townley To Art Department
  • Cartoon Network Spain Gains New Head
  • Ring Of Fire Ignites With Four New Artists
  • Eyeballnyc Blinks In New Executive Producer
  • Cinesite Adds More Color To Staff

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

Technology

  • Electric Image Announces Amorphium PRO
  • SGI Digital Media Software Development Kit Now Available
  • IBM Announces World's Fastest UNIX Workstation
  • AFX Releases SceneGenie 1.4
  • Stop Motion Pro 2 Available Now
  • Alias|Wavefront To Preview Maya For OS X At Macworld
  • Interactive Effects Ships Piranha HD 3.3
  • NewTek Releases Lightwave 6.5

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

Television

  • CTV Gains Star Wars Rights
  • Nick Toons On Brazil's TV Globo
  • Howard Stern's Doomsday May Be Dead
  • U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of January 1-7, 2001
  • Imagine's The PJs Loses WBTV As Production Partner
  • Fox Renews King Of The Hill & Futurama
  • U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of December 25-31, 2000
  • Fox TV Taps Gear-CGI For New 3D Series
  • Collideascope To Produce Flash Animated TV/Web Program
  • Oxygen Resuscitates DotComedy
  • Celebrity Deathmatch Enters UPN Ring
  • U.S. Primetime TV Ratings For The Week Of December 11-17, 2000

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

Video

  • Original-Cut Pete's Dragon Arrives On VHS & DVD
  • NightWalker Descends Onto Video
  • Demon Warrior Koji Heats Up Home Video
  • Princess Mononoke Brings Peace To DVD

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