Monthly Archives: February 2008

The Cleveland Show?

According to the Hollywood Reporter, one of the main characters from Family Guy may be getting his own spinoff. “Cleveland” is Peter Griffin’s neighbor in Family Guy, and the most calm and level-headed in the group. The project is currently … Continue reading

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TruTV Answers Tough Questions in “Man vs. Cartoon”

Reuters reports that TruTV (formerly known as Court TV) have just ordered 6 hour-long episodes of a new series titled “Man vs. Cartoon.” The show is a reality series which will finally answer the question: can any of those ACME … Continue reading

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Disney Introduces Stage 9

The Hollywood Reporter reports that the Disney-ABC Television Group announced their brand new digital studio called Stage 9. The new studio’s content will be aired on Google’s YouTube as well as ABC.com. Stage 9′s debut series is “Squeegees,” a shortform … Continue reading

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Warner Consolidates New Line

Hollywood Reporter announced that Time Warner is consolidating New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Entertainment.   New Line will now be operated as a division of Warner Bros. With this merge the two co-chairman/co-ceos of New Line, Robert Shaye and … Continue reading

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Bee Movie Release on HD DVD?

High-Def Digest reports Dreamworks Animation isn’t going to give up on HD DVD just yet. That’s because a lucrative deal was signed between the studio and Toshiba to ensure that future films from Dreamworks Animation would be released exclusively on … Continue reading

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Nelvana to sell Animation Cels at artexpo

Nelvana has announced that it will be bringing its archives of cel animation for the first time to the artexpo® at the Jacob Javits Convention center in NYC. According to Corus Ent. Original hand-painted animation cels, drawings, as well as … Continue reading

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Dreamworks has profitable 4th Quarter

The Mercury News reports that Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. swung to a profit in the fourth quarter, as revenue rose 42 percent from a year earlier on the strength of the blockbuster performance by “Shrek the Third.”The company said net … Continue reading

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Dreamworks delays “Dragon’s” release

Dreamworks Studios today announced they would be pushing back the release of  their 3-D Movie “How to Train Your Dragon” to March of 2010. Moving away from Fox’s “Avatar” and Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” both of which would be taking … Continue reading

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3D Monitor Prize for the CGArena.com Contest

In a press release today iZ3d announced they would be giving away 1 of the 5 grand prizes for the cgarena.com “Ancient Times” 3D Challenge. DBusinessNews reports The contest began on February 15, 2008 and ends April 28, 2008. Contestants … Continue reading

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Ratatouille takes the big cheese

Last night at the 80th Annual Oscars ceremony Ratatouille walked away with the golden statue, winning for Best Animated Feature Film. Here is the list of the other winners in the Animation and VFX categories. Visual FX – The Golden Compass Animated … Continue reading

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