Powerkids, Bonelli Entertainment and SBE Ink Deal to Adapt Comics to Animation
Partnership kicks off with comic ‘Dragonero,’ soon to be kids’ animated series, being co-produced with Rai Ragazzi and Nexus TV.
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Netflix Drops ‘Love, Death + Robots’ Season 3 Teaser and First Look Images
Get ready for terror, imagination, and beauty in all-new episodes of Tim Miller and David Fincher’s animated anthology, hitting the streamer May 20.
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Marvel Studios Debuts ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Trailer and Poster
New footage from Taika Waititi’s sequel teases the first appearance of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster as Mighty Thor.
Disney Branded Television Adds Bardo S. Ramírez, Ups Chris Hutchison
Tony Award-winning former Disneytoon Studios and Imagineering exec returns to Disney as Vice President, Studio Strategy and Operations, while Disney Television Animation exec promoted to Vice President, Production.
‘Big Mouth’ and ‘Human Resources’ Renewed at Netflix
Award-winning animated series about the nightmare of puberty and its ‘edgier and adultier’ spin-off series both picked up for another season.
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Disney+ Renews ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’
Streamer announces Season 2 of its popular series is in production at Disney Television Animation ahead of its April 20 Season 1 finale.
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Activision Blizzard to Cooperate with Investigations into Alleged Insider Trading
A new SEC filing confronts the company with another legal battle -- this time over violations possibly made during a meeting held before its sale to Microsoft was announced.
‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force's 'Aquadonk Side Pieces’ Now Streaming
Carl, Meatwad, Frylock, and Master Shake return in all-new digital one-shot shorts, taking on their adversaries including the Mooninites, the Plutonians, MC Pee Pants, The Frat Aliens and Happy Time Harry; new installments will drop every day for 10 days starting today on Adult Swim YouTube.
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Netflix Reveals ‘Exploding Kittens’ Mobile Game and Animated Series
Inspired by the popular card game, ‘Exploding Kittens - The Game’ will debut in May followed by the adult episodic comedy in 2023; in the series, God and the Devil are sent to Earth in the bodies of chunky house cats.
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New Images Released for ‘DC Showcase Animated Shorts’
Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s new shorts compilation includes ‘Constantine – The House of Mystery,’ ‘Blue Beetle,’ ‘The Losers’ and ‘Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!;’ coming to Blu-ray and in 4K on Digital on May 3, 2022.
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Hello Einstein Studios Issues Open Call for Pitches
Kids media and entertainment company seeks original IP for expansion, development, and collaboration across streaming, music, and books; studio recently launched new animated series ‘The Sandbox’ on Roku with music distribution by Pandora.
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Bill Nye Joins Coca Cola in Stop-Motion Short Explaining Recycling
Watch Mackinnon & Saunders’ new film, ‘The Coca-Cola Company and Bill Nye Demystify Recycling,’ which illustrates the circular journey of recycled plastic bottles; materials used in the film include trees made from Sprite labels, conveyor belts from recycled cardboard and Mr. Nye, personified by Coca-Cola bottles.
Autodesk Updates Flame Family to Run in the Cloud on AWS
New version delivers scalable, collaborative, and efficient artist workflows enabled to run on Amazon Web Services; other mods include enhanced HDR user interface and improved animation editor.
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‘The Batman’ Premiere Dates Set for HBO Max, Digital, and Home Video
WarnerMedia’s digital and physical releases of the Matt Reeves-helmed Dark Knight feature come with a bevy of bonus content.
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Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Ted’ Series Nabs Cast Members, Co-Showrunners
The award-winning ‘Family Guy’ creator’s upcoming live-action comedy for Peacock, about a foul-mouthed teddy bear whose moment of fame has long passed, serves as a prequel to both his ‘Ted’ films.
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disguise Launches RenderStream for xR UE5 Plugin
New release of the company’s free open source plugin easily integrates with latest game engine version to allow direct, real-time content generation changes for LED volumes and physical displays.
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Universal Drops ‘Jurassic World Dominion: Legacy Featurette’
Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill look back at the ‘Jurassic’ legacy; the epic conclusion to the blockbuster franchise hits theaters June 10.
New ‘PJ Masks’ Episodes Hit Disney Jr. Starting April 15
New 2-parter introduces speed obsessed twin villains ‘Carly and Cartoka;’ also, coming to theaters April 23 is the ‘PJ Masks We Can All Be Heroes’ fan event in honor of National Superhero Day.
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CBS VFX Helps Pull Back the Curtain on HBO Max’s ‘One Perfect Shot’
The visual effects studio integrates its proprietary ‘Parallax’ virtual production system with Unreal Engine and ray tracing tools to help award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay and a host of top film directors, including Michael Mann and Patty Jenkins, step inside and dissect their favorite shots.
Amy Kravitz Named Ottawa Animation Festival 2022 Honorary President
OIAF returns in-person after 2 years, running September 21-25; entries for the competition are still being accepted through May 31.
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Framestore Creates Killer CG Tiger for FX’s ‘Snowfall’
Photorealistic cat sows trail of destruction in episodes of the network’s hit crime drama; one gruesome scene was completed with a CG human leg and added gory details using Houdini, with final compositing in Nuke.
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‘Encanto’ and ‘Sing 2’ Talks Added to FMX 2022
More talks, presentations and screenings are confirmed for the upcoming conference, including looks behind the scenes of the recent Disney and Illumination animated features, as well as Locksmith Animation’s ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong;’ event runs onsite May 3-5, online May 6 and on demand through May 31.
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Billie Eilish Jams with Lisa Simpson in ‘When Billie Met Lisa’
Disney+ drops key art for all-new ‘The Simpsons’ short with musical guest stars Eilish and FINNEAS; film hits the streamer April 22.
Powerhouse VFX Expands with New Toronto Studio
The New York-based post-production hub behind ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ moves to put down roots north of the border.
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Podcast EP 157: How Chelsea Lee Changed Careers from Professional Dancer to Stop-Motion Animator
The artist and filmmaker discusses tips on impressing new clients, how to show confidence when something goes wrong, and what it’s like animating on a stop-motion TV show while pregnant.
