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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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Deal signed for live-action “Captain Planet” movie

Captain Planet

Car­toon Net­work has signed a devel­op­ment agree­ment with action-adventure pro­ducer Don Mur­phy and part­ner Susan Mont­ford and their com­pany Angry Film­works to develop a live-action motion pic­ture based on ground­break­ing, environment-saving ani­mated hero Cap­tain Planet And The Plan­e­teers, Stu­art Sny­der, pres­i­dent and COO of Turner Broad­cast­ing Sys­tem Inc.‘s Ani­ma­tion, Young Adults and Kids Media divi­sion, announced Tuesday.

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His Mouse Friday (1951) — Tom and Jerry Theatrical Cartoon

His Mouse Friday (1951) - Tom and Jerry

CotD: Tom goes for a trop­i­cal hol­i­day in 1951’s “His Mouse Fri­day” Do you like this Tom & Jerry short? ~

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The Chicken from Outer Space (1995) — What A Cartoon! Show

The Chicken from Outer Space (1995) - What A Cartoon! Show

An elderly couple’s dog must defend them from a mali­cious space chicken, bent on con­quest by infect­ing them with muta­genic eggs. The chicken’s goal? First this quiet farm in the mid­dle of nowhere, next, the world.
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Warners hires writers for “Yogi Bear” movie sequel

Yogi Bear

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Jelly­stone Park, Warner Bros. has signed the team of Joshua Sternin and Jef­frey Ven­ti­m­ilia to write a sequel to last December’s live-action/CG ani­mated movie Yogi Bear.

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New “Flintstones” TV series emerges from Rubble


The Flintstones

Yabba dabba doo! Fox has picked up The Flint­stones, a 21st-century ver­sion of the clas­sic ani­mated com­edy from exec­u­tive pro­ducer Seth MacFarlane.

In a cross-studio col­lab­o­ra­tion, The Flint­stones will be pro­duced jointly by 20th Cen­tury Fox Tele­vi­sion and Warner Bros. Tele­vi­sion. Warner Bros. is home to The Flint­stones (1960–1966) via its own­er­ship of the Hanna-Barbera col­lec­tion of ani­mated titles.

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Home-Sweet Jellystone (1961) — Yogi Bear Episode Guide

Yogi Bear Episode Guide

Ranger Smith inher­its mil­lions from his Uncle Char­lie, and has to quit his job to get it.
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Gold Paw (1986) — What’s New, Scooby-Doo? Episode Guide


What's New, Scooby-Doo? Episode Guide

Scooby and the gang run into a mys­te­ri­ous golden mon­ster who lives in the gold vault of Fort Knox, turn­ing all who dis­turb him into golden statues.

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Cavey And The Baffling Buffalo Man (1980) — Captain Caveman Episode Guide

Cavey And The Baffling Buffalo Man (1980) - Captain Caveman Episode

The Angels inves­ti­gate a mys­te­ri­ous theft six months ear­lier. Cap­tain Cave­man was a pre­his­toric super­hero unfrozen by three teenage beau­ties. They took him around in their van, solv­ing mys­ter­ies across the coun­try. And he could fly.

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Johnny Bravo (1995) — What A Cartoon! Show

Johnny Bravo (1995) - What A Cartoon! Show

In attempt­ing to romance a pretty zookeeper, Mary, Johnny tries to find an escaped 800-pound gorilla while exhibit­ing the ulti­mate traits of sex­ual bravado and machismo.

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H-B writer, Spike Jones pianist Eddie Brandt dies

Hanna-Barbera

Eddie Brandt, a writer for Hanna-Barbera who had been a pianist for Spike Jones and Spade Coo­ley, died Feb­ru­ary 20 at his North Hol­ly­wood home of colon can­cer. He was 89.

Brandt was a writer and com­poser for Bob Clampett’s Beany and Cecil series, some­times moon­light­ing as a mem­ber of the voice cast. At Hanna-Barbera, he wrote for Franken­stein, Jr. and the Impos­si­bles (1966), Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (1967) and Cat­tanooga Cats (1969).

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The Zoot Cat (1944) Tom & Jerry Theatrical Cartoon

The Zoot Cat (1944) Tom & Jerry Theatrical Cartoon
The Zoot Cat: Shed­ding his “square” image, Tom becomes “cool” and wins the affec­tion of a black kit­ten by wear­ing a makeshift green and orange zoot suit (made from a lamp­shade… (more)

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Heavy Metal assistant animator Judy Niver dies, 71


Heavy Metal

Lay­out artist and ani­ma­tor Judith M. “Judy” Niver, an assis­tant ani­ma­tor on the “Taarna” seg­ment of the 1981 movie Heavy Metal, died Decem­ber 14. She was 71.

From 1965 until 1994, she worked for DePatie-Freleng, Fil­ma­tion, Hanna-Barbera, UPA, Ed Love, Ruby-Spears, Encore, Hype­r­ion, Cool Pro­duc­tions, DreamQuest and Rich Animation.

Niver was a key assis­tant ani­ma­tor on the 1987 Fil­ma­tion the­atri­cal fea­ture Pinoc­chio and the Emperor of the Night. In addi­tion, she was an assis­tant ani­ma­tor on 1991’s Rover Dan­ger­field.

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Charlotte’s Web (1973) Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film

Charlotte’s Web: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the sea­son, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the din­ner table.… (more)

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The Treasure Of Sierra Madrock (1966) from the The Flintstones Episode Guide

The Trea­sure Of Sierra Madrock (1966) from the The Flint­stones Episode Guide
The Trea­sure Of Sierra Madrock: Fred and Bar­ney are tricked into pur­chas­ing a worth­less claim of land. When they sud­denly find gold, the two con men who sold them the land set about get­ting the claim back.

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