Disney Sets Live-Action Remake of ‘Sword in the Stone’
Disney continues its recent trend of remaking its animated classics into live-action films that started with ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Cinderella’ and now includes ‘Mulan,’ ‘Winnie The Pooh,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘Dumbo,’ a new movie starring ‘Peter Pan’s Tinker Bell, and the ‘Bald Mountain’ sequence in ‘Fantasia.’
Kidscreen Summit Expands 2016 Program
Kidscreen Summit 2016 is back in Miami with a full four-day conference program; registration is now open at summit.kidscreen.com.
We Are Royale Celebrates 8 Years
Los Angeles-based design, animation, digital and production studio We Are Royale celebrates its eighth anniversary with a refreshed logo & website.
Deadline Cloud Wizard for Amazon EC2 Now in Open Beta
New feature in Thinkbox Software’s scalable solution for managing compute resources across platforms on physical and virtual machines automates the configuration of render farms on Amazon EC2.
Gumby Fest 2015 Issues Call for Entries
Amateur animators invited to submit original stop-motion animation videos for grand prize Clokey Trophy named after Gumby creator Art Clokey.
Imagination Studios Creates Immersive Experience for DreamHack Summer 2015
Team captures data from more than 160 attendees in four days with OptiTrack motion capture technology.
Emily Whinnett Joins CAKE
Former Director of Production and Development at Chapman Entertainment to work alongside CAKE creative director and CEO Tom Van Waveren on the company’s slate of upcoming programming.
Splash’s ‘Sabrina’ Flies to the U.K.
Splash Entertainment’s hit animated series ‘Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch’ flies into the U.K. with a new deal with Sony Pictures Television’s POP.
Box Office Report: Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ Sees Pint-Sized $58M Debut
Peyton Reed’s ‘Ant-Man’ makes $58 million domestic debut, the second-lowest bow for Marvel Studios since ‘The Incredible Hulk’ opened to $55.4 million in 2008.
‘Europeman’ Short Film Competition Issues Call for Entries
Animated short film competition is aimed at encouraging students in the field of animation to use their creativity to represent situations relating to European citizenship.
Pixeldust Teams with NASA for ‘The Year of the Pluto’
Pixeldust Studios animates remarkable journey by NASA’S New Horizons spacecraft into furthest edge of our solar system as presented in the new documentary film, ‘The Year of Pluto.’
Cartoon Art Museum Hosting Voice Actor Townsend Coleman July 18
Beloved cartoon voice actor from the original ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ animated series and the cult-classic animated series ‘The Tick’ will be at the Cartoon Art Museum for a meet-and-greet on Saturday, July 18.
Richard Rowe Joins DHX Media
Halifax-based content creator DHX Media strengthens its international team with the appointment of kids’ industry veteran Richard Rowe as Director of International Acquisitions and Co-productions.
Kilogramme Animation Kickstarting ‘Tall Tales Part 3’
Short film series ‘Tall Tales’ gains critical acclaim and a Vimeo Staff Pick; Crowdfunding campaign ends July 31st.
Flying Bark’s ‘Blinky Bill’ Returning to Australian TV
Flying Bark Productions confirms that Seven Network Australia is commissioning broadcaster for a brand-new series, ‘The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill,’ set to air in 2016.
Cartoon Network’s ‘Over the Garden Wall’ Receives Emmy Nod
The five nominees for Outstanding Animated Program are FX’s ‘Archer,’ Fox’s ‘Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘The Simpsons,’ Cartoon Network’s ‘Over The Garden Wall’ and Comedy Central’s ‘South Park.’ VFX nominees include Starz’ ‘Black Sails,’ The CW’s ‘The Flash,’ HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones,’ Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,’ and the History Channel’s ‘Vikings.’
‘Peppa Pig’ Heads Back to School with New DVD + Book Set
Entertainment One helps Peppa Pig get ready to go back to school with the release of a special DVD + Scholastic Mini Book Gift Set, ‘Peppa Pig: School Bus Trip,’ available on August 4.
Disney Television Animation’s Paul Rudish Talks New ‘Mickey Mouse’ Cartoon Shorts
Emmy award-winning artist and director Paul Rudish discusses the development process for new story ideas for the iconic Disney characters and describes Disney Television Animation’s storyboarding and production process.
SDCC 2015: The Future Arrives at San Diego Comic-Con International
Comic-Con 2015 delivers the year of the future, complete with robots, haute couture, and Virtual Reality experiences galore.
Bent Image Lab, Producer Trever Stewart Sign 2-Year Production Pact
Former LAIKA development exec to produce stop-motion JJ Villard series, a children’s series based on the hit selling DIY toy Woolbuddy, and two untitled stopmo and 2D cel animation features.
‘Danger Mouse’ Sees Comic-Con 2015 Preview
‘Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey and comedian and talk show host John Oliver are set to join the multi-talented voice cast led by comedy actor Alexander Armstrong.
BRB’s AnimaKids Launches YouTube Channel
BRB Internacional’s multi-platform portal AnimaKids.com inaugurates its new channel on Google’s popular website.
‘Annedroids’ Sells to Disney and YLE Finland
The Walt Disney Company picks up first two seasons of award-winning CGI/live action hybrid series ‘Annedroids ‘for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South and Sub-Saharan Africa.
‘LEGO STAR WARS: The New Yoda Chronicles’ Arrives on DVD Sep. 15
Unleash the lighter side of The Force with this action-packed release that comes with four complete episodes and a bonus alternate ending.
WATCH: Intricate Embroidery Comes to Life in ‘Chad Gadya’
Artist and filmmaker Nina Paley and Wolfram Research co-founder Theodore Gray automate the process of creating embroidered animation in their lively animated short.