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An $18 Million Weekend for Sony’s Surfing Penguins

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2007

The animated penguins of Sony's Surf's Up caught a relatively mellow tide at the box office this weekend as the pic landed in at...

Features

Sony Rides Penguin Wave with Surf’s Up

Ramin Zahed - June 9, 2007

DreamWorks' green ogre and Disney's ghoulish pirates will get some killer competition today in theaters in the shape of cute, CG-animated surfing penguins. Sony...

Festivals & Events

Humanitas Toasts Three Kids’ Toons

Ramin Zahed - June 8, 2007

Congratulations are in order for the writers of three great children's animated series which are up for the prestigious Humanitas Prize this year. Nominated...

Television

Vooz Goes Green with Myo & Ga

Ramin Zahed - June 8, 2007

Korean outfit Vooz, the creator of the popular Pucca character, will be spreading an environmental message with its new children's animated series Myo &...

Features

Persepolis and TekkonKinkreet Get U.S. Dates

Ramin Zahed - June 8, 2007

Two well-received indie animated features have announced their U.S. opening dates. Michael Arias' anime/CG hybrid hit Tekkonkinkreet will be distributed by Sony on July...

Features

Buddha Toon to Aid Thailand’s Poor

Ramin Zahed - June 8, 2007

Thailand's MonoFilm will donate profits from the sales of its animated movie The Life of Buddha to charity, according to a recent Variety story....

Festivals & Events

Win a Pair of Tickets to a Special Screening of Shrek the Third!

Ramin Zahed - May 8, 2007

DreamWorks Animation and ASIFA-Hollywood have kindly give us 50 tickets to special screenings of Shrek the Third on Tuesday, May 15 in Los Angeles...

Features

Winx Fairies Spread Movie Wings

Ramin Zahed - May 3, 2007

The fashion-conscious fairies of Rainbow's Winx Club are ready for their big-screen close-up. It was announced this week that the Rome, Italy-based Rainbow is...

Festivals & Events

Ark, Dreammaker, En Tus Brazos Nab SIGGRAPH ’07 Honors

Ramin Zahed - April 24, 2007

Grzegorz Jonkajtys and Marcin Kobylecki's CG-animated eye-popper Ark, Leszek Plichta's Dreammaker and Supinfocom students Francois-Xavier Goby, Edouard Jouret and Matthieu Landour's En Tus Brazos...

Television

Americanized Creature Comforts Premieres on CBS in June

Ramin Zahed - April 19, 2007

The U.S. version of Aardman's acclaimed Creature Comforts series is finally set to make its debut on CBS Monday, June 4 at 8 p.m....

People

Miereanu Gets Animated for Warner

Ramin Zahed - April 16, 2007

Warner Bros. Animation has tapped veteran entertainment and sports communications exec Gary Miereanu as director of publicity. Miereanu will oversee all publicity activities for...

Festivals & Events

Ugly Duckling and Me! Helmers Win Cartoon Movie’s Top Prize

Ramin Zahed - March 9, 2007

Michael Hegner and Karsten Kiilerich were awarded Cartoon Movie's Directors of the Year prize at the annual event held at Potsdam, Germany today (Friday,...

People

Don Hertzfeldt Acclaimed Indie Animator (Rejected, Meaning of Life, Everything Will Be OK)

Ramin Zahed - February 27, 2007

For the past 12 years, Santa Barbara, Calif.-based indie animator Don Hertzfeldt has created a series of inspiring, quirky hand-drawn shorts which have...

Festivals & Events

VIZ Takes Bite out of Big Apple Comic-Con

Ramin Zahed - February 26, 2007

San Francisco-based manga and anime powerhouse VIZ Media had a high profile at the New York Comic-Con show this past weekend. Offering an interative...

Television

Mouse House Squeaks for Second Season of Yin Yang Yo!

Ramin Zahed - February 23, 2007

Animation 'It Guy' of the year, Bob Boyle, has another reason to celebrate as Toon Disney recently picked up a second season of his...

Features

Warner Hungry for Justice League

Ramin Zahed - February 23, 2007

As the Nicolas Cage comic-book vehicle Ghost Rider continues to blaze a hot trail at the box office this weekend, studio suits around town...

Festivals & Events

Cars Spins to Annies’ Victory Lane

Ramin Zahed - February 12, 2007

In what may be the bellwether for what may happen on Oscar night, Disney/Pixar's Cars took the top honor for Best Animated Feature at...

People

Torill Kove, Director of Oscar-Winning Short The Danish Poet

Ramin Zahed - January 31, 2007

Norwegian born animator Torill Kove had her first date with Oscar in 1999, when her short My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts landed a...

Festivals & Events

TV Festival Pays Tribute to Simpsons, Lucas

Ramin Zahed - January 26, 2007

Die-hard fans who've been hungry for tightly guarded details about this summer's The Simpsons Movie would be wise to pick up tickets for the...

Festivals & Events

Angelina Ballerina Takes to the Stage

Ramin Zahed - January 26, 2007

HIT Entertainment's elegant white mouse will be making her English National Ballet debut this year. Angelina's Star Performance puts the popular classical ballerina in...

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