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Skyland
''Skyland'' (full French title: "Skyland, Le Nouveau Monde", or "Skyland, The New World"), is an animated television series developed in France in partnership with Canada and Luxembourg for television channels France 2 in France, Teletoon in Canada, Nicktoons in the United States, ABC in Australia and CITV in the United Kingdom. The show is a co-production between Paris's Method Films and Toronto's 9 Story Entertainment. A 60-minute, worldwide preview was aired on November 26, 2005, at multiple times during the day and the following day. The program was hosted by Chase Francisco. It was launched on April 22, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. on Teletoon. On July 2, 2006, an encore of the one-hour pilot aired on Nicktoons Network, with the full series commencing on Saturday, November 18, 2006. Plot Prior to the beginning of the story, in the 23rd century, the Earth has shattered into billions of pieces which orbit around a central core. In this new world, named Skyland, an evolved form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyson Court
Alyson Stephanie Court (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress, her first role was on '' Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird'' (1985) and later on she made her television debut in '' Mr. Dressup'' (1984–1994). Court continued to appear in educational productions, landing the lead role of Loonette the Clown on the series ''The Big Comfy Couch'' (1992–2002).Alyson Court at Voice Chasers Database. Retrieved on September 23, 2008. As a voice actress, Court has appeared in several animated series, mostly notably as Lydia Deetz in '''' (1989–1991) and |
Athena Karkanis
Athena Karkanis (born September 7, 1981) is a Canadian television, film and voice actress. She played Grace Stone in the NBC/Netflix science fiction drama series '' Manifest'', and voiced Anne Maria in '' Total Drama''. Life and career Karkanis was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, and raised in Toronto. She is of Greek and Egyptian descent. In 2005, she made her screen debut in an episode of '' 1-800-Missing'' and later had a number of guest-starring, recurring and regular roles on Canadian television shows. She also had regular voice roles in ''Skyland'', '' MetaJets'', '' Julius Jr.'', '' Total Drama: Revenge of the Island'', '' Dino Ranch'' and '' My Little Pony: Make Your Mark''. She has a regular voice role in '' Wild Kratts'' as Aviva Corcovado. Karkanis was also the lead voice for the title character in '' Growing Up Creepie''. Karkanis co-starred in several horror films, including '' Saw IV'' (2007), '' Repo! The Genetic Opera'' (2008), '' Saw VI'' (2009), '' Survival of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Ansell
Cameron Joseph Amell, known professionally as Cameron Ansell, is a Canadian voice and television actor, best known for voicing Arthur in the television series of the same name, Cheng in ''Skyland'', Prince Lumen in ''Spider Riders'' and Franklin in Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure. Filmography *''Max & Ruby'' – Morris (2003 – 2013) *''Arthur'' – Arthur Read (2004–2007; 2013) *''Franklin'' – Franklin The Turtle (2004) *''Postcards from Buster'' – Arthur Read (2004–2008) *''Jane and the Dragon'' – Prince Cuthbert (2005–2006) *''The Save-Ums!'' – Noodle (2005–2006) *''Miss BG'' – Gad Mansour (2005–2007) *'' Time Warp Trio'' – Thutmose (2005) *''Skyland'' – Cheng (2006–) *''Spider Riders'' – Prince Lumen (2006–2007) *'' Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks'' – Meteor (2006–2008) *'' Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends'' – Spinner (2006–2008) *''Life with Derek'' – Teddy (2007) *'' Iggy Arbuckle'' – Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Method Animation
Method Animation (formerly known as Method Films) is a French animation studio owned by Mediawan through its Kids & Family division founded in 1998 by Aton Soumache. The studio produces CGI and 2D animated shows. It came together in 2014 as the culmination of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films. In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded by Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) obtained a majority stake in Method Animation through its acquisition of ON Kids & Family and ON Entertainment. History In 1996 while during the production of Christian Volckman's short Maaz, producer Aton Soumache and Alexis Vonarb launched his own production company dedicated to short films and feature films named Onyx Films. Two years later in 1998, Aton Soucmache and Alexis Vonarb entered the TV business by launching Method Animation which was known as Method Films at that time. In December 1999, It was announced that Method Films had teamed up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Miance
Marc Miance (born 6 September 1976 in Meulan, France) is a film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Alkymia since 2010. He produced animated feature films such as ''Renaissance'' (2006) and '' Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape'' (2015). Biography Marc Miance was born in Meulan, in the suburbs of Paris. He developed an interest in computer-generated imagery (CGI) and video games at an early age. He studied at the ESRA school of cinema where he specialized in computer graphics, but dropped out after 2 years. He started to develop new techniques to create black and white CGI movies (Project BW). In 2000, Marc Miance co-founded Attitude Studio, a production company specialized in film animations. Attitude Studio created Eve Solal, an entirely computer-generated realistic character who was intended to star in films, TV shows, and video-games. Attitude Studio innovated by developing an "emotion mapper" for the Eve Solal character, i.e. sets of body movements for each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9 Story Media Group
9 Story Animation Studio (formerly known as 9 Story International) is a Canadian media production, animation studio, and distribution company founded in September 1996 by Vince Commisso and Steven Jarosz. History As 9 Story Entertainment The company was founded in September 1996 as 9 Story International by Vince Commisso and Steven Jarosz so Vince could work on '' Blue’s Clues''. On September 21, 2006, 9 Story launched an international distribution division headed by former Universal Studios executive, Natalie Osborne, known as 9 Story Enterprises. 9 Story produced its first live-action series, '' Survive This'', from 2008 to 2010. On September 20, 2011, 9 Story Entertainment became the co-producer and distributor of the animated series ''Arthur''. 9 Story would produce the series from seasons 16 to 19. On April 8, 2013, 9 Story announced that it would acquire the children's and family distribution library of CCI Entertainment; the acquisition was completed on July 24. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Langedijk
Jack A. Langedijk (born 1956) is a Canadian actor, theatre director, and author. Education Langedijk studied acting at Concordia University in Montreal and Sheridan College in Ontario. Career After graduation from university, Langedijk founded his own theater company and worked in this industry as a director for many stage performances, including often by Shakespeare. In addition to his work in the theater, he is also active as a fictitious performer in many films and television series. He has, inter alia, smaller appearances in film productions such as '' Darkman II: The Return of Durant'' (1995) and episodes of series such as ''Relic Hunter'' and '' Mutant X''. He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 5th Gemini Awards in 1990, for his performance as Joseph Brant Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action (fiction)
Action fiction is a literary genre, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and Mystery fiction, mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a Thriller (genre), thriller. The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience. Action fiction can also be a plot element of Literature, non-literary works such as graphic novels and film. Genre fiction Action genre is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telekinesis
Telekinesis () (alternatively called psychokinesis) is a purported psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Experiments to prove the existence of telekinesis have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no reliable evidence that telekinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience. Reception Evaluation There is a broad scientific consensus that telekinetic research has not produced a reliable demonstration of the phenomenon. A panel commissioned in 1988 by the United States National Research Council to study paranormal claims concluded that:despite a 130-year record of scientific research on such matters, our committee could find no scientific justification for the existence of phenomena such as extrasensory perception, mental telepathy or "mind over matter" exercises... Evaluation of a large body of the best available evidence simply does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Colgate
William Colgate (January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) was an English-American industrialist who in 1806 founded what became the Colgate-Palmolive company. Early life William Colgate was born in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, on January 25, 1783,George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 613 He was the son of Robert Colgate (1758–1826), a farmer and politician, and his wife Sarah (née Bowles). The family moved to a farm near Shoreham when William was six years old. His father was a sympathizer with both the American and French Revolutions, whose republican ideals impelled him to leave their farm in March 1798 and emigrate to Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States of America, after which the family settled on a farm in Harford County. Robert formed a partnership with Ralph Maher to manufacture soap and candles, and teenage William helped out, but the partnership dissolved afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Chioran
Juan Chioran (born June 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor primarily associated with stage roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada. He is based in Stratford, Ontario. Chioran is also known for his voice acting roles, such as Doji in '' Beyblade: Metal Fusion'' (the first 31 episodes, succeeded by Andrew Jackson), King Caradoc in '' Jane and the Dragon'', and Barry Bullevardo in the animated series '' Iggy Arbuckle''. Stratford Shakespeare Festival credits Chioran has played these major stage roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival: * ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1986) by Carlo Collodi — Father (ep. 6, 14, 21, 29) * ''The Mikado'' (1993) by Gilbert and Sullivan — Poo-Bah * '' Man of La Mancha'' (1998) by Dale Wasserman — Don Quixote * '' The Winter's Tale'' (1998) by William Shakespeare — Polixenes * '' Dracula: A Chamber Musical'' (1999) — Count Dracula * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1999) by William Shakespeare&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Gould
Dominic Gould (born September 19, 1964) is a French-American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, United States. Filmography Film * ''Jeux d'artifices'' (1987) – Stan * ''Hôtel de France'' (1987) – Manu's Friend * ''Monsieur (1990 film), Monsieur (1990) – Monsieur * ''The Man Who Lost His Shadow (1991 film), The Man Who Lost His Shadow'' (''L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre'') (1991) – Paul * ''Un homme et deux femmes'' (1991) – L'Américan * ''Near Mrs.'' (1992) – Finch, Paris CIA Chief * ''Wadeck's Mother's Friend's Son'' (1992) – Guy * ''Iron Horsemen (film), Iron Horsemen'' (1994) – Bad Trip * ''Beaumarchais the Scoundrel'' (1996) – Arthur Lee (diplomat), Arthur Lee * ''The Eighth Day (1996 film), The Eighth Day'' (1996) – le collègue de Harry * ''Double Team (film), Double Team'' (1997) – Delta Five * ''Héroïnes'' (1997) – Jasper * ''Alissa'' (1998) – Bodyguard * ''A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (film), A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries'' (1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
