‘Empty Places,’ ‘Catgot,’ and ‘To: Gerard’ Lead Group of Annecy 2020 Special Award Winners
Festival announces 13 films receiving special recognition, partner awards, or additional honors bestowed outside the Official competition.
BAAA Art Auction for Racial Justice Expands for New 3-Day Event
Running June 19-22, auction adds original artwork from numerous noteworthy artists; all proceeds to benefit Equal Justice Initiative.
New ‘The Smurfs’ CG Series Coming to Nickelodeon as Part of Global Licensing Deal
Network partners with iconic property’s licensors LAFIG Belgium and IMPS on original series, to debut in 2021.
Disney Unveils ‘Frozen 2’ Filmmakers Panel and New Documentary Series at Annecy
Filmmakers panel and first episode of six-part ‘Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2’ coming next week.
Weta Digital Launches Weta Animated Original Content Business
Fulfilling Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh’s long-time dream, leading VFX studio will for the first begin producing original animated feature and episodic content.
New Website Showcases Japanese Animation
Launch of themed ‘ANIMATIONISM - All Creativity Welcomed’ site coincides with this year’s Annecy 2020 Online animation festival.
NVIDIA RTX Enhancements Boost Artist’s Workflows
Substance Alchemist and Blender are among applications that incorporate new AI-powered features into content creation workflows.
WATCH: New Trailer for Crunchyroll Original ‘The God of High School’
New series, based on Yongje Park’s comics and published on WEBTOON, will premiere July 6 exclusively on the streaming platform.
Hulu Renews ‘Solar Opposites’ and ‘Crossing Swords’
Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan’s adult comedy gets Season 3 pickup; Tom Root and John Harvatine IV’s adult comedy launched last week gets Season 2 pickup.
Chaos Group Releases V-Ray Collection and Single Floating License
Artists can now freely access 15 different 3D products and services for real-time scene exploration and photorealistic rendering.
John Landis to Direct Arnold Schwarzenegger on ‘Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten’
Famed director joins Genius Brands’ new animated kid’s series, also being developed into live-action series and feature film spin-off.
Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max
Expanded toolset includes photorealistic ray tracer, adding post-rendering compositing and lighting tool capabilities that makes adjustment of render elements and color corrections much easier.
Foundry Releases Katana 3.6 with Powerful UI Updates
Advancements in 3Delight NSI 2.0 include powerful toon shading toolset, overhauled live rendering and new texturing tools.
Triggerfish Heads to Ireland in First International Expansion
South African-based animation studio expects to create 60 new jobs over three years in its new Galway location.
Imagine Kids+Family and ‘Hair Love’ Producer Lion Forge Partner Up
Companies enter exclusive first-look partnership focused on animation studio’s licensed and original IP.
HBO Max Greenlights ‘10-Year-Old-Tom’ Adult Animated Series
Steve Dildarian and Nick Weidenfeld will executive produce new show about a boy who’s life is filled with adults who never lead by example.
FOX Entertainment and Dan Harmon Sign Series Deal, with Bento Box Producing
Emmy Award-winning ‘Rick and Morty’ and ‘Community’ co-creator signs broadcast network-only exclusive direct deal for comedy series to premiere Spring 2022.
SYFY Greenlights Douglas Goldstein’s ‘Devil May Care’ Plus 3 New TZGZ Pilots
Starring Alan Tudyk and Asif Ali, new adult animation block show is network’s second original pilot to series order.
Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘Middlemost Post’ Kids Series
Original animated series, co-executive produced by John Trabbic II (‘SpongeBob SquarePants’) and Dave Johnson, combines quirky characters with adventure and friendship.
Animation Industry Podcast Episode 69 with Comic Artist Jackie Davis is Live
Terry Ibele’s in-depth interview series, with guests including JJ Villard, John Musker, Tina Nowracki, and Fred Seibert, shares their stories, their insight, and their career advice.
LFA’s Women in European Animation Panel Set for June 17 at Annecy 2020
Day-long video conference, ‘Confinement Votre,’ will focus on what women in the industry across Europe have learned and created during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Crunchyroll Names Jérôme Manceau KAZÉ Marketing Director
Sales and marketing departments will merge under his management to help brand best serve France’s growing manga and anime communities.
44th Ottawa International Animation Festival Moving Online
Scheduled for September 23 – October 4, the event will feature screenings, virtual artist talks, workshops, and meetings with schools and recruiters.
Tony Bancroft and Scott Christian Sava’s Live ‘Animal Crackers’ Annecy Q&A Set for June 17
Live-streamed director’s panel will discuss their animated feature, which competed at Annecy 2017 and will be released worldwide on Netflix July 24.
Ron Clements and John Musker’s Annecy 2020 Masterclass Set for June 19
Live-streamed presentation by famed directors of ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘Aladdin,’ and ‘Moana’ will feature their Disney history and views on animation, past, present and future; event presented by ASIFA-Hollywood.
