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Toon Boom Acquires Cambridge Animation

Toon Boom Animation Inc. announced that it has closed a definitive agreement with competitor Cambridge Animation Systems to acquire all of the Intellectual Property...

Obama Appears in Spider-Man Comic

If you collected Spider-Man comics as a kid, being featured in an issue is probably one of the coolest things that could happen to...

Academy to Honor Mark Kimball

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to bestow the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation...

Disney XD Launches in February

Disney announced that it will debut Disney XD, the boy-focused re-branding of Toon Disney, on Friday, Feb. 13 at 12 midnight (ET/PT). The girl-inclusive...

Rourke May Wrestle with Iron Man

Hot off his career-reviving role in director Darren Aronofsky's award-winning film The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke may end up putting the smackdown on a popular...

Persepolis, Bashir Up for BAFTAs

The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominees for the Film Not in the English Language BAFTA Award, including two autobiographical...

Nolan Up for DGA Award

A few years ago, it would have seemed far-fetched for a filmmaker to be up for major awards for directing a comic-book movie. With...

Verbinski Explores RPGs for Universal

Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski wants to venture into the darker side of massively multiplayer online role-play games for the big screen....

WGA Nominates Bashir, Chicago 10, Dark Knight

A pair of animated documentaries and a comic-book adaptation made the cut as the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of...

Azur & Asmar Gets Disc Date

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest, the latest animated feature from acclaimed French filmmaker Michel Ocelot (Kiriku and the Sorceress) will arrive on DVD...

Warner Puts Hex on Horton Helmer

Warner Bros. has tapped Horton Hears A Who! director Jimmy Hayward to direct its adaptation of the DC Comics property Jonah Hex, according to...

SIGGRAPH Animation Fest Expands Again

The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, which opened up to the public as a full-fledged fest in 2008, will again take on an expanded role...

Autodesk Adds Mac Offerings

Autodesk Inc. announced at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco that it has expanded its portfolio of Macintosh 2D and 3D software...

Seven Make VFX Oscar Cut

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films made the short list in the Visual Effects category for the...

Lasseter Gives Miyazaki’s Ponyo a Push

Pixar's John Lasseter is joining producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy in preparing the U.S. theatrical release of Ponyo on the Cliff by the...

Lionsgate Gets Care Bears, Sushi Pack for Vid

Lionsgate has extended its relationship with American Greetings Properties by acquiring the exclusive North American home entertainment distribution rights to numerous Care Bears titles,...

Nick Introduces Olivia

Author/illustrator Ian Falconer's award-winning books come to the screen as Nickelodeon adds Olivia to its preschool line-up. The new series will premiere on Monday,...

Monsters vs. Aliens Goes Long for Super Bowl

DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures hope to score big with a 90-second Super Bowl spot for the upcoming animated feature Monsters vs. Aliens. According...

PGA Nominates Bolt, Panda, WALL’E

The Producers Guild of America has announced nominations for its 2009 awards, singling out the producers of Disney's Bolt, DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda...

aniBoom Awards Favor Voodoo

Sebastian's Voodoo from Joaquin Baldwin of Sherman Oaks, Calif. was named the grand prize winner of the third annual aniBoom Awards, a kudo fest...
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