The World According to Shorts presents: Best of Clermont-Ferrand
Screening at 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm, The World According to Shorts presents highlights from one of the world's premiere short film festivals, Clermont-Ferrand's Festival du Court M
Screening at 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm, The World According to Shorts presents highlights from one of the world's premiere short film festivals, Clermont-Ferrand's Festival du Court M
It's that time of year again! It's the return of ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE's annual Hot Spots Showcase, featuring the best in commercials and IDs.
It's that time of year again! It's the return of ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE's annual Hot Spots Showcase, featuring the best in commercials and IDs.
Kahani World Inc. in Canada and Accel Animation Studios in India have packed to produce three motion pictures and 11 direct-to-DVDs, which the parties hope to spin off into further opportunities in TV, mobile, new media & web formats. One of the largest motion picture deals in Indian animation, the parties toasted the deal at MIFA last month during Annecy, to mark the first international market where Indian animation companies had come together to present India's capabilities and accomplishments on the world stage.
Akella revealed its lineup of new products that will be showcased at the E3 Media and Business Summit, to take place on July 11-13, 2007 in Santa Monica, California. Akella's products will be displayed in booths # 326 and 328, Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Air Center. Six key titles include DISCIPLES III, JAGGED ALLIANCE 3, HEAVY DUTY, SHOWDOWN: SCORPION, 2025: BATTLE FOR FATHERLAND and NUMEN.
Director Hamid Sohrabi and a team of 23 animators at Tehran's Saba Art and Cultural Institute set out to break into the Guinness Book of World Records by animating an entire three and a half minute film in 16 hours and 45 minutes, reports IranMania.com. Titled INSTALLING HAJAR-UL-ASWAD AT THE HOUSE OF GOD, the film tells a story around Hajar-ul-Aswad, the black stone on Mecca's wall of Kaaba that pilgrims kiss.
Will Schaefer, the composer on many Hanna-Barbara series, such as THE FLINTSTONES, THE YOGI BEAR SHOW and SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU!, passed away from cancer on Saturday, June 30, 2007, in Palm Desert, California. He was 78 years old.
Schaefer also composed music for Walt Disney Studios, working on TV shows like THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY and the 1970 feature, THE ARISTOCATS, which he teamed with George Bruns.
The four-day Banff World Television Festival combines a prestigious international program competition, the Banff World Television Awards, with a comprehensive conference agenda. Within this festival, production deals are secured and advanced, new business relationships are formed and future trends in the industry are identified and examined.
The latest Acrobat edition of Animation World Magazine is now online and ready for download. This issue tackles the world of direct-to-video. Despite a recent burst in production of animated shorts, short film compilation discs remain a tiny niche within the DVD market. Karen Raugust reports. John Cawley looks into the business of expanding a franchise in the world of direct-to-video. Janet Hetherington examines how original animated direct-to-DVD animated adventures based on toy brands may extend the play value of popular toys.
Barry Sonnenfeld (MEN IN BLACK) is in talks to helm the supernatural action flick, THE BOX, for 20th Century Fox, reports VARIETY. Southpaw Ent.'s Richard Lewis is the producer while Evan Spiliotopoulos (POOH'S HEFFALUMP MOVIE) is the screenwriter.
This contemporary version of the Pandora's box myth follows a college grad, who unknowingly unleashes evils on the world and must team up with Pandora to save Earth.
The fast tracked film is being shepherded by Emma Watts at the studio.
In promotion of DreamWorks' SHREK THE THIRD, McDonald's will launch one of its largest promotions ever. Shrek will arrive at participating McDonald's restaurants in North America on May 11, 2007, the first stop in the company's multi-faceted global promotion.
"We're committed to bringing our customers the best and most trusted properties around," said Mary Dillon, global cmo, McDonald's. "Shrek, one of the most beloved characters in the world, is helping us bring special excitement to our restaurants, everything from food and fun to activities and entertainment."
The latest Acrobat edition of Animation World Magazine is now on digital shelves and it's your chance to download it for free for a limited time. This month the topic is the Internet and wireless. Rick DeMott travels to the online animated communities to find out more about the growing corner of the animation business from leaders like NEOPETS and HABBO, as well as newer sites, such as URBANIACS. Karen Raugust looks into how user-generated content platforms offer potential for independent animators to generate exposure and, ultimately, income.
You may hear the animated stars from SHREK THE THIRD deliver their most memorable catch phrases right from the Kamhi World talking pens commemorating this silver screen event.
Each style of the four Kamhi World pens honoring the new movie plays several memorable lines spoken by its featured character, taken from the film's soundtrack. Each pen is good for an average of 3,000 to 5,000 playbacks.
IPTV World at NAB2007 is the world's leading show about the battle for dominance between telcos, cable, satellite and broadcasters. In the TV wars, the network with the best content wins. That's why IPTV World brings attendees Hollywood's leading programmers to tell you who they're cutting deals with. At IPTV World, attendees hear the latest intelligence from top programmers, operator, telcos, software providers, set-top box makers and offers in the IPTV universe. Then you do deals with them in intimate networking sessions.
The Banff World Television Festival, in partnership with Alberta Film, has announced the nominees for the Banff World Television Awards, the annual international television program competition, which this year attracted more than 800 entries across 20 categories.
The award winners will be announced at the 28th Banff World Television Awards Show, presented in partnership with CanWest MediaWorks, at the Fairmont Banff Springs, in Banff Canada, on June 11, 2007.
Taffy Ent. will pull into MIPTV with new deals for animated series FANTASTIC FOUR and BOBBY'S WORLD.
Taffy Ent. has signed a U.K. deal for FANTASTIC FOUR, the animated series based on Marvel's superhero franchise. GMTV has acquired the program for its weekend children's strand, Toonattik, which airs on ITV1 and CITV.
In separate deals, the series has also been snapped up by TV Globo in Brazil, MRTL in Hungary and Fox Video for Europe and Latin America.
The Virtual Worlds Conference is the leading event for Fortune 500 executives seeking to understand and maximize marketing, entertainment and business strategies within virtual worlds. Virtual Worlds Conference takes place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Featured sessions include:
* Platforms and Technologies* Defining your Strategy, What does ROI mean to you?* Case Study - Sundance Film Channel* Virtual World Consumer Behaviors and The Evolution of Social Networking - How to Plan for it
Each month, ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE focuses its attention on a particular theme. It's an opportunity to delve more in-depth into a specific area of the animation industry.
* The conference will feature international content providers, ISPs and broadcasters including Google, BSkyB, ITV Local, NTL & Vividas
* Combining networking area with both the IPTV World Forum and The Connected Home with over 200 companies exhibiting.
* Over 500 visitors anticipated for Tv Over Net, and over 5000 visitors expected to attend The World Forum, also over 200 exhibitors.
* The conference will feature over 30 worldwide telcos & ISPs discussing IPTV service deployment issues including Telefonica, PCCW, Belgacom, BT, SaskTel, Deutsche Telekom AG/T-Com, Telstra, T-Online France, NetCologne, Telekom Austria, Fastweb, BSkyB, Orange, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Siminn.
* Leading content players and broadcasters speaking
* IPTV showcase area in the exhibition featuring service demonstrations from 25 leading worldwide IPTV deployments
* Industry party in one of London's leading venues
* The IPTV World Forum is also co-hosting
Barcelona-based Cavin Cooper Prods. has begun the production on an animated series, CHILDREN'S CHAMPIONS, which reflects on the childhood and adolescence of 13 world soccer superstars who have become the big name players with scores of fans all over the world.
After many successful years in the world of animation, Will Vinton dives into the two-dimensional comic world with JACK HIGHTOWER, a new action-adventure-comedy about a very unique secret agent, spanning 150 pages.
Vinton, and writing partner, Andrew Wiese, will sign books at Things From Another World at Universal Citiwalk, Feb. 10, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Things From Another World is located at Universal Studios Citywalk, 1000 Universal Center Drive, Citywalk #179, Universal City, CA 91608
Rick DeMott travels to the online animated communities to find out more about the growing corner of the animation business from leaders like Neopets and Habbo, as well as newer sites, such as Urbaniacs.
Blizzard Ent. announced WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE BURNING CRUSADE broke the day-one sales record to become the fastest-selling PC game ever in North America and Europe, with a worldwide total of nearly 2.4 million copies sold in the first 24 hours of availability on Jan. 23, 2007. THE BURNING CRUSADE, the first expansion set for WORLD OF WARCRAFT, was simultaneously released in North America, Europe, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia on January 16, and on January 17 in Australia and New Zealand.
Cookie Jar Ent., which just sold MAGI NATION to KIDS' WB! in the U.S. and CBC in Canada, will unveil its newest original animated series to global programmers at NATPE '07.