Las Vegas, NV Paris, France –Aurora World Inc. has been appointed the master plush licensee for North America by Paris-based animation production and distribution studio Millimages, brokered through Licensing Works!®, for the popular Molang character. Aurora is set to introduce the new line in early 2021. The product launch will include plush in a wide[…..] […]
Jim Keller to Depart Intel; New Leaders Named SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 11, 2020 – Today, Intel announced that Jim Keller has resigned effective June 11, 2020, due to personal reasons. Intel appreciates Mr. Keller’s work over the past two years helping them continue advancing Intel’s product leadership and they wish him and his family all[…..] […]
GDC Summer kicks off this August, and since this will be the first all-digital Game Developers Conference organizers want to give you an early look at what to expect when you log on to attend. Taking place August 4th through 6th, GDC Summer will have an expanded daily schedule to better accommodate attendees in different[…..] […]
Sandcastle Studios’ “Jungle Beat: The Movie,” produced in collaboration with South Africa’s Sunrise Productions, had big theatrical plans for its post-festival life. But all that changed when the world went into lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “When the pandemic came, we realized theatrical wasn’t going to happen, so we started thinking about putting[…..] […]
France’s 2020 Annecy festival and accompanying Mifa market won’t be the first such events to go completely online this year, but certainly stand out as one of Europe’s largest to do so. The prestigious animation gathering, which normally draws toon heavyhitters from all over the world, will stream June 15-30. While platforms and broadcasters fight[…..] […]
Cartoon Network EMEA has announced a long form series of “The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe” whose critically acclaimed original 10 shorts have proved a banner high-quality 2D European series for Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network’s first series with Denmark and just the second at the time from Cartoon Network Studios Europe, “Ivandoe” was[…..] […]
DAISY RIDLEY CAST IN LEAD ROLE IN BAOBAB STUDIOS’ “BABA YAGA” Due to launch later this year, the studio will give a first look at the film during their Annecy International Film Festival’s Work in Progress Session San Francisco – June 15, 2020 – Baobab Studios is proud to announce the casting of Daisy Ridley[…..] […]
COVID-19 looks set to accelerate the biggest paradigm shift in French animation in the last two decades: Global streaming platforms’ ever larger presence in finance and distribution. How France’s auteur-driven animation movie and TV industry dovetails with the market interests and industry practices of Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Warner Media and Apple TV Plus[…..] […]
Meanwhile, the Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards and Governors Awards ceremonies have been postponed. As a result of the global pandemic, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony has been pushed back from Feb. 28 to April 25, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its Oscars broadcasting partner ABC announced on Monday. In turn, the Oscars[…..] […]
101 Films International, a member of the Amcomri Media Group, has picked up the international distribution rights to Paddy Slattery’s debut crime thriller Broken Law. Produced by Simon James Doyle (Failsafe Films) and Paddy Slattery (True Line Films), with participation of Screen Ireland, the film premiered to a sold-out IMAX theatre audience at the Virgin[…..] […]
