Monthly Archive: March 2020

Diamond Comic distributors cancels the Retailer Summit due to spreading Coronavirus

The impact and spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, leading to many events getting cancelled, the latest being the cancellation of 2020 Retailer Summit by Diamond Comic Distributors. The event had been scheduled to take place 14 to 16 April in conjunction with MegaCon in Orlando,...

Microsoft, Ubisoft and other companies announce plans for digital events after the cancellation of E3

Microsoft and Ubisoft have announced plans for digital events following the cancellation of E3 2020 due to concern about the Coronavirus. Microsoft was set to hold a live press conference at the Microsoft Theater, next door to the Los Angeles Convention Centre, during E3 in June. There...

Marvel to join hands with Quebec based Squeeze studio for ‘What If?…’

Marvel Studios announced Wednesday that Québec City-based animation studio Squeeze has been given the nod to create five episodes of upcoming series What If…? Scheduled for exclusive release on the Disney+ platform in summer 2021, What If…? is the first animated series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Squeeze CEO and...

Disney+ launched in India ahead of schedule

The Disney+ service, which was expected in India towards the end of the months, is already here ahead of time. Hotstar, the video streaming service owned by the Star network has been rebranded to Disney+ Hotstar ahead of the Disney+ launch in India on 29 March, right...

Tamil film ‘Teddy’ to become the first film in India to use Indian Animation for a special character

Tamil star Arya’s new film Teddy, directed by Shakti Soundarajan, is in the news for a special reason. Teddy becomes the first Tamil film to use an Indian company to design a special animated character. It also becomes the second Tamil film to use motion-capture technology, to...

Zynga announces the launch of a new Harry Potter mobile game

Zynga has announced the soft launch of Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells in select markets. Officially licensed from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and published under the Portkey Games label, the game weaves innovative match-three puzzle gameplay with the iconic characters, narrative, settings, spell-casting and magical mischief of...

Hulu announces dates for 2020 spring preview

Hulu announced their 2020 Spring preview on Friday, which included two hotly-anticipated adult-animated series. Solar Opposites will premiere May 8, with Crossing Swords following swiftly behind on June 12. Co-created by Justin Roiland (co-creator of Rick and Morty) and Mike McMahan (former writer’s assistant on Rick and...

PUBG Mobile announces partnership with Entity Gaming and TSM for further competitions

The Instagram post-PUBG Mobile India revealed that Entity Gaming and TSM will be partnering for PUBG Mobile in future competitions starting from -PMPL South Asia, Season 1. TSM’s and Entity’s logo can be seen side by side although it does not exactly reveal the nature of the...

Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi to direct two new originals for Netflix

Academy Award-winning writer, director and actor Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) is set to write, direct and executive produce two original animated series for Netflix, inspired by the works of Roald Dahl. The first is a series based on the world and...

Walt Disney calls off grand press launch in London due to spreading Coronavirus

Disney has cancelled its plan for a grand European press launch for Disney+ in London this week, to avoid industry gatherings due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) fears. Disney was to host the party at the Exhibition London event space on 5 March to “celebrate the European launch of...