Zoic Studios TV Work Hits Primetime
Last week Zoic Studios celebrated its awesome work on not one but three major premieres kicking off the Fall 2009 TV season.
Category: Television
Wallace & Gromit Present A World Of Invention Heads to Australia
Aardman Animations is further consolidating its ongoing relationship with ABC Australia, securing a pre-sale for its new live action series Wallace & Gromit present A World of Invention.
The Simpsons Get Yellow Carpet at MIPCOM
MIPCOM in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of “The Simpsons,” the longest-running primetime TV series in history, at this year’s October market.
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Target Entertainment Group Nabs International TV Distribution of Rah Rah: The Noisy Lion
Target Entertainment Group has struck a deal with Chapman Entertainment to sell the international TV rights to the 52x10' pre-school comedy animation, Rah Rah! The Noisy Lion, excluding North America and the UK.
FlickerLab and Gonzoft Television Animation Merge
Press Release from FlickerLab
NEW YORK, NEW YORK and COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - October 5, 2009 – In the wake of a successful eighteen-month partnership designed to launch Gonzoft Television Animation’s live animation software in the U.S., FlickerLab and Gonzoft have agreed to merge. FlickerLab, LLC will formally announce the new company at MIPCOM, the world’s entertainment content market, in Cannes France, October 5, where they will also present a range of products. The new company will operate from both New York and Copenhagen.
Special Agent Productions Opens Boutique Animation Studio in San Francisco
SPECIAL AGENT PRODUCTIONS has opened a new boutique animation studio in San Francisco offering a host of streamlined services to meet the production demands of the new economy and the digital age.
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Cross-Disciplinary Community to Focus on the Development of Previsualization
The Previsualization Society, a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of previsualization (“previs”), was officially announced today.
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Numb Robot Details Work On New Music Video From Ludacris
VFX/Post House Numb Robot (www.numbrobot.com) has set an inferno in legendary hip-hop artist Ludacris' eyes. Famed music video director Taj and producer Andrew Listerman asked Numb robot to work on their latest music video for Ludacris’ "Addicted to Money."
CCI Entertainment, Motionworks GmbH, and Nickelodeon Germany Team Up on Artzooka!
Press Release from CCI Entertainment
Toronto (October 4, 2009) CCI Entertainment, MotionWorks and Nickelodeon Germany have partnered up to produce the first local version of the live action / cgi blended series Artzooka! The local language episodes will feature Nils Bomhoff as the German host, who embodies all that is Artzooka! The property will also launch with a localized website and an extensive grassroots marketing campaign that will be executed across Germany.
Magikano: The Complete Series
Admittedly, this kind of anime is either hit or miss for me. Sure they come loaded with fan service. Hey, who doesn’t like a schoolgirl skirt? And Magikano boasts “jiggling gobs of fan service.”
Filoni Talks Second Season 'Clone Wars'
The director of Star Wars: The Clone Wars discusses "Rise of the Bounty Hunters" and a host of new animated wrinkles in season two.
Fox Greenlights Animation Project from Seth Green
A script for an animated project from Seth Green, Matthew Senreich and Tom Robot has been ordered by Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Thomas & Friends on Track for the Big Screen
Children's book character Thomas the Tank Engine from the THOMAS & FRIENDS series in the 1940s is gearing up for the big screen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Kipany Productions Launches New Division
Press Release from Kipany Productions
Kipany Productions has launched a new commercial and film-specific division, Kipany Pictures. Headed by Vice President/Executive Producer Melissa Levins, the company features an international roster of top creative and emerging talent, and is currently producing its inaugural project; a series of web spots for Rite Aid.
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A Previsualization Society is Born
Previs practitioners form their own society and VFXWorld has the exclusive.
Stephen King Preps for TV Return
Stephen King has inked a deal to turn his novella THE COLORADO KID into an hour-long TV series, Variety reports.
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Seth Rogen Co-Writes, Voices in Simpsons Episode
Seth Rogen has fulfilled a dream by becoming only the second visiting celebrity to write and act in THE SIMPSONS since Ricky Gervais appeared in 2006, Variety reports.
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Spurs' Tony Parker Joins French Cartoon Project
Tony Parker, a professional basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs, has signed on to a new French cartoon production called BASKETBALL ADVENTURES, Variety reports.
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VOOZ and BRB Announce Co-Production of Canimal
VOOZ, the creator of PUCCA and BRB International are teaming up to breathe life into CANIMAL, an original television series aimed a pre-school target audience.
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Sony Pictures Taps Alexandar Marin For SVP Distribution in Latin America
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced today that Alexander Marin has been promoted to senior vice president, distribution, Latin America & the Caribbean.
ABC to Put V Series on Hiatus Mid-Season
ABC's new series V, which is slated to premiere Nov. 3, will be put on temporary hiatus after the first four episodes are aired in November, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
VIZ Media Simulcasts Conclusion to Inuyasha
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, delighted anime fans at New York Anime Festival yesterday with an announcement of the near simultaneous Japanese/American simulcast of the action-packed conclusion to the INUYASHA animated series-INUYASHA THE FINAL ACT.
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Nickelodeon Channel to Launch in Canada
Corus Entertainment Inc., Canada’s largest kids’ broadcaster, today announced plans to add Nickelodeon, one of the world’s leading entertainment brands for kids, to its premiere portfolio of kid-focused services.
Men In Coats Coming to the Small Screen
Aardman Animations is forging its way into live action, producing a children’s slapstick visual comedy based on the hugely successful stage show Men in Coats.
Starz are the Limit: The Word on the Growing Studio
Rick DeMott had a chance to chat with Heather Kenyon, Head of Sales and Project Development at Starz Animation, to find out more about the growing studio.
