Monthly Archive: February 2020

Children’s entertainment company Baby Octopus acquires rights of Jeff Seymour’s ‘Nadya Skylung’ books.

Kidscreen Award-nominated and multi-genre children’s entertainment company, Baby Octopus, is expanding its portfolio of female-led fantasy animation series, by acquiring the rights of Nadya Skylung books for a series and is signing a development deal for television and merchandising with author Jeff Seymour. Nadya Skylung has 26...

Disney to start filming the Live-Action series of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ this Fall

Over a year since rumours first surfaced of a live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 animated hit Lilo & Stitch, TheDisInsider.com reports that production on the hybrid flick is slated to begin filming in Hawai’i this fall and will be produced as a Disney+ original movie. As with...

Leading European companies TeamTO, M6 and Canal+ collaborate for animated series ‘Presto! School of Magic’

Leading European kids entertainment companies TeamTO, M6 and Canal + have partnered for Presto! School of Magic (52 x 11), an animated comedy series based on the N’Wave Studio Canal’s international hit feature, House of Magic. Together with Belgian co-production partners, Panache and La Compagnie Cinématographique, the...

Comic artist Abhijeet Kini to conduct a Comic Workshop at Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2020

With the comic industry booming in India and many aspiring comic artists showcasing their art through various social media platforms, Abhijeet Kini Studios is having a comic workshop at Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2020, this coming weekend. The workshop will be focusing on making comics and will...

MX Player announces partnership with One Plus for its TV Q series

The Walt Disney Company has announced that Disney+ will launch through Hotstar, the OTT service from Star India on 29 March. Disney India acquired Star India’s video streaming app Hotstar through Disney’s acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox last year. Disney chairman and chief executive officer...

Disney+ content to come in India via Hotstar from 29th March 2020

The Walt Disney Company has announced that Disney+ will launch through Hotstar, the OTT service from Star India on 29 March. Disney India acquired Star India’s video streaming app Hotstar through Disney’s acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox last year. Disney chairman and chief executive officer...

Banijay group’s Zodiak Kids announces global sales of Children’s series

Banijay Group’s Zodiak Kids announced global sales for the children’s series and specials it acquired for international distribution from Amazon Studios at MIPCOM last year. Zodiak Kids represents the linear broadcasting rights for 17 Amazon Prime Originals titles globally, while all series continue to air on Amazon...

Walt Disney announces to adapt musical ‘Hamilton’ into a film

Walt Disney has announced the theatrical adaptation of the widely popular musical, Hamilton, slated to be released next year. The House of Mouse is also reportedly spending a huge amount on it. The film will feature the original cast of the musical and will be shot on...

Australian pre-school series ‘Bluey’ launched on Disney+

Season 1 of Bluey, the popular Australian animated preschool series from BBC Studios, has just launched on Disney+. The series also continues to air each weekday on the Disney Channel and Disney Junior. The series debuted in Australia in 2018 and immediately became the most popular children’s show...

Dublin based distributor Monster Entertainment to launch a new slate of shows at Kidscreen Miami

Dublin based distributor, Monster Entertainment will launch a slate of new programming at Kidscreen in Miami next month. Koyaa and The Annoying Objects, 13 x 3.5 mins for four to eight-year-olds, is a fantastic, energetic stop motion animation series from Slovenia and was commissioned by RTV Slovenia....