Category Archives: News

Yellow Submarine To Set Sail Again

Yellow Submarine

Yel­low Sub­ma­rine, the clas­sic ani­mated film star­ring the four lads from Liv­er­pool, will be seen in the­aters again in late May. Cine­plex Enter­tain­ment announced Yel­low Sub­ma­rine, the ani­mated fea­ture first released in 1968 will return to the­aters for one night only on Thurs­day, May 24, 2012, show times vary by loca­tion. Cur­rently out of print, this land­mark movie has been restored by hand, frame-by-frame in 4K dig­i­tal res­o­lu­tion for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of spe­cial­ists at Triage Motion Pic­tures and Eque Inc.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Plane Crazy (1928) — Mickey Mouse Cartoon Series


Plane Crazy

#CotD: Actu­ally pro­duced before Steam­boat Willie, “Plane Crazy” was the third Mickey Mouse car­toon released.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Disney’s Profit up Despite “John Carter” Disaster

Walt Disney Studios

Although the Walt Dis­ney Com­pany lost $200 mil­lion on its partly ani­mated science-fiction bomb John Carter, the enter­tain­ment giant announced Tues­day that its over­all profit from Jan­u­ary through March grew 21%.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Blue Smurfs don’t keep Sony Corp. out of red ink


Sony  Corporation
Despite the pop­u­lar­ity of the partly ani­mated “The Smurfs,” Sony Corp. announced Thurs­day a record annual loss of 457 bil­lion yen ($5.7 bil­lion), mark­ing its fourth year of red ink in a row.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

PBS takes all three Children’s Animation Emmy noms


Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy

PBS took the tri­fecta Wednes­day for Out­stand­ing Children’s Ani­ma­tion pro­gram when the National Acad­emy of Tele­vi­sion Arts & Sci­ences announced its nom­i­nees for the 39th Annual Day­time Enter­tain­ment Emmy Awards.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Axe Cop” breaking into Saturday late-prime on FOX


Axe Cop

Ani­ma­tion Dom­i­na­tion HD, the new ani­ma­tion unit cre­ated by Fox Broad­cast­ing Com­pany, has acquired the rights to the hit comic phe­nom­e­non Axe Cop, Nick Wei­den­feld, head of Ani­ma­tion Dom­i­na­tion HD, announced Tuesday.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

FOX gives moms a special gift on Sunday

Fox Animation Studios

In cel­e­bra­tion of Mother’s Day, the ani­mated kids of FOX Sun­days reveal what they’re get­ting their moms — Donna Tubbs, Marge Simp­son, Linda Belcher, Lois Grif­fin and Francine Smith.

Plus, FOX promises no regift­ing with all-new episodes of The Cleve­land Show, The Simp­sons, Bob’s Burg­ers, Fam­ily Guy and the sea­son finale of Amer­i­can Dad, air­ing from 7:30 to 10 p.m. ET/PT Sun­day, May 13.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Third season of “LazyTown” goes into production

LazyTown

Award-winning children’s TV series Lazy­Town is back in pro­duc­tion for a third sea­son of brand new 13 half-hour shows fol­low­ing its acqui­si­tion by Turner Broad­cast­ing last September.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Children’s author, illustrator Maurice Sendak dies

Maurice Sendak

Children’s author and illus­tra­tor Mau­rice Sendak, recip­i­ent of the Calde­cott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are, died Tues­day in Dan­bury, Con­necti­cut. The Ridge­field, Con­necti­cut res­i­dent was 83.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , | Leave a comment

9 animation finalists for Student Oscars announced

Oscar Statuette, Academy Awards

For the first time ever, a film from Utah Val­ley Uni­ver­sity is a final­ist in the Ani­ma­tion cat­e­gory of the Acad­emy of Motion Pic­ture Arts and Sci­ences’ Stu­dent Acad­emy Awards competition.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment