Category: Television (Page 51 of 66)

Seth MacFarlane to Reboot ‘The Flintstones’

May 16, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

FOX announced today that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is set to reboot the classic 1960s Hanna-Barbera series, The Flintstones. Production is set to begin this fall for a 2013 premiere. The series will be produced by both 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros. Television.

According to Deadline, in a video screened at FOX’s upfronts presentation, MacFarlane assured those in attendance that the characters will look the same–but new prehistoric technology will be introduced. An example he pondered was, “What is the animal version of an iPad?”

‘Napoleon Dynamite: The Animated Series’ Trailer

May 16, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Coming to FOX in 2012.

Commercial Spotlight: Tiji – Colour

May 4, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Meet the ‘Glumpers’ from Spain

April 28, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Motion Pictures, S.A., founded and based in Barcelona, Spain, since 1977, just finished producing a 3D animated series in collaboration with TV3 (Television of Catalonia), called Glumpers, which airs on TV3 every Saturday and Sunday, with negotiations currently underway to bring the series to other television stations around the globe.

Check out nine episodes from the series below:

Infographic: The Simpsons Cast

April 20, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 3 Comments

Find out who voices your favorite Simpsons characters with the handy infographic below and check out a video of Harry Shearer and Dan Castellaneta on Late Night w/ Conan O’Brien after the break.

‘ThunderCats’ TV Trailer

April 4, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

The beloved ThunderCats series is making a comeback with a new iteration set to debut on Cartoon Network in the near future. Check out the first trailer below.

Update: Trailer embedding has been disabled, so head over to YouTube to watch it.

‘The Governator’ Trailer

April 4, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Find out more about The Governator here.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Gets Animated in ‘The Governator’

March 30, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Entertainment Weekly reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in a new animated series and comic book aptly titled The Governator. The project is being co-developed by the one and only Stan Lee (co-creator of Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, etc.) and it set to premiere in 2012.

The Governator will have a high-tech lair beneath his Brentwood home, complete with super vehicles and a variety of Super Suits that allow him to fly and do other superhero stuff (I’m guessing there will be a suit that makes him super strong and super fast, etc), and a team of sidekicks, such as Zeke Muckerberg (a play on Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder), a 13-year-old computer whiz.

Each episode/issue will consist of the Governator facing off against an evil organization called Gangsters Imposters Racketeers Liars & Irredeemable Ex-cons (G.I.R.L.I.E. Men, for short).

Click here to check out the first trailer.

Comedy Central Renews ‘Futurama’ with 26 Episodes

March 24, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Good news, everyone! Comedy Central has ordered an additional 26 episodes of Futurama that will air as two seasons in 2012 and 2013. This is the same amount of episodes ordered a couple years ago with the first half airing in 2010 and the other half set to air this summer.

It’s debated whether or not the 26 episode orders are one season, or two, as they are air in 13 episode chunks. If we’re basing things off of 26 episodes, this means Futurama just got renewed for a seventh season. If we’re going off 13 episode splits, it means it just got renewed for its eight and ninth seasons. Then there’s the fact that the four direct-to-dvd movies were split into 16 episodes and referred to officially as season 5. Regardless of technicalities, Futurama is set to be on the air through Summer 2013. Not bad for a once-cancelled show.

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X-Men Anime Poster

March 10, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

X-Men launches on Japan’s Animax channel on April 1 and later this year on G4 in North America.

First Look at New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Show

March 9, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Check out the first image from the upcoming TMNT show on Nickelodeon, scheduled to debut in 2012.

Via WSJ

A Look at Disney’s Fish Hooks

March 4, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Check out this behind the scenes look at Disney’s animated series Fish Hooks.

‘Tron Uprising’ Animated Series Trailer

March 3, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Tron Uprising is set to premiere Summer 2012 on Disney XD. The series is written by Tron: Legacy writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It will feature the voices of Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nate Corddry, Lance Henriksen and Bruce Boxleitner. The series serves as a bridge between the Tron and Tron: Legacy films.

Trunk Train – Episode 1

March 2, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

A while back we posted a couple of video clips for a new animated show called Trunk Train. Fast forward a few months and the first episode is now available online (embedded below). However, it is not in English, so you’ll have to click on the “cc” (closed caption) button to enable subtitles. The red and white “cc” button appears after you press play. It’s definitely worth a look. The animation is top-notch and it’s very entertaining. We wish the folks at Copa Studio luck in finding English distribution.

X-Men Anime Teaser Trailer

February 21, 2011 / The Animation Blog / 1 Comment

The X-Men are reunited following the death of a teammate, and are summoned by Charles Xavier to Japan following the abduction of Hisako Ichiki (Armor). There, they confront the U-Men, a lunatic cult that steals and transplants mutant organs to further strengthen their own army. The anime will premiere on Animax on April 1.