DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is ready to start its next chapter, streaming exclusively on Peacock starting March 10. More info at peacocktv.com.
Directed by Joel Crawford, the Oscar-nominated film follows the daring feline outlaw (voiced by Antonio Banderas) on a quest to discover a magical Wishing Star and restore his recklessly lost eight-of-nine lives. Along the way, he reconnects with Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek Pinault), meets new pup pal Perrito (Harvey Guillén) and outwits a fairytale rogues gallery of scheming villains.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish will join other fan-favorite films from DreamWorks such as the Shrek franchise, The Croods and Trolls World Tour. Fans can also enjoy the family-friendly series Puss in Boots Shorts.
Included in its lineup of new channels and programming coming in March, free television streamer Pluto TV (pluto.tv) announced the launch of a dedicated outlet for Sailor Moon. The classic shoujo anime based on Naoko Takeuchi’s manga originally launched in the ’90s, and has since grown to an expanded universe of series and films, inspiring a generation of viewers with this iconic character.
The Sailor Moon channel will provide viewers access to hundreds of hours and episodes of their favorite content, including all 200 episodes of The Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon, all episodes of The Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Crystal, as well as The Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon R: The Movie, The Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon S: The Movie and The Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie.
Genius Brands International announced a new AI-generated animated “shorts” series based on the original children’s show, Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club, launching on Kartoon Channel! (kartoonchannel.com), YouTube and Genius Brands’ social media channels on May 15.
The shorts will be produced by Genius AI Studio, utilizing various AI tools and pulling from stories co-created with, and voiced by, Warren Buffett for the original series, which focused on teaching enduring life lessons around financial literacy to children. Aimed at children aged 4-12 and their families, Secret Millionaires Club Minis is designed to educate children worldwide by sharing fun and interesting lessons and facts around business and money.
Animoca Brands (animocabrands.com), advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, and Manga Productions (manga.com.sa), a leading animations, comics & games production company in the Middle East, have the signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership to collaborate on a range of initiatives to activate Manga Prods.’ unique content in the Web3 ecosystem, grow the regional blockchain industry and facilitate cross-access of intellectual properties.
The partners will collaborate closely across several major areas, initially focusing on co-creating Web3 pilot projects across Animoca Brands’ ecosystem and leveraging Manga Prods.’ content portfolio in the Middle East. Furthermore, Animoca Brands will utilize its operating and industry resources to provide educational and vocational opportunities to local talent in relevant fields. Animoca Brands has already begun preliminary discussions with universities in Saudi Arabia to develop introductory blockchain courses.
In addition, Animoca Brands will explore the feasibility of a dedicated regional blockchain game publishing platform with local partners and support the global distribution of content produced by Manga Productions and other local producers.
