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Scrawl, Cyber Group Team up for ‘Zou’
Singapore-based animation company Scrawl Studios has announced a co-production deal with French house Cyber Group Studios for its CG series Zou. The 52 x 11 preschool show has presold in 50 countries worldwide, with broadcasters including France 5, TeleQuebec and Disney EMEA on board—Zou is expected to premiere in Europe [...]
NFB Preps for Get Animated!
The National Film Board of Canada is gearing up for the 5th edition of Get Animated!, a program of animated screenings and activities coming to over 20 cities across Canada from October 22 to November 6 to celebrate International Animation Day (Oct. 28), in partnership with local organizations. Highlights of [...]
‘Beware the Batman’ Set for CN in 2013
The Dark Knight will enter a new dimension for Cartoon Network as part of the network’s upcoming “DC Nation” programming block, set to debut in spring of next year. A new CG-animated series titled Beware the Batman is slated to join the line-up in 2013—until then, expect recent and upcoming [...]
‘KFP 2′ Director Nelson Honored by LA Femme Fest
The LA Femme Film Festival has announced its Award Honorees for the seventh edition of the fest, set for Oct. 13-16. Among the notable women of film the event has chosen to celebrate this year is Kung Fu Panda 2 director Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Nelson will receive the Maverick Award, [...]
Egmont is Licensing Hero for ‘Legends of Valhalla’
With the countdown until its domestic release, CG flick Legends of Valhalla: Thor from Icelandic studio CAOZ has found a new champion in Egmont Licensing, signing a deal to handle licensing and publishing for the highly anticipated film. Under the terms of the contract, Egmont will handle all licensing matters in [...]
‘Petit Spirou’ to Get Harmony Treatment
Software company Toon Boom Animation Inc. has announced that Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel (France), Luxanimation (Luxembourg) and Aranéo (Belgium) have opted for a Toon Boom pipeline to produce a new series titled Le Petit Spirou. Based on the popular comic books by Tome and Janry, the 78 x7 series will [...]
Turner to Offer Adult Swim Eps on Facebook
Turner Broadcasting UK has become the first media owner to offer free show content to Facebook users via Milyoni’s Social Cinema technology, which debuted earlier this year. Starting this week, episodes from five popular Adult Swim series will be available to watch for free on the Adult Swim UK Facebook [...]
Studio100 Wins Deals for Re-Mastered Classics
Studio100 Media, a subsidiary of Belgium’s leading family entertainment group Studio100, has entered into an agreement with French/Swiss broadcaster RTS for several of its library series. The agreement gives RTS exclusive FreeTV rights for the newly re-mastered 3D animation series Maya the Bee (78 x 11), Vicky the Viking (78 [...]
Sony, Rai, Misseri to Co-Pro ‘Mofy’
Japan’s Sony Creative Productions Inc. has joined forces with Italian studios Rai Fiction and Misseri Studio to co-produce a new TV series based on the cute bunny character Mofy. Production has commenced on the 26 x 5 show. Renowned stop-motion house Misseri Studio has crafted a unique look for the [...]
Singapore’s DCH Announces $100m Animation Fund
Singapore-based investment company DCH Capital has revealed a new $100 million fund to invest in IP creation in the animation, games and computer graphics sectors. The announcement of the DCH Media Fund was made in Cannes, where it was made known that Fund’s intention will be to invest in media [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
