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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Wednesday
- June 6, 2001
- Footage From Atlantis World
Premiere
- New York Premiere
of Atlantis Tonight
- Mr. Potato Head Becomes Cartoon
Strip
- News Link of the Day
- Golden Books Acquired
 Footage
From Atlantis World Premiere
(by digitalmediafx.com) The world premiere of Atlantis:
The Lost Empire was held Sunday at the historic El Capitan
Theater in Hollywood. Along with the main crew, the majority of
the movie's voice cast was in attendance at the event, including
Michael J. Fox, who voices the lead character of Milo Thatch.
After the
premiere, those in attendance were treated to an underwater adventure
at the El Capitan Entertainment Center where the Long Beach Aquarium
decked out the numerous galleries with tanks of seahorses, exotic
fish and sharks.
You can view
unedited footage from the Atlantis World Premiere by clicking
here.
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New York
Premiere of Atlantis Tonight
(by digitalmediafx.com) A special New York premiere of Disney's
Atlantis: The Lost Empire will take place tonight with
proceeds from the showing going to The Michael J. Fox Foundation
for Parkinson's Research. In attendance at the event will be Michael
J. Fox, directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, producer Don Hahn,
"Milo" supervising animator John Pomeroy, and from the
soundtrack's single, Mya.
The benefit
premiere is by invitation only. Disney did not provide any further
details (i.e. location and time).
Atlantis:
The Lost Empire will have a limited opening in New York and Los
Angeles this Friday then will open nationally on June 15, 2001.
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Mr. Potato
Head Becomes Cartoon Strip
(by digitalmediafx.com) Mr. Potato Head is about to get a
marketing boost, when it premieres July 16 in hundreds of newspapers.
Cartoonists Jim Davis and Brett Koth, with help from Hasbro, Inc.
and Universal Press Syndicate, will bring the strip to life.
The Mr. Potato
Head comic strip will focus on the antics of Mr. Potato Head's
every day life both at home with his devoted wife, Mrs. Potato
Head and their children, Julienne and Chip, and at his "day
job" as a Vice President of Toy Testing.
"Mr.
Potato Head has been a source of fun and laughter since 1952,"
said Alan G. Hassenfeld, Hasbro's Chairman and CEO. "This
nationally syndicated comic strip - co-created by the amazing
Jim Davis and Brett Koth -- speaks volumes about the popularity
of Mr. Potato Head and the status he enjoys as a toy and as an
enduring pop culture icon."
Mr. Potato
Head was "born" in 1952 at Hasbro, Inc. in Pawtucket,
R.I. Mrs. Potato Head joined the world the following year and,
since then, more than 75 million Mr. Potato Head brand toys have
been sold.
"Brett
and I have been fans of Mr. Potato Head forever," said Jim
Davis, the world's most syndicated living cartoonist. "My
first Mr. Potato Head, in the early 50s, required a real potato.
If potatoes weren't available, I used apples, turnips, onions,
and once I used my cat `Blinky.' That cat had no sense of humor.
We're thrilled that Hasbro has allowed us to do this feature and
has blessed our work. We couldn't be prouder of the result."
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News Link
of the Day - Golden Books Acquired
According to The Mercury News:
"Golden
Books, a venerable but financially struggling publisher of children's
books, is being purchased by DIC Entertainment Holdings, a producer
of animated children's shows such as 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Sailor
Moon.'
DIC Entertainment,
which is based in Burbank, is paying about $70 million in cash
and assuming about $100 million in debt to purchase Golden Books…"
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