Warner Bros. will develop a MARVIN THE MARTIAN feature at Alcon Ent., per VARIETY.
Alcon principals Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove will produce with Steve Crystal in a live action and CG animation blend.
Marvin, created by Chuck Jones, made his first appearance in a Looney Tunes cartoon in 1948. Marvin was often intent on blowing up Earth, foiled by Bugs Bunny.
Stan Lee, co-creator of Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, The Hulk, Daredevil and the Fantastic Four, is teaming up with Walt Disney Studios Home Ent. to introduce a new concept in original superheroes and the comic book format: TIME JUMPER, which will become the industry's most ambitious digital comic book series ever designed to release on multiple platforms.
Two new Optus spots on air this month, SHOWSTOPPER and MOI, feature the same irrepressible ensemble of animated characters -- the Raccooni Brothers, Elephant and Ostrich -- again directed by Filmgraphic's Phil Meatchem and animated by Fuel.
This week The Gnomon Workshop welcomes back instructor John Brown with the seventh and newest installment to his sculpture series. Exploring a specific theme as in his last DVD, SCULPTING THE FEMME FATALE, Brown delves into creating and sculpting a comic book style superhero.
Visit booth #907 at SIGGRAPH where motion capture company Animazoo will be showcasing its most advanced software yet. Animazoo Inertial Contact Editor is the new patent pending software with sophisticated editing and auto-cleaning tools; it delivers 80 percent of post-processing in a point and click, intuitive cleaning mechanism.
Gameloft has announced six games now available on the Apple App Store, which launched today. Games that are available include top sellers such as BRAIN CHALLENGE, BUBBLE BASH, CHESS & BACKGAMMON CLASSICS, PLATINUM SOLITAIRE, PLATINUM SUDOKU, and DIAMOND TWISTER.
Each title capitalizes on iPhone’s distinctive gaming features and offers a unique set of original characteristics and gameplay, utilizing the accelerometer, touch screen and showcases enhanced graphics for the large iPhone screen.
Games include:
When approached to create visuals for musician Jon Hopkins' upcoming tour, Nexus Productions decided to take a more curatorial approach.
Adam Powell and Donna Williams, the original creators and founders of the online social networking and gaming phenomenon NEOPETS, have launched Meteor Games, a new independent game studio based in West Hollywood, California.
Meteor Games is an innovative game development studio committed to creating interactive experiences that bridge the gaps between the engaging nature and broad appeal of web-based gaming, the community-focused elements of today's exploding social networks, and the fun and depth of traditional massively multiplayer online games.
Monster Distributes has struck a deal with One Media to distribute the animated series DICK SPANNER (22x6), a tongue-in-cheek 1986 British television series for adults featuring puppets filmed entirely in stop-motion animation, starring mild-mannered robot private detective Dick Spanner.
Created by renowned animator Gerry Anderson (THUNDERBIRDS, FIREBALL XL5, STINGRAY), the series has now been remastered and will be distributed internationally for the first time.
THQ announced WALL-E, the video game based on the highly-anticipated Disney-Pixar film, has shipped into retail outlets throughout North America for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Games for Windows, Mac and mobile phones.
A CG-animated feature film LITTLE HAPPY SUBMARINES set the first example in China on how the animation industry can give back to their audiences. This film, co-produced by U.S. and U.K.-based Mike Young Productions and China-based Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited was released in over 260 Digital Cinema Multiplexes across China during the June 1 Children's Day weekend, and received overwhelming box office response.
REBOOT, the groundbreaking classic series which is being reinvigorated for a new generation by Rainmaker Ent., has won the New Media BC Digital Campaign PopVox Award for its digital marketing campaign.
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL made a reported $25 million domestic gross from 4,260 theaters on Thursday, according to VARIETY.
It's a strong, but not record-breaking opening for the film, which will have a long Memorial Day weekend plus one day for its official opening weekend. Paramount is distributing the film, which opened day-and-date around the world, for George Lucas' Lucasfilm.
Digital-Tutors has released ANIMATING CARTOON CHARACTERS IN MAYA -- the newest release for aspiring artists using Maya, the award-winning 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering solution.
ANIMATING CARTOON CHARACTERS IN MAYA offers six hours of project-based training for experienced artists learning to create stylized toon animations and provides animators with a workflow to creating toon character animations, time-saving squash and stretch techniques, and the principles of story-telling through movements.
Lisa Judson is leaving her position as head of Warner Bros. Animation after just 10 months on the job, according to VARIETY. Her duties will be consolidated under Warner Bros. Television president Peter Roth.
The studio confirmed the change, saying Judson intended to return to New York, from which she relocated to take the job. The job was a significant leap for Judson, who previously served as SVP of marketing at AOL. She also worked at Nickelodeon.
Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert have hired John Shiban (THE X-FILES, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE) to executive produce WIZARD'S FIRST RULE, per VARIETY.
Shiban is currently with the CW's SUPERNATURAL and will help turn Terry Goodkind's book series into a weekly TV series.
WIZARD takes place in a fantasy world of magic and wizards, and centers on a man called the Seeker, who is destined to save the world.
Shiban told VARIETY he will draw on his experience with THE X-FILES for the show's structure and sensibility.
Bill Plympton's new feature animated film IDIOTS AND ANGELS will be premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, which takes place April 23-May 4 in Manhattan.
It will be presented in the "Encounters" section, as one of only 122 feature films selected from 2,300 submissions.
IDIOTS AND ANGELS is a "cartoon noir" about a morally bankrupt man struggling to hide the good side of himself, which manifests itself in a pair of angel wings that make him do good deeds.
Six Flags announced this week plans to renew its partnership with Nintendo for the 2008 season.
As part of the agreement, Six Flags will feature and operate the Wii Experience in 10 of its theme parks across the country. Each Wii Experience will house 10 consoles and be operational April 5 - November 2.
TV-Loonland has secured a deal with France 5, for the preschool series, PENELOPE (54 x 5), in addition to key broadcaster signings, including DR TV Denmark and Hop! Channel Israel.
PENELOPE is a well-established brand in Japan on NHK with a full licensing and merchandising program comprising of more than 24 licensing deals concluded by the TV series' producer Nippon Animation.
AMD announced it is advancing application performance with stunning imagery through the introduction of the first commercially available 3D workstation graphics card with DisplayPort support.
The ATI FireGL V7700 professional graphics accelerator provides superior rendering speed, 3D performance and color fidelity for Computer Aided Design (CAD), Digital Content Creation (DCC) and Medical Imaging professionals.
