OddBot Announces 2 New Animated Series, ‘Job Jungle’ and ‘True Martian’
Studio also announces book option on ‘Beautiful Oops!;’ planned series will show kids how to transform blunder to wonder.
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Splash Entertainment Names Pete Young Director of Development
Children’s entertainment studio promotes from within to develop wider audience appeal, positioning it for long-term growth.
Animation Guild Panel Shares Pioneering Stories That Champion Diversity
Special event for guild members brought together Floyd Norman, Willie Ito, Jane Baer and Enid Denbo-Wizig for a candid discussion about their career triumphs in the face of significant adversity.
Finalists Announced for the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
Winners from the upcoming 3rd Edition will be announced at a special awards ceremony on April 18 in Tenerife, Spain.
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Submit Your Work to OIAF 2020!
44th Ottawa International Animation Festival, which runs September 23-27, 2020, is now accepting submissions.
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Digital Domain Opens Montreal Studio
130 artists now working at the company’s ninth location, bringing their employee total to over 1,500 worldwide.
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Chuck Jones Gallery Hosting Palm Springs Int’l Animation Festival Fundraiser
Special guests Jerry Eisenberg and Willie Ito will sign and dedicate new works including ‘Scooby Doo’ 50th anniversary hand-painted cel art edition.
Moonraker VFX Tackles Netflix’s ‘Night on Earth’ Nature Series
Bristol-based studio continues its work as the ‘go-to’ natural history visual effects provider on streaming giant’s new documentary series showcasing the wonders of our nocturnal world.
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Toonz Media Group Signs Exclusive ‘Zoonicorn’ Distribution and Development Deal
Company will develop, co-produce and distribute 52 original episodes, launching in 2021.
WATCH: Pixomondo’s ‘Carnival Row’ Season 1 VFX Breakdown Reel
Led by VFX supervisor Max Riess, teams from Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Toronto and Los Angeles delivered more than 268 final shots over a 22-month period.
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New Episodes of ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Now Playing on Disney+
12 new episodes from ‘The Mandalorian’ producer and director Dave Filoni conclude the popular animated Star Wars saga.
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‘Borderlands’ Movie to Get the Roth Treatment
Eli Roth is set to direct film adaptation of the beloved video game franchise.
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Netflix Greenlights ‘A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep’ Christmas Special
Shooting on 30-minute show begins late this year; special will debut in U.K. on BBC and selected Netflix markets late next year.
Crunchyroll Announces Inaugural 2020 Slate of Original Programming
Eight ‘Crunchyroll Originals’ coming to leading global anime platform, from diverse group of creators, include adventure, fantasy, romance and historical fiction series.
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Wes Anderson to Present at Annecy 2020
Director of ‘Isle of Dogs’ and Cristal winner ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ along with ‘The French Dispatch’ collaborators Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola, will talk about his relationship with animation.
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Dept. of Surprise: New ‘Star Wars’ Feature in Development
Director J.D. Dillard and Matt Owens are slated to develop a new ‘Star Wars’ feature with Lucasfilm.
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Quibi Greenlights Stoopid Buddy Stoodios’ ‘Micro Mayhem’ Stop-Motion Series
Seth Green and Jon Favreau to executive produce new show based on creators Eric Towner and John Harvatine IV’s over-the-top short featuring a car, a truck and a deer.
Women in Animation Awards 8 Young Women with 2020 WIA Scholarships
WIA president Marge Dean announces and honors the recipients at 2020 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit.
Review: FIAF’s 2020 Animation First Festival
Great French animation again comes to New York City.
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Foundry Releases Nuke 12.1
New version includes UI and tool improvements, CARA VR node performance improvements through Blink and BlinkScript update, and speed improvements for artist and team reviews.
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‘Tokyo Godfathers’ Coming to U.S. Theaters This March
GKIDS and Fathom Events nationwide re-release features 4K restoration and English dub.
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‘Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna’ Gets One-Night-Only Theatrical Release
Toei Animation Inc. and Fathom Events team up for an exclusive March 25 movie night in cinemas nationwide.
‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ and ‘Mob Psycho 100 II’ Take Top Crunchyroll Anime Award Honors
Over 11 million global votes cast for favorite characters, series and creators, with winners announced during live ceremony at Crunchyroll HQ in San Francisco.
One Giant Leap for Sheepkind: ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’
Launching today on Netflix, Aardman’s woolly pranksters go interstellar in a cheeky sci-fi sequel to the studio’s 2015 stop-motion hit, ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie.’
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Amy Poehler’s ‘Duncanville’ Arrives on FOX’s Sunday Night Animation Block
Four years in the making, the ‘SNL’ alum’s new comedy, created with Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie Thacker Scully, her ‘Parks and Recreation’ cohorts, premieres this Sunday.
