Monthly Archives: August 2011

Eddie Murphy to voice “Hong Kong Phooey” in movie


Hong Kong Phooey

Eddie Mur­phy will voice the ani­mated lead char­ac­ter in Alcon Entertainment’s live-action/animated big-screen Hong Kong Phooey, an adap­ta­tion of the 1970s Hanna-Barbera ani­mated TV series Hong Kong Phooey, Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Brod­er­ick John­son and Andrew Kosove announced Wednesday.

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Pudgy The Watchman (1938) — Betty Boop Theatrical Cartoon Series


Pudgy The Watchman (1938)

CotD: Post-code Betty Boop The­atri­cal Car­toons like “Pudgy The Watch­man” is not as sexy as the ear­lier shorts, but can be a lot of fun ~

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Luke Perry’s Guide To Love (2000) — Johnny Bravo Cartoon Episode Guide


Luke Perry's Guide To Love  (2000) - Johnny Bravo Cartoon Episode Guide

CotD: Today we go for the eso­teric, the cere­bral, the sub­lime. “Luke Perry’s Guide To Love” is all of that and more– watch it and see!

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Animator, graphic artist Corny Cole dead at 81~


Cornelius "Corny" ColeLong­time ani­ma­tor and graphic artist Cor­nelius “Corny” Cole died early Mon­day morn­ing, his close friend, ani­ma­tor Bob Kurtz, con­firmed. He was report­edly 81.

Cole had been suf­fer­ing with MSA (Mul­ti­ple Sys­tem Atrophy).

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Ice Age: Continental Drift” voice cast announced


Ice Age: Continental Drift

Twen­ti­eth Cen­tury Fox Ani­ma­tion and Blue Sky Stu­dios announced Mon­day the voice cast for Ice Age: Con­ti­nen­tal Drift, the fourth entry in Blue Sky’s block­buster fran­chise, which has grossed over $4 bil­lion in all media.

Fox will release the ani­mated com­edy in 3D on July 13, 2012.

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Birds Anonymous (1957) — Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Birds Anonymous  (1957) - Merrie Melodies

CotD: Tweety & Sylvester won an Oscar for “Birds Anony­mous” in 1957 ~

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Surviving Life” honored at 15th Fantasia Festival


Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

The Ani­ma­tion Jury at the 15th Fan­ta­sia Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val named Czech leg­end Jan Svankmajer’s psy­cho­an­a­lytic com­edy “Sur­viv­ing Life (The­ory and Prac­tice)” Best Ani­mated Fea­ture Film Sun­day in Montreal.

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Bully For Bugs (1953) — Looney Tunes Theatrical Cartoon Series


Bully For Bugs  (1953) - Looney Tunes

CotD: Lost on his way to the Coachella Val­ley and Car­rot Fes­ti­val therein, our favorite bunny goes “Bully For Bugs” in this great cartoon ~

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DWA rejects Paramount offer to extend distribution


DreamWorks Animation SKG

The board of Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion has turned down an offer by Para­mount to extend its cur­rent dis­tri­b­u­tion agree­ment for one more year.

Paramount’s deal with DWA expires at the end of 2012.

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DWA wins suit over idea for “Kung Fu Panda” movies


"Kung Fu Panda"

A Los Ange­les jury has given Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion the ben­e­fit of the doubt in a major law­suit by a man who claimed the stu­dio stole his idea for the suc­cess­ful Kung Fu Panda franchise.

Self-professed “writer-producer-teacher-philospher” Ter­ence Dunn, who was chief exec­u­tive offi­cer of Zen-Bear Inc., sued in June 2010 for breach of an implied con­tract. He charged that in Novem­ber 2001, he sub­mit­ted the con­cept of a “spir­i­tual kung-fu fight­ing panda bear” to a Dream­Works exec­u­tive, expect­ing that any result­ing film project would include him.

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League of Super Evil” nominated for five Geminis


League Of Super Evil

Nerd Corps Entertainment’s “League Of Super Evil” has been nom­i­nated for five Gem­ini Awards, the Cana­dian equiv­a­lent of the Emmys.

The Acad­emy of Cana­dian Cin­ema and Tele­vi­sion announced nom­i­na­tions Wednes­day for the 26th annual Gem­ini Awards, cel­e­brat­ing the best in Cana­dian English-language tele­vi­sion and dig­i­tal media.

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Lion King’s James Earl Jones to get honorary Oscar


The Lion King (1994)

Partly due to his work voic­ing Mustafa in the 1994 Dis­ney movie The Lion King, the Board of Gov­er­nors of the Acad­emy of Motion Pic­ture Arts and Sci­ences voted Tues­day night to present an Hon­orary Award to actor James Earl Jones.

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Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island (1983) — Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film


Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island  (1983)

CotD: “Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fan­tas­tic Island” had Daffy and Speedy in a par­ody of Fan­tasy Island and com­pi­la­tion of clas­sic WB shorts

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Fanboy and Chum Chum” Voicers Don Capes and… Underwear?


Fanboy and Chum Chum

Fan­boy and Chum Chum” voice artists Jamie Kennedy and Josh Duhamel threw on some capes and under­wear for an upcom­ing promo of their Emmy Award-winning Nick­elodeon ani­mated series. Josh voices the role of Oz (Fanboy’s uber-geek men­tor) and Jamie voices Fanboy’s untrust­ing wiz­ard friend, Kyle. This is the first time both gen­tle­men appear together in sup­port of their show.

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Fox planning to release 3D “Leafmen” in May 2013


Leafmen

Leaf­men,” Fox’s next major ani­mated film, is being sched­uled by the stu­dio for wide release on May 17, 2013.

Chris Wedge, who directed Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005) for Fox Ani­ma­tion as well, is direct­ing the 3D feature.

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