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Portfolio Unveils Discovery Kids LatAm’s ‘Doki’
Discovery Kids announced during the Kidscreen Summit that Portfolio Entertainment will be distributing the new animated preschool series Doki, which it is also producing. Based on the popular Discovery Kids Latin America character, the series (26 x 30 or 52 x 11) follows Doki and his friends as they embark on [...]
Anima Estudios to Co-Pro Vodka’s ‘Bugsted’
Children’s content and entertainment brands creator Vodka (Jelly Jamm) has secured a co-production partnership with Ánima Estudios for their new multi-platform project Bugsted. Founded in 2002, Ánima currently produces the animated series El Chavo, top-rated in Latin America, and recently released Top Cat: The Movie. Last year, Spanish-language TV producer [...]
‘Strange Hill High’ Gets Season 2 OK Ahead of Premiere
CBBC controller Cheryl Taylor has ordered the students of multi-media comedy series Strange Hill High to return for a second term ahead of its broadcast premiere on the channel this spring. The 13 x 30 series is a co-production of FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment and CBBC in association with [...]
First Look: ‘Futurama’ Returns This Summer
Comedy Central has unveiled a sweet mash-up video of clips from the second half of Futurama season 7, set to begin airing this summer. All of Matt Groening’s beloved Planet Express crew will return for even more space-faring hijinks, battles with crazy monsters and questionable science experiments. Check it out!
TF1, Cyber Group Partner for ‘Mini Ninjas’
France’s TF1 Production has announced it will begin production on its first animated TV series, with Cyber Group Studios serving as executive coproducer and handling worldwide distribution. The new series called Mini Ninjas is based on the hit online/offline videogame from Square Enix of the same name and is being [...]
What To Expect, Little Airplane Join Forces
What to Expect, the best-selling resource/brand for new and expecting parents, is branching out in a new media direction by teaming up with Little Airplane Productions—producer of popular pre-k TV series including The Wonder Pets, 3rd & Bird and Small Potatoes. The joint venture is called What to Expect, Jr., [...]
‘Phineas and Ferb’ Celebrates Platypus Day
Groundhogs are sooooo last millennium, guys. The coolest mammal on the block is the platypus, as evidenced by the popularity of Disney’s Phineas and Ferb and its secret agent animal, Perry. The celebrations have begun with the release of the “O.W.C.A.” disco anthem (inspired by “Y.M.C.A.”) on Disney Channel, XD [...]
Creator Scott Fellows Pens 100th ‘Johnny Test’
Indie kids’ entertainment producer/distributor/licensor DHX Media has revealed a few snippets from the storyline of the 100th episode of its hit 2D animated comedy-adventure series Johnny Test, which is being written by the show’s creator Scott Fellows (also creator/EP of Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide and Big Time Rush). “When [...]
Pukeko and Weta Set to Fly with ‘Thunderbirds’ Reboot
New Zealand-based Pukeko Pictures and Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop are working on a new reboot of Gerry Anderson’s legendary puppet-animated children’s series Thunderbirds for U.K.’s ITV. Slated for broadcast on ITV’s kids channel CITV in the U.K. in 2015, the 26 x half-hour series will use a combination of CG animation [...]
Watch a New Clip from Disney’s ‘Minnie’s Bow-Toons’
We’re happy to share an exclusive clip from one of the new Minnie’s Bow-Toons episodes that will premiere on Disney Junior next week. These five new shorts will be premiering daily beginning Monday, Feb. 4 thru Friday, Feb. 8 on Disney Channel (9:55 a.m. ET/PT) and Disney Junior (3:55 p.m. [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
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The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
