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Alice Still in Box Office Wonderland

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Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND falls into the top spot at the box office in its second weekend.

Avatar Extended Version Coming This Summer

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Fox is in talks with James Cameron to bring an extended version of AVATAR to theaters in late summer, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

GrowFX Releases New Version 1.4.0

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Russian cg technology company Exlevel, makers of the Autodesk 3ds Max plug-in GrowFX, has released a new version. The product allows you to build plants and other objects that grow in various directions.

Digimation Announces the Release of BonesPro 4

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Digimation, a leading provider of 3D content, software, and custom services to the entertainment and defense industry, today announced the release of BonesPro 4, its powerful, easy to use skeletal deformation system.

Disney to Close Zemeckis' ImageMovers Digital Studio

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With Robert Zemeckis' biggest Disney ally gone, former Chairman Dick Cook, and amid drastic cost-cutting by the new management team -- and being overshadowed by AVATAR -- Walt Disney Studios is closing the producer-director's ImageMovers Digital studio in San Rafael, by Jan. 2011.

Catch Up with AWN's Oscar Showcase Videos & Blog

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Now with the crazy award season over, AWN offers readers a chance to catch up with all the adventures of the animation nominees.

Fincher Pitching All-Star Heavy Metal Project

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ZODIAC director David Fincher is still pushing a 3D animated version of HEAVY METAL with all-star directors attached, reports Deadline.com.

Scooby-Doo! Curse Of The Lake Monster Filming Starts Next Week

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Warner Premiere is in production on Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, an all-new, live-action/CG movie follow-up to 2009’s record-setting Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, it was announced today by Eva Davis, EVP and General Manager, Warner Premiere.

Kung Fu Panda Series Part of Nick's 2010-11 Slate

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At its 2010 annual upfront presentation which featured top talent across the worlds of television, music and film, Nickelodeon today announced a slate of new programming that will be added to the network’s 2010-11 schedule...

Backstage at the Oscars

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Pete Docter positively beamed about winning his Best Animated Feature Oscar for UP, and discussed the advantage of animation over live-action, the significance of AVATAR and what 3-D offers...

Up, Avatar & Logorama Win Oscars

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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences handed out the Oscars on Sunday, March 7th. In the world of animation, Pete Docter won the Best Animated Feature Film for Pixar's UP. In addition to Best Animated Feature, Michael Giacchino won the Oscar for UP's original score.

Trio Join Smurfs

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Sony has tapped George Lopez, Katy Perry and Alan Cumming to join Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Winters in SMURFS, reports VARIETY.

Tooned! Talk Show To Launch On TV Tropolis This Spring

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Breakthrough Films & Television's live-action factual series, TOONED, is scheduled to debut on Canada's TV Tropolis on Friday, March 19, 2010 during the 11:30/19:30/22:00 time slots, it was announced today by Ira Levy and Peter Williamson, executive producers and founders of Breakthrough.

Neil Patrick Harris Smurfy for Lead

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Deadline.com reports that HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star Neil Patrick Harris has inked a deal to play the live-action lead in Sony's SMURFS.

NVIDIA GPUs Power All 2010 Best Visual Effects Academy Award Nominees

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Each of the films nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects in this year's competition depended on NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics to power their stunning special effects.

Avatar Wins Big at VES Awards

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The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of the 8th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Cage & Reynolds Go Crood

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DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) announced today that Academy-Award® winning actor Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds will both star in its pre-historic themed 3D CG animated comedy adventure "The Croods."

Academy To Showcase Oscar Animated Features

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The Academy’s 2nd annual Animated Feature Symposium celebrates the work of the 2009 Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature Film category.

Reepicheep Reveals for Dawn Treader

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NarniaWeb.com has posted a video from a recent interview with David Frost that reveals the actor who will be voicing Reepicheep in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER.

Little Airplane's Small Potatoes Premieres At BAMkids Fest

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First you can see them on the big screen and then you can download the iPhone ebook.