Aronofsky Inks Two-Year Deal with Fox
Fox Filmed Entertainment has signed Darren Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures to a new two-year, overall deal, it was announced today.
Fox Filmed Entertainment has signed Darren Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures to a new two-year, overall deal, it was announced today.
U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright has opened the door to allow Warner Bros. to depose the heirs of Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS has set a new record for sales over five days, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
When you struggle with what you think you want from your next job because you are convinced that you just need to work, you do yourself a dis-service. With unemployment benefits being extended to 99 weeks, it fuels the fires of doubt where it appears even the President is not confident in a job recovery anytime soon. Next time you find yourself ready to jump off a cliff because you just, “need to work” ask yourself, do you really know what you want?
Mary Bredin and Emmanuèle Pétry, two respected TV animation development execs, share their “tongue-in-cheek” insights into the realities and challenges of international co-productions, delivered in their Keynote at this year’s TAC in Ottawa.
Jacob Escobedo has been named vice president, creative design, for both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim’s Creative Group, it was announced today by Michael Ouweleen, senior vice president and group creative director for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang.
Omnilab Media and Oktobor, its award winning visual effects, animation and digital creative convergence studio, today officially opened their new Auckland-based Computer Generated (CG) animation studio - Oktobor Animation, which it has created and launched in conjunction with Backyard Animated Pictures (USA).
Actress Olivia Wilde takes on the role of a rebel activist who hijacks a present-day TV broadcast to give viewers a glimpse of what the country’s future will be if they do not get out and vote in 2010
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), DC Entertainment and Nick Grace of Water Lane Productions Ltd (WLP) announced today that BATMAN LIVE – a unique action-packed live show - will tour arenas for the first time ever across the UK and Europe, beginning in summer 2011 and arriving in North America by summer 2012.
MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and leading streetwear label 55DSL announced today the launch of their first-ever creative collaboration, set to culminate in five brand new MTV on-air idents and six bespoke t-shirt designs
DreamWorks Animation's MEGAMIND secured the top spot at the U.S. box office for the second week in a row.
IATSE has formally announced that it will begin efforts to organize visual effects artists, reports FXGuide.
Steve Hulett has been elected to his eighth term as Business Representative of the Animation Guild, Local 839 IATSE, withstanding a challenge from Executive Board member Karen Nugent.
Jim Davis, the creator of GARFIELD, has apologized for the unintentional timing of the publication of a strip, which introduced "National Stupid Day."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (“MGM”) announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved all of MGM’s motions that were heard today, including finding that modifications to its “pre-packaged” plan of reorganization are immaterial and accordingly authorizing the plan to be amended.
Berlin's subsidy board Filmstiftung NRW have handed out funds to two animated projects, reports Variety.
SAG has reached agreements for basic cable live action, basic cable animation and television animation productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS has set a new single-day sales record earning $360 million in the U.S. and U.K., according to The Hollywood Reporter.
After several years of co-productions and joint investment, the two most prominent global film industries came together today for the signing of an historic declaration between the city of Los Angeles and the Indian film industry at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood.
The boundless energy and enthusiasm I brought to Singapore Monday morning has dissipated somewhat now this fine Wednesday evening, done in by the heat, humidity and non-stop pace of our media tour. It’s late and still quite hot, a sticky hot that’s like summer in Texas, without the pickup trucks or shotguns. It will take a bit of time to properly synthesize everything, so my coverage here begins with a pictorial spread of the first couple days.
Cartoon Network has promoted veteran network executive Michael Ouweleen to Senior Vice President and Group Creative Director for its new Creative Group, it was announced today by Brenda Freeman, chief marketing officer for Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media (AYAKM) group.
It’s a job battle field out there and it calls for a warrior spirit. Whether you live in the illusion that you possess “job security” or you are swinging from the vine hoping the limb won’t break before you hit the ground, this is no time for the faint of heart. Knowing that your job is a battlefield makes you appreciate the times when you can kick back and enjoy the ride even when you are not always sure where that ride will take you.