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Festivals & Events

2018 Kidscreen Award Winners Announced

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

The Kidscreen Summit is in full swing at the InterContinental Miami this week, marking the midpoint with the annual Kidscreen Awards ceremony on Tuesday...

Features

Daily News Bytes: ‘Mary’ Flies Back to Theaters, ‘Rampage’ Trailer 2, ‘BoJack’ Wins WGA, Butch Hartman Reflects & More

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ Returns to Theaters Due to popular demand, GKIDS is bringing its biggest release to-date back to US theaters for two...

Festivals & Events

25th Stuttgart Animation Fest Reveals Early Program Highlights

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

This spring, the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) will hold its milestone 25th edition from April 24-29, celebrating artistic achievement and tech...

Digital Media

Acclaimed LGBTQ Book ‘How to Get a Girl Pregnant’ Gets Webtoon Treatment

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

Author, screenwriter and educator Karleen Pendleton Jiménez’s memoir How to Get a Girl Pregnant (published by Tightrope Books in 2011) is being brought to...

Television

Pukeko’s ‘Kiddets’ Take Off in Australia & New Zealand

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

Pukeko Pictures has secured sales of Kiddets -- sister series to animated preschool hit The WotWots -- to ABC in Australia and TVNZ in...

Home Entertainment

‘Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge’ Coming to Blu-ray & DVD Via VIZ

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

VIZ Media announces another exciting feature film addition to its anime catalog with the supernatural action-adventure Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge coming to Blu-ray...

Reel FX & Shilo Founder Unite to Launch Strategic Creative Group ATK PLN

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

Reel FX studio’s award-winning commercial division has teamed up with Shilo Founder/Executive Creative Director Jose Sebastian Gomez to form ATK PLN, a new strategic...

Television

American Greetings & UYoung Strike China Deal for ‘Buddy Thunderstruck’

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

American Greetings Entertainment has tapped UYoung Media to sell and distribute all media rights for its stop-motion action-comedy Buddy Thunderstruck in mainland China. The...

Television

Season 3 of DHX, A Stark, Technicolor Series ‘The Deep’ Gets Greenlight

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

DHX Media, A Stark Production and Technicolor is diving back into The Deep with a new 13 x half-hour season 3 order from ABC...

Television

‘My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic’ S8 Saddles Up March 24

Mercedes Milligan - February 13, 2018

Everypony and assorted creatures of Equestria will be excited for the return of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic to Discovery Family, with the...

Festivals & Events

Lumiere Awards: ‘Coco,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Win Advanced Imaging Honors

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

The Advanced Imaging Society (AIS) held its annual Lumiere Awards on Monday night at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the Warner Bros. studio...

Licensing

Cartoon Network Expands ‘Rick and Morty’ Apparel & Accessories Universe

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

Cartoon Network Enterprises took the opportunity presented by the three-day MAGIC Marketplace in Las Vegas to announce the addition of several new apparel and...

Digital Media

Facebook Updates Quill VR Tool with Animation Enhancements

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

Facebook has released its biggest update yet to virtual reality illustration software Quill, which features new animation tools that let artists bring their three-dimensional...

Festivals & Events

Cape Town Animation Fest Lines Up Local & International Speakers

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

Celebrated creative minds and experienced executives from the global industry will be assembling in South Africa next month, when Animation SA presents the seventh...

Television

Superprod Recycles ‘Zero Waste Kids’ into Short-Form Series

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

French studio Superprod has announced development of a short-form animated series titled Zero Waste Kids, inspired by the bestselling environmental books written by Jérémie...

Festivals & Events

Ink Global Details Top-Performing Series Slate for Kidscreen

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

Ink Global will be showcasing a range of globetrotting toons during this week’s Kidscreen Summit in Miami, including Russian productions Moonzey, The Barkers Family...

Festivals & Events

Animation Ireland & Animation Skillnet Rep Irish Studios at Kidscreen

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

Members of Animation Ireland and Animation Skillnet will be in attendance to represent the Irish animation, games, VFX and film studios working in children’s...

Television

Atlantyca’s ‘Geronimo Stilton’ & ‘Bat Pat’ Set for Netflix US in Raft of New Deals

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

Italian multimedia company Atlantyca Entertainment has tied up a raft of new broadcast deals for its international animated hits Geronimo Stilton and Bat Pat,...

Digital Media

Cyber Group Taps WildBrain for Global Digital Development

Mercedes Milligan - February 12, 2018

Paris-based producer/distributor Cyber Group Studios has allied with WildBrain to enhance and develop its YouTube channels and digital presence worldwide. Having opened new offices...

Television