Adventures of Tintin Gets Release Date
Press Release from Paramount Pictures
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WB to Expand Pucca Merch to U.S., Mexico
Warner Bros. Consumer Products is set to expand the PUCCA animated series' merchandise to the U.S., Canada and Mexico, reports VARIETY. The South Korean series originated on the internet and has a successful consumer products industry in Brazil.
Vooz Co. launched PUCCA on the internet in 2000 as a short Flash series about the young daughter of a Chinese restaurant owner who falls in love with a 12-year-old ninja. The series then got a place on Disney XD.
Animation Studio Titmouse has Added Two New Execs
Press Release from Titmouse, Inc.
Disney Interactive Announces Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
Press Release from Disney Interactive Studios
BURBANK, Calif. -- Live to tell the tale of becoming a notorious pirate captain or suffer a fate of eternal damnation. Disney Interactive Studios today announced the development of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ARMADA OF THE DAMNED, an epic, action role-playing game (RPG) from Propaganda Games, Disney's video game development studio in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Imira Entertainment Scores new TV, Licensing Deals
Press Release from Imira Entertainment
Barcelona, 26 May 2008: Imira Entertainment, Spain's leading production and distribution company specialising in youth programming, has boosted its reputation for representing live action entertainment rights with a raft of new broadcast, home entertainment and merchandising deals for ZDF Entertainment's shows H2O: JUST ADD WATER and THE ELEPHANT PRINCESS alongside further deals from its established animation library.
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Eisner Pops in Writer for Bazooka Joe Feature
Michael Eisner's Tornante Co. has hired Mike Hammer to write the screenplay for a BAZOOKA JOE feature, based on the comicstrip that where included in Bazooka bubble gum, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. This will be Hammer's first professional script after graduating from Chapman University. Hammer's spec script, SONNY TAKES TO PERU caught the attention of Tornante execs. Eisner acquired Bazooka in 2007 when he purchased the Topps trading card company for $380 million.
Aardman Secures Timmy Time Licensing Deals
Press Release from Aardman Rights
Bristol, 20 May 2009. Leading independent distributor Aardman Rights has concluded a number of new licensing deals for its brand new preschool series TIMMY TIME, which has made a hugely successful debut on CBeebies in the UK.
In Central and Eastern Europe, Regio is on board as toy partner for TIMMY TIME in Hungary where Minimax has the broadcast rights. Also One 2 Play is managing all rights to the property in ex-Yugoslavia.
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WB Revives Terminator Salvation in Machinima Series
Press Release from Warner Bros. Digital Distribution
Burbank, Calif., May 19, 2009 -- Halcyon Games, a division of The Halcyon Company along with Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution today announced the first full length Machinima series titled TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE MACHINIMA SERIES.
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FitzRoy Secures New Licensing Deals for U.K. Girls Brand Secret Wings
Press Release from Fitz Roy Media
NEW YORK -- (May 18 2009) -- New York-based Fitz Roy Media, has secured new international licensing deals for leading UK girls' brand SECRET WINGS.
The company has secured a Pan-European deal with E-Max Ensobrados Martorell, S.A.U of Barcelona, Spain to produce a variety of children's paper based collectibles for the property. Brazil's Keterly Cateras Bolsas Limited has signed to produce a variety of stationery products including pencil cases, backpacks, vanity cases, folders, binders, lunch bags and wallets.
Angels & Demons Golden at the Box Office
ANGELS & DEMONS opened soft at the U.S. box office for the weekend of May 15-17. The religious thriller (vfx by Double Negative, CIS Vancouver, The Moving Picture Co., Plowman Craven & Associates, and The Senate Visual Effects) put $46.2M in the collection plate for Columbia Pictures.
Kites, Pajama Gladiator, Sebastian's Voodoo and Alice's Attic Win Student Oscars
Press Release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Beverly Hills, CA -- Twelve students from eight U.S. colleges and universities have been named winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 36th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. They will participate in a week of industry-related activities and social events, culminating in the awards ceremony on June 13 at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. One film student from Sweden also has been selected to receive this year's Honorary Foreign Film award.
MPC Completes 170 Shots for Angels & Demons
Press Release from MPC
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Moonscoop Scores Sales in Latin America, Caribbean
Press Release from Moonscoop
Paris, 18 May 2009 -- Moonscoop, the worldwide brand management and entertainment company representing properties from some of the leading animation producers across the globe has scored a raft of TV sales for its hit series in Latin America and the Caribbean, in advance of the LA Screenings.
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ANIMA'09 -- 5th Cordoba International Animation Festival
ANIMA'09 -- 5th Cordoba International Animation FestivalCordoba, ArgentinaOctober 8-10, 2009Deadline: July 17, 2009
ANIMA'09 will take place in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, from October 8 through 10, 2009. The festival is organized by the Centro Experimental de Animacion and the Secretaria de Extension Universitaria, National University of Cordoba.
This fifth edition of the ANIMA will be dedicated to exploring the concept of Identity Traits. Therefore, we open the following:
SIGGRAPH Selects Computer Animation Fest Nominees
SIGGRAPH announces the selection of award nominees for the SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival to be held in New Orleans this August. Nominees were chosen from 770 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students alike. In all, more than 140 films will be shown during the Computer Animation Festival. The award winners will be announced during the conference.
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Shorts to Screen at Academy's Hollywood's Greatest Year Event Are...
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science is holding a series of screenings starting May 18th celebrating the films of 1939 titled "Hollywood's Greatest Year." Below is a list of the features and the animated shorts that will be playing with them.
STAGECOACH - June 1 - THE FILM FAN (Porky Pig) WUTHERING HEIGHTS - June 8 - THE POINTER (nominee) (Mickey & Pluto) GUNGA DIN - June 12 - THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS (Tex Avery) DARK VICTORY - June 15 - DANGEROUS DAN MCFOO (Tex Avery) LOVE AFFAIR - June 22 - DETOURING AMERICA (nominee) (Tex Avery)
Weta Opens Research Branch
Weta Digital is planning a branch dedicated to advanced computer graphics research called Transfx, reports VARIETY. VFXWorld reported in April that Sebastian Sylwan had joined Weta as head of research and development, and now he will oversee the new arm, which hopes to bridge the gap between R&D and production. Previously, Sylwan worked for Autodesk as senior industry manager for film and TV.
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Academy Announces Finalists for 2009 Student Academy Awards
Press Release from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Top Fan-Nominated Films Get Ready to Rumble at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards
Press Release from MTV
NEW YORK, May 4 -- The hit films "Twilight" and "Slumdog Millionaire" get ready to battle it out as MTV: Music Television announces this year's final nominees for the "2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS." Pitting Hollywood vampires against the Mumbai slums, the movies' rabid fans proved their loyalty as they sent both flicks to the head of the cinematic pack with each film receiving nominations in six award categories including "BEST MOVIE," "BEST KISS" and "BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE."
Entity FX Scores Second Emmy Award For Sport Science
Press Release from Entity FX
Santa Monica, CA (April 30, 2009) -- Film, television and commercial visual effects company Entity FX has landed a 2009 Sports Emmy Award for its work on the television series SPORT SCIENCE. The award marks Entity FX's second Emmy accolade for the show, which is produced by BASE Productions and airs on Fox Sports Network (FSN).
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TV Executive Tom Mazza Joins Cookie Jar Entertainment
Press Release from Cookie Jar Entertainment
Burbank, CA (April 29, 2009) -- Longtime TV executive Tom Mazza has joined Cookie Jar Entertainment as EVP and Head of Worldwide TV. Mazza will run Cookie Jar's new primetime label, THE JAR. He will also manage the company's development and production departments as well as sales and distribution, program acquisition and international co-productions.
Disney, Nature Conservancy to Plant 2.7 Million Trees
Press Release from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Left 4 Dead, Iron Man Win at ELAN Awards
At the third annual ELAN Awards, LEFT 4 DEAD won four out of the nine videogame categories. IRON MAN won for best vfx film and WALL-E was chosen for best animated feature.
A full list of winners is as follows:
Video Game Nominees
Video Game Of The Year
LEFT 4 DEADValve
Best Console Game
FALLOUT 3Bethesda Softworks -- Todd Howard, Game Director; Emil Pagliarulo, Lead Designer & Writer; Gavin Carter, Lead Producer
LEFT 4 DEADValve
Denzel Washington Might be Unstoppable
Denzel Washington is in negotiations to star in Tony Scott's UNSTOPPABLE drama, per VARIETY, about a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals.
The 20th Century Fox production was written by Mark Bomback, and is loosely based on a real event. Washington would play an experienced engineer who must board the train with a young conductor to chase the train down.
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Raccoon & Crawfish Takes Top Animation Prize in Las Vegas
Press Release from Oneida Indian Nation
Oneida Nation Homelands -- The Las Vegas Film Festival, held April 9-12 in the city known as the entertainment capital of the world, selected RACCOON & CRAWFISH as the winner of the Best Animation prize, making it the 18th festival win since it entered the festival circuit well over a year ago.
