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Epic Story Grows Senior Team with Jessica Labi & David Sztoser
Independent content creation and distribution company Epic Story Media Inc. (ESM) is expanding its senior team with two new hires: former eOne acquisitions VP...
Phil Lord & Chris Miller Ink 5-Year Deal with Sony TV
Writing, directing and producing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The LEGO Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) have...
UK Studios Team with Aardman for ‘Wallace & Gromit’ AR
Now celebrating their 30th anniversary year, claymation superstars Wallace & Gromit are about to embark on a new frontier of state-of-the-art animated storytelling. Partnering...
RAI Special ‘The Star of Andra and Tati’ Airs in Israel for Holocaust Day
The Star of Andra and Tati, a new animated special which retells a true story of surviving the Holocaust, will be airing May 1...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Obliterates Box Office Records with $1.2B Debut
Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame achieved a record-shattering weekend, with an estimated global debut of $1.209 billion, becoming the first film in history to surpass...
Paramount Taps Director David Bowers for ‘Rugrats’
The live-action/CG animation hybrid feature based on classic Nickelodeon toon Rugrats has its helmer, with Paramount bringing on family film veteran David Bowers. Arlene...
Wizart Brings Not-So-Grimm Fairy Tale ‘Hansel and Gretel’ to Cannes
***This article originally appeared in the May ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 290)***
Having had great success with its four Snow Queen movies, leading...
‘Funan’: Denis Do’s Poetic Personal History
***This article originally appeared in the May ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 290)***
Ever since director Denis Do’s Funan won the top prize at...
12 Movies to Catch in Cannes
With the Cannes Film Festival and Market happening this month (May 23-25), we thought it would be a good time to take a look...
2019 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed
Comic-Con International announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2019. Once again, this year’s contenders in 31 categories reflect the wide...
DePaul U Brings Phil Tippett, Julia Pott, Pritt Parn to FxF Conference
Organizers of the Frame-By-Frame Animators Conference (FxF), one of the U.S. Midwest’s premiere toon confabs, have confirmed a luminous guests of honor lineup for...
CMG Snags Annecy Selection ‘Away’ in Time for Cannes Market
Cinema Management Group (CMG) has picked up sales rights to fantasy-laced adventure Away, the feature directorial debut of Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis (Aqua, Oasis,...
Gasket Founder Launches Engines Running Creative Collective
Gregory Shultz, founder of award-winning Gasket Studios, has launched a new venture: Engines Running (www.enginesrunning.tv). The collective assembles an international team of award-winning directors...
Universal Kids Casts ‘Where’s Waldo?’ From DreamWorks Animation
Universal Kids network has revealed the series voices cast and season one guest stars for new original series Where’s Waldo?, inspired by the popular...
Adventures in Fuzzyland with STX’s ‘UglyDolls’
***This story originally appeared in the May ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 290)***
They’re cute, fuzzy, idiosyncratic and just a little bit off, but...
Animated People: Diego Molano, Creator of Cartoon Network’s ‘Victor and Valentino’
***This interview originally appears in the May ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 290)***
Over the past decade, Diego Molano has had a colorful career...
News Bytes: Tokyo’s New Ghibli Exhibit, Brandan Reed’s YouTube Rise, ‘Endgame’ Smashes Records & More
WATCH: UglyDolls Guest Star in New Kelly Clarkson Video
The video for “Broken & Beautiful,” which features Clarkson’s daughter River Rose, shows the Grammy-winning singer...
May Heats Up on CN with New ‘Victor and Valentino, ‘We Bare Bears,’ ‘Craig of the Creek’
Cartoon Network's newest animated supernatural comedy Victor and Valentino continues in the month of May with new episodes premiering every Saturday at 9:30 a.m....
WOW! Partners with Music Producer Bob Ezrin for Kids Content
Animation and kids’ media powerhouse WOW! Unlimited Media, led by Michael Hirsh and Fred Seibert, has entered into a partnership with legendary music producer...
Annecy Receives Record MIFA Pitch Submissions
Programming highlights for the 2019 MIFA market -- running concurrent with the Annecy Festival from June 11-14 -- are beginning to take shape. The...
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