Animayo Gran Canaria’s virtual edition wraps up with a big bang
Converted into the First Festival of Animation, Visual Effects and Video Games in the world made on a 100% virtual platform, this 15th edition of Animayo Gran Canaria has exceeded all expectations, marking a milestone in the history of these festivals with more than 35,000 participants and...
Youtube Channel Pokemon Kids released ‘PokeToon: Pokemon Cartoon Animation’
The official Japan-based Pokémon Kids TV YouTube Channel took the franchises’ popular characters in a new direction with the Thursday launch of the first “PokéToon: The Pokémon Cartoon Animation” — a dialogue-free, classic cartoon-inspired 2D short complete with rubbery trains, off-the-wall physicality and raucous slapstick action. The first instalment, Chase...
Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ to resume shoot this July
After being put on hold in March, with many other films, due to the pandemic lockdown, Marvel’s WandaVision is all set to resume filming in July, reportedly. This report comes in a week where the impending series also announced the addition of the American Horror Story mainstay Evan Peters to the...
Animated Women UK announces 4 Online workshops in ‘Achieve Online Workshop’
Animated Women UK, the organization supporting women in the U.K.’s VFX and animation industries, has announced it is running four online workshops in June, aimed at helping members achieve their career goals. The workshops, open to AWUK members at the levels of experience, are supported by ScreenSkills...
Studio Ghibli’s first CG feature ‘Aya and the Witch’ to release this winter
Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is bringing out its first feature-length CG project, Aya and the Witch (Aya to Majo), with a television premiere on NHK planned for this winter. Co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, the studio is well-known for its expertise in traditional, hand-drawn animation, and only occasionally uses...
Novel Entertainment’s ‘Horrid Henry’ special to debut on Netflix
Netflix will premiere Novel Entertainment’s first animated feature-length Horrid Henry special in the UK on 6 June. Featuring the voices of UK presenters Dick and Dom, it reprises the starring roles they played in the live-action Horrid Henry: The Movie. The official synopsis follows – Horrid Henry’s Wild Weekend is the story...
Kinsane Entertainment announces acquisition rights for Jason Henderson’s ‘Young Captain Nemo’
Kinsane Entertainment, owned by Rainshine Entertainment announced the acquisition of the book adaptation rights for Jason Henderson’s Young Captain Nemo. Kinsane will develop the literary franchise as an animated series, as mobile games, consumer products, and more for worldwide release. Debuting to critical and commercial acclaim in 2019,...
Netflix to release 4th season of the animated comedy ‘F is for Family’
Netflix has announced the release of the fourth season of Bill Burr’s hilarious animated comedy, F is for Family, on 12 June 2020. The streaming giant has also dropped the trailer for the upcoming season. Considered to be one of the best-animated shows at the moment, there’s no dearth...
Technicolor announces merge of Mill Film and MR. X brands
Technicolor announces the merger of MR. X and Mill Film, under the MR. X name, bringing together the expertise and creativity of both brands into a stronger united entity. MR. X now becomes a VFX studio crossing four time zones, spanning Canada, the United States, Australia and...
Columbia Pictures to make Sci-Fi novel ‘We’re not from Here’into an animated film
Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to develop Geoff Rodkey’s middle-grade comedy sci-fi novel We’re Not from Here as a hybrid live-action/animated feature film. The project was picked up from Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment. Director Mike Mitchell (The LEGO Movie 2, Trolls, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of...