Screenvision teams with Hasbro Studios and Shout! Factory to bring the full-length feature ‘My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks’ to more than 300 cinemas across the U.S. and Canada beginning September 27.
Coolabi Group secures six new UK licensees for its forthcoming stop-motion series, ‘Clangers.’
Master colorists Steve Rodriguez and Shane Reed team with veteran EP LaRue Anderson to launch color-only specialist house Apache Digital.
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay sign on to produce live-action/animation hybrid ‘Manimal’ for Sony Pictures Animation.
The fifth installment of the long-running franchise, to be directed by 'Kon-Tiki's Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, will arrive in theaters on July 7, 2017.
Animation icon Will Vinton tapped to direct ‘The Quest,’ ‘Jack Hightower,’ ‘Moby & Dick’ and ‘Nicholas.’
Framestore, The Capture Lab, Bradford University, Lumiscaphe, TechViz and Autodesk to present motion capture techniques for media, entertainment and product design.
Render farm management software Qube! speeds up production schedule and capitalizes on existing hardware for developing feature.
Ouido! Productions to produce original series based on world-famous Smiley icon in association with Theresa Plummer-Andrews; PGS to manage international distribution.
Following the success of its animated film ‘The Nut Job,’ Toronto-based studio ToonBox Entertainment expands its operations south of the border.
London-based production and animation company signs multi-talented, award-winning directorial team Mirari to its roster of international filmmakers.
The deal for ‘Capture the Flag’ and the sequel to ‘Tad, the Lost Explorer’ marks the first time that a Hollywood studio has acquired worldwide rights to two animated Spanish films.
All Def Digital, which launched last year with DearmWorks Animation’s AwesomenessTV, hires Machinima veteran Sanjay Sharma as its first President and Chief Operating Officer.
Marvel Studios announces the release dates for five upcoming films running through 2019.
Origin Digital Studios opens in Burbank as new collective of veteran visual effects artists, producers and supervisors.
Rainmaker Entertainment appoints former MGM executive Steve Hendry to the Board of Directors at the company’s annual General Meeting held on July 17, 2014.
Fox's ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ remains at number one in its second weekend, bringing in $36 million for a domestic total of $139 million; Disney's animated family feature ‘Planes: Fire & Rescue’ comes in third with an $18 million debut.
Seth MacFarlane, Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital have been sued for alleged copyright infringement for their hit comedy ‘Ted.’
‘Never Let Me Go’ director is in talks to helm Warner Bros.’ ‘Overlook Hotel,’ a prequel to the Stanley Kubrick classic ‘The Shining.’
Scholastic Media’s Emmy Award-winning, top-rated series for the school-age set powers up for new season with a week full of word-powered premieres on PBS KIDS.
Microsoft to discontinue development of original series for its Xbox gaming platform and will close Xbox Entertainment Studios in the coming months.
Stereoscopic technology specialist RealD sees a trio of exec departures: COO and general counsel Craig Gatarz and senior VPs Rick Heineman and Jed Harmsen.
Netflix and The Walt Disney Studios announce a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive Canadian subscription television service for first-run Disney live-action and animated feature films.
Marvel Entertainment reveals that it will be replacing the comic book incarnation of ‘Thor’ with a new, female version; Sam Wilson, formerly the superhero known as The Falcon, will be taking over the role of ‘Captain America.’
TV animation studio continues to expand roster of top creative talent with production on three pilots and new short-form series; extends overall development deal with ‘Phineas and Ferb’ co-creator and executive producer Dan Povenmire.
