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Canadian company Arcana Studio signs developmental deal with Flickerpix for ‘The Pixies’

Canadian intellectual property house Arcana Studio announces a development deal with Irish animation company Flickerpix on the upcoming animated TV series The Pixies. Arcana’s Sean O’Reilly will write and direct the series, while Flickerpix will complete storyboards and character & set designs; furthermore, Flickerpix’s David Cummings and Johnny...

Apple TV+ releases new trailer of pre-school series ‘Stillwater’

Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for Stillwater, a new animated preschool series based on Jon J Muth’s Caldecott Honor Children’s book series Zen Shorts. The charming adaptation’s first season debuts with six episodes on Friday, December 4. Stillwater tells the story of a beautiful friendship formed between siblings...

Netflix announces 2D animated musical movie ‘Arlo the Alligator Boy’

Netflix has announced a new 2D animated movie musical Arlo the Alligator Boy and series I ❤ Arlo from creator Ryan Crego (Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, Puss in Boots, Shrek Forever After). The animated feature follows Arlo to New York City as he searches the Big Apple for his...

Gitanjali Rao’s debut directed ‘Bombay Rose’ to release on Netflix this December

Gitanjali Rao’s award-winning feature directorial debut Bombay Rose is officially coming to Netflix on December 4. The animated romance which dances between life’s reality and the Bollywood screen has already won over audiences and critics at film festivals around the world, screening at Venice Critics’ Week, TIFF, Gijon, Chicago...

Ferly, Yellow Animation and Digital Graphics joins together to co-produce ‘Momolu and Friends’

Finnish studio Ferly, Yellow Animation in Canada and Atmosphere Media-owned Digital Graphics in Belgium are co-producing a new preschool series Momolu and Friends commissioned by TVOKids (Canada), Knowledge (Canada), YLE (Finland) and SRC (Société Radio Canada). “The Momolu brand is one where we can let our imaginations take us to delightful...

DreamWorks Animations’ ‘Doug Unplugs’ to debut on November 13 on Apple TV+

A new high-tech and high-fun preschool series from DreamWorks Animation is ready to blast off on Apple TV+ this week, when Doug Unplugs debuts with the first seven episodes available globally on Friday, November 13. In a newly revealed sneak peek, meet our titular robot hero, his human pal...

Fox to develop a new animated/ Live Action series ‘Demi-God’

FOX is developing an animated/live-action series titled Demi-God. The upcoming comedy series will be a hybrid animated-single-cam project. Demi-God follows a powerless fast-food employee who escapes into a fantasy world she’s created in her favourite video game – only to have it turn against her when the virtual townspeople...

Korea’s Neon Creation to produce MIPCOM hit ‘2 Eyes Monster’

Among the promising new properties unveiled at the recent virtual MIPCOM market was Neon Creation’s 2 Eyes Monster, an animated slapstick comedy which targets family audiences and 9 to 15-year-olds specifically. Neon Creation plans to produce a 52 x 11-minute series and an 85-minute feature based on the...

Brazil’s Globo signs agreement with Disney+ via in-house streaming service Globoplay

Brazilian entertainment giant Globo announced an agreement to offer Disney+ via its streaming service, Globoplay, and revealed a $250 million original content investment plan. Home audiences in Brazil will now be able to subscribe to both services in a R$37.90 (~ USD 6.69) per year or R$43.90...

Disney+ releases new trailer of ‘LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special’

Disney+ has released a trailer of the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special. The special takes place after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and follows Rey as she prepares for Life Day. The film seems to make fun of the Star Wars Holiday Special that released in 1978. The special has most...