Taking place in early days of the Manchester Animation Festival, Manimation is the UK animation community event focused solely on business development and longevity in the animation sector. This year Manimation brings together more animation production companies, producers, animators, writers and creative service providers with potential buyers from broadcasters, advertisers, creative agencies, corporate, distribution and[…..] […]
Every two years the animation community rally together for a night of celebration as the British Animation Awards hosts an awards ceremony for all that is great about animation in the UK. The next British Animation Awards will take place in March 2020 (exact date TBC) The British Animation Awards (BAA) celebrates UK animation, supporting,[…..] […]
DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s just released US-China co-production shows animation’s true power to cross cultural boundaries with an entertaining, relatable and emotional story. In just over two weeks at the box office, DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-produced animated feature film, Abominable, has earned praise from both critics and audiences; what started as an[…..] […]
Emerging Australian content company, Front Runner Productions, has secured a co-production agreement with FredBird Entertainment for the development of alternative lifestyle series “Live Differently”. The production team has also secured award winning producer, Julie Greene as Executive Producer for the project. Greene, was the Executive Producer and Executive Creative Director for the globally successful children’s[…..] […]
Looking for new markets, the Looking Glass Factory goes to art fairs. The holographic display by Looking Glass Factory provides an interactive and collaborative environment to experience the holographic work of artists. Three dimensional (3D) virtual worlds provide rich interaction in a realtime environment, thus maintaining the interest of users. The desktop holographic display designed[…..] […]
-Agreement to span 15 territories worldwide- -Follows success of Magnolia TV’s La Notte Dei Record– Cannes, 15 October 2019: Guinness World Records (GWR) has announced it will partner with Banijay Group in an international sales drive for its primetime family entertainment show format. The year-long deal marks the world-famous brand’s biggest option deal to date and will span[…..] […]
LOS ANGELES, 14 October, 2019 – Fremantle today announced a new deal with Hulu to bring to the U.S. Produced by Fremantle’s UK drama label Euston Films, the six-part drama was written and created by BAFTA-nominated writer Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom, House of Saddam) based on the novel by Elliott Colla. Baghdad Central will[…..] […]
MIPCOM, Cannes, 14 October, 2019 – ITV Studios and Atresmedia Studios have agreed a co-development deal for a new gameshow format Trust Me I’m A Six-Year-old. The alliance with Atresmedia Studios has seen the development team of ITV Studios label Possessed work with their counterparts at the Spanish company to create the exciting new format[…..] […]
Cannes, France and Los Angeles, CA, October 16, 2019 – Revolution Studios, a portfolio company of Content Partners, has tapped Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to handle global TV and digital distribution licensing for all of its titles. The deal, announced today, also includes 64 Morgan Creek films to which Revolution owns international distribution rights. Under the[…..] […]
The 20th Anniversary Theatre Edition of “One Piece” is officially named <One Piece: Stampede>. It will hit the Japanese theaters on August 9, 2019, and the mainland China’s theaters on October 18. The film has previously been released overseas and gained strong support from a large number of fans. On the first day of release in Japan, audiences number hit 356,000, ranked first in Japan’s 2019 first day film attendance! <One Piece: Stampede>’s overseas achievement did attract anticipation from Chinese fans. The “One Piece” animation has been on the air for 20 years. For fans, the release of <One Piece: Stampede> is not an ordinary theater version of the animation, but a retrack of all the growth, dreams, companionship and youth of the past two decades. <One Piece: Stampede> gives thousands of “one piece” fans a chance to pay tribute to their youth.[…..] […]
