Chelsea Reichert is joining Portfolio Entertainment in the newly created role of Distribution Manager, as the company looks to expand its distribution capabilities. As a global ambassador for Portfolio’s distribution business, Reichert will also coordinate marketing and publicity initiatives across the company’s slate of content, which includes animated series The Cat in The Hat Knows[…..] […]
Season three of Genius Brands International’s flagship animated preschool series Rainbow Rangers has been greenlit. Meanwhile, Genius Brands has entered a deal with Netflix for the platform to stream season one starting July 2021 in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. The company announced additional deals for the series, including[…..] […]
Registration is open for the first in a series of events Animation UK is planning to support investment, business and export readiness. Join us for the Animation Export Strategy workshop lead by Creative Facilitator Justine Bannister, independent children’s media consultant with 25 years experience in the children’s entertainment industry, who will be presenting a carefully[…..] […]
Version 2.5 of LuxCoreRenderer has been released. The new version adds OptiX/RTX acceleration, non-uniform camera bokeh, new AOVs, randomised texture tiling and rotation, translation and scale. Also included are several new textures such as a wireframe map, a distort map, a brick texture capable of pseudo randomising colours per brick, a texture bombing map capable[…..] […]
Get ready and join Marché du Film in Cannes from 6-15 July! The very first Marché du Film took place in 1959 in a tiny canvas screening room perched on the roof of the old Palais Croisette. It was the 13th edition of the Festival de Cannes, the very first international cultural event to launch[…..] […]
With the release of Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League last month, the helmer got a second chance to complete his vision for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice after studio politics and the death of his 20-year-old daughter resulted in his replacement by Joss Whedon in 2017. Lackluster box-office results for the extensively reshot[…..] […]
Xilam Animation Positions Oggy and the Cockroaches Franchise for Long-Term Growth with Expansion into Trio of Brands: Oggy – Next Gen Reboot; Oggy Oggy Preschool Spin-Off; and Original Classic Series. Xilam Animation scores its fourth Netflix Original with ‘Oggy – Next Gen’, alongside further significant international sales across each iteration. Oggy franchise reaches €100M total[…..] […]
New York International Children’s Film Festival is once again bringing filmmakers, industry leaders, and artists together to share projects and discuss key issues around representation in entertainment for kids. The series will take place virtually over five Thursdays from April 29 through May 27 and is a no-fee event. The 2021 forum will place particular[…..] […]
Grom Social Set To Acquire Curiosity Ink Media, Hires Two Former Nickelodeon Execs Kids’ content platform Grom Social Enterprises has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire L.A.-based production company Curiosity Ink Media. The move comes as Grom plans to enter original programming. Curiosity, which is based in Hollywood, has a catalogue of[…..] […]
Family-friendly video game publisher Outright Games, along with Atomic Cartoons (the Kids and Family Division of Thunderbird Entertainment), and development studio Stage Clear Studios, have announced a June 4, 2021 release date for the upcoming kid-friendly zombie and monster action video game The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom. The production partnership[…..] […]
