Festivals and Events
Flee,” ‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Peel’ and ‘Vanille’ Win Top Prizes at Annecy
Features
Creating ‘Coppelia’: Behind the Scenes of the Innovative Hybrid Movie That Debuted at Annecy
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People
WarnerMedia Appoints Melissa Lim Head of Kids’ Acquisitions APAC
June 11, 2021WarnerMedia has appointed Melissa Lim as the new head of content acquisitions and co-productions for its...
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Television
APC Kids’ Zephyr Inks Co-Pro Deal with France TV on ‘Mogu & Perol’
June 10, 2021APC Kids, the children’s entertainment division of leading co-production and distribution company APC Studios, is bolstering...
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Festivals and Events
Adult Swim Counts Down to Global ‘Rick and Morty Day’ Premiere Celebration
June 10, 2021An out-of-this-world celebration of Global Rick and Morty Day (#GlobalRickAndMortyDay) is coming to fans Sunday, June...
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Streaming
Peacock Orders ‘Ted’ Series, Picks Up RetroCrush Anime Channel
June 10, 2021Peacock has announced a straight-to-series order for Ted, from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group,...
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Streaming
Netflix Teases the Retro Toon-Fueled Might of ‘Masters of the Universe: Revelation’
June 10, 2021Are you ready to take back the power? Netflix has charged up the official teaser trailer...
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Streaming
The Cat & Mouse Games Continue in ‘Tom and Jerry in New York’ July 1
June 10, 2021The City that Never Sleeps is about to get even rowdier, as legendary cartoon characters Tom...
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Features
New Line, WB Animation Bring Fans Back to Middle-earth in Standalone LOTR Anime ‘The War of the Rohirrim’
June 10, 2021Twenty years after delivering the award-winning The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based on the iconic...
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Features
Shin-Ei Animation Teams with Miyu Prod. for ‘Ghost Cat Anzu’
June 10, 2021The hitmaker Japanese studio behind anime TV franchises Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan, Shin-Ei Animation, is joining...
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Features
Whoopi Goldberg Tapped for Lead Role in Apple/Skydance’s ‘Luck’
June 10, 2021Legendary performer and EGOT Winner Whoopi Goldberg is set to voice a lead role in the...
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Streaming
BBC Children’s ‘JoJo & Gran Gran’ Makes US Debut on Noggin June 14
June 10, 2021Noggin, Nickelodeon’s interactive learning service for preschoolers, will debut a new animated series from BBC Studios...
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People
Natalie Fischer Named CEO of Locksmith Animation
June 10, 2021As Locksmith Animation gears up for the October release of its first feature film Ron’s Gone...
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People
Antony Bluff Named Exec Producer at Cinesite London
June 9, 2021Cinesite London has welcomed Antony Bluff to its leadership team, as Executive Producer. In his new...
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Festivals and Events
Anibar Announces 2021 Program of Artistic Animation
June 9, 2021Anibar International Animation Festival announces the program for its 12th edition, taking place July 23-30, as...
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Festivals and Events
Three New Films Join Annecy 2021 Program
June 9, 2021Just around the corner, this year’s Annecy Festival (June 14-19) has added three additional feature films...
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Streaming
Trailer: ‘The Mighty Ones’ S2 Embarks on More Backyard Misadventure
June 9, 2021A second season of DreamWorks The Mighty Ones is ready to embrace the adventurous spirit of...
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Schools
TeamTO, House of Cool Expand Free Animation Training Program
June 9, 2021Leading European content creator TeamTO and Canada’s House of Cool will partner together to broaden the...
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Television
Cartoon Network Africa Greenlights ‘Garbage Boy and Trash Can’ from CN Creative Lab
June 9, 2021Cartoon Network Africa’s Creative Lab winning short Garbage Boy and Trash Can will be made into...
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Television
Emmy Watch 2021: A Good Year to Watch Toons
June 9, 2021***An abridged version of this interview originally appeared in the June-July ’21 issue of Animation Magazine...
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Streaming
DreamWorks Returns to ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ for S2
June 9, 2021Hit preschool series Gabby’s Dollhouse is set to return to Netflix with 10 all-new “a-meow-zing” episodes!...
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Television
Disney Junior’s ‘Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Swings with Theme by Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump
June 8, 2021Grammy Award-nominated musician Patrick Stump, lead singer of the multiplatinum-selling rock band Fall Out Boy, will...
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Television
9 Story Teams with National Basketball Players Association on New Kids’ Series
June 8, 20219 Story Media Group announced today that it has entered into a development deal with THINK450,...
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Television
Toonz & Ferly Join Forces for ‘Kingdom of None’
June 8, 2021Finnish animation, publishing and licensing studio Ferly announced today that it has signed a co-production deal...
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People
Eddie Gamarra Assumes New Lit Optioning Role for Nickelodeon & Awesomeness
June 8, 2021Nickelodeon’s Eddie Gamarra has been appointed to a newly created position of Vice President, Literary Affairs,...
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Features
Locksmith’s Debut ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Boots Up with Trailer, Cast Reveal
June 8, 2021Disney’s 20th Century Studios has uploaded the official trailer and downloaded the cast details for robot...
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Streaming
First Look: Chris Nee’s ‘Ridley Jones’ Is Netflix’s Latest Fascinating Pre-K Exhibit
June 8, 2021Netflix today unveiled the first-look images and official trailer for Ridley Jones, a new animated preschool...
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Television
OTTera Teams with Fantawild to Bring Chinese Animation Hits to Multiple Territories
June 8, 2021White label OTT service OTTera has signed a deal with leading Chinese animation company Fantawild Animation,...
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Features
A Northern Gem: Quebec’s 10th Ave Prod. Uncovers ‘Felix and the Hidden Treasure’
June 8, 2021In the early 2000s, screenwriter/director/producer Nancy Florence Savard founded 10th Ave Productions to create unique and...
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Features
News Bytes: Another Win for ‘Nuevo Rico,’ LEGO Movie World Sneak Peek, Rugrats Escape Room & More
June 7, 2021Los Angeles Latino Int’l Film Festival Awards LALIFF wrapped its 2021 edition combining in-person and virtual...
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Festivals and Events
Heritage Plans Groundbreaking Anime Art Auction
June 7, 2021Production animation cels and backgrounds from the most critically-acclaimed and culturally-influential anime films, television series and...
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Features
Time for Arcana’s ‘Clockwork Girl’ to Shine
June 7, 2021Just ahead of the film’s release, the team at Arcana Studio (Howard Lovecraft trilogy Pixies, Panda...
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