But aware of the deluge of media now directed at children, including films and games as well as TV, the comic's owners, DC Thomson, decided to go for wholesale change.
The company's catalog contains hundreds of titles including the Peabody Award-winning children's program Classical Baby, provocative programs from HBO Documentary Films including When the Levees Broke, innovative movies from HBO Films including Temple Grandin, and comedy specials featuring stand-up performers like Chris Rock and Ricky Gervais.
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Jolie has appeared in dozens of films including 2010's "The Tourist" and "Salt, " the "Tomb Raider" films, and 1999's "Girl, Interrupted, " for which she won an Academy Award.
Ms. Jolie, daughter of Hollywood luminary Jon Voight, has appeared in dozens of films including 2010's "The Tourist" and "Salt, " the "Tomb Raider" films, and 1999's "Girl, Interrupted, " for which she won an Academy Award.
During his career, Robert Wise cranked out dozens of popular films including westerns and science fiction.
The Hollywood composer has written scores for films including Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Schindler's List and War Horse.
He has recorded dozens of CDs, and has composed the music for films including Chocolat and No Fear, No Die.
Since then she has played roles in films including Dirty Laundry and Malcolm X and in the TV series Clueless.
SnagFilms brings you the best of its library including hundreds of films from award-winning documentaries to outstanding fiction feature films.
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It has been involved in 40 films including Promised Land, Middle of Nowhere, Lincoln, Syriana.
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Cronenberg, known for films including The Fly, Crash and Eastern Promises, will be the first Canadian to receive the BFI's highest honour.
He has also worked on films including Quills, Thunderbirds, Little Voice, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband and The Avengers.
Hobs Pit was devised with the help of Hollywood special effects artist Rob Ostir, who has worked on films including Eight Legged Freaks and 2012.
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The actor, 69, who has starred in films including Alien, The Elephant Man and Midnight Express, said it was "the highest honour possible".
Fantastic Mr Fox goes up against films including the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man, Abbie Cornish's Bright Star and Viggo Mortensen's The Road.
The Very Large Array (VLA) is a bank of radio telescopes in New Mexico, US, and has appeared in a number of films including Contact and Independence Day.
Lollobrigida, known in her native country as La Lolla, appeared in films including The World's Most Beautiful Woman (1955) and Come September (1961) but now works as a sculptor.
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Ferrell spent seven years starring on Saturday Night Live before moving into film, starring in films including Zoolander, Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory, Megamind and most recently, The Campaign.
That's where Robert Redford, star of movies such as Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and All The President's Men and director of films including Ordinary People, comes in.
Saeed Jaffrey, known for his roles in films including A Passage to India and My Beautiful Laundrette, will be taking part in the party scene with some "health-related messages".
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Mr Vlahos was not the first to use a blue-screens - earlier versions of the technique can be seen in films including The Thief of Bagdad, and The Ten Commandments.
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Leading the protest were West, who starred in films including Cry Freedom and The Day of the Jackal, and his wife, who played Sybil in the comedy series Fawlty Towers.
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The big screen at city hall will show live rugby and GAA action over the St Patrick's Day weekend, as well as films including The Quiet Man and Into the West.
The Proms programme also includes a concert featuring scores from celebrated British films including The Dam Busters, Shakespeare In Love, Bridge Over The River Kwai and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Oscar-winning sound editor Michael Hopkins, who worked on films including the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the 2005 King Kong remake, has been killed in a rafting accident in New Zealand.
The studios, which have been operating for more than 75 years, have been the location for Bond films including The Spy Who Loved Me, A View To A Kill and Quantum Of Solace.
Commencing with 2005 theatrical releases, Starz has been the exclusive first-run pay television home for the exhibition of Sony Pictures' films including titles from Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, TriStar, and Screen Gems.
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Regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Kubrick directed groundbreaking films including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Dr Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut, his last film before his death in 1999.
Its producer, Luc Besson, famed for films including Leon and Nikita, said he decided to remake the original film because he had loved it so much as a boy, and it had "emotional memories" for him.
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