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Brown Bag Aims New Icehouse Imprint at Older Audience
Irish children’s animation studio Brown Bag Films is launching a new label called Icehouse that will make content for an older audience. “I grew up on a diet of comic books, computer games and sci-fi. Now I want to bring some of these ideas to the screen and share what [...]
‘Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja’ Debut Set on Disney XD
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, a new animated comedy series is set to premiere on Disney XD with a special preview episode on Aug. 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and the series premiere on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. The series follows the adventures of an unlikely hero who, [...]
‘Firefall’ Maker Red 5 Studios Expands to Ireland
Games maker Red 5 Studios is leaping the pond, establishing new European headquarters in Cork, Ireland. The office will create about 30 jobs and oversee the rollout in Europe of Red 5′s Firefall, a free-to-play team-based action shooter that is one of the most-anticipated new videogames of the year. “We [...]
Thunderbird, Flux, Telegael Team on ‘Wiki the Kiwi’
Vancouver’s Thunderbird Films is joining forces with New Zealand’s Flux Animation Studios and Ireland’s Telegael on a new CGI preschool series called Wiki The Kiwi. The companies will produce 78 seven-minute episodes. The announcement was made today by Michael Shepard, president of Thunderbird Films; Paul Cummins, CEO of Telegael; and [...]
HIT Scores Big Deals for ‘Mike the Knight’
HIT Entertainment reports 10 new TV sales and three licensing agent deals for its CG-animated preschool property Mike the Knight. The series has been sold to Super RTL in Germany, and the broadcaster has also been appointed as the property’s licensing agent in the territory. The other nine deals that [...]
Monster Distributes Morphs into Monster Entertainment
Dublin-based Monster Distributes is rebranding itself as Monster Entertainment, and plans to re-launch at MIPCOM with a broader focus on the business including animating its own content. The company has just wrapped animation on the preschool animated series I’m a Monster (52 x 2 mins.), and the series has already been presold [...]
Kavaleer Hires Commercial, Animation Vet Jackie Leonard
Ireland’s Kavaleer Productions has added veteran producer Jackie Leonard to build its commercial department and manage its animation productions. Leonard comes to Kavaleer with more than 14 years of experience and was previously a commercials producer for Brown Bag Films for more than 8 years. Among her credits: Olivia, the Oscar-nominated [...]
Pegbar Hosts Dublin Animation Event April 15
Irish animation group Pegbar is holding its next event April 15 at the Science Gallery in Dublin. The event will feature a number of short talks from guest speakers including Norton Virgien (director of Rugrats and Duckman), Jason Tammemägi (director of Fluffy Gardens and Ballybraddan) and renowned multimedia artist Fergal Brennan. [...]
Cartoon Saloon Teases ‘Song of the Sea’ With Conceptual Trailer
A lot of people sat up and took notice of Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon last year after its animated feature Secret of Kells was nominated for an Oscar. The studio is now developing a new feature called Song of the Sea, which Cartoon Saloon’s website describes as follows: “The story of [...]
Telegael Options ‘According to Humphrey’ Books For TV, Film
Irish animation studio Telegael has optioned Betty G. Birney’s popular children’s book series According to Humphrey for TV and film. The books are narrated by a classroom hamster named Humphrey, and are published in the United Kingdom by Faber & Faber and in the United States by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. The [...]
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