The Mouse wants to own the House of Ideas. On Monday the Walt Disney Company announced a deal to purchase Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. If approved, Marvel would benefit from Disney’s extensive distribution network and Disney would have access to Marvel’s iconic characters and more importantly a venue to attract
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Lots of news related to movies, comics, and video games coming out of this past weekend’s New York Comic Con. Here are a few IGN stories related to animation announcements:
Marvel producers discuss how animated series in the past have created awareness for non-comic book readers and lead to successful live-action movies. They hope the [...]

In addition to reviewing and commenting on animation from around the world, I will cover live-action adaptions of animated media. The segments will be labeled Lost In Adaptation. A couple of new trailers for the upcoming Transformers and G.I. Joe movies aired during the Super Bowl. Check them out below. I’m also including links to [...]

The 2008 Annie Awards winners were announced on January 30th.  I don’t know if there is a stronger correlation between the Annie Award or the Golden Globe winners and the eventual Oscar winner, but while Wall-E won the Golden Globe award in mid-January for best animated feature,  Kung-Fu Panda just took home the Annie Award.  [...]

I’m still working on my best of 2008 lists so for my first post of the new year I thought that I’d look ahead to see what’s coming out in theaters and on DVD…
In January, Marvel Animation releases its next direct-to-DVD feature. Hulk Vs. stars the green Goliath in two stories. Wolverine faces the Hulk [...]