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Winsing Animation to bring its hit shows to promote at MIPCOM this year

Winsing Animation will be promoting its hit shows and new properties at MIPCOM Online+ from October 12-16 this year. Out of a varied and exciting selection of properties on show at its stand, Winsing will be highlighting established hit GG Bond and GOGOBUS, along with new title Team S.T.E.A.M.! The brand-new program...

Evel Knievel’s son files a lawsuit against Disney and Pixar for ‘Toy Story 4’

More than a year after Toy Story 4‘s release, Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar are being sued over the character of Duke Caboom introduced in the fourth instalment of the movie. Evel Knievel’s family has filed a lawsuit claiming that the Toy Story 4 character is a clear copy of...

Universal and DreamWorks releases new trailer for ‘Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rio’ season 2

Universal and DreamWorks Animation have released the trailer for Season 2 of the hit Netflix Original series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, which finds the team heading to Rio de Janeiro on October 9. Inspired by Universal’s blockbuster Fast & Furious franchise, the show sees teenager Tony Toretto follows in the...

Disney casts Ashly Burch and Dana Snyder for new series ‘The Ghost and Molly McGee’

Disney Channel has announced the cast for its upcoming animated series The Ghost and Molly McGee, along with a new title and logo. The animated show comes from creators and executive producers Bill Motz and Bob Roth and was previously titled The Curse of Molly McGee. Emmy Award-winner Ashly Burch...

Netflix to partner with Xilam for CGI kids series ‘Trico’

Netflix will be launching Trico, a CGI-3D kids series produced by Xilam Animation, the studio behind international hits like Oggy and the Cockroaches and Zig & Sharko. Created by Xilam’s Hugo Gittard (Zig & Sharko, Magoo), the series is about former globetrotter Trico, who finds the mountain pasture life a little...

Kids content distributor Federation Kids signs deal with HBO Max for ‘Squish’

Premium kids content distributor Federation Kids & Family (part of Federation Entertainment) has finalized a deal with the WarnerMedia-owned HBO Max for the hilarious animated children’s comedy series Squish. Federation Kids & Family has sold all 52 episodes of Squish to the U.S. SVOD platform which is scheduled...

GreenGold Animation sets up VFX division to cater the needs of VFX industry

Chota Bheem fame Green Gold Studios recently announced that they are setting up a VFX division. Green Gold founder Rajiv Chilaka took to his social media account to announce the new venture. He shared, “Green Gold is happy to announce that we are now officially starting a...

Netflix signs deal with Saudi Arabian animation company Myrkott

Netflix has signed a five-year deal with Saudi Arabian animation studio, Myrkott, to produce film and television shows based on the region. The partnership aims to bring new exclusive seasons of Myrkott’s animated series, Masameer, as well as Masameer movies. Its previous seasons along with some exclusive edits will also be...

Disney+ tests a new feature, to enable subscribers to have a group watch

Disney+ is testing a new feature, which will enable subscribers to host GroupWatch parties. The feature is being tested presently in Canada with more locations coming this Fall, Verge reported. Few screenshots of the feature appeared on the Disney+ subreddit yesterday. The feature seemingly allows up to...

Paramount Animation to develop a new horror comic ‘Stray Dogs’

An upcoming horror comic book described as “Silence of the Lambs meets Lady and the Tramp” has been picked up for development by family flick powerhouse Paramount Animation. Titled Stray Dogs and due out from Image Comics next year, the story is being adapted by screenwriter Mark Perez (Game...