Ryan Ball

Chiodo Bros. Animate Clay For Playhouse Disney

On Monday, September 16, Disney Channel’s learning-based programming block, Play House Disney, will introduce its first-ever host — a lump of clay appropriately named...

Past And Future Meet In TV Debuts

This week sees the launch of two animated series which aim to educate and entertain by transporting young viewers back to the past and...

Cartoon Network Acquires Futurama

In a deal with Twentieth Television, Cartoon Network has picked up exclusive cable rights for all 72 episodes of Matt Groening’s hit animated series...

Last Chance To See Sleeping Beauty

If you live in the L.A. area and haven't had a chance to see the 70mm widescreen presentation of the restored I print, time...

Greece Outlaws Gamers

CNET News.com reports that all electronic games have been banned by the Greek government. A law went into effect in late July that imposes...

More Shakeup At RTV

According to RTV, Peter Hille and Wolfgang Heidrich have stepped down from the Munich-based animation studio’s board of directors. Hille had previously announced his...

Effects Reign At SIGGRAPH Meeting

Effects work on the Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment dragon pic Reign of Fire will be the subject of discussion at the L.A. Chapter...

Big Sales For France Animation

France Animation has signed a number of major deals with buyers across North America, Europe and Asia. The programs Cybergirl, Cosy Corner, Wheel Squad,...

Disney, Shrek Producer Team For CG Features

Walt Disney Studios has formed an alliance with Shrek producer John Williams' Vanguard Films to produce as many as four computer animated features. The...

EyeballNYC Grooves On MTV Hits

To create a series of fully animated IDs for the new channel MTV Hits, the music television network looked to SOHO-based EyeballNYC. Led by...

Digital Hollywood Reloaded

This year’s Digital Hollywood conference (Sept. 23-25) will focus on the heightened expectations of the cable, satellite, broadband and entertainment industries as they ramp...

Egmont Imagination Cuts Production, Assets On Block

Egmont Imagination, the animation production-distribution subsidiary of Danish media giant Egmont, is scaling back its production and development infrastructure in anticipation of an asset...

SpongeBob Head Gets Kicks With Thunder

C21media.net reports that Andy Rheingold, former head of development and production for the Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants, has been tapped by Broadway Video Enterprises to...

Lone Star VFX House Takes Spy Kids For A Ride

For the effects-filled opening sequence of Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Texan filmmaker Robert Rodriguez turned to Dallas-based Reel FX Creative...

Horror Classic Doomed Megalopolis Fated For DVD

ADV Films announced plans to release Director Rintaro's (Metropolis, Captain Harlock) animated chiller Doomed Megalopolis for the first time on DVD. Set in 1923, Doomed...

Women in Animation Launches Canadian Chapter

The first Canadian chapter of Women in Animation will be dedicated with a launch party and membership drive on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002 in...

DOT On The Spot At Cartoon Forum

U.K.-based GSCFilms, the production house responsible for the award-winning series Kipper, Sheeep and Angelina Ballerina, will debut DOT, its new pre-school pilot at this...

Runaway Production Bill Killed

Variety reports that Assembly Bill 2747, which would have provided as much as $650 million in tax credits to encourage producers to keep productions...

Plympton Draws Next Feature As You Watch

Marking a first in animation history, cartoonist, animator and independent filmmaker Bill Plympton invites the public to watch him draw his next feature, Hair...

ComputerCafé Goes Wild For Spy Kids 2

In Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, swashbuckling skeletons, a miniature zoo and menacing mutant animals await siblings Carmen and Juni Cortez,...
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