Toon Club, a pioneering organisation dedicated to teaching children the art of animation and visual storytelling in India won its 29th international award this month. Morphing Tales won the Senior Jury Award at Corti A Ponte, Italy. Five Toon Club films Clean & Green, Out of the Frame, The Great...

Disney has released a new poster and trailer for its latest Pixar SparkShorts project, Out, which launched on 22 May, on Disney+ and Disney+Hotstar in India. The 10 minute animated short, Out, revolves around Greg and his dog, who is struggling to tell to come “out” to his...

As part of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+’s celebration of National #StreamingDay on Wednesday, Disney+ announced the new original series Muppets Now will premiere July 31 on the service. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the gang joined in the fun on Twitter, sharing their unique spin on the series’...

Skydance Animation announced Wednesday that legendary composer Alan Menken, known for his award-winning work on animated favourites The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Enchanted and Tangled, will compose original music and score for the upcoming musical fantasy Spellbound...

Telugu streaming platform, Aha, Allu Aravind’s brainchild, is presently grabbing eyeballs of the Telugu audience. The only-Telugu VOD (video-on-demand) platform with a library of several movies and web shows, has now acquired rights for cartoon characters and animated content. As per latest reports, Aha will stream 28...

Pocket Aces, the digital entertainment company has launched India’s first desi-animation comedy web-series, Namooney, under their desi-animation channel Jambo, from 16 May on YouTube. Namooney comprises of 20 episodes. With the launch of the channel for young-adults and series, Pocket Aces has forayed into the business of...

Comedian and actor Fred Willard, known for Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind as well as Anchorman, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and live-action TV comedies from SNL and Everybody Loves Raymond to Modern Family and Mad About You passed away at age 86. His feature animation...

After Gulabo Sitabo, Amazon Prime Video has now announced to be premiering Vidya Balan starrer biopic Shakuntala Devi. Besides these two much-awaited Bollywood movies, the streaming service will also release five Indian films spanning across languages amid this ongoing lockdown due to the pandemic. The slate includes –...

Disney released At Home With Olaf, which followed Olaf, the lovable snowman from the Frozen films, in April. The shorts followed Olaf as he explored, imagined and got creative during the coronavirus pandemic. The animation has been done from home by Disney artists and Josh Gad has provided his...

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, and Guru Studio are teaming up on the beloved property’s animated spin-off, Mecha Builders (working title). In October, HBO Max struck a five-year deal to stream new and old episodes of Sesame Street, as well as new spin-off...