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Nickelodeon Expands Its Animated Shorts Program
Kids cabler Nickelodeon has renewed and expanded its animated shorts program which was created to find original comedy-driven content for kids. This year’s initiative will look to a new set of creative voices and visionaries to produce a minimum of 10 shorts that will have the potential of becoming animated series [...]
Breakthrough/Atomic’s ‘Rocket Monkeys’ Fly to Nick
The animated space monkeys of Breakthrough Entertainment and Atomic Cartoons are jumping with joy today as they’ll be heading over to Nickelodeon worldwide this spring. The 26 x 26 2D toon centers on halpless simian astronaut brothers Gus and Wally who have hilarious intergalactic adventures in space. Rocket Monkeys will [...]
DHX Moves For-Hire Ops to Canada
Canadian indie toon house DHX Media is moving its Los Angeles-based work for hire production operations to Canada to take advantage of tax credits, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The production company which is based in Halifax is reportedly pursuing cost saving measures after its $112 million acquisition of Cookie [...]
Nick Announces Kids’ Choice Nominees
Nickelodeon has revealed the nominees for the 2013 Kids’ Choice Awards, taking place March 23, airing live on the channel (and online at nick.com/KCA13) at 8 p.m./7 p.m. CT. The awards, hosted by Fanboy and Chum Chum‘s Josh Duhamel, cover all aspects of the entertainment landscape. Below is an abbreviated [...]
Nick Greenlights New ‘Lalaloopsy’ Preschool Toon
MGA’s Lalaloopsy rag dolls are getting their own animated Nickelodeon series. Nick announced today that it has ordered 52 episodes of the animated preschool series, Lalaloopsy, set to premiere in spring 2013. Based on the best-selling line, the half-hour series celebrates diversity, friendship and teamwork and stars the Lalaloopsy rag [...]
‘Peter Rabbit’ Hops to Nickelodeon
A new CG-animated series based on the works of Beatrix Potter is high-tailing it to Nickelodeon as the preschool-targeted show Peter Rabbit debuts on the channel Tuesday, February 19 at 12 p.m. ET/PT. The show features educational goals that encourage young viewers to learn problem-solving and interpersonal skills as well [...]
Foundation, Zodiak, High1 Co-Pro Toon Slate
The Foundation, U.K. production company Zodiak Kids and Korea-based animation studio High1 Entertainment have announced they will begin development on a three-project slate of kids’ animated TV and digital content. The deal covers projects for preschool and tween audiences, with co-development to kick off immediately. The Foundation is already in [...]
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Takes the Top Prize at the Annies
Disney’s underdog hero Wreck-It Ralph had a sweet night at the Annie Awards on Saturday (February 2) as it took home the prize for Best Animated Feature. The film’s helmer Richard Moore also won for Best Director. The acclaimed movie, which has made over $368.4 million globally, was also honored [...]
Zodiak Seals ‘Totally Spies’ Deals, Adds New COO
Zodiak Kids has secured a raft of sales for the brand new sixth season of its hit 2D comedy series Totally Spies!, with Teletoon Canada, DeA Kids Italy and MBC (Middle East) now on board. The new season, produced by Zodiak Kids company Marathon Media for TF1, brings the series [...]
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Wins Producers Guild Award
Ralph is finally a winner. Disney’s popular animated feature Wreck-It Ralph, about an 8-bit videogame baddie who wants to change his life, was the winner of the Best Animated Feature at this past weekend’s 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The film’s producer Clark Spencer took home the coveted prize. The [...]
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