aniBOOM has announced the 2008 aniBOOM Awards, and animators the world around are encouraged to submit and compete for $50,000 in cash and prizes. Here’s a clip promoting the event.
The LA Times has featured an interview with Eric Powell, the creator of the hit comic book property The Goon. David Fincher, the award-winning director behind live-action feature films like Se7en, Panic Room and Zodiac, has put his weight behind a CGI feature adaptation of the Dark Horse comic. Blur Studios was then tossed into the mix, along with in-house director Tim Miller.
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Fox’s long-running animated hit The The Simpsons took home their 10th Emmy at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards this weekend for best prime-time cartoon. It’s the 10th time they’ve walked away with this honor.
To celebrate, let’s enjoy a clip from a season 5 highlight – from the episode titled Marge on the Lamb. Notice the flashback in the first few seconds, of the moments that likely inspired Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.
Russia’s version of Cartoon Network, 2×2, has come under government scrutiny over a recent airing of the South Park episode Cartoon Wars Part II. Currently at the 2×2 website, they’ve posted an image of Cartman with the words “no comments” (inset), and on their blog they’ve included a scan of the government notice.
The episode originally aired in the US in April 2006, and caused a stir then, as it features controversial depictions of the prophet Muhammad. On Comedy Central, the shot was replaced by a black screen and the text “In this shot, Muhammad hands a football helmet to Family Guy; Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Muhammad on their network.” Here’s a video report on the topic from Russia Today:
View a gallery below of images from this controversy:
The entire episode is available for viewing at SouthParkStudios.com.
UK-based TV network Channel 4 has launched the beta version of their new animation website. 4mations.tv features a variety of animation genres and will allow users to upload their own work as well. 4mations joins Aniboom, MyToons, Weebls-stuff and Newgrounds in the online animation network class. A full version will go live on September 15th.
Showbizspy.com is announcing that Tropic Thunder pals Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller are re-teaming for a new animated feature titled Master Mind. The plot is reportedly “about a villain who defeats his arch rival… and subsequently loses his will to live” and they’ve set it up with Katzenberg at DreamWorks. Stiller, of course, played one of the starring roles in Madagascar, a role he reprises in the upcoming Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Animation Magazine tipped off this story back in April 2007.
Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson, two Sheridan grads, will helm on the animation side.
