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130 Films Selected for Cinanima ’23 Competition
Preparations are well underway for the 47th edition of Cinanima -- Portugal's prestigious, Oscar-qualifying animation festival -- which today announced that a record 130 films have...
‘Belle’ Bests Hosoda’s US Opening Box Office Record
Mamoru Hosoda's latest acclaimed animated feature Belle continues to win over audiences, with North American distributor GKIDS reporting a $2 million four day total for...
Full ‘Family Guy’ Catalog Hits FXX This Month; ‘Futurama’ Coming Soon
The full back catalog of Seth MacFarlane's nine-time Emmy-winning animated primetime comedy Family Guy will have a new home on the FXX network starting...
Hulu Eyes ‘Standing By’ from Dan Levy; Dates ‘Animaniacs’ S2
During the Television Critics Association’s Summer Press Tour on Friday, Hulu presented the company’s lineup of upcoming original programming, including the second season of...
Powerhouse Animation Inks First-Look Deal with Netflix
The hitmaker toon shop behind Castlevania, Powerhouse Animation Studios, has struck a first-look deal to produce original animated streaming series with Netflix. The Austin-based...
‘Scary Stories for Young Foxes’ Gets Animated with Lena Headey, Boat Rocker
Lena Headey and Boat Rocker Studios are teaming up for an animated adaptation of Christian McKay Heidicker's award-winning kids' horror novel Scary Stories for...
Netflix Snags Sony’s ‘Vivo’, Previews Summer Animation Slate
Sony Pictures Animation's debut musical project Vivo has been picked up by Netflix, with the streamer licensing all global rights (excluding China). The film...
Jim Capobianco, Tomm Moore Feature ‘The Inventor’ Tinkers toward 2023 Debut
As Wolfwalkers leads director Tomm Moore (Song of the Sea, The Secret of Kells) into his third Best Animated Feature Oscar race, the gears...
News Bytes: ‘Gundam’ & ‘Cinderella’ Live-Action Pics, Floyd County Union MV, ‘Wonder Woman’s 1st Female Writer Dies & More
Netflix, Legendary Plan 'Gundam' Live-Action Feature
Kong: Skull Island helmer Jordan Vogt-Roberts is tapped to direct the flick inspired by the 40+ year old hit...
Wonder Street Gets Sweet on ‘Peeps’ Animated Feature
The Easter Bunny has left an extra li'l treat in our baskets this year. The marshmallow sweet synonymous with the holiday, Peeps, will be...
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Helmer Tapped for ‘ThunderCats’ Movie
Director Adam Wingard, whose latest big screen feat Godzilla vs. Kong just scored a pandemic-era global box office record, will be tackling another major...
Netflix, Alyce Tzue & Amy Poehler Harmonize on ‘Steps’ Musical Fairytale Revamp
Another star-powered animated feature project has joined the Netflix Originals slate, as the streamer announced today it is in development on Steps, a musical...
OWN Ventures into Animation with Junt Land’s Creator Munirah Safiyah Jones
OWN announced it is developing its first-ever animated comedy TV series: The Mound. The project comes from Munirah Safiyah Jones, who created the network's...
Adieu, Le Pew: Problematic Skunk Cut from ‘Space Jam 2’ and May Never Return
In the wake of the Twitter storm stirred by New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow's assertion that the classic cartoon character "added to...
News Bytes: ‘South ParQ’ Special,’ ‘Proud Family’ First Look, Sony’s Hybrid Fantasy and More
South Park is gearing up for a second coronavirus-inspired special. The irreverent toon is serving up an hour-long South ParQ The Vaccination Special on...
Ancient Greece Comedy from Dan Harmon Joins Fox Toon Pantheon
Fox has given a formal series order to a new series from Emmy-winning Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon, who struck a broadcast network...
Bad Robot Taps FX Exec John Agbaje as SVP Animation
J.J. Abrams & Katie McGrath's Bad Robot is firming up its foothold in animation, recruiting FX network's animation & development head John Agbaje as...
Disney+ Rebooting ‘Darkwing Duck,’ Jon M. Chu in Talks for Hybrid ‘Lilo & Stitch’
Disney Television Animation is in early development for a reboot of hit 1990s toon Darkwing Duck for Disney+, to be executive produced by Seth...
Mike Flavin Named SVP, Head of Development at Cartuna Studio
Brooklyn-based animation studio Cartuna has tapped Mike Flavin as its new SVP, Head of Development. He joins the studio behind Comedy Central's improvised animated...
‘Blazing Samurai’ Gains Finance Ally in Align
L.A.-based Align has enlisted with animated comedy Blazing Samurai, contributing production financing to the $46 million CG project. Currently in production with Aniventure at...
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