Post #9 Spielberg back in animation

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This article is about Steven Spielberg working on a cartoon miniseries. This is not the first time Spielberg has been involved with a cartoon series. Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toons Adventures, and The Animaniacs had Spielberg involved with all those projects, and they were very successful. An American Tale, an animated movie that Spielberg was executive producer made more money than the rival Disney movie that was released in the same year (The Great Mouse Detective). The movie would eventually have several spin-offs based off of the original.

Not everything Spielberg touches turns gold, however. His first animation project was a television series called Family Dog. Though the animation was considered high quality, and known voice actors were involved, only 5 episodes aired.

Spielberg also had his own animation production company called Amblimation. Then there was Dream Works short-lived Television Animation unit, headquartered in Encino on Ventura Boulevard. The ill-starred production group was the victim of bad timing. It jumped into television work just as the sector was cratering; a possible production alliance with ABC never happened when Jeffrey Katzenberg’s non-friend Michael Eisner purchased the network for Disney; lastly an ambitious animated mini-series entitled Invasion America did not take flight.

But now animation for the home screen appears to be back on the agenda. Like movies that portray the main character with father-son issues (Indiana Jones The Last Crusade, Minority Report),Mr. Spielberg has never lost his interest for animation.

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