Nominations for animated movies revealed for 92nd Academy Awards
The nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced on 13th January 2020 by actors John Cho and Issa Rae in 24 categories. Here is the list of this year’s animation and VFX-related nominees: Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Directed by...
Netherlands broadcaster NPO Zeppelin to picks up pre-school series Allie the Ellie
Dutch broadcaster NPO has picked up non-verbal preschool series Allie the Ellie (titled Ellie de Olifant in the Netherlands) for its children’s programming block NPO Zappelin. Created by Ellen Langendam (Nurdys) and produced through her prodco Art Wise, the animated series will be broadcast in February. The 13 x one-minute episodes...
ESFI to collaborate with ConnectIN Esports to organise Esports India Business Conference
The Esports Federation of India (ESFI) and ConnectIN Esports have agreed to organise the Esports India Business Conference (EIBC) in association with ESFI, with the first edition to be held in Mumbai during March 2020. On signing of the agreement, Esports Federation of India director and Asian...
Holy Cow launches a ‘The Last Asura’ at Delhi Comic Con 2019
Holy Cow Entertainment launched a new comic titled ‘The Last Asuran’ at the 2019 Delhi Comic-Con. Targeted towards teen adults, The Last Asuran basically tells the story of an MMA fighter Desh who also happens to be the last remaining Asura of the royal lineage. This book...
APC Kids seals the distribution deals with French kids channel Gulli
APC Kids, the children’s entertainment division of co-production and distribution company APC Studios, has inked a deal with the number one French kids free-to-air television channel Gulli (M6 Group) for series one and two of Kid-E-Cats which has seen the hit animated series airing on the channel...
Jon Favreau confirms the second season of ‘The Mandalorian’ on Disney+
“The Mandalorian” will officially be coming back to Disney Plus for a second season. Showrunner and creator Jon Favreau confirmed the renewal via Twitter, saying that the second instalment is slated to debut in Fall 2020. Favreau had previously teased that shooting on season 2 was already...
Enanimation Studios announces tie-ups with International Broadcaster for Nina & Olga
Italian animation studio Enamination has announced an agreement with an international broadcaster for the forthcoming TV version of Nicoletta Costa books. Currently in development for a spring 2021 launch, the 52 episodic seven-minute series titled Nina & Olga is targeted for four to six-year-olds. The series is...
Fenil Comics to release its first international series in Hindi
Fenil Comics will be releasing its first international series in January 2020, titled Exilium. It is an Australian space fiction graphic novel series written by Benjamin Slabak. The six-part series was the highest crowd-funded comic book series with a collection of $26,000. “Exilium is one of the...
Netflix releases a new trailer of its supernatural mystery series Locke & Key
Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for upcoming supernatural mystery series Locke & Key, premiering February 7. Created for TV by Carlton Cuse (Lost), Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House) & Aron Eli Coleite (Daybreak), the series follows the dark-tinged discoveries of a group of siblings working...
Caterina Gonnelli appointed as EVP Content at the Award-winning Xilam Animation
Award-winning French animation studio Xilam Animation has appointed Caterina Gonnelli as EVP, Content for the company’s rapidly growing slate of projects. She is scheduled to join the company January 13, based in Xilam’s head office in Paris and reporting to CEO Marc du Pontavice. Gonnelli will work...