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Festivals & Events

Netflix’s ‘Klaus’ Spreads Animated Holiday Cheer at Annecy

Ramin Zahed - June 12, 2019

Wednesday proved to be a big show for Netflix, which presented a Work in Progress session on its first animated feature, Sergio Pablos’ 2D-animated...

Features

Paramount Adds Animated ‘Spice Girls’ Movie to Menu

Ramin Zahed - June 12, 2019

Paramount Animation president Mireille Soria told The Hollywood Reporter that the studio is working on a new animated movie featuring all five members of...

Features

Sony Unveils Ambitious New Slate and Production Drives at Annecy

Ramin Zahed - June 12, 2019

Sony Pictures Animation’s president Kristine Belson shared exclusive visuals from the studio’s upcoming movies—next month’s The Angry Birds Movie 2, 2020’s The Mitchells vs....

Features

News Bytes: Legend of Zelda Sequel, New Oscar Dates and Much More

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

Academy Sets Dates for 2021 and 2022 Oscars Although the 2019-2020 Oscar Calendar is pushed up to February 9, 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture...

Festivals & Events

DreamWorks Makes a Splash with ‘Abominable,’ ‘Trolls 2’ at Annecy

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

DreamWorks Animation had a great day at Annecy, with a crowd-pleasing sneak previews of its much-anticipated fall release Abominable (co-production with China’s Pearl Studios),...

North America

‘Little Ellen’ Animated Show in the Works at Warner Bros.

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is going to be animated—well more animated than she is in her live action talk show. Variety reports that Warner Bros....

Europe

Exclusive: Brad Bird, Michael Giacchino and Ralph Eggleston to Keynote VIEW Confab

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

Italy’s popular VIEW Conference has nabbed a Pixar tripleheader to keynote its 2019 Edition. Turin’s animation and vfx conference, which takes place Oct. 21-25,...

Streaming

Jennifer Yuh Nelson Helms Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Love, Death + Robots’

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

Netflix has renewed its popular animation anthology series Love, Death + Robots for a second season. In addition, it was announced via twitter than...

Features

GKIDS to Tell ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ in N. America

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

Indie animation distributor and producer GKIDS will be distributing Anca Damian’s acclaimed animated feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale in N. America. The movie, which is premiering in...

Features

Ulysses and Catilever Launch Animated ‘Amazing Maurice’ Pic

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

German animation house Ulysses Filmproduktion and Catilever Media have announced that they are working on a new animated movie based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s...

Television

Brain Zoo Studios Working on Animated Mueller Report

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

L.A.-based Brain Zoo Studios and Julian August Productions are working on The Mueller Report: An Animated Series. The topical animated TV series hopes to...

Television

Henson Adopts ‘Teddy Ruxpin’ and ‘#Friends’

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

The Jim Henson Company’s recently relaunched distribution label HIP (Henson Independent Properties) has acquired the rights to distribute two new series, Alchemy II’s classic The...

Television

First Look : Disney+ Unveils Pics from New ‘Chip ‘n’ Dale’ Series at Annecy

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

Today at Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Disney announced the original series Chip ‘n’ Dale is in production for the streaming service and shared...

Technology

Toon Boom Launches Harmony 17, Offers Special Sale

Ramin Zahed - June 11, 2019

Top animation and storyboarding software company Toom Boom has launched Harmony 17, the latest version of its popular tool for traditional digital animators and...

Television

New International Homes Orbit ‘Moon and Me’

Ramin Zahed - June 10, 2019

Andrew Davenport’s innovative new preschool series Moon and Me has found new homes in multiple International territories, thanks to 9 Story Distribution International. The...

Features

News Bytes: Sherlock Holmes Spinoff, Kids’ Planet, Space Yoghurt, Emile Awards, Mofy and More

Ramin Zahed - June 10, 2019

Folivari Developing Animated Sherlock Holmes Spinoff France’s Folivari Studio, (Led by Didier and Damien Brunner), Canal Plus and Studiocanal are working on a new family...

North America

First Look: PBS KIDS Apollo 11 Special ‘Ready Jet Go!: One Small Step’

Ramin Zahed - June 10, 2019

To mark the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission -- which landed the first humans on the Moon on July 20, 1969...

Festivals & Events

SIGGRAPH Animation Fest Picks Pixar’s ‘Purl’ as ‘Best of Show’

Ramin Zahed - June 10, 2019

SIGGRAPH 2019 has announced the award winners and lineup of 24 short films, breakdowns, scientific visualizations, advertisements, and more, set to appear in the Computer...

Asia

Studio Ponoc to Produce New Short for the Tokyo Olympic Games

Ramin Zahed - June 10, 2019

Tokyo-based Studio Ponoc is working on a new animated short for the International Olympic Games. Inspired by Olympic values, the short will be release...

Europe

Frédéric Puech Launches New Distribution, Production Outfits

Ramin Zahed - June 10, 2019

Frédéric Puech is stepping down as president of Planet Nemo Animation, the company he founded 15 years ago, and launching PlayBig, a new distribution...

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