Monthly Archives: July 2011

Steamboat Willie (1928) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series

Posted on July 29, 2011 by DaveK


Steamboat Willie (1928) - Mickey Mouse

CotD: Gen­er­ally cred­ited to have released Novem­ber 18,1928, ““Steam­boat Willie”” had a prior lim­ited, silent release on this date in 1928… thus mak­ing today the REAL release date for this short… and the real Mickey Mouse birth­day!
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Alice In Wonderland (1951) — Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film

Posted on July 28, 2011 by DaveK


Alice In Wonderland (1951) - Feature Length Theatrical

CotD: No, not the Tim Bur­ton Re-vision, Walt’s orig­i­nal “Alice In Won­der­land” released on this date in 1951
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A Wild Hare (1940) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Posted on July 27, 2011 by DaveK


A Wild Hare (1940) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: He first appeared in 1940’s “A Wild Hare”, so that makes today Bugs Bunny’s Birth­day! ~
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Live-action “Voltron” being adapted for big screen

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


Voltron, Defender of the Universe,

Rel­a­tiv­ity Media has optioned the fea­ture film rights for Voltron from World Event Pro­duc­tions, and will adapt the live-action big screen ver­sion from the 1984 cult-classic ani­mated series Voltron: Defender of the Uni­verse, the studio’s pres­i­dent of world­wide pro­duc­tion, Tucker Too­ley, announced Thurs­day.
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The Bears and the Dragon (1962) — Aesop and Son Cartoon Episode Guide

Posted on July 26, 2011 by DaveK


The Bears and the Dragon (1962) - Aesop and Son Cartoon Episode Guide

CotD: Don’t expect you’ll know the name “The Bears and the Dragon” But you prob­a­bly love the series that it is from…
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Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Century (1985) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon

Posted on July 25, 2011 by DaveK


Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Century (1985) - Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: Hide your Aludium Phozdex! Today is the release date for “Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Cen­tury” Watch it again today!
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The Black Cauldron (1985) — Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film

Posted on July 24, 2011 by DaveK


The Black Cauldron (1985)

CotD: Depend­ing on your point of view, Disney’s release of “The Black Caul­dron” 26 years ago today was a low spot in the stu­dios his­tory
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Bad Ol’ Putty Tat (1949) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series

Posted on July 23, 2011 by DaveK


Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: Every­one loves a good Tweety and Sylvester, and “Bad Ol’ Putty Tat” is one of the best ~
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No Butts about it: South Park wins copyright suit

Posted on July 22, 2011 by DaveK

South Park
Mak­ing “What What (In the Butt)” the butt of a joke is fair play, a Wis­con­sin fed­eral judge has ruled.

Via­com and Com­edy Cen­tral were sued in Novem­ber over the 2008 South Park episode Canada On Strike. Brown­mark Films alleged that a scene stole from its copy­righted music video for the viral phe­nom­e­non “What What (In the Butt).”

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Stephanie Denton hired as SVP of Arc Productions

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Mr. Clevland

Arc Productions

Arc Pro­duc­tions, Canada’s lead­ing CG-animation and visual effects stu­dio, has hired Stephanie Den­ton to head its Los Ange­les office as senior vice-president of sales and busi­ness development.

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Six shorts in contention for Cartoon d’Or 2011

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Paul Anderson

Cartoon d'Or

Six films from Ger­many Ire­land, Nether­lands, Poland and United King­dom will com­pete for the Car­toon d’Or 2011, the award for the best Euro­pean ani­mated short.

The nom­i­nees are:

Mobile, by Ver­ena Fels (Ger­many, 2010, 6’25′; Fil­makademie Baden-Württemberg)
Paths Of Hate, by Damian Nenow (Poland, 2010, 10′; Platige Image)
Pivot, by André Bergs (Nether­lands, 2009, 5′; Il Lus­ter Pro­duc­tions)
The Exter­nal World, by David O’Reilly (Ireland/Germany, 2010, 17″; David OReilly Animation/DETAiLFILM)
The Gruffalo, by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang (United King­dom, 2009, 27′; Magic Light Pic­tures in asso­ci­a­tion with Stu­dio Soi)
The Lit­tle Boy and the Beast, by Johannes Wei­land and Uwe Hei­d­schöt­ter (Ger­many, 2009, 6’30″; Stu­dio Soi)
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“Cars 2″ toys drive Mattel’s second-quarter income

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Paul Anderson

Cars 2

Mat­tel Inc.‘s second-quarter net income has jumped by 56%, thanks in part to toys based on Cars 2.

The largest United States toy maker said last Fri­day that sales of play sets and cars con­nected with Pixar-Disney’s lat­est film are sell­ing even more than Toy Story 3 play­things did when they came out last year.
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Renart The Fox (2005) — Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film

Posted on July 22, 2011 by DaveK


Renart The Fox (2005)

CotD: Com­edy based on the widely-known fable Le Roman de Renard, “Renart The Fox” is from Lux­em­bourg
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Nicktoons Greenlights Rob Dyrdek’s Wild Grinders for 2012

Posted on July 21, 2011 by DaveK

Wild Grinders

Pro­fes­sional skate­boarder Rob Dyrdek will bring the fun, fast-paced world of skate­board­ing to Nick­toons with an orig­i­nal, ani­mated series, Wild Grinders, it was announced today by Keith Dawkins, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent, Gen­eral Man­ager, Nick­toons and Teen­Nick. Inspired by Dyrdek’s real-life expe­ri­ences, the half-hour com­edy fol­lows the car­toon adven­tures of a group of friends bonded by their love of skate­board­ing.
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Lima named to direct “Monkeys of Mumbai” for DWA

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz

Monkeys of Mumbai Crew

Kevin Lima (“Enchanted,” “Tarzan”) will direct Dream­Works Animation’s first-ever Bollywood-style musi­cal adven­ture Mon­keys of Mum­bai (work­ing title), the stu­dio announced Wednes­day.
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