WildBrain’s Family Channel Greenlights ‘Slugterra: Ascension’ and ‘Summer Memories’
Both new original animated projects, from Canadian producers, will also be distributed globally by the media giant.
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Framestore Names Arek Komorowski VFX Supervisor
VFX veteran heads to Vancouver, where he’ll guide the studio’s creative and technical efforts.
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Beloved Uncooked Egg ‘Gudetama’ Series Coming to Netflix
There’s a teaser trailer now for ‘Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure,’ which features the popular unmotivated character created by Sanrio in a mixed medium show with live-action and CGI elements, that’s slated to stream sometime in late 2022.
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Famed Studio Ghibli Library Now Available for Digital Rental
GKIDS is making ‘Spirited Away’, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’, ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and other classic films available for download-to-rent in North America.
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Peacock’s ‘Twisted Metal’ Game Adaptation Wraps Filming
Based on the hugely popular PlayStation games, the comedy series stars Anthony Mackie as John Doe, a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life.
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HBO Max Renews ‘Harley Quinn’ for Season 4
The hugely popular adult animated series got a big thumbs up from WarnerMedia ahead of next month’s Season 3 finale, promising another season of mayhem and madness with Gotham’s power couple of DC villainy - Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.
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Cinesite Nabs Majority Stake in FX3X
The VFX/animation company’s latest acquisition significantly increases its talent roster and global capacity and follows recent additions of Canadian-based studios L’Atelier Animation and Squeeze Animation.
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Podcast EP 177: How to Get Hired as A Storyboard Revisionist with Dorsa Bidhendi
Recent Sheridan College grad Dorsa Bidhendi discusses how her portfolio landed her a job fresh out of school, the advantages of having an animation vs. fine arts degree, and what exactly she does as a storyboard revisionist.
Apple TV+ Shares ‘Sago Mini Friends’ Trailer
The colorful new animated series, featuring Harvey the floppy-eared dog, models optimism, kindness, and gratitude for the streamers’ youngest viewers; the show premieres in September.
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Festival Stop Motion Montreal Reveals 2022 Screening Calendar
Out of 75 films in 10 curated competition programs, 58 make their Montreal premiere at the in-person event coming to Concordia University next month; the NFB’s ‘Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics’ by Toronto-based Métis artist Terril Calder joins the lineup.
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Goodbye Kansas Gets Grabby with Excavator VFX on ‘Locke & Key’
For the Netflix series’ third and final season, the studio produced visual effects on 65 shots across 3 episodes, using Maya, Houdini, Nuke and 3DEqualiser to design and create new threats and looming dangers, including a battle with a mechanical claw-tipped arm.
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RetroCrush Anime Now Streaming on Philo
Cinedigm launches classic anime channel on the streamer, including features and series like ‘Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie’, ‘City Hunter’, and ‘Project A-Ko.’
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Georges Schwizgebel Takes Grand Prix at Hiroshima Animation Season 2022
Top honors at the inaugural event go to the Swiss filmmaker’s Darwin's Notebook, winner also of the category award in ‘Adventure in Storytelling.’
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Netflix Drops ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ NSFW Trailer and Images
Produced by ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ creator CD Projekt Red and Japanese animation house Studio Trigger, the anime series about a reckless street kid turned mercenary outlaw hits the streamer next month.
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Dewayne Perkins, Tim Story Join ‘Clue’ Animated Series
‘The Amber Ruffin Show’ writer and ‘Barbershop’ producer are the first names to join the upcoming adaptation of Hasbro’s classic ‘whodunnit’ board game from Fox Entertainment, eOne, and Bento Box Entertainment.
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GKIDS Acquires North American Rights to ‘New Gods: Yang Jian’
Hitting U.S. Cinemas in early 2023, Light Chaser’s animated feature tells the story of Chinese god Yang Jian, and his journey to thwart those who would seek the power to alter their world’s balance.
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Netflix Sets Dates for ‘Pinocchio,’ Wendell & Wild’ and Other Feature Releases
The streamer has both changed and finalized theatrical and streaming dates for its slate of animated films coming to audiences starting this October.
Scanline VFX Gets All Wrapped Up with ‘Stranger Things' Season 4
Harnessing the power of V-Ray, the VFX house created nightmarish portals to the Upside Down, an exploding helicopter, and sinister vine attacks combining practical effects with CG on some of the show's most exciting scenes.
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13 Top Anime Titles Coming to Netflix this September
Japan’s Nippon TV has licensed hundreds of episodes of ‘HUNTER X HUNTER’, ‘Ouran High School Host Club’ and ‘Claymore’ among others to the streamer.
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Director Matt Shakman Trades ‘Star Trek’ for ‘Fantastic Four’
The ‘WandaVision’ helmer has beamed off the Enterprise into talks to direct the upcoming MCU Phase 6 film.
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Bring ‘Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon’ Home for the Holidays
From Shout! Kids, the animated feature about a young girl determined to save her home in the rainforest's deepest jungle comes to DVD, digital download, and on-demand November 29.
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Twitch’s VTuber TAKEOvER Starts Today!
Celebrate VTubers and discover their virtual avatars, varied genres, and technical creativity, and learn how to join them during ‘Creator Camp;’ weeklong event includes the first ever ‘VTuber Tournament’ - 30 VTubers compete in a Fall Guys tournament where…” anything can happen!”
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Plask Launches Namesake Cloud-Based Motion Capture Tool
Startup tech company reveals new signature animation SaaS tool designed to make 3D animation more accessible; user-friendly design allows recording, editing, and animating projects through browser-based tool’s interface.
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Oscar Winning ‘For the Birds’ Director Ralph Eggleston Dies at 56
The versatile, multiple Annie Award-winning Pixar production designer, art director, and director designed or art directed such acclaimed films as ‘Toy Story,’ ‘Finding Nemo,’ ‘The Incredibles,’ ‘Cars,’ ‘WALL-E,’ and ‘Inside Out,’ and won an Academy Award for writing and directing the 2000 short film ‘For the Birds.’
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Apple TV+ Reveals Fall Kids and Family Animation Slate
New and returning series coming to the streamer's lineup include ‘Sago Mini Friends,’ ‘Slumberkins’, ‘Interrupting Chicken’ and more classics with the Peanuts gang from Mendelson/Melendez Productions and Peanuts Worldwide.
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