Spielberg to Produce...
Steven Spielberg will exec produce a live-action TV series based on the popular...
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Animated Shaq to Hang with Warren Buffet’s Team
An animated version of basketball star Shaquille O’Neal will visit Warren Buffett’s toon Secret Millionaires Club, which airs this Sunday (January 20) at 9 a.m. on The Hub. Shaq, who is a savvy investor in real life, and has shares in Google and Tout, stops by the club to give [...]
PGS to Distribute A Squared Shows Worldwide
PGS Entertainment is the exclusive distributor for animated titles from A Squared Entertainment, headed by Amy and Andy Heyward. The titles PGS will be handling for A Squared at this year’s MIPCOM include: The Secret KidVenture Club (26 half hours + 26 webisodes) features business mogul and philanthropist, Warren [...]
MIPJunior Introduces International Pitch Contest
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, international children’s global content market MIPJunior is launching a new competition. Designed to discover the next big brand in kids’ entertainment content, The MIPJunior International Pitch Contest will select projects based on the following: Potential for TV and multi-platform brand extension. Originality and overall appeal [...]
What Animation Means to Me…
On the occasion of our 25th anniversary, we asked our readers and the top movers and shakers in the industry to tell us what animation has meant to them and how it has changed their lives. Here is just a sampler of the many wonderful and touching responses we received. [...]
A2E2 Goes Transmedia With ‘Stan Lee’s Mighty 7'
A Squared Elxsi Entertainment, a joint venture between A Squared Entertainment and Tata Elxsi Ltd., has struck a deal to develop Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 superhero property to multiple formats and platforms in animation and live-action. The deal is a partnership between A2E2, Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Archie Comics. Stan [...]
A Squared and Tata Elxsi Form New Joint Venture
Andy and Amy Heyward’s A Squared Entertainment have joined forces with Indian animation and vfx studio Tata Elxsi, the technology arm of the Tata Group, to form a new venture called A Squared Elxsi Entertainment (A2E2). The new org will create, develop and distribute original brands including animated entertainment, digital [...]
The Hub Invests in Animated Warren Buffett
A Squared Entertainment’s animated money series Secret Millionaires Club will premiere on The Hub TV network on October 23 at 1 p.m. The show was created in partnership and voiced by famed investor Warren Buffett. Andy Heyward, former CEO of DIC Entertainment, and the veteran producer of toons such as [...]
‘Governator’ Recruits ‘SpongeBob’ Writer Steven Banks
The Arnold Schwarzenegger-backed animated project The Governator has added former SpongeBob SquarePants head writer Steven Banks to its ranks. The Emmy-nominated Banks will be head writer for the new action-comedy series, a joint venture between Schwarzenegger, Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, Archie Comics and A Squared Entertainment. Banks worked as head [...]
Question for the Week of April 6 2011
The news that Arnold Schwarzenegger was teaming up with Stan Lee and Andy Heyward to produce and star in a new animated series and comic-book called The Governator rocked the MIPTV market this week. What do you think about this new venture?
Schwarzenegger Set for ‘Governator’ Series, Movie
Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to showbiz with a new animated property called The Governator. Unveiled at MIP-TV in Cannes, The Governator will include an an animated TV series, comic books, games and a movie. It is being developed a partnership between the former governor of California, Andy Heyward’s A Squared [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
Global TV News Bytes: Guru,...
+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
