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Press Release from Autodesk

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 6 -- Filmmaker Chris Landreth's latest animated short film, "The Spine", was shaped with Autodesk, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ADSK) Autodesk Maya 3D modeling, animation and rendering software. Having used Maya to shape his 2004 Oscar-winning short "Ryan", Landreth once again chose Maya to express his creative vision.

Press Release from 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.

NEW YORK (July 7, 2009) -- 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE), the diversified children's entertainment and media organization, has reached agreements to license the television broadcast rights to the popular animated series "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" in a number of key territories, it was announced today by Brian Lacey, Executive Vice President, International, 4Kids Entertainment.

Press Release from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

One of the world's leading game developers -- Ubisoft -- is coming to Toronto, Canada to establish a major video game studio and create 800 high-quality jobs over 10 years.

Press Release from Fandango

LOS ANGELES, July 7 -- The sixth Potter movie, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, opens next week (on Wednesday, July 15) -- but the film already represents 61% of daily ticket sales on Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination.

Advance ticket sales for the new Potter movie are outpacing advance sales for TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN and the fifth Potter movie, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, at the same point in those films' sales cycles (eight days before release date).

DreamWorks is in negotiations to purchase the film rights for Mattel's toy View-Master, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, and has asked Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (TRANSFORMERS) to produce.

Brad Caleb Kane, a writer on Kurtzman and Orci's FOX series FRINGE, will pen the screenplay.

Kane used Twitter to announce his involvement over the weekend, saying, "It'll be like the old '80s Amblin movies: 'Goonies,' 'Young Sherlock' ... in that vein," but the post has since been removed.

Press Release from Breakthrough Entertainment

TORONTO (July 7, 2009) -- Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed television broadcast rights for JIMMY TWO-SHOES to Walt Disney Television International Japan. Twenty-six half-hour episodes are scheduled to premiere Fall 2009.

"The international response to JIMMY TWO-SHOES has been very gratifying," said Nat Abraham, Head of Distribution. "The fun and humor in the series continue to spread across all regions. We are delighted to have Disney Channel in Japan as part of the Jimmy family."

Press Release from New Line Records

New Line Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack for the newest installment of the Harry Potter film franchise, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," from Warner Bros. Pictures, at digital retailers and on CD Tuesday, July 14. The score selection lineup features 28 diverse tracks, offering the listener over 60 minutes of music from the film, which opens nationwide on Wednesday, July 15.

Press Release from FUEL VFX

FUEL VFX reunited with Curious Film's Josh Frizzell on a new campaign for BNZ. The spots feature some very cute CG piggy banks, which help bring family together under the banner, 'Wherever you're heading, we can help you get there.'

Click here to view the spot.

The Weinstein Co. has recently delayed several films on its slate, the latest being the CG animated 3-D film ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH, reports the LOS ANGELES TIMES.

The film was announced in 2006, but won't get a release until 2011 at the earliest. The story is about a group of aliens plotting to escape Area 51 in Nevada. Previously, ESCAPE had been looking at a 2010 release.