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Shrek Live Comes to Universal Studios Hollywood

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 25, 2001 at 12:00am
Shrek Live Comes to Universal Studios Hollywood
Shrek Live Comes to Universal Studios Hollywood

Universal Studios Hollywood has launched a live, interactive musical and comedy adventure, based on the new DreamWorks computer-animated feature SHREK. Shrek Live is scheduled for weekend performances through June 16, 2001, followed by daily performances through Labor Day weekend. Set on a renaissance faire-themed stage, the 20-minute live performance, which includes elaborately costumed SHREK characters, invites guests to participate as one of many popular fairy tale characters, including the THREE LITTLE PIGS and SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES.

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Toonz 4.5 Released

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 25, 2001 at 12:00am
Toonz 4.5 Released
Toonz 4.5 Released

Italys Digital Video S.r.l., developers of the 2D animation package Toonz, has started shipping the new 4.5 release for the Windows NT/2000, Irix and Linux operating systems. The new version of Toonz provides a number of new features, including Flash support, a new palette extraction tool, native support for new scanners, DDR to VCR control, new effects, a new wizard button to make batches more efficient and others.

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Warner Bros. Online Launches Zeta Quest 3D

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 25, 2001 at 12:00am
Warner Bros. Online Launches Zeta Quest 3D
Warner Bros. Online Launches Zeta Quest 3D

Warner Bros. Online has announced the launch of ZETA QUEST 3D, a "walk-through" online video game based on the popular Warner Bros. Animation's series THE ZETA PROJECT. Players assume the identity of Zeta, an anti-terrorist synthoid who has escaped government operators and gone in search of Dr. Selig, the scientist who created him. Classified as a high-tech menace-at-large, Zeta is pursued by his captors while trying to clear his name.

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Festival Events

The 8th Edition Of The Festival Synthesis

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 11:00am
The 8th Edition Of The Festival Synthesis
The 8th Edition Of The Festival Synthesis
Begins: May 24, 2001

The 8th Edition of the Festival Synthesis is a festival dedicated to CG movies and animations. Last year the event had 10,000 visitors. This year's Synthesis will feature a retrospective on the work of ILM. The event will also include screenings, discussions, company presentations and product demos.

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Kellogg Brings Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire Into the Cereal Aisle

Kellogg Brings Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire Into the Cereal Aisle
Kellogg Brings Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire Into the Cereal Aisle

Disney has announced the signing of a licensing deal with Kellogg Company, the worlds leading producer of cereal and convenience foods. Available nationwide beginning in May 2001, the adventure of Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE will come to life through Kellogg's licensed cereal, free package inserts, free mail-in offers and interactive Website. Atlantean Diving Water Toys will be available in 25 million packages of Kellogg's range of products. A "Search for the Journal," ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE prequel CD-Rom mail-in offer will appear on 75 million Kellogg's cereal packages.

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Caligari Releases trueSpace 5.1 with Shockwave3D Output

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 12:00am
Caligari Releases trueSpace 5.1 with Shockwave3D Output
Caligari Releases trueSpace 5.1 with Shockwave3D Output

3D authoring technology vendor Caligari Corporation has released trueSpace 5.1, the newest version of its 3D modeling program that now features new support for Macromedia Shockwave3D and other web output capabilities. The company lowered the price for the stand-alone version of trueSpace, as well as launched a new paid subscription-based "proTeam" program of online tools, training programs, libraries and support services.

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Cartoon Headline News

Cartoon Network Latin America Wins Two FIAP Animation Awards

Cartoon Network Latin America Wins Two FIAP Animation Awards
Cartoon Network Latin America Wins Two FIAP Animation Awards

Cartoon Network Latin America won a silver and bronze award in the animation category at the 2001 Festival Iberoamericano de Agencias de Publicidad (FIAP). Selected from more than 5,000 entries from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, this year's FIAP winners were announced on May 11, 2001 at the awards ceremony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AQUAMAN, a promotional spot for Votatoon, received the silver award, and FRED, a spot promoting the Cartoon Network Websites CartoonNetworkLA.com, CartoonNetwork.com.br and CartoonNetwork.com.mx, earned the bronze.

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Anima Headline News

Second Web Animation Competition, Anima Mundi Web

Second Web Animation Competition, Anima Mundi Web
Second Web Animation Competition, Anima Mundi Web

The International Animation Festival of Brazil, Anima Mundi, presentsits second Web animation competition, Anima Mundi Web. Thecompetition is open to all international works in Flash format andunder 500 K. The deadline for entries is June 1, 2001. There is noentry fee. The festival will pre-select twenty works that will bedisplayed on the festival Website for viewing and voting from June 15to July 20, 2001. Viewers can vote for the public prize. A group ofanimation professionals will be invited by the curators of Anima

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Animation Headline News

SAFO Submission Deadline Is Approaching

SAFO Submission Deadline Is Approaching
SAFO Submission Deadline Is Approaching

The submission deadline for the next International Student AnimationFestival of Ottawa (SAFO) is July 1, 2001. Entry forms, including anon-line version that can be sent directly by e-mail, are available onthe festival Website. SAFO 2001 will be held October 18-21, 2001. Theofficial competition is divided into five categories: High SchoolStudent Films; Undergraduate Student Films (Post-Secondary); GraduateStudent Films (Post-Secondary); First Film (e.g.

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Animation Headline News

Society Of Animation Studies At SAFO

Society Of Animation Studies At SAFO
Society Of Animation Studies At SAFO

The Society of Animation Studies (SAS) 2001 conference will takeplace in Montreal, Canada. The conference is timed to coincide withthe Student Animation Film Festival (SAFO) (October 18-21, 2001)where SAFO will present a seminar on animation study programs. AllSAS members are invited to participate to the seminar, scheduled onOctober 18, 2001. The theme of the 13th SAS annual conference isAnimation, Economics and Politics. Abstracts for papers on this or

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Interactive Headline News

Havas Changes Name To Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing

Havas Changes Name To Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing
Havas Changes Name To Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing

Havas Interactive, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Publishing, has changed its name to Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing (VU Interactive Publishing). The company is comprised of two operating divisions, Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing North America (VU Interactive Publishing NA) and Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing International, each of which is charged with directing the sales, distribution and operating activities in its respective region.

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Animation Events

BBC Web Animation Awards

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 11:00am
BBC Web Animation Awards
BBC Web Animation Awards
Begins: May 23, 2001

The BBC Web Animation competition is part of a talent campaign, organised by British television network BBC. It is open to anyone of any age, whether alone or part of a team (of no more than 5). Any type of animation is eligible but the animators/writers/performers must not have appeared on UK

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Digital Headline News

Brilliant Digital Entertainment Unloads The Auction Channel

Brilliant Digital Entertainment Unloads The Auction Channel
Brilliant Digital Entertainment Unloads The Auction Channel

Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc., a leading developer of 3D rich media content creation, distribution and ad serving technologies for the Internet, announced a cash sale for substantially all of the assets of The Auction Channel subsidiary to MetroChannels, a division of Rainbow Media Holding Inc., a leading cable programming company.

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Ring of Fire Promos FOX Sports Net Show

Ring of Fire Promos FOX Sports Net Show
Ring of Fire Promos FOX Sports Net Show

The Ring of Fire creative team has designed and produced a promo package for FOX Sports Net's "Regional Sports Report" that began airing on March 22, 2001. The package was customized for broadcast in 16 different regions. Targeted promos were created for the four main markets -- Southern California, Seattle, the South and Southwest -- which included footage of various athletes from those important regions. Ring of Fire also created a generic version of the promo, which contained generic footage and graphical elements that could easily be changed to identify specific regional teams.

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