Michael Lesslie in Talks to Pen Upcoming Marvel ‘X-Men’ Film
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ scribe is reportedly set to write the upcoming Marvel Studios film, the latest installment in the cinematic franchise acquired by Disney from 21st Century Fox in 2019.
Hiroshima Animation Season 2024 Selections Revealed
The 2nd edition of the festival unveiled its competition lineup, with 78 films selected from 2,634 entries from 97 countries and regions; the Oscar qualifying event takes place August 14-18 in Hiroshima.
Me Say Day-O – New ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Trailer and Posters Drop
The iconic trickster returns to terrorize the mortal realm, as Tim Burton and Michael Keaton team up once more in the highly-awaited ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel that finds 3 generations of the Deetz family unexpectedly reunited with the mischievous demon and his particular type of mayhem.
Alkemy X Launches New Independent Film Services Division
The Philadelphia-based production company expands its focused support of independent feature film production; new effort to be led by Andrew Greenblatt, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Philadelphia Film Society.
Blind Pig Shares ‘Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal’ Animated Sequences
The London-based studio and Minnow Films created the title sequence and montage graphics for Netflix’s new 3-part documentary about an online dating site gone wrong, causing worldwide chaos and divorce.
‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba In Concert’ to Debut This Fall
Check out the trailer for the groundbreaking concert series, based on one of the most popular anime and Japanese manga franchises, debuting this Fall in San Francisco and New York City, featuring an 18-piece live band playing while scenes are projected onto a full-size cinema screen.
Marvel Taps Terry Matalas as Showrunner for ‘Vision’ Series
The untitled ‘WandaVision’ spinoff, which will star ‘Avengers’ franchise actor Paul Bettany, is set for a 2026 release.
Thatchers Cider and Aardman Team for New Campaign
The two companies once again join forces for the next chapter of their pint-sized perfection advertising campaign, which will run across the FA Cup Final and UEFA Euro 2024 tournament as well as the women’s Euro 2025 qualifiers.
Disguise and MARS Volume Launch Virtual Production Training Course
The Accelerator course will allow trainees in London to shoot a film on an 8,000 square-foot LED stage with the same MARS LED volume used on ‘3 Body Problem,’ ‘Culprits,’ ‘Gangs of London,’ and other projects.
Sony Drops ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Trailer #2
His crayon is made of pure imagination… which shouldn’t fall into the wrong hands… based on the classic children’s book by Crockett Johnson and starring Zachary Levi, the live-action / animated hybrid features a grown-up Harold, filled with wonder about everything, who doesn’t quite think things through; coming to theaters in August.
Marvel and ILM Drop ‘What If…? – An Immersive Story’ Trailer
The first-ever interactive Disney+ Original Story, from the world of the animated series ‘What If…?’ will be released May 30 exclusively as a free app on Apple Vision Pro.
SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star to Host Nick’s Kids' Choice Awards 2024
Appearing live from Bikini Bottom, the duo will kick off the 25th anniversary celebration of the ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ series on the upcoming July 13 broadcast as the first ever animated characters to host a full-length awards show.
‘Peppa Pig's Play-A-Long Podcast’ to Stream Exclusively on Audible
With six episodes releasing July 11, the podcast will bring Peppa to the world of audio-first entertainment and encourages families with their preschoolers to embrace life’s adventures.
Fuzzy Door Tech Launches ViewScreen Scout Public Beta
The free iPhone app, a single-user version of the company’s ViewScreen Scout Pro production visualization tool, let’s individuals scout a scene or shot, envisioning how digital assets will blend into real-world environments before live-action shooting begins.
Autodesk Acquires Wonder Dynamics
The acquisition brings Wonder Studio, a cloud-based 3D animation and VFX solution that uses AI to help streamline 3D character workflows, into Flow, the tech leader’s M&E cloud on Autodesk’s Design and Make platform.
Netflix Drops ‘Sweet Tooth’ Season 3 Trailer
The final season of the post-apocalyptic fairytale, based on Jeff Lemire’s groundbreaking DC comic, promises viewers a thrilling climax that will determine the fate of humanity; new episodes premiere globally June 6.
Xilam Animation Greenlights ‘Submarine Jim’ Series
Studio formally moves ahead with the 2D adventure comedy after securing first pre-sales with France Télévisions and Super RTL.
Filmax Secures Sales Rights to Spanish Animated Film ‘The Treasure of Barracuda’
Based on the adventure novel by Llanos Camps, the movie follows a young girl who disguises herself as a boy to join a band of pirates before becoming an invaluable asset when they discover she can read.
‘Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction’ Series to Launch on Crunchyroll
Already adapted as a two-part feature film that released in Japan, the anime will premiere worldwide on the platform later this week.
Pixar Lays Off 175 Employees
The studio just confirmed to AWN that Disney’s ongoing cost-cutting moves have finally hit the venerable animation studio in a big way, as roughly 14% of its employees are being let go.
Platige Image Opens Canary Islands Studio
Leading VFX and post-production studio joins more than a dozen production companies that have opened facilities in Las Palmas, taking advantage of local film production incentives.
Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 Benchmark
Company updates its free, standalone app for quick evaluation of V-Ray rendering speeds and capability comparisons of leading CPUs and GPUs.
Official Clip, Key Art, Images Drop for ‘Mulligan: Part 2’
The adult animated comedy series from ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ creator Robert Carlock and Sam Means returns for a second season May 24 on Netflix.
Cartoon Network and Max Reveal All-Nigerian ‘Iyanu’ Cast
Lion Forge Entertainment’s adaptation of Dark Horse Comics / YouNeek Studios’ popular graphic novel series ‘Iyanu: Child of Wonder,’ by award-winning Nigerian creator and producer Roye Okupe, is slated for a 2025 release.
First Look Photos, Release Date Revealed for Netflix’s ‘Terminator Zero’
The anime series installment in the popular sci-fi franchise, produced by Skydance Animation and Production IG Studios, streams August 29.
