Nickelodeon Greenlights Second Season of ‘Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
26 additional episodes ordered for studio’s all-new reimagined TMNT animated series, which premieres Season 1 on September 17.
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Netflix Debut of ‘Paradise P.D.’ Set for August 31
Series by ‘Brickleberry’ creators about a really bad small-town police department adds to streaming platform’s growing animated adult comedy programming block.
Giveaway: Win ‘Big Fish & Begonia’ on Blu-ray!
Acclaimed animated feature 12 years in the making arrives on disc and digital from Shout! on August 7.
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TRAILER: ‘Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us’ Set for Limited Theatrical Run
Following last year’s ‘Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!’ release, The Pokémon Company International teams with Fathom Events to Bring ‘Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us’ to cinemas in select locations worldwide.
Animation Block Party Announces 2018 Juried Award Winners
Guru Studio’s short film ‘The Space Between Stars’ wins Best in Show award.
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Pixar’s ‘Incredibles 2’ Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide
Now standing as the ninth biggest overall release in U.S. history, director Brad Bird’s ‘Incredibles 2’ becomes the seventh animated film to cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
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WATCH: Disney Releases Extended ‘Christopher Robin’ Sneak Peek
Latest clip features new footage from studio’s upcoming live-action / CG hybrid adventure starring Ewan McGregor and a host of A.A. Milne’s Hundred Acre Wood friends.
MPC LA Boosts Senior Creative Advertising Team
MPC’s LA studio promotes Morten Vinther to Creative Director and Jim Spratling to Head of 2D, with Daniel Seddon joining as VFX Supervisor.
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Ticket Giveaway: ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ in Theaters August 12, 13, & 15!
STUDIO GHIBLI FEST 2018 continues with screenings of Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata’s artistic and emotional tour de force.
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TAIS Announces 2018 Showcase Award Winners
‘The Missing Pig’ by Cecilia Corzo wins jury award for best short; Jeron Braxton’s ‘Octane’ receives honorable mention.
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SIGGRAPH 2018 to Spotlight Creators and Pioneers in Games at Real-Time Live!
Creators, visionaries and pioneers from the world’s leading studios within the games industry to be showcased at SIGGRAPH 2018, running August 12-16 in Vancouver.
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Paramount Again Moves ‘The SpongeBob Movie’ Release Date
Studio announces third franchise installment will move back two weeks for July 17, 2020 release.
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Box Office: ‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ Scores Franchise Best Opening
Sixth film in action-thriller series opens with $61.5 million domestic take, while ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ and newcomer ‘Teen Titans Go! To the Movies’ land in the top five.
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Deluxe’s Method Studios Signs Deal to Purchase Atomic Fiction
Company’s global VFX brand continues its expansion plans with acquisition of award-winning VFX studio.
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Production Begins on ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’
New and returning cast announced for the J.J. Abram’s helmed final Skywalker Saga installment.
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‘Detective Pikachu’ Moves to Warner Bros. from Universal
Legendary Entertainment’s first film in planned ‘Pokémon’ franchise still set for May 2019 U.S. release.
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Comedy Central Picks Up Current Seasons of ‘BoJack Horseman’
Season One of critically-acclaimed Netflix original animated show will debut following ‘South Park’ premiere on September 26.
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Composer Hans Zimmer to Keynote VIEW CONFERENCE 2018
Famed Oscar, Grammy and Tony award winner, who has scored some of Hollywood’s greatest pictures, will present at the Turin event this October.
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21st Century Fox and Disney Shareholders Approve Historic Merger
Disney’s $71 billion cash and stock bid is approved by stockholders of both companies along with agreement to spin-off the new ‘Fox.’
WGA West Survey: 64% of Women Writers Have Suffered Sexual Harassment at Work
More than 2,000 guild members surveyed provide first-hand insight into the extent of workplace abuse they have experienced.
GKIDS Releasing ‘Mutafukaz’ as ‘MFKZ’ in North America on October 11
New English version of Guillaume “Run” Renard and Shoujirou Nishimi’s edgy animated sci-fi feature gets domestic theatrical run.
USC, UCLA, CalArts & WIA Announce Women’s Animation Symposium
Breaking the Glass Frame symposium to present giants in animation and academics collaborating for the first time to celebrate historical contributions and tackle current industry issues.
CLIPS: Get Ready for ‘Teen Titans Go! To the Movies’
Get ready for a super dose of irreverent kid-friendly, meta-based wit when ‘Teen Titans GO! to the Movies’ arrives in theaters July 27.
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Sony Pictures Animation Re-Ups ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ Director Genndy Tartakovsky
On the heels of latest film’s success, famed ‘Samurai Jack’ creator signs deal to direct two original animated features.
GKIDS Unveils New Trailer, Images for Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Night is Short, Walk On Girl’
Two summer showings of director Masaaki Yuasa’s romantic comedy about one epic night in Kyoto set for August 21 & 22.
