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Vancouver Shows Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Ethan Minovitz

Oscar Statuette, Academy Awards

Vancouver’s Vancity The­atre is bring­ing back its pop­u­lar pro­gram of Acad­emy Award-nominated short films in the cat­e­gories of Best Ani­mated Short and Best Live Action Short from Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 8 to Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 21.

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Kids’ Delhi Safari Hits U.S. Theaters December 7

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Paul Anderson

Delhi Safari

“Delhi Safari,” directed by Nikhil Advani, will be in the­aters across the United States in the top 20 regional mar­kets fea­tured on over 70 screens start­ing Decem­ber 7, Applied Art Pro­duc­tions announced Wednesday.

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NFB Offering Free Animation Films and Workshops

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Paul Anderson

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

The National Film Board of Canada is launch­ing the sixth edi­tion of Get Ani­mated!, bring­ing many of the country’s finest and fun­ni­est ani­mated films to com­mu­ni­ties across Canada in cel­e­bra­tion of Inter­na­tional Ani­ma­tion Day (Sun­day, Octo­ber 28).

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Nick Teams With NFL… Again!

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Paul Anderson

NickToons

Nick­elodeon and the National Foot­ball League con­tinue their rela­tion­ship with NFL Rush Zone: Sea­son of the Guardians, the sec­ond sea­son of the first-ever orig­i­nal half-hour ani­mated series devel­oped by a major U.S. sports league and a cable net­work, the two enti­ties jointly announced today.

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“Hotel Transylvania” opens early at Toronto fest

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz

Hotel Transylvania

Gen­ndy Tartakovsky’s “Hotel Tran­syl­va­nia” and the 3D ver­sion of “Find­ing Nemo” will both have their world pre­mieres dur­ing the TIFF Kids pro­gram of the 37th Toronto Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val, which runs from Sep­tem­ber 6 to 16.

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WB picks up “Bolivar” novel for animated feature

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz

Bolivar

Warner Bros. has picked up Sean Rubin’s upcom­ing graphic novel Boli­var for an intended ani­mated fea­ture film.

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Ghibli’s Arrietty has record-breaking U.S. release

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz


Karigurashi No Arietti (The Secret World of Arrietty")

“The Secret World of Arri­etty” will open on at least 1,200 screens in the United States, more than any pre­vi­ous Stu­dio Ghi­bli film.

Dis­ney, which dis­trib­utes Ghi­bli pic­tures in North Amer­ica, had Ponyo (2008) open on about 900 screens. Also in com­par­i­son, Sen To Chi­hiro No Kamikakushi (Spir­ited Away) opened on 750 screens.
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Nick Brings In “Mike The Knight”

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Paul Anderson


Mike the Knight

Nick­elodeon unveils Mike the Knight, a brand new CG-animated preschool series that invites view­ers into a fan­tas­ti­cal world of cas­tles, mis­sions, drag­ons and trolls, on Fri­day, Feb. 3, at 10:30 a.m. ET/PT). The half-hour, adven­ture series teaches kids about friend­ship, loy­alty, and deter­mi­na­tion as they join Mike, a young knight-in-training, on his mis­sions to pro­tect his king­dom, serve his Queen and become a full-fledged knight.
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“Daffy’s Rhapsody” debuts in theaters February 10

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz


Daffy's Rhapsody still

Movie­go­ers see­ing the 3D fam­ily adven­ture “Jour­ney 2: The Mys­te­ri­ous Island” are in for a bonus reel of laughs and action with Daffy’s Rhap­sody.
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Oscar-nominated “Rango” set for limited re-release

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz


Rango

The now Acad­emy Award-nominated “Rango,” from direc­tor Gore Verbin­ski and star­ring the voice of Johnny Depp, sad­dles up for a one-week lim­ited engage­ment at the ArcLight Hol­ly­wood begin­ning this Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 27.
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Feature “Back to the Sea” opens Friday in Canada

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz


Back to the Sea

The ani­mated fea­ture film “Back to the Sea” will open in the­aters across Canada in both 2D and 3D on Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 27, Indus­try­Works Pic­tures announced.
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LA film critics give kudos to Verbinski’s “Rango”

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


RangoEcho­ing its Washington-area coun­ter­part, the Los Ange­les Film Crit­ics Asso­ci­a­tion has given Gore Verbinski’s Rangoits award for Best Animation.

The Adven­tures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Uni­corn, directed by Steven Spiel­berg, was named runner-up in the cat­e­gory for the 37th annual Los Ange­les Film Crit­ics Asso­ci­a­tion Awards.
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“Green Lantern: The Animated Series” arrives on CN

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


Green Lantern: The Animated Series

Green Lantern, a DC Comics main­stay for more than 70 years, will be seen in an entirely new way when Warner Bros. Animation’s Green Lantern: The Ani­mated Series – from world-renowned pro­ducer, artist and ani­ma­tor Bruce Timm (Bat­man: The Ani­mated Series, Jus­tice League) — comes to Car­toon Net­work in a one-hour spe­cial event.

Fans in the United States can watch a sneak peek of the com­plete first scene from the series at the Green Lantern: The Ani­mated Series web­page at BCDB .
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Nemo, Little Mermaid swimming to theaters in 3D

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz

Finding Nemo (2003) - PIXAR

“Find­ing Nemo,” “The Lit­tle Mer­maid,” “Beauty And The Beast” and “Mon­sters, Inc.” will make their 3D the­atri­cal debuts in 2012 and 2013, The Walt Dis­ney Stu­dios announced Tuesday.

On the heels of the phe­nom­e­nal suc­cess of The Lion King 3D — which was set to cross the $80 mil­lion mark at the domes­tic box office Tues­day — The Walt Dis­ney Stu­dios announced lim­ited the­atri­cal engage­ments for four of its clas­sic films for the first time in 3D.
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Pokemon: White–Victini and Zekrom comes to U.S.

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


Pokemon: White--Victini and Zekrom

Poke­mon fans across Amer­ica will be mark­ing their cal­en­dars for a spe­cial lim­ited engage­ment the­atri­cal event this hol­i­day season.

The newest full-length Poké­mon fea­ture film, Poké­mon the Movie: White–Victini and Zekrom, is com­ing to movie the­ater screens across the United States for one week­end only: Decem­ber 3 and 4. As a spe­cial treat, fans can catch the debut of the movie’s trailer this week­end — Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 17 and 18th — on www.Pokemon.com imme­di­ately fol­low­ing an on-demand, online screen­ing of the most recent feature-length movie, Pokémon–Zoroark: Mas­ter of Illu­sions.

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