SCI FI�s Saturday Action Movie continues in October with the premiere of CERBERUS, an original movie produced to air on the SCI FI Channel Oct. 29, 2005, at 9:00 pm and encore Nov. 3 at 9:00 pm.
This November, Toonami in the U.K. will begin airing a new 40-episode KONG animated series and a 74-minute animated movie from BKN New Media.
Turner Broadcastings boys action animation channel will air the U.K. premiere of KONG THE ANIMATED SERIES on Nov. 1, at 6:00 pm. The movie, KONG: KING OF ATLANTIS, will have its U.K. premiere during Toonamis popular Destination: Friday block on Nov. 11, at 5.30 pm. It will have its network premiere on Cartoon Network on Nov. 19.
SCI FI's wildly successful original movie franchise soared to its best-ever household ratings (2.6 HH) with PTERODACTYL, which was first broadcast Aug. 27, 2005. This film produced exclusively for and by SCI FI Channel will air again tonight, Sept. 1 at 9:00 pm.
The animated Disney Channel Original Movie, THE PROUD FAMILY MOVIE, a family comedy based on the critically acclaimed Disney Channel series of the same name, premiered Aug. 19, 2005, at 8:00 pm with ratings to make the channel proud. The movie rebroadcasts at 8:00 pm on Aug. 20, 21, 24 as well as September 1, 11 (with an additional run 1:00 pm) and 27.
The Fourth Edition of Euganea Movie Movement, Festival of Short Film and Documentary, is organized by the EMM association in collaboration with Comune di Monselice, Parco Colli Euganei e la Cooperativa Sestante. The event consists of two sections for films in competition
The Weinstein Co. and Warner Bros. Pictures will join forces to distribute the first all-CG-animated movie of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The as-yet-untitled picture will be released early in 2007.
Warner Home Video will soon announce the fall release of the four-disc LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION VOLUME 3 ($64.92), reports TV SHOWS ON DVD. The set will include 60 cartoons, nine docs, 32 commentary tracks and 11 music and sound effects-only audio tracks.
WHV will also release THE LOONEY TUNES MOVIE COLLECTION, a two-disc set containing THE BUGS BUNNY/ROAD-RUNNER MOVIE and Bugs Bunny's third movie: 1001 RABBIT TALES.
The TRANSFORMERS live-action feature, based on the globally popular franchise will open July 4, 2004, announced DreamWorks, Hasbro Inc. and Paramount Pictures.
The movie will be directed by Michael Bay (THE ISLAND and ARMAGEDDON) from a screenplay being written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (THE ISLAND). Steven Spielberg is exec producing with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto (the first two X-MEN) and Don Murphy (THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) serving as co-exec producers.
POOHS HEFFALUMP MOVIE (Buena Vista Home Ent., $29.99), made by DisneyToon Studios and its former Tokyo animation unit, which has now regrouped independently as The Answer Studio, makes its way to DVD May 24, 2005. The irresistible movie introduces the charming mother and child Heffalumps to the Hundred Acre Wood and gives Roo the chance to shine when his pals are spooked and run for cover in this tale of overcoming Xenophobia. Voice cast includes Jim Cummings as Pooh, Paul Winchell as Tigger, John Fiedler as Piglet, Nikita Hopkins as Roo and Brenda Blethyn as Mama Heffalump.
MTV announced the nominees for the "2005 MTV Movie Awards." Vfx and animated films make up the host of Best Movie nominees, which includes KILL BILL VOL. 2, SPIDER-MAN 2 and THE INCREDIBLES. It was also announced that FEVER PITCH star Jimmy Fallon is set to host the star-studded awards show. The 14th annual awards ceremony will air on June 9, 2005, at 8:30 pm (ET/PT). The winners will be revealed at the "2005 MTV Movie Awards," which will be taped on June 4 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
DreamWorks Animation has assembled a top-tier roster of voice talent for its upcoming computer-animated comedy, BEE MOVIE, which will star the films co-writer and producer Jerry Seinfeld. Starring opposite the famed comic will be Academy Award-winner Renée Zellweger (COLD MOUNTAIN, CHICAGO). BEE MOVIE is slated for release on November 2, 2007, following the May 18, 2007 release of the third SHREK movie.
Orlando-based Raven Moon Entertainment Inc. announced today (April 18, 2005) that it is launching a new animation division targeted toward servicing and generating revenues from the entertainment, advertising and creative content producers market.
Sales for the Raven Moon Animation division will be handled by industry veterans Janice Hamlin (276-632-1772) located on the east coast and Chris Devine Dailey (310-374-1081) located in Los Angeles.
The Disney Channel kicked off the first in its series of movies made directly for TV, premiering DISNEYS KIM POSSIBLE MOVIE: SO THE DRAMA, April 8 at 8:00 pm, with another airing on Toon Disney April 11 at 5:00 pm. This first animated movie in the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The comedy-action movie is based on the KIM POSSIBLE series.
Joe Strike looks at Disneys animation cash crop and 2D home at the studio direct-to-video sequels.
Texas Instruments (TI) DLP Cinema technology, the digital cinema projection technology deployed in movie theatres worldwide, assisted the directors and visual effects team of Miramax's and Dimension Films' SIN CITY during post-production to achieve the desired comic-book feel of the movie. Directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller relied upon DLP Cinema projectors to ensure rich and consistent color in the movie.
ASIFA-Hollywood and DisneyToon Studios present POOH'S HEFFALUMP MOVIE. The Hundred Acre Wood crew is together again in POOH'S HEFFALUMP MOVIE, this time learning an important lesson about being accepting of others' differences and the value of true friendship. POOH'S HEFFALUMP MOVIE is only the third original Pooh feature made for theatrical release. This film introduces a new character that was not a part of the original books' illustrations. It existed only in the minds of the characters.
The seventh annual Cartoon Movie in Potsdam, Germany, paid tribute March 12, 2005 to France 3 Cinéma, Ralph Christians and the directing team of Piet De Rycker and Thilo Rothkirch (Cartoon- Film, Germany) for significantly contributing to the success of the European feature animation industry. The event, set up by Cartoon as a movie version of its successful Cartoon Forum meeting for animated series, brought together some 448 participants to focus on the fast-growing sector for European animated feature films.
Seven years ago with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, CARTOON initiated Cartoon Movie to establish a synergy between distributors, investors and producers and thus accelerate the financing and distribution process of animated features in Europe. Cartoon Movie was designed along the lines of the successful Cartoon Forum, which aims at facilitating the financing of animation TV series. But Cartoon Movie also offers improvements in the management of cross border film distribution systems in Europe.
To open Mötley Crües Red White & Crüe Tour 2005 Better Live than Dead, fans will be treated to a clay-animated short featuring members of the band saving the world from imminent destruction. The short is taken from Dream Ent.s upcoming feature film DISASTER! THE MOVIE. Additionally, highlights of Dreams full-length theatrical feature, in which the band appears in a cameo role, will be shown during intermission at each concert. The film is scheduled for worldwide release later this year, with several distributors in the U.S.
The SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE made a very smooth transition from small to large screen, thanks to director/creator Stephen Hillenburg opening up the series just enough to make it work as a funny and engaging feature. Now you can judge how it will work in reverse on DVD this week (Paramount Home Ent., $19.95). SpongeBob (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Patrick (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) have their hands full leaving Bikini Bottom in search of King Neptunes stolen crown to save Mr. Krabs and foil Plankton.
With friendly new additions to the Hundred Acre Wood in Poohs Heffalump Movie, Greg Singer reports that the demise of hand-drawn animation has been exaggerated.
BrainPOP's has created a new TSUNAMI movie to give kids the information they need to make connections and gain understanding of the devastation caused by natural disasters. The film is available for free distribution to every media company and Website.
Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies presents THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE for ASIFA-Hollywood members at 6:00 pm. The screening will take place at the Writers Guild of America Theatre, 135 S. Doheny Dr. RSVP to (323) 956-1116.
An event featuring Japanese culture through anime. Guests are the martial arts coordinators from the movie "Kill Bill", who also starred in the movie, as well as Hiroaki Inoue..an anime producer from AIC Studio!
With the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Taylor Jessen chronicles what happened to Stephen Hillenburg for him to give up being a marine scientist and create the ever-optimistic sponge, who lives in a pineapple under the sea.
