Festivals and Events
UPDATING: COVID-19 Risk Shuts Down Global Festivals, Cons, Conferences
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Festivals and Events
UPDATING: COVID-19 Risk Shuts Down Global Festivals, Cons, Conferences
April 3, 2020Latest updates: Tribeca Film Festival and Children’s Media Conference plan online presentations, QuakeCon canceled, Gala Quebec...
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Streaming
Netflix Original ‘StarBeam’ Powers Up with Positivity
April 3, 2020StarBeam, the new Netflix Original series that follows eight-year-old Zoey as she confronts the conflicts of...
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Television
TV Bytes: ‘American Dad!’ 15th Birthday Bash; Global Sales News
April 3, 2020American Dad! returns with new episodes on TBS (a WarnerMedia brand) on Monday, April 13 (10...
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Streaming
‘Artemis Fowl’ Debuting Exclusively on Disney+
April 3, 2020The Walt Disney Studios announced today that it will debut its new live-action feature film Artemis...
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Streaming
Netflix Trailers ‘The Last Kids on Earth’ Season 2
April 3, 2020It’s not the end of the world! Netflix and Atomic Cartoons have dropped the Season 2...
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Passings
‘Metabarons’ Artist Juan Giménez Dies of COVID-19 Complications
April 3, 2020Legendary artist Juan Giménez, known notably for his work with Alejandro Jodorowsky on The Metabarons (1992),...
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People
French Studio TeamTO Shares ‘Working From Home’ Video
April 3, 2020We recently asked animation studios around the world to tell us how they are coping with...
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Shorts
Netflix & Production I.G Debut Pioneering 4K Anime Short ‘Sol Levante’
April 3, 2020An intriguing addition has been made to the growing catalog of anime content from Netflix, with...
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Streaming
Clip: PALs Buck the BUDs in ‘Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy’
April 3, 2020Lucky and her plucky friends are ready to gallop into a new unbridled adventure as DreamWorks...
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People
People on the Move: Exec Appointments & Hiring News
April 2, 2020Looking for a gig? Vancouver, BC-based VFX character tool creator Ziva is hiring for 30 to...
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Features
News Bytes: VO Actress Julie Bennett Dies, ‘Sponge on the Run’ Delayed, Jeff Davis Devs Fox Animated Drama & More
April 2, 2020Disney Announces Paid Furlough for Non-Essential Employees Full statement from a company representative: The COVID-19 pandemic...
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Features
LA Animation Festival Launches Distribution Label
April 2, 2020The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), L.A.’s independent animation festival, is launching a new distribution label...
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Television
Jetpack Inks Flurry of Broadcast Deals Across the Globe
April 2, 2020Global independent kids and family distributor Jetpack Distribution announces a series of deals for a host...
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Gaming
Cartoon Network Free App GameBox Launches in EMEA
April 2, 2020Cartoon Network is introducing a brand-new, free gaming app for kids with the launch of Cartoon...
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Streaming
FandangoNOW Opens Digital Rental Pre-Order for ‘Trolls World Tour’
April 2, 2020In anticipation of the April 10 home premiere of DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour, fans can...
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Features
‘Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk’ Expands Star-Studded Voice Cast
April 2, 2020Exodus Film Group has announced that Howie Mandel, Luis Guzmán, Paul Blackthorne, Jamal Trulove, Evan Ross...
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Streaming
Apple TV+ Trailers ‘Here We Are’ Earth Day Special
April 2, 2020Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for the new, original animated short film Here We...
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Immersive
Within Makes Wonderscope AR Kids Story Library Available for Free
April 1, 2020Los Angeles-based virtual and augmented reality innovator Within has announced that its entire catalog of interactive...
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Technology
Chaos Group Enrolls V-Ray Education Collection
April 1, 2020Chaos Group announced Wednesday the launch of the V-Ray Education Collection, a new offering that provides...
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Home Entertainment
Clip: ‘Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpions Revenge’ Arrives April 12
April 1, 2020Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has unleashed the first official clip and some brand-new images from Mortal...
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Features
Illumination/Universal’s ‘Rise of Gru,’ ‘Sing 2’ Pushed Back to 2021
April 1, 2020Having last week pulled the upcoming latest installment of top-grossing animation franchise, Minions: The Rise of...
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People
Studio 100 Vet Katell France Enlists with Média-Participations
April 1, 2020Announced Wednesday, Managing Director Caroline Duvochel of Média-Participations Group — made up of French prodcos Ellipsanime...
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Television
Adult Swim Trailers ‘JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales’, ‘Rick and Morty,’ Sets Raft of Season Premieres
April 1, 2020Adult Swim celebrated April Fool’s Day with a big surprise announcement of many much-anticipated premieres, including...
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Shorts
Chintis Lundgren Animates “One for the Ages” for Sparks
April 1, 2020Ground-breaking pop pioneers Sparks – Los Angeleno brothers Ron and Russell Mael – have turned to...
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Internet
Freeform Launches #StayTheFFHome Campaign; Weekend Movie Binges
April 1, 2020Freeform is launching a multiplatform social distancing campaign titled #StayTheFFHome, encouraging young adults to stay home....
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Gaming
Disney & Kabam Team Up for ‘Mirrorverse’ Mobile RPG
March 31, 2020Disney and Kabam announced Tuesday an all-new Action Role-Playing Game (RPG) for mobile devices: Disney Mirrorverse....
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Television
Global TV News Bytes
March 31, 2020Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana and Sesame Workshop announced that the first season of award-winning animated series Esme...
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Features
Sony Hops ‘Peter Rabbit 2,’ ‘Morbius’, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ and More to 2021
March 31, 2020Having already rescheduled its Easter relese Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway for later this year, the...
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Digital Media
TokyoPop Offers Free Digital Manga in Covid-19 Community Program
March 31, 2020In an act of stuck-at-home solidarity, publisher TokyoPop has pulled together the Covid-19 Community Free Manga...
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Festivals and Events
International Emmy Kids Awards Announced Online
March 31, 2020The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the winners of the 8th International...
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Television
‘Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart’: Parker Simmons’ Loveable Trio Hits the Road
June 30, 2019***This story was written for the August ’19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** If you...
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Features
Watch: New English-Language Trailer for ‘Maquia’
August 16, 2018Eleven Arts Anime Studio has announced the English dub cast and English dubbed trailer for Maquia:...
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Disney Announces Paid Furlough for Non-Essential Employees Full statement from a company representative: The COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Exodus Film Group has announced that Howie Mandel, Luis Guzmán, Paul Blackthorne, Jamal Trulove, Evan ...
