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Former DreamWorks VP Doug Schwalbe Launches The Co-Production Company
March 31, 2021Doug Schwalbe, a former senior VP of co-production for Dreamworks Animation Television, is launching the Co-Production Company,...
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Jessica Walter, ‘Archer’ Voice Star & Emmy-Winning Actress, Dies Age 80
March 25, 2021Jessica Walter, an Emmy-winning actress and Golden Globe nominee known to animation fans as the voice...
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Women in Animation Launches Spring Mentorships with Focus on WOC
March 25, 2021Women in Animation (WIA) is proud to announce the opening of its 2021 Spring Mentorship Program...
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Pete Browngardt Inks Overall Deal with WB Animation & Cartoon Network Studios
March 22, 2021Emmy-nominated producer Pete Browngardt (Looney Tunes Cartoons, Clarence, Uncle Grandpa) has signed an exclusive, multiyear cross-studio...
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Portfolio Taps Emmy-Winning EP Irene Weibel as LA Rep
March 18, 2021Portfolio Entertainment continues to expand its senior creative team with Irene Weibel, Emmy Award-winning executive producer....
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Passion Pics Taps David Park to Head Long-Form Production Expansion
March 16, 2021Passion Pictures has hired Pixar veteran David Park as Head of Production for Long Form Animation,...
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Anime Pioneer & Mentor Yasuo Otsuka Dies Age 89
March 15, 2021Yasuo Otsuka, an artist who helped shape the contemporary anime industry with his work on landmark...
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Games Workshop Taps Finn Arnesen to Expand ‘Warhammer’ Entertainment Universe
March 12, 2021Games Workshop Group PLC, the successful hobby, publishing, video games and retail business behind hit franchise...
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‘Croods 2’ Writers Kevin and Dan Hageman Ink Overall Deal with CBS Studios
March 10, 2021Emmy Award-winning animation writer/producers (and, according to their bio, “brothers and sworn blood enemies”) Kevin and...
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IDW Powers Up Original Content Ops with Exec Hires
March 10, 2021IDW Entertainment (IDWE) and IDW Publishing (IDWP), divisions of IDW Media Holdings, announced today that after...
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WIA Awards 10 Young Women with 2021 Animation Scholarships
March 5, 2021As part of the 2021 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit, WIA’s Chair of Education Hsiang Chin...
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UK’s Secret Story Draw Unlocks Animation Opportunities for Underrepresented Groups
March 2, 2021A brand new and unique initiative, The Secret Story Draw, has launched to find new talent...
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Lauren Martinez, Kelly Crews Take VP Posts at Cartoon Network Studios
February 26, 2021Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) has announced two key additions to its executive leadership team: Lauren Martinez...
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DNEG Feature Animation Appoints Ted Ty, Archie Donato to Creative Team
February 25, 2021DNEG Feature Animation has announced the appointment of two new senior creative hires to bolster its...
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Pioneering, ‘Immensely Private’ Animator Brenda Banks Has Died
February 23, 2021Brenda Banks, one of the first Black women to become a professional animator, reportedly died December...
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Animation Luminary Fred Seibert Launches New ProdCo FredFilms
February 23, 2021Fred Seibert, the driving force behind some of the most successful animation projects of recent years,...
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Kevin Michael Richardson Replaces Harry Shearer as ‘Simpsons’ Dr. Hibbert
February 22, 2021Following the announcement last summer that the record-smashing animated sitcom was enacting new voice casting policies...
***This article originally appeared in the May '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 310)*** When British ...

Animation Magazine is delighted to present a one-four video spotlight on our 2021 Rising Stars ...

Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi's Iervolino Entertainment announced plans to invest €100 million (~$118.6 million ...
