Blue Ant Media and marblemedia Merge Production, Distribution Businesses
Mark Bishop and Matthew Hornburg will serve as co-Presidents, reporting to Michael MacMillan, in the new unified studio and rights business.
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Lionsgate Acquires Hasbro’s eOne for $500 Million
The sale includes almost 6,500 titles, but notably omits popular franchises such as ‘Peppa Pig,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ ‘Magic: The Gathering,’ ‘My Little Pony,’ ‘Power Rangers,’ ‘Play-Doh,’ ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Clue,’ which will receive ‘significant development, production and financing capabilities.’
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Netflix Drops ‘Disenchantment’ Part 5 Teaser and Images
The 5th and final chapter of Matt Groening’s 2D animated comedy fantasy about the misadventures of hard-hitting, hard-drinking Queen Bean, hits the streamer in September.
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Paul Rudish Talks ‘Steamboat Silly,’ the Final ‘New’ Mickey Mouse Short
After a decade and more than 120 episodes, ‘The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse,’ previously known as ‘Mickey Mouse’ shorts, concludes its magnificent run with one last film, a walk down memory lane that pays homage to the one that started it all, premiering today on Disney+.
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TBS Sets ‘American Dad!’ Season 18 Return
The animated comedy, created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman, returns with all new episodes September 4.
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NVIZ Delivers ‘Black Mirror’s Season 6 Retro Look
The VFX studio created detailed graphics and compositing for three of the Netflix sci-fi anthology’s latest episodes: ‘Loch Henry,’ ‘Demon 79,’ and ‘Mazey Day.’
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Watch Teaser: ‘Tom and Jerry’ Headed to Singapore in New Cartoon Network Series
The iconic franchise will feature unique Asian stories and locations – produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios in association with Aum Animation Studios India.
‘Teenage Euthanasia’ Season 2: Fiery Florida Parties and Reluctant Family Fondness
Co-creators Alyson Levy and Alissa Nutting discuss their quirky Adult Swim series about death, family, and unexpectedly coming back to life, including how Atomic Cartoons, the Canadian production company on the second season, was so unfamiliar with Florida and partying; new season debuts July 26.
Nickelodeon Acquires Original 1987 Animated ‘TMNT’ Series
The network announced the global rights deal during the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem movie panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023.
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New ‘Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures’ Episodes Head to Disney+, Disney Junior
The animated series, which follows Jedi Younglings as they study the ways of the Force and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi, will debut six new Season 1 episodes August 2, with more to air later this year.
Shout! Studios Heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2023
The leading multiplatform media company returns to SDCC with fan favorites, exclusive items, giveaways, and more; for those unable to make it in-person, Shout! TV will air a special re-cutting and re-imagining, Always a Sword: A Sword & Sorcery Adventure, July 19 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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Milk Launches Barcelona VFX Studio
The award-winning visual effects house’s latest expansion leverages London infrastructure while building on relationships with regional talent; new facility helmed by long-time employee and 2D supervisor Jorge Oliva Ruiz de Leon.
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Exclusive Clip: ‘The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart’
Ahead of the film’s highly anticipated release July 21 on Digital and July 25 on Blu-ray, AWN shares a new video – ‘100,000 Vanquished,’ because how fun is it to track your villainousness?
Trevor Bentley Opens Toon City Vancouver
The industry veteran and co-founder of Atomic Cartoons launches the new production studio in partnership with Manila’s animation studio, Toon City.
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Disney+ Reveals New Trailer and Key Art for ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’
The streamer also announced that the series, which follows the former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy, will debut on August 23 with the first two episodes.
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DreamWorks Debuts ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ Season 8 Trailer
The new season of the hit animated series sees Gabby and her best pal Pandy Paws meet fairies, find treasure, and go on wild adventures inside her super-special dollhouse; all-new episodes premiere on Netflix August 7.
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TV Academy Announces 75th Emmy Award Nominations
‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Entergalactic,’ ‘Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal,’ ‘Rick And Morty,’ and ‘The Simpsons’ are nominated for Outstanding Animated Program; ceremony will be broadcast Monday, September 18 live on FOX from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE.
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The ‘Big Nate’ Team Talks Season 2’s Media Mashup Masterpiece
Sam Koji Hale, Ara Santos, and Ben Giroux dig deep into the production of a special episode from the new season involving more than 20 different animation techniques including stop-motion, pixelation, Claymation, cut-outs and digital puppetry - a veritable ‘dream style’ amalgam that provides an incredible visual feast for the eyes; Season 2 premieres today on Paramount+.
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‘My Adventures with Superman’ Episode 1 Now on YouTube
Warner Bros. Animation and DC’s serialized coming-of-age story follows Clark Kent as he builds his secret identity and falls for Lois Lane; first two episodes now streaming on Max.
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‘Dune: The Sisterhood’ Creative Shakeup Causes Re-Casts
Anna Foerster, Olivia Williams, and Emily Watson now star in the upcoming series, set in the 'Dune' universe, which centers on the lives of the fabled religious sect trained to resist the Voice.
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New Clip: ‘The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart’
The film, based on Adult Swim's longest-running, award-winning original adult animated series, will be available for purchase on Digital July 21 and Blu-ray on July 25.
Big Little Fish Appoints Ros Attille Head of Children’s Content
The Former BBC Children’s Head of Preschool Development joins the independent production company to oversee its move into children’s animation and unscripted live-action.
DreamWorks and Netflix Share ‘Dew Drop Diaries’ Trailer
The new animated preschool series follows a group of three-inch tall family fairies who secretly ‘help out’ their human families; the show hits the streamer next month.
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Lion Forge Entertainment and BWA Team Up on ‘Iyanu’ for Cartoon Network and Max
The ‘Hair Love’ producers, along with Black Women Animate Studios, have begun recruiting a diverse group of artists for pre-production of LFE’s upcoming Nigerian animated fantasy series.
‘Prehistoric Planet’ Season 2 Takes ‘Dino’ Storytelling to the Extreme
Executive Producer Mike Gunton and Showrunner Tim Walker discuss how they went back in time again, using VFX from MPC, to showcase the lives of new dinosaurs, new habitats, and new scientific discoveries, taking viewers around the world on an epic adventure, now streaming on Apple TV+.
