Monthly Archives: May 2012

Terminator 3″ star Nick Stahl reported missing

Nick Stahl

For­mer child star Nick Stahl, the voice of Cas­tor in the 1999 Disney’s Her­cules episode Her­cules And The Tro­jan War, has been reported miss­ing by his wife Rose.

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The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion (2010) — National Film and Television School


The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion

#CotD: Directed by Alois di Leo, “The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion” pre­miered at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Head Band (2003) — Dexter’s Laboratory Cartoon Series

Head Band

#CotD: Dex­ter is a bespec­ta­cled young boy who just hap­pened to be a genius…
Head Band” has Dex­ter try and help his sister.

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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.

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Plane Crazy (1928) — Mickey Mouse Cartoon Series


Plane Crazy

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

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Hyde And Go Tweet (1960) — Merrie Melodies Cartoon Series

Hyde And Go Tweet

#CotD: A looney take on the clas­sic Robert Louis Steven­son tale, “Hyde And Go Tweet” fea­tures Tweety and Sylvester in the title roles.
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Up (2009) — PIXAR Animated Film


Up

#CotD: Bud­geted at an esti­mated $175 mil­lion, PIXAR’s “Up” made that all back in the first 23 min­utes of it’s release. NOT.

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Early To Bet (1951) — Merrie Melodies Cartoon Series

Early To Bet

#CotD: The very pop­u­lar short “Early To Bet” is the only appear­ance of the Gam­bling Bug in a Mer­rie Melodies short.

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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%.

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Total Drama Revenge of the Island” coming to CN

Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

The con­tention, the rival­ries, the ten­sion, the money and… Chef are all com­ing back to Car­toon Net­work at 7:30 p.m. on Tues­day, June 5 for the ani­mated real­ity com­pe­ti­tion series Total Drama Revenge of the Island, pro­duced by Fresh TV and dis­trib­uted by Cake Entertainment.

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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.

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Runaway Train (2001) — Johnny Bravo Episode Guide

Runaway Train

#CotD: Cre­ated by Van Part­ible, Johnny Bravo took the “Run­away Train” on an unex­pected trip around the world.

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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.

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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.

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In Dutch (1946) — Pluto Theatrical Cartoon Series

In Dutch

#CotD: Watch “In Dutch” as Pluto wakes up in Hol­land, and finds out he is really in, uh, Dutch.

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