Monthly Archives: June 2011

SpongeBob mushroom discovered in forests of Borneo

SpongeBob mushroom

Sing it with us: What lives in the rain­for­est, under a tree? Spongi­forma squarepantsii, a new species of mush­room almost as strange as its car­toon namesake.

Its dis­cov­ery in the forests of Bor­neo, says San Fran­cisco State Uni­ver­sity researcher Den­nis Des­jardin, sug­gests that even some of the most charis­matic char­ac­ters in the fun­gal king­dom are yet to be iden­ti­fied.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Roger Rab­bit is an ani­mated car­toon star-a ‘Toon’- at Maroon Car­toon Stu­dios. Roger is sus­pected of the mur­der of Mar­vin Acme, owner of the Los Ange­les sub­di­vi­sion of Toon­town, and head of the renowned Car­toon Prop Com­pany.
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Penguins of Madagascar” wins six Daytime Emmys

The Penguins of Madagascar

The Pen­guins Of Mada­gas­car” received six Day­time Emmys — includ­ing one for Out­stand­ing Children’s Ani­mated Pro­gram — dur­ing a grand gala Fri­day night for over 1,000 atten­dees at the Westin Bonaven­ture in down­town Los Angeles.

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AMPAS invites 13 animators to join organization

Oscar Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Acad­emy of Motion Pic­ture Arts and Sci­ences has extended invi­ta­tions to join the orga­ni­za­tion to 178 artists and exec­u­tives — includ­ing 13 ani­ma­tors — who have dis­tin­guished them­selves by their con­tri­bu­tions to the­atri­cal motion pictures.

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To Spring (1936) — Happy Harmonies Theatrical Cartoon Series

To Spring (1936) - Happy Harmonies

A group of elves is in charge of adding color back to the land­scape for spring! Old Man Win­ter fights back, push­ing the lever to turn the “spring machine” off!

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Teletoon announces new Canadian original series


Teletoon Canada

Tele­toon Canada inc. announced Tues­day its lineup of new and return­ing Cana­dian orig­i­nal series recently green-lit or cur­rently in production.

Fugget About It
9 Story Enter­tain­ment • 13 x 22 min­utes
Rocket Mon­keys
Break­through Enter­tain­ment • 26 x 22 minutes

Crash Canyon (Eight addi­tional episodes ordered)
Deten­tion­aire (Sea­son Two)
Nel­vana • 13 x 22 min­utes
Mud­pit (13 addi­tional episodes ordered)
Cookie Jar Enter­tain­ment Inc. • 13 x 22 minutes

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Rules changed for animated feature Oscar noms


Oscar Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The board of the Acad­emy of Motion Pic­ture Arts and Sci­ences — which hands out the Oscars — voted Tues­day to change the rules for nom­i­na­tion in the Ani­mated Fea­ture Film cat­e­gory.
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Austrian TV sorry for anti-Jewish Disney cartoon


Three Little Pigs

Austria’s State TV apol­o­gized Tues­day for air­ing a ver­sion of Walt Disney’s Oscar-winning car­toon Three Lit­tle Pigs that, crit­ics allege, strengthen anti-Jewish stereo­types present when it was made in 1933.
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Slightly Daffy (1944) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical


Slightly Daffy (1944) - Merrie Melodies

Daffy com­mands a lonely cav­alry out­post in the old West. He and Gen­eral Porky hold the fort.

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CG-animated Beasts of Burden hauled into theaters


Beasts of Burden

Shrek” and “Chron­i­cles of Nar­nia” direc­tor Andrew Adam­son is lead­ing the team that will adapt Dark Horse Comics’ Beasts of Bur­den onto the big screen.
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Jon Brion signed to create score for “ParaNorman”


ParaNorman

Two-time Grammy Award-nominated com­poser Jon Brion has signed to cre­ate the orig­i­nal score for Laika and Focus Fea­tures’ ani­mated com­edy thriller Para­Nor­man, cur­rently in pro­duc­tion at Laika’s Ore­gon stu­dios for release across the United States by Focus on August 17, 2012.
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Cartoon Network develops live-action Ben 10 flick


Ben 10

Car­toon Net­work has signed an agree­ment with acclaimed pro­ducer Joel Sil­ver and Sil­ver Pic­tures to develop a live-action motion pic­ture for its glob­ally suc­cess­ful ani­mated action-adventure prop­erty, Ben 10, Stu­art Sny­der, pres­i­dent and chief oper­at­ing offi­cer of Turner Broad­cast­ing Sys­tem Inc.‘s Ani­ma­tion, Young Adults and Kids Media divi­sion, announced Tues­day.
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Lady And The Tramp (1955) — Feature Length Theatrical


Lady And The Tramp (1955)

Lady, a pretty Cocker Spaniel from a respectable home, falls in love with the cocky Tramp, a mutt from the wrong side of the tracks. When Lady’s mas­ter and mis­tress leave town for a few days, they leave Aunt Sarah and her two wicked Siamese cats to watch the house and care for their baby.

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The Lion King (1994) — Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film


The Lion King (1994)

A young lion cub, Simba, strug­gles to fol­low in the regal paw prints of his father, King Mufasa, after Mufasa is killed through the treach­ery of his uncle Scar. Simba is con­vinced that he is actu­ally respon­si­ble for his father’s death, and Scar urges him to run away from the Pride lands and never return.

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Sean Astin Joins TMNT Voice Cast


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) joins the cast of Nickelodeon’s all-new CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur­tles as Raphael, one of four teenage broth­ers ded­i­cated to a life bat­tling evil denizens. Round­ing out the cast are Jason Biggs (Amer­i­can Pie) as Leonardo, Greg Cipes (Teen Titans) as Michelan­gelo and Rob Paulsen (Planet Sheen) as Donatello. Paulsen also voiced the orig­i­nal Raphael from 1987–1996 in the first series.

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