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‘Yellow Submarine’ Dives onto DVD/Blu-ray
Fans of psychedelic ‘60s animation are in for a treat as The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine (1968) is set for a fully restored home video release on DVD and Blu-ray May 28, together with a reissue of the soundtrack, The Hollywood Reporter revealed. The live-action/animated adventure has undergone a painstaking frame-by-frame [...]
Zodiak Re-Ups ‘Sally Bollywood’
Zodiak Kids, the children’s production and distribution arm of Zodiak Media, has announced the recommission of a second season of animated series Sally Bollywood; co-produced by Tele Images Prod. (part of Zodiak Kids) and Australia’s Three’s A Company. The new 52 x 11 season has been presold to Super RTL, [...]
Vodka Capital Serves ‘Jelly Jamm’ in Canada
Spanish indie production/distribution house Vodka Capital has finalized two major Free-to-Air broadcast deals with Canadian channels Télé-Québec and TVOKids (Ontario) for their CG animated preschool series Jelly Jamm. The 52 x 11 comedy celebrates creativity, music and friendship through the adventures of five wacky friends who live on the planet [...]
Foothill’s MIPTV Toon News
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Foothill Entertainment has announced new toons and development updates just in time for the April MIPTV market in France. These include second series production for Spike Team, the broadcast launch of Iconicles, upcoming new animation for Raz & Benny and Boy and the Dinosaur and new script [...]
Cake Pulls ‘Monkeyface’
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has been appointed worldwide distributor for hit animated gross-out comedy Fleabag Monkeyface (52 x 11, kids 7-12) which will be available at the MIPTV market next month. CAKE can be found at stand R30.18 and will also be offering Let’s Go Pocoyo, Plankton Invasion and Total [...]
‘Chico & Rita’ Plays in L.A. This Week
The Oscar-nominated Spanish animated feature about love, life and music will open at the Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles this Friday, March 9. Those seeking their next artful animated feature fix should look no further than Fernando Trueba Prod. and Estudio Mariscal’s Chico & Rita—a passionate, celebratory hand-drawn film [...]
‘Portlandia’ Gets Bent with ‘Zero Rats’
A recent episode of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s IFC skit show Portlandia, which lampoons the city of Portland, Ore. and its colorful denizens, got some extra animated oomph thanks to local studio Bent Image Lab. The nearly three-minute skit is titled Zero Rats and was directed by Rob Shaw. [...]
GKids Grabs French Toon ‘Le Tableau’
Distributor GKids has acquired the U.S. rights for the Blue Spirit Animation / Be-Films co-production Le Tableau (The Painting), the acclaimed CG film from director Jean-Francois Laguionie. Le Tableau had its international premiere at the New York Children’s Film Festival, which is produced by GKids, on Sunday. The film was [...]
CCI Greenlights ‘Jerry and the Raiders’
Arnie Zipursky, co-chairman at CCI Entertainment, has announced that CCI Releasing will begin production on a new 26 x 11 CG series, Jerry and the Raiders. The project will be co-produced with Fake Studios and First Star Studios, with funding from CMF and Shaw Rocket Fund. “We are extremely excited [...]
Autodesk, USC Present 5D | Flux
Immersive design consortium 5D | Institute will hold a world-building design discussion series in Los Angeles March 13-15 with 5D | Flux, presented in association with Autodesk and the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. The event will consist of three 120-minute interactive sessions aimed at encouraging conversations [...]
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