Framestore London Names Stephen Goalby Head of Design UK
Industry veteran will lead the design team as the studio continues its expansion; upcoming work will run from hand-drawn 2D to futuristic UI sequences across film, TV, and immersive.
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Sandbox Kids Launches Hopster English Learning Channel
The on-demand kids entertainment channel is now available on Amazon Prime Video in Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands; service helps teach children English using popular animated characters.
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eOne Launching 2D/3D ‘Ninja Express’ Series
New animated kids’ show follows three little Ninjas who run the ultimate delivery service – anywhere, anything, and anytime; rollout underway as of July 1.
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View Conference and VFX Festival 2021 Present Kris Pearn ‘Art vs Story’ Discussion
Join a virtual conversation about the intersection of good/bad story and good/bad design with ‘The Willoughbys’ director and Escape Studios’ Saint John Walker.
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‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ Heads to the UK and Down Under
Konami Cross Media inks new streaming/digital agreements with UK-based Sky Kids and Australian-based anime streaming platform, AnimeLab.
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Award-Winning Blue Zoo Animation Studio Turns 20
Founded in 2000 by Tom Box, Oli Hyatt, and Adam Shaw, the animation studio is now 300+ strong; Hyatt was instrumental in helping create Animation UK in 2008, a collective that incentivizes and bolsters the fast-growing UK animation industry.
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‘The Witcher’ Wraps Season 2 Days Before New Lockdown
Series star Henry Cavill announces filming for the Netflix fantasy hit’s new season has wrapped just one week before England reinstates a new round of pandemic-related restrictions.
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Animated Women UK Presents November Online Workshops – Register NOW
‘Confidence and Getting your Voice Heard’ and ‘Impact and Building the Brand You’ are aimed at helping women in UK’s VFX and animation industry achieve their goals.
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Sky Signs Long Term DreamWorks Animation TV Series Deal
New partnership with NBCUniversal includes hundreds of hours of animated programming, including a number of first looks and exclusives for the network’s customers in Ireland and the UK.
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Cardiff Animation Festival Goes Virtual
Online offerings running October 24-November 1 to include full shorts program; a session with Welsh animator, Simon Chong, currently a director on Fox’s ‘Bob’s Burgers;’ and a behind the scenes look at, ‘Heart of Darkness,’ the world’s first sand-animated feature film.
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Blinkink Creates Colorful Trip Through Nature in 2D Nestle Spot
Director Alex Grigg takes viewers through a fluid, vibrant and unpredictable world capturing expressions of nature and life while communicating the essence of the client’s sustainable and environmentally friendly new product line.
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‘Horrid Henry’s Gross Day Out’ Debuts September 17 on Netflix UK
Novel Entertainment’s latest addition to the popular franchise will roll out globally later this year.
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Streamland Media’s FarmFX Division Joins Ghost VFX
International visual effects house further solidifies global service business with UK offices in London and Manchester.
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Lara Lom Named Managing Director at RISE’s New London Office
Opening in September, the new studio will offer an extension of the sophisticated and complex VFX services already offered in its German studios.
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‘Promare’ Collector’s Edition Available August 4
Studio Trigger’s hit anime feature, now available in digital, On Demand, Blu-ray, DVD and SteelBook edition.
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EU Report: Women Direct Only 22% of Feature Films
New study finds women still account for a minority of directing and screenwriting positions in feature films and TV.
Call for Entries: More Films for Freedom – Deadline August 16
Program encourages submissions from UK-based LGBTIQ+ filmmakers working with storytellers/filmmakers from the African continent and Middle East.
‘Mighty Mike’ Launches on CITV and Boomerang
TeamTO taps licensing company, This is Iris, to spearhead marketing of the sophisticated and refined pug, Mike, in the UK.
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bRAND-WARD Taking Guru’s ‘True and the Rainbow Kingdom’ to the UK and Ireland
Licensing deal provides representing across all consumer products including toys, games, apparel and publishing.
Animation UK and BFI Promote British Animation at Annecy 2020
Lupus Film’s ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ was honored as best TV Special at the YouTube livestream of the official Annecy Awards.
Animated Women UK Launches ‘Achieve Online 2020’ Workshops
Career development workshop series aimed at supporting women in UK’s VFX and animation industries continues June 5.
This Thing of Ours Launches Digital Presence with Trio of Animated Vignettes.
New London-based animation and design studio defines itself with surreal animations exploring 3D and 2D illustrated textures and places.
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Gutsy Animation’s ‘Moominvalley’ Coming to the Nordics
Based on stories by Finnish-Swedish author and artist, Tove Janson, the award-winning animated series relays and preserves important parts of Nordic cultural heritage.
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Call for Entries: Manchester Animation Festival 2020
Submissions now being accepted for the UK’s largest animation festival, taking place November 15 -19; entry deadline is July 13, 2020.
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Alice Loveday Joins London-Based Hoi Polloi
New director brings whimsy and passion to her stop-frame 2D work.
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