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Zodiak Kids Signs Partners for ‘Quick, Quack, Duck!’
Zodiak Kids has secured a three-way international co-production deal for the 3D animated preschool series Quick, Quack, Duck! The 52 x 11 min. series is created and produced by Zodiak Kids’ production company The Foundation, in partnership with Korean animation studio High 1 Entertainment and Tel Aviv-based QQD Limited, the [...]
‘Gumball,’ ‘Gruffalo’s Child’ Win British Animation Awards
Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of Gumball won the top award for Best Children’s Series and Children’s Choice British Animation Award at the toon kudosfest in London on Thursday. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1: The Tale of the Three Brothers animated sequence swept up the BAA for [...]
Michael Rose Discusses ‘The Gruffalo’s Child,’ ‘Chico & Rita’
Producer Michael Rose discusses his well-received animated projects, The Gruffalo’s Child and Chico & Rita About seven years ago, Aardman veteran Michael Rose set up Magic Light Pictures, a London-based indie production company with Martin Pope. Rose, who produced the Oscar-nominated The Gruffalo (2009) and this year’s BAFTA-nominated The Gruffalo’s [...]
And the BAFTAS Go to ‘Rango,’ ‘Morning Stroll’
The weekly shower of big awards to Gore Verbinski’s feature Rango continued on Sunday (Feb. 12) when the quirky CG-animated movie received the Best Animated Feature BAFTA Award during a star-studded event at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden. The film’s competition in this category were Steven Spielberg’s [...]
Target Finds New Homes for 3 Chapman Shows
London-based Target Entertainment has securing a major new multi-regional broadcast deal for Chapman Entertainment’s hit pre-school series Roary the Racing Car with Nickelodeon. The first series of the 52 x10-minute show has been licensed for broadcast by Nickelodeon’s international Nick Jr. Channels in Europe (including Benelux, Scandinavia, Germany, Spain and [...]
BAFTA Toon Noms: ‘Tintin,’ ‘Arthur Christmas,’ ‘Rango’
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has nominated three features for its Best Animated Film Category. Announced Tuesday by actors Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger with BAFTA chairman Tim Corrie, the nominated films are: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg Arthur Christmas, [...]
Coolabi’s ‘Poppy Cat’ Lands Purrfect Digital Deal
UK-based producer and rights management company Coolabi has landed a U.S. distribution deal with Entertainment One (eOne) for its preschool animated show Poppy Cat (52 x 11), beginning this fall. New-York based The Joester Loria Group has also been in discussions with potential partners on behalf of the property. Based [...]
Five Animated Features Make the BAFTA List
The long list of nominees for this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards were revealed yesterday. The BAFTA Animated Feature category includes The Adventures of Tintin, Arthur Christmas, Gnomeo and Juliet, Puss in Boots and Rango. It’s interesting to note that the Brits opted for Arthur Christmas and Gnomeo and [...]
‘Octonauts’ to Make a Splash on Disney Jr.
Disney Junior announced today that it will premiere the hit animated preschool show Octonauts on Monday, Jan. 9. At 11:30 a.m. The BAFTA-nominated series is based on a series of books Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy of Meomi Design. It follows the underwater adventures of Captain Barnacles Bear, Lieutenant Kwazii [...]
Aardman Launches ‘Home Sheep Home 2′
Aardman Digital, the interactive branch of the acclaimed Bristol-based animation house, has launched Hope Sheep Home 2, a sequel to the BAFTA-nominated online game released in February of 2012 which has reached over 109 million plays to date. Starring the lovable characters of the award-winning TV series Shaun the Sheep, [...]
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