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Media FX News Archives
Friday
- September 21, 2001
- Family Guy Creator Scheduled
for Doomed Flight
- Enterprise Premieres
on Wednesday
- The Animated Christmas Carol
- News Link of the Day
- Disney Puts Emphasis on Gaming
Family
Guy Creator Scheduled for Doomed Flight
(by digitalmediafx.com) The creator of the animated "Family
Guy" series, Seth MacFarlane, was booked on one of the American
Airline flights (flight 11) that was flown into the World Trade
Center on September 11, 2001. MacFarlane, headed from Boston to
Los Angeles, arrived late to the airport, just after the plane
had finished boarding. He told USA Today that he was completely
shocked to find out the plane was hijacked and flown into the
World Trade Center.
"I just
sort of stared at the screen and said, 'Oh, my God,'" he
told USA Today. MacFarlane ended up driving.
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Enterprise
Premieres on Wednesday
(by digitalmediafx.com) A new era of the Star Trek saga begins
on Wednesday with the 2-hour premiere of Enterprise. Enterprise
takes place before all past series at a time that the alliance
is first formed and new technologies like teleportation are created.
Date of
Airing: Wednesday, September 26, at 8PM (EST/PST) on UPN
Trailer: Click
here
2nd Trailer: Click
here
Captain Trailer: Click
here
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The Animated
Christmas Carol
(by digitalmediafx.com) Many Hollywood stars like Kate Winslet
and Nicholas Cage have been contributing their voices to an animated
feature that few have heard about - Christmas Carol: The Movie.
The movie is directed by Jimmy Murakami and produced by Iain Harvey.
There are a few live action scenes mixed in with the movie.
There are
no details about distribution within the U.S. but the movie is
having a premiere showing this weekend in London. Here are a few
shots from the movie:
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News Link
of the Day - Disney Puts Emphasis on Gaming
According to CNET:
"Walt
Disney has created a business unit focused on the interactive
gaming market as it rewrites its corporate blueprint for working
with technology.
With its Buena
Vista Game Entertainment Studio, Disney is aiming to change the
way people play online and video games..."
Click
here for the full story.
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