Monthly Archives: July 2008

‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Bourne’, and ‘Brutal Legend’ Find Themselves Without a Publisher

The recent merger of Activision with Vivendi Games has announced that some of the titles previously in development will no longer be published by the new company. While they have retained certain games such as “Ice Age” and Crash Bandicoot … Continue reading

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Cowboy Bebop Live Action Film?

FirstShowing.net say that according to a reliable source, Fox should soon be announcing a “Cowboy Bebop” live action film starring Keanu Reeves. The source claims the film will be fast tracked and could have a release date in 2010. Whether … Continue reading

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Teaser for Disney’s “Princess and the Frog” Released

Disney has released the teaser for it’s first new animated film since the disastrous “Home on the Range”. This film entitled “The Princess and the Frog” and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin) tells the … Continue reading

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Marvin the Martian Feature?

Variety is reporting that the WB has decided to develop a feature film around one of Chuck Jones’ classic characters– Marvin the Martian. The development is happening at Alcon Entertainment with Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove as the principals, and … Continue reading

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Winsor McCay Award Recipients Announced At Comic Con

At this year’s Comic-Con, the International Animated Film Scoiety announced it’s winners for the prestigious 2008 Winsor Mc Cay Award. Named in honor of the artist and animation pioneer, the award stands as one of the highest honors that can … Continue reading

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Ex-Mouse Head Eisner Lands Nick Cartoon

Variety reports that ex-Walt Disney Company head Michael Eisner isn’t giving up the cartoon biz. Eisner’s investment firm recently formed Tornante Animation, which created a stop motion animated comedy series called “Glenn Martin DDS”. Eisner partnered with Eric Fogel, creator … Continue reading

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Next Spore Prototype Available

As the September 7th release date for EA’s heavily anticipated game “Spore” gets closer, the creators of the game Maxis have been offering playable demos so players can get their hands on the various parts of the game. The first … Continue reading

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Tim Burton’s Alice Found Down Under

The Hollywood Reporter announced that Tim Burton has finally found his Alice. Burton’s been working on a big-budget live action w/ mo-cap version of “Alice in Wonderland”. After a long search for their star, they finally found her in Australian … Continue reading

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The KIDS FIRST! Releases List of Top 100 Kids Films

KIDS FIRST!, a non-profit media observance group that provides news and information on childrens entertainment released it’s list of Top 100 Kids Films today. This list which was chosen by a panel of jurors as well as online voters over … Continue reading

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Autodesk to show Stereoscopic Workflow!

Well it’s finally here, the long awaited stereoscopic pipeline from Autodesk. While others have been rolling out stereo tools here and there Autodesk has been mum. The only thing anyone from the company would say about the subject is that … Continue reading

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