Angeles with several properties including two that are animated. MONSTER CLUB is an animated series for children featuring the characters of THE MONSTER CLUB. This series will feature fundamental lessons about family, friendship and the environment. RADIO TOONS, which is in development, is an animated series featuring classic radio shows from the 1930's and 1940's as the sound and dialogue tracks. Similar to the highly rated 1970 Rankin Bass TV special THE MAD, MAD, MAD COMEDIANS, it features cartoon renditions of Jack Benny, George Burns, Abbott & Costello, and Bob Hope.

Fox Family Channel has named ROB SORCHER head of the newly created position
of Executive Vice President, Programming and Development. Sorcher will
oversee all original programming, both current, and in development, for
prime time scripted and reality series, specials, and movies, as well as
all daytime children's prgramming for the Channel. Sorcher joins Fox Family
from Cartoon Network, where he served as Executive Vice President of the
network's US division since October 1997. At Cartoon Network Sorcher was a

Evening Sky Productions has named MITCH NADON general and operations
manager. Nadon will be responsible for the day-to-day management and studio
operations of Evening Sky and The Animation House, its commercial division,
and she will also oversee the areas of trade marketing and human resources.
Nadon comes to Evening Sky from Toronto-based Spin Productions, where she
was Operations Officer. She has previously worked in production at
TVOntario, and in animation production at Nelvana Limited. Evening Sky

On May 8th in San Antonio the National Cartoonists Society held its 51st
Annual Reuben Awards dinner, and two of their awards went to animation
cartoonists. This year Chen Yi Chiang, the character designer for Disney's
MULAN, won the Best Feature Animation award, and Danny Antonucci, of
Cartoon Network's ED, EDD N EDDY, won for Best Television Animation artist.
The NCS was formed by newspaper cartoonists in1946 and over the years have
branched out to encompass other forms of cartooning like editorial

It is rumored that filmmakers Barry Levinson and Paula Weinstein are
developing a live-action/animation project that would feature Bugs Bunny.
Preliminary discussions are said to have taken place for Robin Williams to
be Bugs' sidekick. The story line remains undisclosed, but it's said to be
less like WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? and more like ANCHORS AWEIGH, a 1945
musical which features a sequence in which Gene Kelly dances with
Hanna-Barbera's Jerry Mouse. There is also talk of bringing the Tasmanian

Iwerks Entertainment Inc. continued its improved operating performance in
fiscal 1999 by reporting revenues of $10,423,000 for the third quarter
ended March 31, 1999, representing a 133 percent improvement over the same
period last year when it reported revenues of $4,483,000. The third-quarter
net loss of $389,000, or 3 cents per share, compared favorably with the
prior year's net loss of $5,077,000, or 42 cents per share. EBITDA
[earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion, amortization and

IBM and Nintendo have announced a multi-year $1 billion technology
agreement to support Nintendo's next home video game console, code-named
"Dolphin." As part of the agreement, IBM will design and manufacture a
unique 400 MHz central processor featuring IBM's industry-leading 0.18
micron copper technology. The chip, dubbed the "Gekko" processor, is an
extension of the IBM PowerPC(TM) architecture. It's designed to be more
powerful than those found in any current or planned home video game

The E3 '99 Exposition takes place Wednesday, May 12 - Saturday, May 15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. This year's Exposition will feature over 400 exhibitors displaying new software titles and the latest hardware. Don Tapscott will deliver the keynote address on Thursday, May 13 at 8:45 am about the area of digital economy and the net generation.

Universal Studios Hollywood's TERMINATOR 2: 3D attraction recreates the dark foreboding futuristic world of the Terminator films in a twelve minute long 3-D film. The attraction is a sequel of sorts to James Cameron's TERMINATOR 2, a multi-sensory "virtual adventure." Up to 700 guests at a time can experience TERMINATOR 2: 3D, which is projected by six 70mm Iwerks projectors onto three 23' by 50' screens. This all-new Terminator adventure features the original TERMINATOR 2 cast including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick.

Newly released THE MUMMY, Universal Studios' CGI-laced revival of its mummy
series, which began with Boris Karloff's 1932 THE MUMMY, and continued in
the 1940s with Lon Chaney, Jr. in such films as THE MUMMY'S HAND, finished
on top in the weekend US box-office charts, grossing $43,369,635--the best
opening this year, the ninth-biggest of all time, and the highest
non-holiday debut in May. The digital effects for THE MUMMY were created by
Industrial Light and Magic.THE MATRIX remained in the top five, finishing

Disney Press has released a package called DISNEY'S ANIMATION KIT by Don Hahn that is intended for ages 8 and up. Priced at $19.95 the package includes the following:


18 pieces of 3-hole punched white paper

4 cels

1 Blue pencil

1 Graphite pencil

1 Flipbook featuring Mickey Mouse from "The Brave Little Tailor"

1 Blank Flipbook

6 non-smudge markers (red, yellow, green, blue, violet, black)

1 plastic "peg bar"

1 68 page workbook

Shui-Bo Wang's Oscar nominated SUNRISE OVER TIANANMEN SQUARE makes its US TV debut Sunday, May 16 at 8 pm on HBO's Signature Channel.


SUNRISE OVER TIANANMEN also debuts in Canada on Thursday, May 27 at 9 pm and 2 am ET/PT on Vision TV. It repeats on Friday, May 28 at noon, 8 pm, and 1 am; and on Monday, May 31 at 11 am. It also airs on SCN on Friday, June 4 at 8 pm; and on TVO on Monday, June 7 at 10 pm.

*Thursday, May 6, 6:30 pm. New York, New York, USA.


Senior Thesis work from students of the Computer Art department of The
School of Visual Arts will be exhibited in the Westside Gallery at 141 West
21st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The exhibit includes computer
animation, digital video, interactive media, digital fine art, and
installations. A Portfolio Night and reception will be held May 6, and the
exhibit will be on display May 6 to May 24. For more information call

*Friday, May 7th - Sunday, May 9th, Valencia, California, USA.


Students in the Character Animation program at CalArts will screen their
films at the Bijou at CalArts, 24700 McBean PKWY, Valencia, California.
Open shows: May 7th at 8 pm; May 8th at 7 pm; and May 9th at 1:30 pm and 7
pm. Producers Show: Thursday, May 13th at 7 pm. For more information call
(805) 253-7818.

*Friday, May 14th, 8 pm. North Hollywood, California, USA.


Students in the Experimental Animation program at CalArts will show their
films at the Academy Plaza Theater, 5230 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood,
California. For more information call (805) 253-7818.


Read about the teaching philosophy of Jules Engel, CalArts' Founding
Director of the Experimental Animation Program, in this month's issue of
Animation World Magazine in "Jules Engel: the Mentor".

AWN Welcomes its new affiliates: Oregon-based Animation Toolworks, creator of the Video LunchBox, and the Academy of Art College in San Francisco...

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