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Television

Titmouse Reanimates MTV with ‘Fancy Bastards’ Pilot

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MTV -- once the home of subversive animated classics like Beavis and Butthead, Liquid Television, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch and Aeon Flux -- is considering...
Features

Reese Witherspoon Takes Wing in Live-Action ‘Tink’

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Disney has attached Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon (Best Actress for Walk the Line) to star in its upcoming live-action Peter Pan spin-off, Tink. Witherspoon...
Television

Sky Plans 600% Growth of Kids Content Library

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European pay TV leader Sky has announced it plans to expand its library of on-demand kids’ content from 700 titles to 4,000. The move...
Television

Netflix Re-Ups ‘BoJack Horseman’

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Netflix will be launching a new 12-episode season of its darkly hilarious animated adult comedy series BoJack Horseman, available exclusively through the streaming service...
Features

‘Shaun the Sheep’ Gets New Trailer, Poster

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Aardman Animations are getting ready to unleash a flock of fun on theaters this summer with the theatrical debut of Shaun the Sheep Movie...
Festivals & Events

WAC 2015 Opens Submissions

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OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISIONS FOR THE 2015 World Animation Celebration International Short Film Festival! The World Animation Celebration 2015 Animated Short Film Festival is now...
Festivals & Events

Adam Elliot Completes ‘Ernie Biscuit’

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Australian animation director Adam Elliot, the talented stop-motion dramatist behind 2009’s Mary and Max (winner of the Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival Grand Prize and...
Television

‘Uncle Grandpa’ Welcomes Guest Directors

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This week’s premiere of Uncle Grandpa, airing Thursday at 5 p.m., will build on the Cartoon Network series’ quirky universe by inviting four amazing...
Television

Aardman’s ‘Morph’ Returning to TV

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After more than 15 years out of the spotlight, Aardman Animation’s iconic clay hero Morph will return to the small screen with a new...
People

John Lasseter Talks Disney-Pixar Slate

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Disney-Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter gave an in-depth, two hour presentation on the studios’ upcoming features slate at the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday...
Top Stories

Animal Logic Plans Canada Facility

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Award-winning Aussie vfx and animation studio Animal Logic will expand its long-established relationship with Warner Bros. Pictures -- which produced CGI animated features Happy...
Features

FUNimation Snaps Up U.S. ‘Boy and Beast’ Rights

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North American anime distribution specialist FUNimation Entertainment has acquired the rights for theatrical, digital and home video release of upcoming Japanese animated feature The...
Festivals & Events

Ottawa Reveals 2015 Poster, Jury

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The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), which is wrapping up its submissions this month, has unveiled the poster for the 2015 edition as well...
Television

Disney Southeast Asia Orders ‘Chuck Chicken’

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Malaysia's Animasia Studio has licensed its original 2D animated series Chuck Chicken (52 x 11) to Disney Channel Southeast Asia. Beginning in August, the...
Television

Gloob Nabs ‘Get Ace’ and ‘Nerds and Monsters’ for Brazil

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9 Story Media Group has licensed animated children's comedy series Get Ace (52 x 11) and Nerds and Monsters (40 x 11) to Gloob,...
Festivals & Events

NY Children’s Fest Sets 2016 Dates

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The 19th edition of the New York International Children's Film Festival -- an Oscar-qualifying event for the Best Animated Short Film category -- will...
Licensing

Softline Licensees Cozy Up to ‘Little Charmers’

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Corus Entertainment's Nelvana has signed on five industry-leading softline licensees to its growing roster of partners for the CG preschool series Little Charmers, which...
Festivals & Events

Vicon, Audiomotion Set ‘Most People Mo-Capped’ Record

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Motion-capture technology specialist Vicon and Audiomotion Studios have set a new Guinness World Record for the most people motion-captured in real-time, with 19 people....
People

VIZ Names Brad Woods Chief Marketing Officer

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VIZ Media has appointed Brad Woods to the role of Chief Marketing Officer. The seasoned entertainment exec will be responsible for developing a range...
Festivals & Events

Boy Scouts Announce Animation Merit Badge

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The Boy Scouts of America have announced that as part of its commitment to incorporate STEM experiences to help kids prepare for possible future...
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