DC Universe Heads to Preschool in ‘Batwheels’ Action Comedy
Warner Bros. Animation starts work on new Adult Swim and HBO Max animated crime-fighting series starring iconic DC vehicles.
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Nickelodeon Animation Announces New Senior Leadership Appointments
Conrad Montgomery joins Nick as VP current series; internal promotions include Dana Cluverius to Senior VP current series, Claudia Spinelli to Senior VP development and Kelly Gardner to VP current series.
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Kre8tif! 2020 Successfully Concludes Virtual Business Conference
In its 11th year, held online for the first time, Malaysia’s leading digital content industry conference and one of Southeast Asia’s largest saw over 10,000 sessions from 1,200 daily participants.
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Hugh Davidson Inks Exclusive Multi-Year Deal Warner Bros. Animation
Emmy Award-winning Mike Tyson Mysteries and Nobodies writer/producer will develop original animated projects across all WBA platforms; his ‘Keeping Up with the Joneses’ gets presentation order.
TeamTO’s New Animated Comedy ‘Jade Armor’ Coming Fall 2021
European kids’ entertainment company partners with France Télévisions and SUPER RTL to bring female superhero to life in upcoming action-adventure series.
Cartoon Network EMEA Reveals First Look at ‘Elliott From Earth’
From the team behind global hit ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ comes a new animated sci-fi comedy series about a boy and his mum suddenly transported across the universe; global rollout begins later this year.
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Exclusive: Christina Chang’s Sequence Pitch on Cartoon Network’s ‘We Bare Bears: The Movie’
One of the film’s storyboard artists makes her first pitch of the ‘bears running through the city’ sequence from the new animated movie based on the popular series, now available on DVD and digital.
‘Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal’ Returns October 4, Renewed for Season 2
5 new episodes from Season 1 continue the iconic director’s tale of an unlikely friendship between a caveman and a dinosaur trying to survive in a violent, primordial world; show renewed by Adult Swim for 10-episode second season.
Nickelodeon Animation Names Ramsey Naito President
Already a driving force behind new projects, seasoned studio executive will continue to bolster the network’s animation content across all platforms while overseeing day-to-day operations of current series and series development.
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Sam Register Named President, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios
Animation studios will remain separate entities; Rob Sorcher moves from CNS leadership role into overall production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.
Pixelatl 2020 Goes Online September 1-5
Event has announced an ambitious program to promote Mexican and Latin American creative industries; featured activities include a focus on recruitment, women in animation, and business networking meetings.
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‘Squidbillies’ Actor Stuart Baker Fired for Offensive Facebook Posts
Series creators Jim Fortier and Dave Willis announce the move on Twitter in response to longtime cast member’s comments about legendary singer and actress Dolly Parton and Black Lives Matter.
Warner Bros. Names Marie Moore SVP of Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics
Industry veteran will be responsible for communication strategies for KYAC’s businesses including Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang.
Chris Cray Launches Somesense Studio
London-Based independent artist-led animation studio now open, focusing on creating content in all forms, from web series to comics, films to comedy scripts, social media campaigns to editorials.
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‘Titoo – Har Jawaab Ka Sawaal Hu’ Launching on POGO July 27
Kid’s original animated comedy series was created with a distinct Indian environment and produced locally by Cosmos Maya.
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WATCH: HBO MAX Debuts Trailer for ‘Tig N’ Seek’
The new animated comedy series from Myke Chilian and Cartoon Network Studios premieres Thursday, July 23.
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TAFFI Announces New Board Members and Leadership
2020 Programming strategy and COVID-19 moves the 2020 TAAFI Animation Industry Conference online from November 6-8.
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‘Mighty Mike’ Launches on CITV and Boomerang
TeamTO taps licensing company, This is Iris, to spearhead marketing of the sophisticated and refined pug, Mike, in the UK.
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J.G. Quintel Goes Running with the Big Kids in ‘Close Enough’
The Emmy Award-winning ‘Regular Show’ creator sets his sights on a distinctly older crowd in new animated HBO Max comedy about becoming an adult while not growing old.
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Genius Brands Announces Kartoon Channel! Content Line-Up
New free digital channel launches with initial library of 1,000 episodes of family entertainment.
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Composer Roger Neill Talks the Mellifluous Insanity of ‘JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales’
Mixing as many as 25 different music types, from Beethoven to Grimes, into an 11-minute episode, the veteran musician creates crazy tension through juxtaposing well-known tunes with the show’s graphic and violent images.
VIZ Media Acquires ‘Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon’
Company nabs North and Latin American streaming and home video rights for new animation based on ‘Inuyasha’ universe.
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KEPYR Announces ‘Kindred Spirits 2020’ UNICEF Fundraiser
Running May 20 – June 20, in support of UNICEF’s COVID-19 emergency and relief campaign, organization seeks to raise $50,000 in donations from the international children’s entertainment industry.
From the Fiendishly Creative Mind of JJ Villard Comes ‘JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales’
The notoriously outrageous Emmy Award-winning creator of ‘King Star King’ is back, expletives and all, with a new Adult Swim series that takes a bloody axe to some of your favorite kids’ stories.
Michael Ouweleen Named Adult Swim President
Network veteran will continue as interim Head of Warner Bros. Kids, Young Adults and Classics Division, assuming new position this summer.
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