By Mercedes Milligan | Published on September 27, 2018 Oregon-based stop-motion specialist LAIKA has brought on Michael Waghalter as it prepares to ramp up its brand-building efforts across museum exhibitions, pop culture cons and theme parks, and for the arrival of its fifth feature film The Missing Link on April 19. LAIKA has released four[…..] […]
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PBS KIDS Gets Spooky with Halloween Specials
By Mercedes Milligan | September 27, 2018 This October, kids and families can catch the premiere of the all-new, one-hour movie Wild Kratts: Creepy Creatures on October 22, as well as Halloween-themed specials and episodes of Ready Jet Go! and Pinkalicious & Peterrific, on PBS stations, the PBS KIDS 24/7 channel and live stream. PBS[…..] […]
Epic Games Releases Final Set of Free Paragon Hero Assets
New batch of 19 AAA-quality characters now available free-of-charge to Unreal Engine 4 developer community. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 12:23pm CARY, NC — Epic Games has released its final batch of Paragon Hero assets to the Unreal Engine 4 developer community, with a total of 19 AAA-quality characters valued[…..] […]
Hulu Greenlights ‘Crossing Swords’ Series from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Animated comedy from ‘Robot Chicken’ executive producers John Harvatine IV and Tom Root follows a peasant whose dream job as a knight falls short of expectations. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 3:34pm SANTA MONICA, CA — Hulu has greenlit a 10-episode order for Crossing Swords, a new animated comedy series[…..] […]
Studio AKA Sows Emotional Animated Segments in ‘Black Earth Rising’
By Mercedes Milligan | Published on September 25, 2018 Produced, written and directed by BAFTA award winner Hugo Blick and produced by Abi Bach (The Honourable Woman), for BBC Two and Netflix, Black Earth Rising follows the prosecution of international war crimes and the West’s relationship with contemporary Africa. Studio AKA was tasked with creating[…..] […]
FOX Gives Straight-to-Series Order to Emily Spivey’s ‘Bless the Harts’
By Mercedes Milligan | September 25, 2018 FOX has given a straight-to-series order to a new half-hour animated comedy series from Emmy-winning writer Emily Spivey (The Last Man on Earth, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live). Titled Bless the Harts, the 13-episode series will feature the voices of Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Kristen[…..] […]
“X-Men: Dark Phoenix” Premiered its Trailer
X-Men: Dark Phoenix released the first trailer (Chinese subtitles)! “This is the end.” Dangerous and fierce, “a lot of sacrifices, a lot of pain”, massive abuse can be expected. As the world is on the verge of crisis, Jean Grey (played by Sophie Turner and Summer Fontana) broke out the power of the phoenix. “Charles, this[…..] […]
Silvergate Media Launches Licensing Program for Netflix Series ‘Hilda’
2D animated series co-produced by Silvergate Media and Mercury Films is based on the Eisner Award-nominated graphic novels by Luke Pearson. By AWN Staff Editor | Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 7:05pm LONDON — International TV production and brand licensing company Silvergate Media has unveiled details of its new animated adventure TV series, Hilda, along[…..] […]
Fantawild Animation Released 6 New Features to Further Develop its IP
From September 25th to 27th, the Fantawild Animation Conference hosted by Huaqiang Fante (Shenzhen) Animation Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Fantawild Animation”) was held in Zhengzhou Fantawild Tourist Resort, from domestic and foreign brands and enterprises. Nearly 500 people from all walks of life, including industry groups, TV media, new media, publishing groups, animation[…..] […]
3D Animated Film “the Eight Immortals” Released its Poster
A few days ago, directed by Cao Bo, Xue Peng screenwriter, adapted from the Chinese classic folklore “eight immortals legend” of the latest national manpower “eight immortals” exposure of the first concept poster, officially scheduled for release on October 20. Today, the film released the “Yu Yu version” artifact poster again, which not only succeeded[…..] […]