DHX Media Unleashes ‘Slugslinger Showdown’ App
Abstract: New mobile game based on the hit TV series ‘Slugterra’ coming to the App Store May 2015.
ITFS 2015 to Spotlight Music & Animation
Twenty-second edition of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film to present, ‘Music & Animation,’ highlighting the “virtuous interaction between music and animation” presented by five teams of outstanding international artists from the music and visuals scene.
Trollbäck + Company Creates Show Open for ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’
Trollbäck + Company creates the new branding package for CBS’s ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden.’
Inaugural San Francisco Comics Fest Kicks off Sunday, May 3
Week-long series of events presented by the California College of the Arts, the Cartoon Art Museum, Academy of Art University and the San Francisco Public Library runs Sunday, May 3 through Saturday, May 10.
Digital Series Win Big at Daytime Emmy Awards
Amazon’s stop-motion series ‘Tumble Leaf’ receives five Emmys, including outstanding preschool children’s animated program; Netflix wins three awards for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘All Hail King Julien,’ and Moonbot’s collaboration with Dolby, ‘Silent,’ garners two awards for YouTube.
FMX 2015 Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence
Top industry professionals in animation, effects, games and transmedia share their thoughts on the success of the FMX Conference, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2015.
Toon Boom Animation Names Michel Besner President
Industry veteran joins animation software leader; bringing over 20 years of senior executive experience from Autodesk, Alias Systems, Kaydara and Meltwater.
Box Office Report: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Opens to $201M Overseas
Universal’s ‘Furious 7’ takes first place at the domestic box office with $18.3 million; a week ahead of its U.S. Marvel tentpole ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ debuts in 44 international markets, earning $201.2 million.
Gallery: WonderCon 2015 - all about Animation!
This year’s WonderCon convention was an animated character cosplay extravaganza.
‘Adventure Time’ Wins 2014 Peabody Award
2D series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network is currently nominated for an Annecy Crystal for the season six episode, ‘Food Chain,’ directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
‘LEGO Movie’ Directors Developing Animated ‘Spider-Man’ Feature for Sony
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are writing the treatment and producing the animated feature set to arrive in theaters on July 20, 2018.
‘Alchemist's Letter’ Short Now Online
Directed by Carlos Andre Stevens, CG animated short features the voice of Academy Award nominee John Hurt and Eloise Webb, who played Lily James’ young counterpart in Disney’s live-action ‘Cinderella’ remake.
3D Training Institute to Host Live Recruiting Webinar with MPC
3D Training Institute live webinar featuring MPC global recruiter Christina Zervos and MPC animator Julien Deragon held on Wednesday, April 29 will focus on how to start a career in 3D animation.
3D Web Fest to Feature Live Interactive Web Experiences
Superstar creatives of 3D Web slated to present at May 13th San Francisco event.
Executive Producer Danixa Diaz Joins Oishii Creative
Following seven years leading business development at Imaginary Forces, creative, production and design industry vet founded representation firm iartists in 2012.
Hulu, Turner Sign Multi-Year Broadcast Agreement
Hulu to become exclusive subscription video on-demand home to popular programming from Adult Swim and Cartoon Network.
ftrack helps Cloth Cat bring 2D Animation to Life
Cardiff-based Cloth Cat Animation creates 52 episodes of children’s animation ‘Toot the Tiny Tugboat’ using ftrack production management software integrated with The Foundry’s HIERO, and Thinkbox Software’s Deadline.
Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘Welcome To The Wayne’ for Television
Marking the network’s first digital short-form series to be greenlit for television, 20-episode animated adventure with companion app to debut in 2016.
Disney Junior’s ‘Doc McStuffins’ Wins Peabody Award
Disney Junior's ‘Doc McStuffins,’ produced by Dublin, Ireland-based Brown Bag Films, wins Peabody Award for excellence in children's programming.
Animafest Zagreb Announces ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Theme for 2015 Edition
The 25th Animafest Zagreb finds its thematic backbone in the children’s literary classic, Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ published exactly 150 years ago.
Disney XD Orders Second Season of ‘Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero’
Returning voice cast for Disney Television Animation’s hit series includes Thomas Middleditch, Adam DeVine, Alfred Molina and Larry Wilmore.
Rai Fiction Launches New Series at Cartoons on the Bay
Daniel Barenboim and the creators of ‘Peppa Pig’ among the prestigious international collaborators for upcoming production slate that will include a mix of live-action and animated shows.
ITV Readying ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ for Japan
Japanese distributor Tohokushinsha Film Corporation acquires broadcast and licensing rights to ITV Studios’ newly-imagined series.
MarVista Bringing LBX to Latin America
MarVista Entertainment to introduce 52 half-hour episodes of the highly successful animated action series from Dentsu Entertainment, ‘Little Battlers Experience,’ to partners throughout Latin America.
2015 Bangkok International Digital Content Festival Kicks off April 27
The second Bangkok International Digital Content Festival will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from April 27 through May 3.
