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Lux Machina joins forces with Bild Studios for TV, film and event production

Lux Machina, the company behind the real-time virtual production of The Mandalorian, has joined forces with Bild Studios. The teams on either side of the Atlantic forged a partnership in a bid to provide the film, TV, and live event production industry with straightforward access to real-time VFX...

Toonz Media Group announces the release of its new 3D animated series ‘Zoonicorn’

Zoonicorn, the new 3D animated preschool series co-produced by Toonz Media Group and Zoonicorn, is all set to release in the global market by Toonz’s distribution arm Imira Entertainment. The 3D animated series featuring a Zooniverse of enchanting characters debuts with 52 original seven-minute episodes. Here’s the official...

Animation studio Snipple partners with Disney Television for a new animated series

International animation studio Snipple has teamed up with Disney Television Animation as a production partner on the popular animated series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder for Disney+. Additionally, the studio’s work on DreamWorks Animation’s original series The Mighty Ones has been renewed. The news comes as May 2021 marks a...

CW Networks announces new originals to debut the fourth quarter

The CW Network announced today three original specials making their debut in the fourth quarter 2021, including an original made-for-television live-action movie The Waltons’ Homecoming (commemorating the 50th anniversary of The Homecoming: A Christmas Story which launched the ’70s series) and two animated titles: a brand new mystery in...

DreamWorks’ hit sequel ‘Boss Baby: Family Business’ to release simultaneously on the big screen and small screen

Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) and Peacock today announced DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby: Family Business, the sequel to the Oscar-nominated blockbuster comedy that earned more than $500 million worldwide, will debut as Peacock’s summer movie event for no additional charge to Peacock Premium customers in the U.S....

Netflix drops a new trailer of the new anime series ‘Trese’

Netflix has dropped the first official trailer of its upcoming new anime series Trese and has also revealed its English voice cast. Trese is based on the award-winning Philippine comic book series of the same name and is created by Budjette Tan and artist Kajo Baldisimo. The horror/crime black and...

YouTube Originals announces season 2 of ‘Super Sema’

YouTube Originals Kids and Families today announced the second season pick-up of Super Sema. The African animated series, produced by a female-led team including Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, features a young superhero girl named Sema and follows her world-changing adventures. Since its debut in March, Super Sema has become a...

Actor Dwayne Johnson to voice Krypto the Superdog in ‘DC League of Super-Pets’

Big screen action hero Dwayne Johnson is adding another ruff role to his animation credits, signing on to voice Krypto the Superdog in the animated comedy-adventure DC League of Super-Pets. His production company Seven Bucks is also on board as a producer on the Warner Animation Group pic,...

Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell joins the cast of AMC’s ‘Ultra City Smiths’

AMC Networks today announced the second round of voice casting for its new half-hour, stop-motion, animated baby doll series, Ultra City Smiths, created by Steve Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace), who serves as showrunner, and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords). The first two episodes of the series...

WildBrain announces partnership with Headspinner Productions for ‘Denis and Me’ season 2

WildBrain has partnered with Headspinner Productions to produce the second season of the 2D animated kid’s comedy series Denis and Me which is all set to premiere in fall, following a commission from WildBrain Television’s Family Channel (Canada) for 20×3 new episodes. Family Channel also picked up the show’s...