Monthly Archive: February 2020

Coronavirus threat might affect the release of Disney’s ‘Mulan’ in China

Coronavirus is not only affecting the health of masses across the world, but also various industries at large. After the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the virus as a state of global emergency, Disney’s theme park business in China has already hit a low and now its...

DC to launch ‘Batman: The Adventures Continue’ this year

DC Comics will launch a new six-issue miniseries titled Batman: The Adventures Continue, which will be set in the same world as the acclaimed animated series from the ’90s. The show’s co-creator, Paul Dini, is teaming up with fellow producer Alan Burnett, and artist Ty Templeton to create...

Asia’s largest film and content market, Hong Kong Filmart 2020 postponed due to coronavirus scare

Asia’s largest film and television content market, Hong Kong Filmart has been postponed to August due to the global Coronavirus outbreak. Originally slated for late March, the 23rd edition of the market is now scheduled to kick off on 27 August 2020, according to Hong Kong Trade...

Disney-Pixar announces the release date of ‘Onward’, to be released on March 6

Disney-Pixar has announced the release date for its next animated adventure, Onward in India. The urban fantasy film is slated to hit big screens on 6 March. Set in a suburban fantasy world, Onward is about two teenage elf brothers who embark on a quest to spend a day...

Singapore-based Cosmos-Maya and Apolo Films to co-produce ‘Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds’

Leading India and Singapore-based animation studio Cosmos-Maya is foraying into the world of animated feature films, partnering with Spanish independent Apolo Films to co-produce Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, an adaptation of the classic tale of The Three Musketeers. Cosmos-Maya will part-finance and co-produce the full-length animated...

Toronto based Switch Animation makes an Autism based short film ‘The Perfect Project’ 12 February 2020

Toronto-based Switch Animation has completed production of The Perfect Project, an animated short film about autism adapted from the book of the same name by author, professor, TEDx speaker and award-winning psychologist Dr Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD. “This film brings to life my book celebrating the superpowers...

Ireland based Monster Entertainment to launch the new season of ‘Jungle Beat’ at Kidscreen

With Kidscreen just around the corner, Sunrise announced the eighth season of their award-winning non-dialogue pre-school animated show, Jungle Beat. The series will be distributed worldwide by Ireland’s Monster Entertainment. The new seven-minute each, 13 episode series is currently in production for release in late-2020. The stories...

‘Toy Story 4’ receives the best-animated feature in the Oscars 2020, Pixar notches its 10th win

“Toy Story 4” has won the Academy Award for best-animated feature for Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera — a decade after “Toy Story 3” took the prize. It’s the 10th Pixar title to take an Oscar since the category was created in 2001. “We just...

Envy Gaming announces a season-long partnership with Greyhound

Envy Gaming, the esports organisation that owns the Dallas Fuel team in the Overwatch League and the Dallas Empire team in the Call of Duty League, announced a season-long partnership with Greyhound, the largest provider of intercity bus transportation in North America. The partnership is the first...

Starz and Lionsgate team up for output deals for split pay streaming rights

STARZPLAY, the Starz platform’s international streaming service, announced that it has entered a theatrical output deal with global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) for split first pay streaming rights in the UK to Lionsgate’s recently released and upcoming feature films. Under the multi-year agreement, STARZPLAY subscribers...