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Gotta love stealthy do-gooders! Headline News

DreamWorks Animation Drops ‘Team Zenko Go’ Trailer

The all-new animated preschool series, produced with Mainframe Studios, follows a secret squad of young do-gooders determined to make their town the happiest place to live; all 12 episodes hit Netflix March 15.

game adaptations ANIMATIONWorld

From Games to Series: How Entertainment Agency MOCEAN Helps Makes It Happen

Executive Creative Director Elaine Cantwell, EVP Strategy Allan Gungormez, and Creative Director Norn Jordan talk about the marketing campaigns for ‘Arcane’ and ‘Halo’ and the strategies that turn gamers into viewers.

Home Entertainment Headline News

‘Only Yesterday’ and ‘The Tale of The Princess Kaguya’ Coming Home

From Studio Ghibli and Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata, GKIDS and Shout! Factory bring the popular animated films to limited edition Steelbook; both Blu-ray & DVD combo packs feature hours of bonus features and will be released April 19.

People Headline News

Hero4Hire Names Jane Wu Creative Director

Art direction and animation design expert brings multidisciplinary skills to studio’s expanding set of production, including motion design, character animation, and mixed media projects.

Business Headline News

Cyber Group Studios Acquires Majority Stake in Graphilm Entertainment

The strategic partnership bolsters studio’s ability to meet growing global demand for kids and family content while giving the award-winning entertainment company additional resources to develop, produce and distribute its original IP.

TV VFX Headline News

Oscar Isaac Embraces His Inner-Chaos in New 'Moon Knight' Trailer

In Marvel Studios’ new series, dissociative identity disorder creates a world of madness for its protagonist and a world of possibilities for its VFX team.

Competitive Festivals Headline News

Cardiff Animation Festival 2022 Announces Shorts Selections

102 animated shorts representing 22 countries have been chosen for official competition; the hybrid event takes place in person from April 7-10 in Cardiff with online events held throughout the month.

Business Headline News

Paramount+ Nabs ‘South Park’ and ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Rights

Streamer acquires U.S. and international SVOD rights for new episodes of Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s iconic series beginning with Season 27 in 2024, with entire catalog coming to the streamer in 2025; new movie and remastered series coming from Mike Judge starting later this year.

Cue Vangelis! Headline News

‘Blade Runner 2099’ Live-Action Series in Development at Amazon Studios

The spinoff, set 50 years after the events of ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ has a pilot and bible ready to go, with series stalwart Ridley Scott attached to executive produce and possibly direct.

Gimme more animation! Headline News

Paramount+ Expands Animation Slate with ‘SpongeBob’ and ‘Transformers’ Projects

Host of new films and series coming from Nickelodeon Animation build on popular franchises; ‘Transformers: Earthspark,’ ‘Blue’s Big City Adventure’ and a brand-new ‘Dora the Explorer’ bolsters streamer’s original kids and family programming.

Harriet Tubman Time Traveler! Headline News

Donald Faison’s Crazy ‘Alabama Jackson’ Digital Shorts Premiere on Adult Swim

Watch the first episode of the hilarious new, action-packed series featuring the 'Scrubs' star as the show's namesake hustler, alongside an irreverent, cursing, time traveling Harriet Tubman, voiced by Wanda Sykes, and evil President Woodrow Wilson, voiced by Seth Green, on a collision course to save Black history; animated by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the show kicks off today on Adult Swim’s YouTube channel.

Chip 'n' Dale are Back Again! Headline News

John Mulaney and Andy Samberg Take on ‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 1:42pm

The famed pair stars alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, and Chris Parnell in the all-new hybrid live-action / CG animated comedy about the two former Disney Afternoon stars, living among cartoons and humans in LA, 30 years after their show was canceled; movie hits Disney+ on May 20.

animated anthology Headline News

Nexus Studios Creates Opening Sequence for Netflix’s ‘The House’

Studio’s directors Nicolas Ménard and Manshen Lo design hand-drawn 2D animated titles for streamer’s new dark, quirky stop-motion animated anthology.

People Headline News

Smile + Wave Names Shenny Jaffer Executive Producer

Agency and animation production veteran joins post-production collective to support strategic and creative planning from conception through execution.

And the Winner Is… Headline News

VIEW Conference Presents: Five Oscar Contenders for Best Animated Feature

Join the free March 4 online 'PreVIEW' conversation with 12 acclaimed directors and producers behind this year’s Oscar nomination line-up.

Home Entertainment Headline News

Sony Gives Iconic ‘Heavy Metal’ a Fully Loaded 4K Restoration and Release

The famed, fantastical animated feature gets an upgraded soundscape and wealth of bonus content as part of a limited edition SteelBook package, coming this April from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

I Want My LOTR! Headline News

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Gets New Trailer and In-Depth First Look

New footage, photos, and plot details from the highly anticipated Prime Video series tease never-before-explored settings and storylines, and signal to fans that it won’t be going the route of ‘Game of Thrones.’

Just Take the Pill VFXWorld

DNEG Helps Visualize the 'Real World' of ‘The Matrix Resurrections’

Leading VFX and animation studio delivers more than 700 visual effects shots, filled with CG environments and digital characters including sentinels and harvesters, the Cybebe, Kuhjaku, Lumin8, and Mnemosyne ship, in Lana Wachowski’s fourth ‘The Matrix’ franchise installment.

Real-time Animation Headline News

Cyber Group Launches ‘Giganto Club’ on YouTube Kids

Created with motion capture driven by XSENS technology and powered by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, the studio’s first fully digital native real-time kids’ animated series is now available globally.

Consume Responsibly Headline News

WATCH: Jennifer Yuh Nelson’s Storyboards on ‘Pop Squad’ from ‘Love, Death + Robots’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, February 14, 2022 at 11:29am

Netflix shares a new video featuring side-by-side storyboards and corresponding animation from the Annie Award-nominated episode, helmed by the ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ and ‘3’ director, who also supervised the animation on Volume 2 of the streamer’s Emmy Award-winning animated anthology.

Teen Titans Go! Headline News

Teen Titans and DC Super Hero Girls Reunite in New TV Movie

By Dan Sarto | Monday, February 14, 2022 at 10:06am

The all-new animated feature length movie event, ‘Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse,’ comes to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on May 24, followed by premieres on Cartoon Network and HBO Max; ‘Teen Titans Go!’ gets Season 8 renewal, which will mark its 400th episode.

Business Headline News

Tubi Inks Deal with GKIDS to Bolster Animation Offerings

Agreement bring to free streaming platform top animated film such as the Oscar-nominated ‘Ernest & Celestine,’ and ‘A Cat in Paris,’ and Goya Award-winning ‘Nocturna;’ additional titles will roll out later this year.

Anime Headline News

Funimation Announces ‘Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2’ English SimulDub

Coming to the streamer's global territories and European platform, as well as Crunchyroll in the U.S., the award-winning anime franchise Japanese simulcasts will be available with an English dub beginning February 13.

New Animation for the Kids! Headline News

Peacock Expands its Kids’ Animation Programming Slate

Series spin-offs of DreamWorks Animation’s popular ‘Megamind’ and ‘Abominable’ top the list of new CG animated series; new preschool series include ‘Press Start!,’ ‘Team Mekbots Animal Rescue,’ ‘Dino Pops,’ and ‘Babble Bop!’ Season 2.

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