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Steven Spielberg will exec produce a live-action TV series based on the popular...
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Sullivan’s ‘Consuming Spirits’ to Screen in L.A.
L.A. audiences will have the chance to check out indie animator Christopher Sullivan’s widely acclaimed movie Consuming Spirits as the pic begins a week run at the Cinefamily theater this Friday (April 12). The highly original and very adult feature chronicles the lives of Gentian Violet, Victor Blue and Earl [...]
Disney Junior HD launches in the U.K.
Disney’s preschool channel Disney Junior has officially launched in the U.K. in high definition. The Mouse cabler already transmits HD versions of its core Disney Channel and Disney XD in high def in the country. The new service will be carried exclusively on DTH platform BSkyB. Disney and Sky recently [...]
Teletoon Commissions New Season of ‘George’
Jay Ward’s classic animated series George of the Jungle will continue to swing into action thanks to a new season of the show commissioned by Teletoon Canada and produced by Singapore’s August Media Holdings and Ottawa-based Chocolate Moose Media. Based on Ward’s classic toon, which first debuted in 1967, the [...]
Nick Offers ‘Fairly OddParents’ Marathon on Sunday
If you’re a fan of Butch Hartman’s long-running animated series The Fairly OddParents, then you’ll want to set the DVR this Sunday (April 14). The special marathon begins at 2 p.m. and includes a new episode of the series called “Dinklescouts” at 7 p.m. In the episode, Timmy wishes that [...]
Netflix & Hasbro Sign Multi-Year Kids Programming Deal
Netflix and Hasbro announced an expanded agreement making two of the new Hasbro Studios shows, Littlest Pet Shop and Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, available to Netflix members in the U.S. Kaijudo is available now and Littlest Pet Shop will be available summer 2013. Through this agreement, Netflix becomes the [...]
Corsaro Hired as Fandango’s New VP of Content
Kick Buttowksi‘s dad is the new head of content and creative at Fandango. The movie site has hired Sandro Corsaro, the creator of Disney XD’s animated series Kick Buttowksi: Suburban Devil as its new VP of content and creative. As the company’s new chief creative executive, Corsaro will provide strategic and [...]
Around 150 Staffers to Lose Jobs at Disney
Disney is in the process of laying off around 150 employees at Walt Disney Studios today (March 10). Variety reports that employees began receiving pink slips on Wednesday morning. The layoffs hit the home entertainment, production, distribution and marketing, and music and theater division in New York City, with only [...]
Zodiak Kids Announces New Intl. VOD deals
Zodiak Kids has sealed a series of VOD deals with providers around the world for a selection of its animated shows including Marathon Media’s Totally Spies (Series 1-5) and Martin Mystery (Series 1-3) and Tele Images animated series Street Football (Series1-3). Meanwhile, the ProSiebenSat.1 Group has licensed Famous Five (26 [...]
D3P and CN to Release ‘Regular Show’ Game
There will be more ways play with Mordecai and Rigby and their buddies from Cartoon Network’s popular show Regular Show as D3Publisher and CN announced plans to launch videogames based on the toon. This is the first video game publishing deal for the Emmy-winning toon, continuing the strategic partnership between [...]
Bryan Cranston Joins Voice Cast of ‘Kung Fu Panda 3'
The third cinematic outing of DreamWorks’ blockbuster Kung Fu Panda announced three new voice cast members yesterday (April 9): Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) and Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids) will voice new characters in the third chapter of the animated pic, which will again be directed by Jennifer Yu Nelson [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
