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Europe

Friends Electric Signs Director-Animator Ewan Jones Morris

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

Award-winning director and animator Ewan Jones Morris has joined London-based Friends Electric’s growing talent roster. The creative whiz has directed music videos including Leftfield’s...

Shorts

Big Bad Boo Partners with Hope Works for Shorts

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

New York and Vancouver-based Big Bad Boo Studios (1001 Nights, The Bravest Knight) has partnered with U.K.-based children’s mental health initiative Hope Works to...

Shorts

Award-Winning NFB Short ‘Hedgehog’s Home’ Moves Online Dec. 17

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

The National Film Board of Canada will offer a lovely holiday gift for fans of exquisite stop-motion animation, as Eva Cvijanović's multi-award-winning short Hedgehog's...

Asia

Asia TV Forum Sees Biggest Turnout in ‘18, Plans 20th Anniversary Edition

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

The 19th edition of Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and 8th ScreenSingapore, Asia’s leading entertainment content market and conference, ended on a strong...

North America

Discovery Family Debuts ‘Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy’ January 5

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

A new generation of robotic heroes are rolling to the rescue next month as Discovery Family premieres Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy on January 5...

North America

Fuse Media Greenlights Its First Adult Animation ‘Sugar and Toys’

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

Fuse Media has greenlit series Sugar and Toys for its flagship network’s 2019 programming lineup. Hailing from Black Dynamite and The Boondocks producers Carl...

Home Entertainment

‘Craig of the Creek: Itch to Explore’ Embarks on DVD March 19

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

The adventure, mystery and comedy of Cartoon Network’s Craig of the Creek is coming home on DVD. Out March 19, 2019, Craig of the...

Streaming

‘Aggretsuko: We Wish You a Metal Christmas’ Hits Netflix Dec. 20

Mercedes Milligan - December 11, 2018

Netflix original anime Aggretsuko, which has been a hit with subscribers since launching on April 20 of this year, is rounding out the year...

Features

News Bytes: Animating Queer History, ‘Sonic’ Teaser Poster, Pucca Goes 3D & More

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

CROWDFUND: ‘Our Forbidden Country’: an Animated History of Queer Cruising From the acclaimed writer/director/animator of Torrey Pines, Clyde Petersen, this second stop-motion feature project explores...

North America

Netflix Premiering ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Toon January 18

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

Where in the world can you find the new Carmen Sandiego animated series? Why, streaming as a Netflix Original Series, of course! The new...

Home Entertainment

‘Perfect Blue’ Make Blu-ray Debut March 26

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

Groundbreaking psychological thriller Perfect Blue -- the first feature helmed by the visionary anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Millennium Actress) -- will make its...

Home Entertainment

Exclusive Clip: Building the Human City in ‘Smallfoot’

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

Warner Animation Group’s snowy, music-filled, comedy-adventure Smallfoot is stepping out on Blu-ray and DVD on Tuesday, December 11 (available on digital now)! To celebrate,...

Festivals & Events

2019 Critics’ Choice Movie & TV Award Nominations Announced

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

The nominees for the 24th annual Critics’ Choice Movie & Television Awards have been announced, with Fox Searchlight’s historical piece The Favourite leading with...

North America

New ‘Star Wars Resistance’ Shorts Land on YouTube

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

The intrepid adventures of young pilot Kazudo Xiono and the rest of the Star Wars Resistance cohort will take a small break over the...

Features

GKIDS Checks in to ‘Okko’s Inn’ April 2019

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

Producer/distributor GKIDS has snagged the North American distribution rights for Okko’s Inn -- the buzzed-about new feature from veteran Studio Ghibli animator Kitaro Kosaka....

Licensing

APC Kids Signs Toy Plus as Global Master Toy for ‘Kid-E-Cats’

Mercedes Milligan - December 10, 2018

APC Kids, the children’s entertainment distribution company of About Premium Content, has tapped Toy Plus (Far EAst) Ltd. -- part of the Thai Group...

Streaming