This year will be most innovative and provocative as there are at least 84 films have qualified. Disney (including Pixar) is the only U.S. studio represented in the list. All its self-produced features of the year — Pixar’s Luca, and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto and Raya and the Last Dragon — are up for[…..] […]
One of the oldest and biggest animation studios in Russia, SMF Animation Studio (Soyuzmultfilm) announced an upcoming three-picture slate of feature-length projects during 2021 American Film Market. These long format projects will join SMF’s slate of successful kids’ animated series titles in the next few years. One of many oldest and largest animation studios in[…..] […]
Netflix is teaming with the racial and social justice organization IllumiNative to launch the IllumiNative Producers Program. Netflix and IllumiNative have partnered for the year-long IllumiNative Producers Program, which will support a cohort of seven early- and mid-career Indigenous producers. Each will receive a $25,000 stipend and attend monthly workshops and networking events to develop[…..] […]
Keiko Nobumoto, Writer For Cowboy Bebop And Tokyo Godfathers, Dies At 57 Keiko Nobumoto, the acclaimed writer behind Cowboy Bebop, Tokyo Godfathers, and Macross Plus, passed away on December 1 after a battle with esophageal cancer. The news of her passing was confirmed by fellow anime writer Dai Sato on Facebook，who paid tribute to her:[…..] […]
Green Snake (a.k.a. White Snake 2), which topped the Chinese box office earlier this year, launched in the #3 spot on Netflix’s non-English film chart with 10.65 million hours viewed since its December 1 debut on the platform. The film is Light Chaser Animation’s sequel to its 2019 hit White Snake. Both films are inspired[…..] […]
ViacomCBS and CJ ENM Ink Global Content Pact, Will Launch Paramount Plus in South Korea ViacomCBS and South Korea’s CJ ENM announced a global content deal encompassing coproductions for original TV shows and films as well as content licensing and distribution across the companies’ streaming services. News of the deal comes less than a month[…..] […]
ABC Commercial has announced the sale of the highly acclaimed documentary Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra to the BBC, for broadcast on BBC Four TV channel and iPlayer digital platform. The BBC (UK & Ireland) sale adds to the raft of sales around the world including Sky New Zealand, SVT Sweden, YLE Finland and SRF[…..] […]
Sydney, Australia: The ABC has appointed Jessica Ellis as the Head, ABC Commercial, where she has been overseeing the role from August 2021. Since joining the ABC in February 2007, Jess has provided insight and experience to the leadership of ABC Commercial. In her most recent position of Head, Content Sales & Distribution, Jess has[…..] […]
Genius Brands International, Inc. (“Genius Brands” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GNUS) following the pending acquisition of Canada’s WOW! Unlimited Media Inc. and strategic investment in Germany’s Your Family Entertainment AG (“YFE”) (FRA:RTV), has unveiled a bold new “block” of children’s animated series and expanded distribution for its international channels. The new lineup and branding is[…..] […]
There is a really good progress with the VR mode for Lost Ember. Each of us has spend a good amount of time under the helmet and I think we’re real close! Not there quite yet, but real close! Accessibility needed some work and luckily we have very different levels of motion sickness within the[…..] […]
