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Features

Studio 100 Unveils New Animation Projects for MIPCOM, AFM

Animation Magazine - October 17, 2024

Heading into the fall content markets, Studio 100 International has extended its development efforts by forming strategic partnerships with co-production partners and studios. The...

Television

Serious Kids Snags Worldwide Rights to ‘Happy Town’ Starring Mel B

Animation Magazine - October 16, 2024

Serious Kids has acquired the worldwide distribution rights (excluding U.K.) to Happy Town, a 50 x 7’, 2D-animated preschool series commissioned by Sky Kids...

Television

Superprod Group Allies with Watch Next Media for European Animation Ventures

Animation Magazine - October 16, 2024

Production and distribution group Watch Next Media is the latest company to forge an alliance with the Superprod Group, in an effort to bolster...

Television

Finnish Animation Co. Gigglebug Opens Canary Islands Studio

Animation Magazine - October 16, 2024

Helsinki-based animation shop Gigglebug Entertainment is bolstering its 2D production capabilities in Europe with the opening of a new studio facility in the Canary...

Festivals & Events

24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students Announces Winners of Record-Breaking 22nd Year

Animation Magazine - October 15, 2024

The winners have been announced for this year’s 24 HOURS: Animation Contest for Students, held October 4 & 5. This free event challenges students...

Television

Jellyfish Teams with Toikido on Brand-New Kids’ Property ‘Battalor’

Animation Magazine - October 15, 2024

Jellyfish Originals, the kids' & family content division of award- winning global animation & VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures, has entered into a co-production agreement...

Awards

Medalists Announced for 2024 Student Academy Awards

Animation Magazine - October 14, 2024

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 51st Student...

Archives Animation Magazine – #344 November 2024

Animation Magazine - October 14, 2024

Director Josh Cooley and producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura give us the scoop on their big fall movie, Transformers One. Go behind the scenes of Morgan...

Features

Animated Titles Take 5 of the Top 10 Box Office Slots

Animation Magazine - October 13, 2024

It was an animated bonanza at the domestic box-office this weekend. While Cineverse's indie horror release Terrifier 3 rode the spooky season enthusiasm to a...

Features

DreamWorks Is Planning the Sequel to Its Acclaimed Blockbuster Hit, ‘The Wild Robot’

Animation Magazine - October 12, 2024

It looks like we’ll be seeing more of ROZZUM Unit 7134 and her animal friends in the future. DreamWorks is planning a sequel to...

People

Aardman Cuts 20 Jobs in the Face of $720K Loss

Animation Magazine - October 11, 2024

Bristol, U.K.-based animation studio Aardman — known for the iconic claymation properties Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run and Creature Comforts — is restructuring after posting $720,000...

Features

Critics Take a Happy Ride with Pharrell’s LEGO Life Story in ‘Piece By Piece’

Animation Magazine - October 10, 2024

Following its world premiere at Telluride and international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, Piece By Piece is ready to bring its synesthetic vision to...

People

Sophie Watts Joins Board of Two Daughters Entertainment

Animation Magazine - October 10, 2024

Two Daughters Entertainment, the U.K. animation studio behind Moley, has welcomed industry exec Sophie Watts onto its Board, as part of its goal of growing...

Festivals & Events