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Festivals & Events

Animafest Zagreb Releases Festival Trailer

Mercedes Milligan - March 31, 2015

The 2015 Animafest Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film (June 9-14) has unveiled this edition's official visuals and trailer -- the work of Croatian...

Television

PGS Secures Further ‘Iron Man’ Sales

Mercedes Milligan - March 31, 2015

PGS Entertainment has inked a number of global media licensing deals for Iron Man: Armored Adventures (52 x 30). The CG-animated adventure series produced...

Licensing

Acamar and Picturehouse Bringing ‘Bing’ to Big Screen

Mercedes Milligan - March 31, 2015

Indie studio Acamar Films will be bringing its award-winning kids' TV property Bing to the big screen in partnership with indie cinema operator Picturehouse...

Television

Nelvana Adapting ‘Very Fairy Princess’ to Series

Mercedes Milligan - March 30, 2015

Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises is teaming up with mother-daughter team Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton to develop a new animated girls' preschool series...

Home Entertainment

‘Interstellar’ Blasts off on Disc

Mercedes Milligan - March 30, 2015

Space-faring adventure is the order of the day as Christopher Nolan's vfx showpiece Interstellar arrives on disc and digital from Paramount Home . The...

Festivals & Events

‘Big Hero 6,’ ‘SpongeBob’ Take Kids Choice Animation Awards

Mercedes Milligan - March 30, 2015

Nickelodeon has wrapped up the 28th Annual Kids Choice Awards, which aired Saturday night and will have encore airings on Nicktoons March 30 at...

Television

Brown Bag, Scholastic UK Team Up

Mercedes Milligan - March 27, 2015

Ireland’s Brown Bag Films has entered a mutual first-look deal to develop published and animated children’s content with Scholastic UK. This will see Brown...

Television

Disney Junior Nabs ‘Fancy Nancy’ for Movie, Series

Mercedes Milligan - March 27, 2015

Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser’s New York Times bestselling book Fancy Nancy has been optioned by Disney Junior to be developed into an...

Television

Big Bad Boo, TVO Partner for ‘16 Hudson’

Mercedes Milligan - March 27, 2015

Vancouver-based Big Bad Boo Studios has partnered with public broadcaster TVO to develop an animated preschool series called 16 Hudson -- based loosely on...

People

Margaret Loesch Joins Genius Brands Board

Mercedes Milligan - March 27, 2015

Multiple award-winning children’s entertainment veteran Margaret Loesch has joined the Board of Directors for global brand management company Genius Brands International. The announcement was...

Television

Henson, Cyber Group Strike Two Title Co-Pro Deal

Mercedes Milligan - March 26, 2015

The Jim Henson Company and Cyber Group Studios have finalized a first-time agreement to co-finance and co-produce two new children’s series: Jim Henson’s Enchanted...

Milk VFX Opens Cardiff Studio

Mercedes Milligan - March 26, 2015

BAFTA-winning London visual effects company Milk is opening a second studio in Cardiff, Wales, to support its expanding slate of TV and film projects....

Home Entertainment

StudioCanal Bringing Acamar’s ‘Bing’ to DVD

Mercedes Milligan - March 26, 2015

Acamar Films’ award-winning preschool show Bing is set to expand its U.K. presence with a new deal that will see Canal+ Group’s StudioCanal label...

Features

Untitled Smurfs Film Gets 2017 Release

Mercedes Milligan - March 26, 2015

Sony Pictures Animation has announced that its “Untitled Animated Smurfs” feature project has been slated for global release March 31, 2017, taking advantage of...

People

Philippe Alessandri Launches WatchNext Media

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2015

Former CEO of Tele Images, Marathon and GTV (Zodiak Media) Philippe Alessandri has launched his new venture, WatchNext Media -- a next-generation animation and...

Television

‘Yoko’ Named Toon with Most Potential by MIP Organizers

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2015

Russian-Spanish animated co-production Yoko has for the second year in a row been named the “Animated Series with Highest International Potential” by Reed MIDEM,...

Television

Turkey’s ‘Limon and Oli’ Rolls Out on Disney Junior

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2015

Disney Junior has picked up popular Turkish cartoon Limon and Oli for its programming lineups in 111 different markets, including Poland, South Africa, Greece,...

Television

Boing France Snags ‘Get Ace’ from 9 Story

Mercedes Milligan - March 24, 2015

9 Story Media Group has licensed animated comedy series Get Ace (52 x 11) to Boing, part of Turner Kids' portfolio in France which...

Festivals & Events

‘Johnny Express’ Takes NYICFF Grand Prize

Mercedes Milligan - March 24, 2015

Following a month jam-packed with kid friendly fare, the votes and ballots have been tallied up to determine the winners of the 2015 New...

ArsenalFX Expands to New Santa Monica HQ

Mercedes Milligan - March 24, 2015

Visual effects, motion graphics and design studio for commercial media and entertainment ArsenalFX has expanded its commercial operations by relocating its headquarters to a...

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