Annemarie Moody's Recent Posts

AMER BETON, directed by Michael Arias, won the Anima 2008 Feature Film Grand Prix at the festival last week in Brussels.

The Michael Arias-directed film also won the Anima 2008 audience award.

Anima 2008's jury picked THE TALE OF HOW by the Blackheart Gang (South Africa) as the Anima 2008 Short Film Grand Prix.

The "Grand Prix de la Communaute française de Belgique" was given to the film LE PONT, created by Vincent Bierrewaerts.

SWAY studio added liveliness, detail and whimsy to the 2009 Toyota Corolla campaign entitled "Through the Roof" for Saatchi & Saatchi LA.

SWAY's image-based lighting and animation techniques allowed the team to deliver more than five minutes of moving live action, 2D matte painting and full 3D shots.

Multiple customized 30 second commercials for different regions are part of this modular-based national campaign.

"Through the Roof" began airing in local markets across the country on Feb. 9.

Rainmaker postproduction and visual effects will be split into two divisions by its new parent company Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Mark Atkinson will lead the new Deluxe Vancouver, directing the unit's motion picture laboratory, telecine, editorial and media management operations.

Marianne O'Reilly will continue to manage the visual effects division as president of the new CIS Vancouver.

CIS Vancouver as well as the new CIS London (formerly Rainmaker U.K.) make up part of CIS Visual Effects Group.

Fans of BRUNO AND THE BANANA BUNCH will soon have a completely new series to enjoy the characters.

Cuppa Coffee Studios announced Tuesday the new series LET'S GO BRUNO!, which combines 2D animation with live action in a simple, yet innovative game show format.

The show originally launched around the world on Nickelodeon with BRUNO, a 50-episode, 1-minute-each series exploring numbers, colors, shapes and sizes.

DIC Entertainment has launched an online video channel, www.kewlcartoons.com, dedicated to new and classic cartoons for families and children.

Frederic Soulie will head the division, managing the company's network of sites.

Kewlcartoons.com features free, on-demand streaming animated television series from DIC's library of 3,000 half-hours of programming including DINO SQUAD, INSPECTOR GADGET and THE LITTLES.

The community also features chat and games, and is user-friendly for PC and Mac users.

South Korean pop star Rain was cast in the leading role in the Wachowskis NINJA ASSASSIN, VARIETY reports.

Rain, also known by his given name Jung Ji-hoon, has a role in the Wachowskis upcoming SPEED RACER and is re-recording 70s hit KUNG FU FIGHTING for DreamWorks animated KUNG FU PANDA, also due this summer.

NINJA ASSASSIN will be produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowskis, with James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) likely to direct.

An assassination attempt has been thwarted with the arrest of two Tunisians and a Dane in Denmark on Tuesday.

One of 12 cartoonists who created caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, Kurt Westergaard, 73, was the target, according to THE NEW YORK TIMES.

He depicted Muhammad wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb with a burning fuse.

The arrests were made in raids in the city of Aarhus, where Westergaard's paper, JYLLANDS-POSTEN, is located.

Animation and entertainment company W!LDBRAIN announced Wednesday a multi-million dollar licensing program for the children's series YO GABBA GABBA!

Magazine-style music series YO GABBA GABBA! was recognized by TIME magazine in 2007 as one of the top 10 new television series.

It airs domestically on Nick Jr. weekdays at 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT).

W!LDBRAIN has signed key licensees to create and distribute extensive merchandise in 2008, including apparel, accessories, books, games and toys.

North American online gamers can now experience MAGI-NATION: BATTLE FOR THE MOONLANDS open beta testing has started for the Web-based multiplayer adventure game.

The interactive fantasy game based on the MAGI-NATION television series is set for commercial launch in early 2008, announced Cookie Jar Ent.

Fans of Magi are invited to sign up at www.magi-nation.com and experience the game, part of a multi-layered approach to extend MAGI-NATION beyond TV.