#Dreamworks ~ Dragons: Riders of Berk ~ Comes to Cartoon Network this September~!!

Dreamworks ~ Dragons:  Riders of Berk, based on the hit movie, "How To Train Your Dragon", will be coming to regular television viewing this September 4th on the Cartoon Network.  

This new weekly animated television series will continue the adventures with Hiccup (voice of Jay Baruchel), his dragon Toothless, his Viking friends, Astrid (voice of America Ferrera), Fishlegs (voice of Christopher Mintz~Plasse) and Alvin the Treacherous (voice of Mark Hamill).  Each of the friends now have Dragons of their own and through their training, they develop special bonds with their dragons.  Each of the children learn their Dragons unique and special abilities while discovering new species and battling against evil as they explore new worlds none of them even dreamed existed.

Co~Executive Producers include Sandra Rabins with Art Brown and Douglas Sloan as show runners.

"How To Train Your Dragon" debuted in 2010 and went on to gross $500 million US, picked up a couple of Academy Award nominations and currently planning to release the sequel in June, 2014.

The Jungle Book in 3D To Be Released in 2014~!!

DQ Entertainment Ireland has begun production of a stereoscopic 3D animated feature film based on Rudyard Kipling's classic literary tale, The Jungle Book.

The $45 million film is expected to be released in 2014 and on board as producer is DQE's chairman and founder, Tapaas Chakravartie  as well as, Executive Producers,   former Marvel Animation president, Eric S. Rollman and DQE's VP of intellectual property, Rouhini Jaswal.

Co~Directing duties are being handled by Jun Falkenstein (The Tigger Movie, The Smurfs, Despicable Me) and Kevin Johnson (Alvin and the Chipmunks:  Chipwrecked, Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone, Astro Boy, Stuart Little) and Billy Frolick (Madagascar) will be writing the script.

Both pre and post~production will be handled out of Los Angeles with the animation being created at DQE's Hydrabad, India~based headquarters.

There are already in development two new film projects as well as the TV series of The Jungle Book.

This will mark the first time that The Jungle Book has been rendered in 3D and everyone involved in the project is very excited about the future of this new venture

#Disney's ~ #Frankenweenie Sneak Peak Pics~!!

From creative genius Tim Burton ("Alice in Wonderland", "The Nightmare Before Christmas") comes "FRANKENWEENIE", a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog.

After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life ~ with just a few minor adjustments.  He tries to hide his home~sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new "leash on life" can be monstrous.

A stop~motion animated film, "FRANKENWEENIE" was filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D.  The talented voice cast includes:  Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell and Winona Ryder.

Presented by Disney, "FRANKENWEENIE" is directed by Tim Burton, produced by Tim Burton and Allison Abbate, from a screen play by John August, based on an original idea by Tim Burton.  

"FRANKENWEENIE" releases in theatres on October 5, 2012~!!

Ben 10 ~ New Merchandise Out This Fall

Ben 10:  Omniverse will be launching an all~new series this fall including toys from Bandai, apparel from Freeze and an interactive game from D3Publisher.

The brand~new animated series from Cartoon Network Studios, will have Ben with an all new character design and a new batch of aliens to subdue.

CNE has had a long~standing partnership with Bandai, including rights to action figures, playsets, role play items and more.  Joining them is the interactive company D3Publisher, where fans can play in single and two~player co~op modes and will feature an action~brawler gameplay featuring an all new art style inspired from the show.  The new game will be released on the upcoming Wii U system from Nintendo, Wii, Xbox 360, Microsoft, PS3, Nintendo 3DS and DS hand~held games.

Ben 10 spans four animated series, one animated movie, two live~action movies, a CG~movie  as well as, a feature film currently in development.  Ben 10 products originally launched in the US in July 2006 and has generated more than $3 billion in worldwide sales.