Galleon Inks New Deal With Xilam
Galleon Ent. has signed an agreement with Xilam to represent all licensing rights to award-winning French animation producer's children's properties A KIND OF MAGIC, OGGY and RAHAN.
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Stiller, Black Star Give The Dirt In Reel Comedy: Tropic Thunder
Comedy Central is doing some Method acting in REEL COMEDY: TROPIC THUNDER. The half-hour special premieres on Monday, August 11 at Midnight.
AtomFilms Relaunches As Atom.com, Gets Funny With Comedy Central
MTVN Entertainment Group has launched Atom.com, a digital comedy network that distributes original programming across the Internet, handheld devices, gaming platforms, mobile phones, television and other gadgets still to be invented.
Atom.com offers a cornucopia of professionally produced comedy and provides indie and UGC creators with a clear path to "go pro" themselves -- earning infamy, money and a direct path to exposure and future development opportunities on the Web, television and beyond.
DVD Releases for June 10, 2008
Some reefer comedy, a jump through time and space, an anime favorite and a controversial comic-turned-animated series out today on DVD and Blu-ray.
COMEDY CENTRAL'S HOME GROWN: UNCENSORED On DVD
Crackle Premieres Three Original Web Series And New C-Spot Line-up
Sony Pictures Ent. online video network Crackle will this summer release nine original series that encompass a variety of genres from comedy to music to gaming and lifestyle.
There's something for everyone in Crackle's new slate of short-form programming. For the gaming and pop culture community, Hollywood glitz meets gamer geekdom in THE JACE HALL SHOW, hosted by film, television and video game producer Jason "Jace" Hall.
Director's Cut Imaginationland To Premiere On Comedy Central This July
SOUTH PARK took the world by storm last fall with its historic IMAGINATIONLAND trilogy. Now, imagine the unimaginable as, for the first time on network television, the trilogy will be aired as a feature-length, director's cut film, complete with previously unaired footage created especially for the movie.
Animation Featured in Comedy Central's 2008 Development Slate
Comedy Central's 2008-2009 development slate includes several animated projects.
Projects in development run the gamut from short-form and sketch/variety to scripted narrative and animation, as well as Comedy Central's first foray into medieval comedy, and feature a cross-section of top comedic talent including Snoop Dogg, Andy Richter, David Alan Grier, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, Nick Swardson, Daniel Tosh, Bobby Lee and Opie & Anthony.
Lil' Bush On DVD, Season 2 Announced
The uncensored first season of LIL' BUSH: RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES will hit stores on March 11, two days before the second season premieres on Comedy Central.
During the inaugural season viewers saw Lil' Bush and Tony Blair become cheerleaders, the Lil' Gang unleash weapons of mass destruction and Lil' Bush make a statement with his Aquaman underpants while facing off against Lil' Kim Jong Il.
The Gang also went on a panty raid against an Al Qaeda training camp and attempted to speed up global warming.
Comedy Writers Enter Rat Race for Super-Ego Game
Super-Ego Games announced that it has tapped renowned New York City comedians to write and voice its recently announced game RAT RACE, the first-ever episodic console game, coming to the PlayStation Network this winter. The company has enlisted comedic talent from the NYC stand-up comedy circuit and from popular shows including SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS and more. Comedian Victor Varnado leads the group as head writer and voice director at Super-Ego Games.
Comedy Central Ups Corrao
Veteran programmer Lauren Corrao has been named president, original programming and development for Comedy Central. Corrao, who is based in the network's offices in Los Angeles and was formerly exec VP, original programming and development, will continue to report to Doug Herzog, president, MTV Networks Entertainment Group.
South Park, Drawn Together Return to Comedy Central
Continuing in its 11th season and fresh off an Emmy win for Best Animated Program, SOUTH PARK returns with seven all-new episodes beginning on Wednesday, October 3 at 10:00 pm on Comedy Central. Viewers will also be able to download the uncensored version of each episode on iTunes, xBox, Amazon Unbox, walmart.com and bittorrent.com.
Sony's Crackle Targets Comedy Channel
Sony Pictures' Crackle announced the launch of Moving Targets, a programmed comedy channel. Moving Targets features work from Jerry Zucker (AIRPLANE!, NAKED GUN), animation innovators Starz and Jennifer Shiman (30-SECOND BUNNIES THEATRE) and Brian Dalton (MR. DEITY), as well as open submissions from today's emerging talent.
U.S. Presidents Sing & Dance to JibJab's Latest Video
JibJab, the branded digital comedy network best known for its political satires, released a new viral video today (June 27, 2007) celebrating American independence. It features Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Harry Truman, FDR, JFK and numerous other presidents singing and dancing to an updated, rock and roll version of "The Star Spangled Banner."
Lil' Bush Invades Comedy Central
The new animated series, LIL' BUSH, debuts on Comedy Central Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at 10:30 pm (ET/PT). The show is the first original mobile program to migrate to television. The series is co-produced by comedy writer/producer Donick Cary, Comedy Central and Amp'd Mobile.
Comedy Central Announces 2007/2008 Talent And Development Slate
Lauren Corrao, evp, original programming and development, Comedy Central, announced the network's 2007 and 2008 development slate, which includes an animated project by Larry the Cable Guy.
Projects in development run the gamut from short-form and sketch/variety to scripted narrative and animation starring a cross-section of top comedic talent such as Lewis Black, David Alan Grier, Michael Ian Black, T. Sean Shannon, Larry the Cable Guy and JoKoy and feature top producers including Jamie Tarses, Robert Morton, Max Brooks, Scott Carter and David Sacks, and Jim Biederman.
Comedy Central Wants to Build Gay Robot
Originally optioned as a potential live-action series, GAY ROBOT is now being built as an animated project on Comedy Central, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Based on a character from Adam Sandler's comedy album SHHH... DON'T TELL, the TV project is from Sony Pictures Television and Sandler and Jack Giarraputo's Happy Madison.
A live-action pilot was made in 2005, but not picked up for series. Subsequently, SPT posted the pilot on MySpace, BitTorrent and Grouper, where it began to develop a deal of buzz.
Simpsons Writer To Pen/Star in TV Zombie Comedy
Former THE SIMPSONS writer/co-exec producer Dana Gould is set to write and star in the zombie comedy, THE LAST LARRY, for Comedy Central, VARIETY reports. Brining the SHAUN OF THE DEAD vibe to TV, the series will follows a group of survivors in post-apocalyptic world as they try continue to deal with the day-to-day problems in life despite the catastrophe around them. 3 Arts Ent.'s Tom Lassally and Dave Becky are set to exec produce as well.
Ad Agency Sells Toon to Comedy Central
Advertising agency, J Walter Thompson, has inked an agreement with Comedy Central to develop its FLEX 'N' ZEPHYR animated shorts for ComedyCentral.com, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. The shorts series were an agency experiment to help brand clients better target given demos. JWT's 15-month-old arm, the Nursery, produces the animated shorts, which are geared toward young males.
Drawn Together Creators Sign with FOX
Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser, creator of Comedy Central's animated series DRAWN TOGETHER, have signed a deal with 20th Century Fox TV, VARIETY reports. The two-year, seven-figure agreement will have the DRAWN duo developing new comedies as well as working on FOX series already in production.
The two-year deal, pegged in the seven-figure range, calls for Silverstein and Jeser to develop new comedy projects plus work on existing 20th series.
Comedy Central Launches Late-Night Series Web Shows
Comedy Central will premiere the first of six episodes of WEB SHOWS, a new on-air half-hour late-night series featuring all original broadband programming from comedycentral.com and AtomFilms on March 5, 2007, at 2:00 am with encores on Thursday nights at 2:00 am.
This is Comedy Central's first on-air collaboration with AtomFilms, which are both are divisions of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom.
Redlitz & Arabia Move to DotComedy Broadband Channel
Sean Redlitz has been appointed md, DotComedy while C.J. Arabia has been named editorial manager, DotComedy, which is NBC Universal's new comedy broadband channel, an online home for edgy, original content, as well as having a wide variety of comedic video on the Web.
Comedy Central Subscribes to Larry the Cable Guy Toon
Larry the Cable Guy will develop a half-hour animated pilot with Comedy Central.
Created and written by Larry the Cable Guy and TOY STORY writers Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, the pilot stars Larry the Cable Guy as a misguided but well-intentioned co-owner of a cable TV station. The station's other owner is a woman of class and taste who does not share his vision for programming, preferring instead a more traditional station lineup to Larry's experimental, half-baked show ideas. They seldom agree on anything but she is stuck with Larry and his push-the-envelope programs.
Comedy Central & Amp'd Mobile Greenlight Mobile Original Lil' Bush
Comedy Central and Amp'd Mobile announced today (Dec. 4, 2006) that the original animated mobile series, LIL' BUSH: RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, will be the first original mobile program to migrate to television. The new series, which will be co-produced by comedy writer/producer Donick Cary, Comedy Central and Amp'd Mobile, will launch in 2007.
Peter Risafi Top Comedy Central Brand Marketing Exec
Peter Risafi has been upped to svp, brand marketing/exec creative director, for Comedy Central and will continue to be based at the company's headquarters in New York City. In his newly expanded role, Risafi will be responsible for all brand creative and strategic marketing, ensuring a consistent look and unified voice for the Comedy Central brand across all media and platforms. This includes consumer, ad trade and affiliate marketing; network brand strategy and creative positioning; its digital assets and all other ancillary businesses.
Animation Gets Testy With Two New Series on Comedy Central's Motherload
Comedy Central's website will debut two broadband series likely get a rise out of its users. BAXTER & MCGUIRE, featuring animated testicles and live-action comedy GOOD GOD are the latest broadband series to join comedycentral.com's growing slate of original shows.
