Cartoon Network Germany has acquired all TV rights to CHOP SOCKY CHOOKS, a DECODE Entertainment co-production with Aardman Animations, the companies announced today.
The Chooks are a crack team of Kung Fu chickens: Chuckie Chan, Chick P and KO Joe.
The three plucky heroes work undercover at Wasabi World, a towering shopping mall run by their archenemy Dr. Wasabi, a mutated piranha and the head of an evil retain empire.
Nickelodeon's THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS' President's Day special, FAIRLY ODDBABY, hit a magical ratings high as the year-to-date's number-one entertainment program on all broadcast and basic cable television in all kids' demos (K2-11; K6-11; tweens 9-14).
As well as ranking second only to Super Bowl programming among overall TV shows this year with kids and tweens, the hour-long animated special (8-9 p.m. Feb. 18) scored a whopping 15.4/5.3 million K2-11, up double digits (+96 percent) over last year's like time period.
Three new volumes from the Disney vault (with new footage) will be released on Nov. 11, they announced Wednesday.
All three new two-disc sets of DESTINO, DR SYN, ALIAS THE SCARECROW andCHRONOLOGICAL DONALD, VOLUME 4 will make up the eighth installment of the popular series Walt Disney Treasures, which features rarely seen footage presented with updated color and sound.
DESTINO began in 1946 as a collaboration between Walt Disney and the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali.
Entertainment Rights announced today it has appointed 3DBA as its key sales partner to turn its brands into themed attractions.
George of the Jungle and Casper are currently being showcased at major trade shows throughout the world and a number of deals are expected to be announced soon.
ER is the U.K.'s leading global media group, specializing in the ownership and management of children's and family programming, characters and brands.
Thomas the Tank Engine pulls into the station this fall in his first feature-length DVD special, THE GREAT DISCOVERY.
THE GREAT DISCOVERY, due in stores Sept. 9, is the first Thomas & Friends release to be narrated by actor Pierce Brosnan, who will also voice the new PBS series, launching in September.
Toy partners Learning Curve and HIT Toy as well as publishing partner Random House will be supporting this title with new tie-in products.
Additionally, the grassroots DAY OUT WITH THOMAS tour will be themed THE GREAT DISCOVERY in 2008.
Following the news that Wal-Mart and Netflix would only carry rival product Blu-ray, Toshiba will end the format war and discontinue its line of HD DVD players.
"While we continue to believe HD DVD is the best format for consumers, based on its technological advancements and the value and quality inherent in our player offerings, recent market developments have led us to the decision to choose new and different paths," said Yoshi Uchiyama, group vice president of Toshiba's Digital A/V Marketing Group.
Cake Distribution announced today their latest comedy action series ELIOT KID was licensed to Cartoon Network for its EMEA Channels.
The deal brings ELIOT KID further into Europe, after securing sales to TF1, BBC, ABC Australia, Disney Channel France, Italy, Spain and Germany, RTBF, TSR, TV2 Denmark and RUV Iceland.
ELIOT KID, a Safari de Ville/Samka Productions co-production, is a comedy-action-adventure animated cartoon for children ages 6-9.
DAZ Productions announced they will team with game content pipeline provider Mogware to use their automation toolset technology - used by leading game developers - for moving DAZ 3D content directly into their 3D software or games.
MOGBox, being shown for the first time at the 2008 Game Developers Conference, is designed as a timesaving and cost-effective solution for the large tasks of 3D content creation and reformatting.
DAZ Productions is a leading developer of professional-quality 3D software and models.
Independent producer Novel Entertainment closed an international sales and distribution deal with Little Bird Rights to distribute the popular HORRID HENRY TV animation series around the world (excluding the United Kingdom), the companies announced today.
Commissioned by CITV in the U.K., the 52 x 11 minute 2D series will be available to buyers at MIPTV 2008.
Tyler Perry's signature character "Madea" will be the focal point of a new animated series.
The untitled cartoon will be funded and produced before the show is shopped to networks.
Perry dresses in drag for Madea, an opinionated and domineering African American woman.
The character has been featured in many of Perry's features, including DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN, MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION and the forthcoming MEET THE BROWNS.
Today, veteran interactive games company Fluid Entertainment announced the upcoming launch of its childrens MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online Game).
With software development experience spanning key childrens entertainment properties, including HARRY POTTER, POKEMON, DISNEY, and THE POWERPUFF GIRLS, Fluid brings a decade of development expertise to the burgeoning childrens online game field.
IMAX Corporation announced today that THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, a fantasy adventure based on the best-selling series of books, opened well in IMAX theaters over the five-day opening weekend, grossing approximately $1.9 million of the film's $26.8 million total, or 7 percent of the overall box office.
Nineteen of the top twenty locations in North America included an IMAX theater.
Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) and hip-hop artist will.i.am have joined the cast of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, VARIETY reports.
Hugh Jackman is reprising his role as Wolverine in the X-MEN spinoff directed by Gavin Hood.
Live Schreiber, Danny Huston and Lynn Collins also will star in the film set to begin filming this month in Australia.
Nickelodeon announced today they will develop their hit animated series DORA THE EXPLORER into a live-action prime-time TV movie.
The movie will feature Dora, the 10-year-old Latina heroine in a new adventure enhanced by CG special effects.
PEDRO AND FRANKENSHEEP, a new series by The Brothers McLeod (Greg and Myles) and Phil Cooper, will be released on Children's BBC this week on CBBC.
The show's creators announced today their 10-episode series will begin airing Feb. 25.
A popular pre-release on the CBBC website garnered several hundred thousand views on YouTube after a "rogue guinea pig" posted the episode "Sleep Guinea Pig Sleep."
Video game, animation and digital arts students, creators and bosses gathered Friday for the Second Annual Elan Awards in Vancouver.
FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane hosted, closing his performance with a singing "Stewie" act and won his first Elan.
Here are all the winners:
Animation Categories:
Best feature length animated production: BARBIE AS THE ISLAND PRINCESS (Rainmaker Animation, Jennifer Twiner-McCarron).
Autodesk announced today they are lowering the price for Autodesk Maya Unlimited 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software.
Autodesk also announced Maya 2008 Extension 2 software, which provides enhanced creative control over polygon modeling and UV texturing, as well as significant improvements to the Maya Muscle tool set.
Maya Unlimited contains everything offered in Maya Complete software, plus innovations such as Maya Fluid Effects, Maya nCloth, Maya Hair, Maya Fur, and Maya Live.
Pricing for Autodesk Maya Complete remains unchanged.
The Walt Disney Company's subsidiary the Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. will increase its strategic investment in UTV Software Communications Limited, the companies announced today.
Disney's investment further establishes its entry into the Indian market through UTV and complements its fast-growing Disney-branded businesses and long-held joint venture in ESPN STAR Sports.
With this investment, Disney will be increasing its stake in UTV to 32.1 percent on a fully diluted share capital basis.
The high-flying transforming action of Nerd Corps Entertainment's original series STORM HAWKS will soon come to retail stores in the form of trading cards, toys, apparel, bedding and footwear.
The hit 3D action/comedy series is currently airing on Cartoon Network five days a week during the network's afternoon programming block.
Eyetronics announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Xsens to represent their Moven MoCap (motion capture) system.
Under the the terms of the agreement, Eyetronics will provide MoCap services via Moven and will also make the system available for purchase.
Eyetronics is an international provider of high resolution scanning services and animation-ready 3D models for feature films, television, commercials and computer games.
