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MultiCon is putting the final touches on its schedule, which will benefit recovery from the Los Angeles wildfires when it rolls into the Preserve LA on Saturday.

The panels (listed in full below), include a conversation with Kevin Smith, Rob Liefeld and Robert Kirkman, while newly announced guests include All That and Good Burger star Kel Mitchell and Vivien Lyra Blair, known for playing the young Leia in Obi-Wan Kenobi.

They join guests that include David Dastmalchian, Seth Green, Sean Gunn and others.

Liefeld will also sign art from his property Young Blood that will only be available at the convention. As with other signings and photo opportunities with MultiCon talent, the proceeds will benefit United Way of Greater Los Angeles. Tickets starting at $35, while VIP tickets go for $100 and can be purchased here.

Along with the panels, organizers announced that the collectible company Thrilljoy will offer a Pix box figure to every attendee.

All Rights Entertainment, the Paris, Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based international film agency has picked up international sales duties on animated children and family feature “Out of the Nest.” The film had its world premiere this week at the Annecy International Animation Festival.

In the Kingdom of Castilia, days from the coronation of the new Emperor and Empress, their seven royal fledglings are taken and it’s up to one hero to return them safely; a teenage delivery boy, Arthur the Goat. His dreams of becoming a world-class barber are put on hold when he becomes the unwitting guardian of the royal heirs. If he’s going to keep the rambunctious toddlers safe on their journey, he must first grow up, discover his own past, and along the way, awaken forgotten champions. Can Arthur return the heirs and ultimately save the kingdom?

The film is the debut feature of Pixar...

Exclusive: Brave director Mark Andrews and his former Pixar colleague Andrew Gordon have teamed up with Israeli producer Oded Turgeman to develop an animated fantasy drama that is in the works at Fox.

The network has closed a script deal, including back-up script, for Hawkmaster from the trio.

The project is set in a fantasy world, where Knights ride giant Birds of Prey, and Kess, a young woman who has always dreamed of flying, encounters a mysterious Hawk without its rider and soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous plot to kill the Queen. With the help of the Four Winds, renegade Knights banished from the kingdom, Kess will discover what it means to be a Knight and trust your winged companion with your life.

Hawkmaster comes from Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment.

Andrews, who directed the 2012 Academy Award-winning feature film Brave, will write and exec produce. A...

Iron Maiden have unleashed their new video for “The Writing on the Wall,” the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-bound heavy metal act’s first new music in six years.

The video is an animated retelling of Bible stories like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Moses parting the Red Sea (or in this case, a deadly forcefield) with four cloaked motorcyclists — under the direction of Iron Maiden’s ghoulish mascot Eddie — bringing death, destruction, and plague to the dystopian world’s oppressors.

For “The Writing on the Wall,” singer...

Secret rooms are almost always awesome, especially if they're at your workplace and provide a special location to hide, drink, mingle with VIPs and maybe even meditate. That is the case for Pixar Animation Studios, where there are a number of fully stocked bars on site, including a couple hidden speakeasy types with unconventional entrances. The first one of the speakeasies was created by animator Andrew Gordon (his most notable, award-winning achievement on-screen is the "speaking whale" in Finding Nemo but he seems to have worked on almost every one of the studio's features), who found a little alcove behind his office when they moved to their main Emeryville campus. Only accessible by crawling through an air duct (as seen above in a photo by Deborah...

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Susan Sarandon has been caught up in a legal battle over her New York City table tennis club, with several investors alleging they have been frozen out of the business. The Hollywood actress is one of several entrepreneurs who have handed over cash to help set up SPiN, which launched in September 2009.

But two businessmen, Bill Mack and Iwona Herdzik, claim they aren't happy with the way the club is being run and have filed a lawsuit claiming they have been shut out of operations. The papers, filed at Manhattan Supreme Court last week, allege SPiN's founders Andrew Gordon, Franck Raharinosy and Jonathan Bricklin - the man who was recently linked to newly single Sarandon - issued additional shares of the company to third parties without their approval, mismanaged SPiN's finances and threatened to shut the club and file bankruptcy.

A representative for SPiN tells New York Post gossip column PageSix,...

Susan Sarandon -- who recently separated from Tim Robbins -- is caught in the middle of a legal battle involving her new boyfriend, Jonathan Bricklin, and his two biggest investors in SPiN, the pingpong club in the Flatiron District. The majority investors in SPiN, Bill Mack and Iwona Herdzik, claim in a suit filed last week in Manhattan Supreme Court that the club's founders -- Bricklin, Andrew Gordon and Franck Raharinosy -- have frozen them out of the business.

Susan Sarandon has been caught up in a legal battle over her New York City table tennis club, with several investors alleging they have been frozen out of the business.

The Hollywood actress is one of several entrepreneurs who have handed over cash to help set up SPiN, which launched in September.

But two businessmen, Bill Mack and Iwona Herdzik, claim they aren't happy with the way the club is being run and have filed a lawsuit claiming they have been shut out of operations.

The papers, filed at Manhattan Supreme Court last week (beg11Jan10), allege SPiN's founders Andrew Gordon, Franck Raharinosy and Jonathan Bricklin - the man who was recently linked to newly single Sarandon - issued additional shares of the company to third parties without their approval, mismanaged SPiN’s finances and threatened to shut the club and file bankruptcy.

A representative for SPiN tells New York Post gossip column PageSix, "Bill and Iwona attempted to take control of SPiN New York, but the judge flatly denied that request. There is zero truth to the allegations that the club is seeking bankruptcy protection.

"They tried to work out their differences with Bill and Iwona over a heated table tennis match at SPiN, but they ended up in court, which is a lot less fun."

Sarandon, 63, split from her long term partner, actor Tim Robbins, in December, and was subsequently linked to Bricklin, 31. However, a representative for the actress dismissed rumours of a romance, insisting the pair's relationship is "strictly a business one."...

The most anticipated trade show in the animation epicenter of the world, Burbank Calif, is now only 6 weeks away. The Creative Talent Network Animation Expo (Ctn-x).

For the first time world class professional talent in the animation industry will converge for 3-days during “Animation Week” in Burbank, Ca. Get connected and more during an intense weekend full of educational programs, demonstrations, technology showcases, recruiting events, parties and after-hour networking.

“If you don’t like what’s happening at the event now, just wait 30 minutes because something else really great will be happening” says founder and 30 year animation veteran Tina Price. Everyone will walk away from this event with more than the walked in with whether an idea, a job opportunity or a career mentor. Ctn-x is 3-days of talent 2 talent privileged access from Friday November 20th – Sunday November 22nd. We are proud to announce the following signature events:

· The most influential cartoonist of this century,...

For the past two weeks, Fangoria and Brink Films has been itching to give you "Films that break the Hollywood Mold." Today, the winners have been chosen!

Congratulations To:

Bill Bayer, Pa

Chris Villafano, TX

Andrew Gordon, Oh

Tom Shewbridge, Oh

Jeff Kuebler, Ky

Mary Casper, Tn

Cynthia Wohler, CA

Tucker Battrell, Wv

All of these lucky Fangoria Readers will receive prize packs from Brink. For more details on what the winners will receive, check out Fangoria.com/brink...