Monthly Archives: August 2009
Disney Acquires Marvel
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney is purchasing Marvel comics for a tidy sum of $4 billion. This will be the second large acquisition in the Iger administration of Disney, the first being the purchase of Pixar for $7 billion … Continue reading
Gnomon Opens Arms to Shane Acker
According to AWN, Shane Acker, the up and coming director of the new animated film 9, has joined the crew of in house artists at the the The Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Acker will head a new short project … Continue reading
New Motion Comic Contest from Aniboom and Marvel
AWN reports that comic super-company Marvel has teamed up with Aniboom, makers of virtual animation studio software, to create a new competition to create the best motion comic with the characters, the Incredible Hulk, Wolverine, and Nova. The competition is … Continue reading
THE SECRET OF KELLS Comes to LA
According to Cartoon Brew, THE SECRET OF KELLS – a full length animated feature by Tomm Moore and Cartoon Saloon, will be showing one time and one time only at the LA Irish Film Festival. Contact the Aero Theatre in … Continue reading
Cartoon Network has Early Lead on Emmys
According to Variety, the TV Academy announced the winners of the Special and Individual Achievement in Animation and Cartoon Network picked up five out of the six awards. These awards are not nominations but full Emmys for individual achievement. Among the … Continue reading
Sleeping Beauty to Wake in Toronto
Animation Magazine reports that a new documentary focusing on the second golden age of Disney Studios animation, WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY will be premiering at the Toronto International Festival. Created by producer and animation historian Don Hahn, WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY is … Continue reading
STITCH! Is Big In Japan
Variety reports that the 2008 show STITCH! is scheduled to go prime-time in Japan this October. Dispite the falling ratings of animation in Japanese prime time, Disney, Madhouse, and TV Asahi are taking a leap with this series based off … Continue reading
Will the YELLOW SUBMARINE Sail Again?
Well, the remakes are still going strong, but instead of Saturday morning fare or toy franchises, now they are going after more animated features. Variety reports that Disney and Robert Zemeckis are in talks to remake and revamp the 1968 … Continue reading
Fox Will Follow the MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT
Variety reports that director and producer Martin Hynes will be adapting the soon to be released children’s book “The Magician’s Elephant” for the big screen. This tale tells of an orphan boy is told by a fortune teller that an … Continue reading
Virginia Davis Passes Away
We are saddened to report that Virginia Davis-McGhee, Walt Disney’s first star, has passed away at the age of 90 of natural causes. Virginia Davis-McGhee was born in Kansas City in 1918 was quickly discovered by Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram company at 4 … Continue reading
