Eric Ellenbogen steps down as CEO and Vice Chair; Jim Fielding moves from Chief Marketing and Brands Officer to Strategic Advisor to the CEO and Board of Directors.
The 2% workforce cut comes as part of parent company NBCUniversal’s overall cost-reduction plan across all studios.
The all-new animated preschool series, ‘Barney’s World,’ will air in 2024 on Cartoon Network and stream on Max.
In celebration of Monkey D. Luffy’s birthday, the cast of the upcoming live-action adaptation of the hugely popular manga come together for the first time in video, with the series to stream sometime in 2023.
Starring Ming-Na Wen, James Hong, BD Wong, and Matthew Rhys, the highly anticipated 3DCG animated prequel series to the iconic ‘Gremlins’ film franchise hits the streamer May 23.
The Peabody and Daytime Emmy Award-winning animated series helps kids learn about mindfulness, better understand their feelings, and provides tools to help them face their daily challenges; all-new episodes roll out globally May 19.
‘The Lord of the Rings’ Billy Boyd, ‘Wolfwalker’s’ Eva Whittaker and ‘Downton Abbey’s Lesley Nicol join the returning cast for the new season of the top crowdfunded animated family series based on the ‘The Wingfeather Saga’ fantasy-adventure books by Andrew Peterson.
Since launching in 2021, the Toronto visual effects studio has seen its talent roster grow to include 35% women across all areas of production and creative leadership, providing rewarding career paths, creative project opportunities, remote work options, and flexible family support that have previously been anything but industry standard.
PPC funding for post increases from $25 million to $45 million and gets extended to 2034; cited studies show the program has contributed $156M to the state’s tax revenue.
The reimagined logo includes the iconic Splat; The ‘Portal to Fun’ launch campaign features the Splat as a gateway to new, unexpected experiences.
Both the new animated series and film ‘The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure,’ animated by Six Point Harness, are now streaming.
From Marvel to Netflix, the studios behind a slew of series and films have both voluntarily and involuntarily halted filming as the strike hits its second week, with multiple studios threatening showrunners with salary cuts and potential legal action.
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence’s animated series refresh, set at a high school for the clones of the greatest minds in history, debuts May 23.
Plus: a big ol’ postscript on how the Writers Guild of America strike will inadvertently boost the utility and quality of ChatGPT.
Netflix’s new Norse-mythology 2D series is executive produced by Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, and Jay Olivia.
The short film, music video, and commercial director brings Unreal Engine expertise to cutting edge creative lab following their recent collaboration on Alienware’s campaign.
The creative director and co-founder of Mackinnon & Saunders Studio will accept the Studio of the Year Award 2023 at the International Festival of Animation, Transmedia and Meta-Arts, taking place in Pescara May 31-June 4.
17+ year Image Engine veteran and general manager steps up to helm visual effects production across the company and its partner studios including Image Engine, FX3X, and Trixter.
The Jim Henson Company’s Lisa Henson and Titmouse’s Niko Guardia and Allison Craig discuss the show’s titular, ‘unapologetic’ 11-year-old amateur sleuth, the hurt feelings her secret notes cause once revealed, and how a show about New York, made in New York, was especially meaningful to the production crew.
The 2D animator discusses how she creates hand-drawn animation, shares a behind-the-scenes look at her short ‘Syrenka: Legend of the Warsaw Mermaid,’ and talks about the team of women she assembled to help bring her project to life.
From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the 3DCG animated feature shows how the Swan Princess’ journey truly began, following Uberta’s rise to royalty and all she learned along the way.
25+ year industry veteran, the former President, VFX at MPC, joins the company’s visual effects division to support and expand production offerings across its growing TV business.
The all-new 3DCG animated kids’ series follows a ‘doggone hard-working’ doggy construction crew of irresistibly cute and playful pups; the series debuts June 14 on multiple Disney platforms.
Nine animation programs highlight techniques, themes, and the divergence of the country’s multi-faceted culture, with selections highlighting the beginnings of Mexican animation, its indigenous people’s influences on the art form, the emergence of Mexican television content and the untold stories of the country’s structural violence.
The animated comedy-adventure series follows Hailey, a risk-averse but resourceful teen, on her mission to save the world; star-studded guest and recurring voice cast includes Julie Bowen, Sarah Chalke, Jo Koy, Natasha Rothwell, Nico Santos and Al Yankovic.
