Monthly Archives: June 2009
A George Melies Award for Ed Catmull
AWN reports that VES Board of Directors will be presenting Pixar co-founder and Disney Animation president Dr. Ed Catmull with the ”2010 Georges Melies Award.” The Melies Award is awarded to people who have ”pioneered a significant and lasting contribution to the … Continue reading
“What’s that LASSIE? Timmy has gone 3D?”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, DQ Entertainment, an Indian animation group, will partner with Classic Media to reinvent LASSIE, the iconic live action show. This co-production plans to take LASSIE out of black and white and into 3D animation. This … Continue reading
TRANSFORMERS Opens With a Bang
Despite the bad reviews, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN is raking in the viewers and the dollars, pulling in about $60.6 million on their debut. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this is the the biggest Wednesday opening in history, beating … Continue reading
King of Pop Dies
It has been a sad week for the entertainment industry, first the death of Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett, and now Michael Jackson, the contriversial King of Pop, has passed away. The LA Times reports that Jackson was rushed to the UCLA … Continue reading
The Academy Broadens Their Horizons
The big news floating around Hollywood is that the Academy Awards of 2010 will expand the Best Picture category to 10 pictures. AWN reports that Sid Ganis, the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, held a … Continue reading
G4 and LucasFilm Gang Up at Comic-Con
AWN reports that LucasFilm and G4 are teaming up to bring Comic-Con to the masses (at least the masses who are not already at the Con). On July 25th, the first ever, TV broadcast of the convention will be aired. … Continue reading
Trailers Released for PONYO and AIRBENDER
Animation Magazine has announced the release of the new American trailer for Miyazaki’s PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA, which has been shortened to just PONYO. Featuring the voices of Noah Cyrus, Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin, Liam … Continue reading
Goodnight Ed McMahon
Not exactly animation news, but we at Ani-jobs want to add our condolences to the family and friends of Ed McMahon. According to the New York Times, Ed McMahon died this morning at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center at the age of … Continue reading
Mike Mitchell to Direct ONCE UPON A TIME
It seems like the SHREK idea of modernizing faerie-tales has rubbed off on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. AWN reports that MGM has just confirmed Mike Mitchell to direct their new live-action story ONCE UPON A TIME. In this action-adventure fantasy Snow White, … Continue reading
DreamWorks Goes to the Ghosts
According to The Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Animation is working on a new feature about a ghost that must go back to ghost school for some job training. The working title is BOO U and is being written by Jon Vitti … Continue reading
