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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Sunday
- June 24, 2001
- Dr. Dog Animated TV Series
Announced
- Images From Cats
& Dogs
- Rolling Stone: A.I. "Fascinating
Wreck"
- News Link of the Day
- Ireland's Piggley Pooh Puts Disney to Shame
Dr. Dog
Animated TV Series Announced
(by digitalmediafx.com) Silver Lining Productions and France
Animation have entered into a co-production agreement for the
creation of 52 13-minute animated episodes of "Dr. Dog."
The program, an irreverent, kid-friendly approach to everyday
living, is designed for kids ages 6-12. The series is based on
the Dr.
Dog children's book by Babette Cole.
"Babette
Cole's books have a huge international following," commented
Giovanna Milano of France Animation. "We are happy to be
working with Silver Lining, whose production and marketing expertise
in the kids arena will bring Dr. Dog to an even larger audience
through this series."
Here's a synopsis
of the series:
"Dr.
Dog is one very busy Medical Dog. When he's not seeing patients
in his clinic or doing rounds at St. Bernard's Hospital, he's
taping his popular TV talk show, Ask Dr. Dog, lecturing at international
conferences, or conducting important medical research. But he's
never too busy to run to the aid of his emergency-prone family,
the happily dysfunctional Gumboyles -- who tend to ignore Dr.
Dog's fame (and his advice) and simply treat him like a dog. If
it weren't for his eminent colleague and friend, Dr. Jack Russell,
and his lab assistant, Goldie, Dr. Dog would spend much of his
spare time licking his wounds."
Distribution
details have not been released, however Silver Lining Productions
does have other animated series airing in several countries, including
PBS in the U.S.
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Images
From Cats & Dogs
(by digitalmediafx.com) Here are some images from Warner Bros.
upcoming FX film Cats & Dogs which uses a variety of
computer and robotic techniques to bring the animals to life in
the movie:
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Rolling
Stone: A.I. "Fascinating Wreck"
(by digitalmediafx.com) Rolling Stone has delivered the first
negative media review of AIsaying, the movie, "despite
being freighted with clunky exposition, windbag moralizing and
thumping self-importance, is a far darker and more disturbing
piece of science fiction than its marketing campaign lets on."
The review
also says that AI is "the most schizoid film in modern
cinema," emphasizing that Steven Spielberg was the wrong
person to take over Stanley Kubrick's original vision, stating
the two directors come from "different planets." The
movie is called a "fascinating wreck" by the publication.
Rolling Stone
is the first major media to release a negative review on the film.
Newsweek, Time, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter have all released
glowing
reviews.
Although Spielberg
is in charge of the film, it is being distributed in the U.S.
by Warner Bros. and overseas by DreamWorks.
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News Link
of the Day - Ireland's Piggley Pooh Puts Disney to Shame
According
to The Sunday Times (Ireland):
"An Irish
couple is set to earn millions from a cartoon character called
Piggley Pooh after winning a court battle against Disney Enterprises
over copyright.
Denise Fitzpatrick,
a 35-year-old housewife from Co Meath, and her husband, Francis,
have landed a four-year television deal in America…"
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