By Mercedes Milligan | March 7, 2019 If you weren’t already planning to adjust your monthly entertainment budget around the launch of Disney’s in-house streaming service, Disney+ (coming late 2019), company CEO Bob Iger has revealed that shortly after its debut the new platform will contain “the entire Disney motion picture library.” That’s right — no longer[…..] […]
Sony Interactive Entertainment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. today held a release conference of “China Hero Project”, announcing that the development of two works in the first “China Hero Program” has completed and entered the stage of preparation for being listed – “Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cipher” and “Code:HARDCORE”. At the same time, seven new works from the second session of “China[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | March 6, 2019 Netflix has announced it will adapt Nidhi Chanani’s highly acclaimed, best-selling graphic novel Pashmina into an original CG animated musical with celebrated writer-director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), internationally renowned producer Ashok Amritraj, and Chadha’s long-standing writing partner, Paul Mayeda Berges. Pashmina is a fantasy and adventure story that follows Priyanka, a[…..] […]
For the first time ever, the Vimeo Staff Pick Award will be presented at the GLAS Animation Festival with a $2,500 cash prize and online launch as a Staff Pick. By Jennifer Wolfe | Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 12:40pm The GLAS Animation Festival is right around the corner! The Festival has announced the 2019 Schedule, Special Programs, and a new[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | March 6, 2019 New York City’s Film Forum will present the U.S. theatrical premiere of Wall — the feature film adaptation of David Hare’s political play directed and animated by Cam Christiansen, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Beginning Wednesday, April 3, the Film Forum will be screening Wall for one week, with multiple daily[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | March 5, 2019 Japanese character creation powerhouse Sanrio has sold film rights to its iconic Hello Kitty property to Warner Bros.’ New Line Cinema and Flynn Picture Company, who will develop the little bow-wearing heroine’s first English-language feature. It is unclear whether the project will be animation or live action. Beau Flynn (Rampage, Journey to the[…..] […]
Family comedies remain the focus of CARTOON MOVIE projects, with 44 family-focused projects comprising 67 percent of the total projects to be presented at this year’s event. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 2:47pm Bordeaux, FRANCE — CARTOON MOVIE, the European pitching and co-production event for animated features, has announced that 66 projects have been[…..] […]
By PlayStation China The official microblog of PlayStation China has announced that the Spring Release Conference of China Hero Program will be held at 3 pm on March 7, 2019. It has also released a series of mysterious posters with hidden clues implying game information to be revealed at the conference. Can you tell which[…..] […]
Half of mobile app users at least check into gaming apps. Social media and shopping remain more popular. By Rebekah Valentine | Tuesday 5th March 2019 Of those who use apps of any kind on their mobile devices, half of them are using gaming apps, making gaming apps the third most-popular app category. In a survey[…..] […]
Media conglomerate ultimately gained €1.2 billion from failed attempt to acquire publisher. Brendan Sinclair | Tuesday 5th March 2019 Nearly a year after first announcing an end to its bid to acquire Ubisoft, Vivendi has sold off its final shares in the Assassin’s Creed publisher. As reported by Reuters, Vivendi today said it has sold off the[…..] […]
