Prime Entertainment Group, a Paris-based distributor, is celebrating an agreement with NHK, Japan's main public broadcaster, to deliver award-winning short film Vanille, A Caribbean Tale to a Japanese audience.Read More
Toei Animation Will Use New Spanish-Language Company-Branded Social Media to Communicate and Engage with Fans in Central/South America and the Caribbean.Read More
Marvel Studios is stepping up its commitment to animation. The Disney-owned company is to open a “mini studio” to produce more animated shows Read More
Nyong'o's best-selling book Sulwe is being adapted into an animated musical feature, and Burton will make his TV directorial debut on live-action series Wednesday.Read More
YouTube has revealed a slate of animated series as part of its $100m commitment to providing original content to children and families.Among the properties that will be launched on YouTube is Super Sema, an animated series about a young superhero girl and her world-changing adventures. It was created by Kukua, based in the United Kingdom and Kenya, and produced by a female-led team.Read More
The long-anticipated expansion will mark the first time that premium SVOD will be available outside the US, with plans to convert existing HBO OTT products across Europe to HBO Max over the next few months as well.Read More
Idris and Sabrina Elba are set to executive produce their first anime title — a new animated fantasy series for Crunchyroll, the global anime-streaming service that’s in the process of being sold to Sony’s Funimation group. “Dantai” is an Afro-futuristic sci-fi series set in a city where the rise of biotechnology has created an ever-widening gap between the haves and have-nots, according to Crunchyroll. Two rising stars from each side of this divide are pitted against each other in a story that will ultimately explore equality and kinship within a corrupt society.Read More
Writer-director Ryan Coogler is producing a new Disney Plus Marvel TV show set in the Kingdom of Wakanda as part of a five-year exclusive TV deal with Coogler's production banner, Proximity Media Read More
Original Article can be found via Deadline Here Animator/writer/director Jorge Gutierrez (Maya and the Three) is expanding his relationship with Netflix, signing an overall deal with the streaming giant for original content. Under the pact, the Emmy-winning Gutierrez will write, direct, and produce new animated films, series and interactive projects across preschool, kids & family and adult animation […]Read More
Original Article posted by Wired THE CREATORS OF the surreal animated series Tooning Out the News had Rudy Guiliani on the show multiple times during their first week on air. They also had a six-year-old hang up on the former New York City mayor. Like many people around the world, the people behind Tooning Out the News are working from […]Read More
