Archives for September, 2007
South Park and Camp Lazlo win Emmys
South Park and Camp Lazlo came out victorious at this year’s Creative Arts Primetime Emmys which aired on Saturday, September 8th.
Camp Lazo won Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
South Park won Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) for its hilarious World of Warcraft episode, “Make Love, Not Warcraft”.
Via AWN
Barnyard returns with TV series
The Barnyard movie is getting its TV show titled Back at the Barnyard, premiering this fall on Nickelodeon on Saturday, September 29 at 9:00 pm and on Nicktoons Network the following day at 9:00 pm. The regular airtime will be Saturdays at 10:30 am on Nickelodeon.
The series picks up a few years after the movie, chronicling what happens with the animals when the farmer’s back is turned. The series centers around a cow named Otis, who has recently become the patriarch of the farm.
Via AWN
Time Warner Cable adds PBS Kids Sprout to lineup
Great news for parents of young children as Time Warner Cable has announced that they will now carry the PBS Kids Sprout channel. Previously the channel was only available through Time Warner’s On Demand service.
This new deal expands the reach to 34 million homes, including viewers from Comcast, DirecTV, Cox, RCN, Insight, AT&T and Verizon where PBS Kids Sprout already airs.
Via AWN
Pixar angry at Disney’s marketing team
Pixar executives are blaming Disney’s marketing team for failing to create a promotional campaign for Ratatouille that would have put the movie in the top-five for the year, which their previous 7 films managed to accomplish. Presently, Ratatouille is sitting in the 8th spot and might end up out of the top 10 by year’s end.
Because of this, Pixar is now overseeing the marketing campaign for the upcoming WALL-E, which has obviously angered Disney’s marketing staff. An anonymous employee said Ratatouille “was a very difficult picture to sell during an incredibly competitive summer. They’re now being complete bastards about the WALL-E trailer, insisting that only they know the proper way to promote their next picture. But that’s okay. Let them call the shots on WALL-E’s marketing campaign. Next year, they’ll be the ones who’ll be taking the fall when that Andrew Stanton film doesn’t measure up to expectations.”
Via IMDB
TIME names 100 Best Shows of All Time
TIME has named the top 100 shows of all time and you’ll be glad to know that some animated shows made it on to the list:
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
South Park
Beavis and Butt-Head
Spongebob Squarepants
Congrats to the teams behind the above shows!
Open Season 2 heads directly to DVD
Sony Pictures Animation has confirmed that it’s making a direc-to-DVD Open Season sequel which will hit store shelves in 2009. The original film took in $190 million worldwide and performed well on DVD so a sequel isn’t much a surprise. What is a surprise is the decision to to straight to DVD which hopefully doesn’t mean the production value will suffer.
The new movie will focus on Mr. Weenie and Giselle, both of which were characters in the original film. No word on whether or not the Boog and Elliot characters will make an appearance.
Via AWN
Robotech live-action movie is development
News has hit the internet that Tobey Maguire and Warner Bros. will be producing a live-action adaptation of the classic anime series ROBOTECH. Tobey would also star in the movie.
The 1980’s series followed Earth’s use of alien technology to engineer giant robots to help fight various alien invasions.
Via AWN
4Kids to premiere three new shows
4Kids, celebrating its sixth year of programming the 4-hour Saturday morning kids block on Fox, will premiere three new series — Dinosaur King, The Adrenaline Project and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
To support the new season, 4Kids has teamed up with teamed up with Six Flags Theme Parks and K·B Toys to present the multi-level promotion The Game Station Sweepstakes. One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded four Video Game Systems, along with a $4,000 cash prize. One First Prize Winner will receive a set of four season passes redeemable at participating Six Flags Theme Parks. Twenty-five Second Prize Winners will receive one $50 K·B Toys Gift Card.
Click read more to read descriptions for the three new shows.
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Nickelodeon renews Avatar and Little Bill
Good news for fans of AVATAR and LITTLE BILL as both shows will return in Nickelodeon’s fall lineup.
Avatar: The Last Airbender’s third season will premiere Friday, Sept. 21, at 8:30 pm. To celebrate, Nicktoons Networks will air mini-marathons of seasons one and two from Monday, Sept. 17, at 2:00 pm through Thursday, September 20.
Bill Cosby’s Little Bill will join the network’s preschool block on Monday, Sept. 10, at 11:00 am. Based on Cosby’s Little Bill book series and teaches the importance of friendship and family relationships while showing children how to solve problems creatively and fairly.
Via AWN
Jeff Garlin voices only speaking character in WALL-E
During an interview with moviehole, Jeff Garlin had to the following to say:
Moviehole: And you play the Captain ….
Jeff: How do you know this!?
Moviehole: I tell you I …
Jeff: OK yes I play the Captain and it’s pretty much my own voice. And the character looks a lot like me. made it – in the movie I’m the only animated character that speaks.
Moviehole: Because a lot of the film is silent right?
Jeff: Yeah a lot of the film is silent and they’re robots so they make noises and such and there’s sound but I’m one of the only characters that speak – not one of them – I am the only animated character that speaks. There’s another character but I can’t talk about it. But I’m the only animated character that speaks.
As previously announced, Wall-E will feature some sort of live-action mixed in to the animation. This is what Jeff probably means when he says he’s the only animated character that speaks.
Personally I am a bit nervous about this whole live-action thing but if anyone can pull if off well, (unlike Happy Feet) it’s Pixar.
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