Pocket Aces’ Loco announces a new Original Monsoon Knockouts, in collaboration with POCO M2 Pro
India’s leading game streaming platform, Loco announces its first original tournament titled Monsoon Knockouts presented by POCO M2 Pro. The tournament will see India’s 20 most popular PUBG Mobile teams competing against each other for four days starting 25th July 2020. The tournament, which provides a perfect avenue for...
Artist Nicholle Kobi collaborates with Alum Erik Barmack for ‘Queens’
Former Netflix executive Erik Barmack, who helped drive the streaming giant’s move to set up production operations around the world, is teaming up with New York-based Afro-French artist Nicholle Kobi for a high-concept animated African history anthology: Queens. Produced by Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content, Queens will relate the stories of...
’Avatar: The last Bender’ sequel ‘The Legend of Korra’ to stream on Netflix this August
Netflix has unveiled the release date of animated series, The Legend of Korra, the sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender. The animated series will release on 14 August 2020 in the US. The streaming giant took to Twitter to announce the date – “She’s the avatar, you’ve gotta deal with...
Disney announces ‘Mulan’ off the charts for this year’s release
As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to sow uncertainty for cinema companies and film distributors, Disney has shuffled some major titles on its theatrical timeline — taking the live-action reimagining of animated classic Mulan directed by Niki Caro off its planned August 21 slot with no word of when...
Quibi announces Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson to star in new animated series
Quibi has announced a series order for Futha Mucka, a new animated comedy series starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds and created and executive produced by Jim and Brian Kehoe, serving as showrunners. Futha Mucka is produced by Anonymous Content and Maximum Effort with Titmouse, the Emmy Award-winning independent...
Avengers Endgame directors Russo Brothers hint to direct the biggest film of the MCU ‘Secret Wars’
Noted director duo from Hollywood, Joe and Anthony Russo (Russo Brothers), who helmed the biggest blockbuster of all-time, Avengers: Endgame, recently revealed that a Secret Wars movie in the MCU will be their biggest film ever. Earlier, many times, the duo has exclaimed their desire to direct a Secret Wars movie....
DreamWorks announces a multi-year deal with ‘Trolls’ director Walt Dohrn
DreamWorks Animation today announced that the studio has entered into a multi-year deal with Walt Dohrn, director of the recently released Trolls World Tour and co-director of Trolls, which grossed more than $346M globally. The announcement was made by Margie Cohn, President, DreamWorks Animation. A longtime DreamWorks talent, Dohrn will have...
Laurine Garaude announces Mipcom and MipJunior to be held as planned
Director of Television Division of Reed MIDEM, Laurine Garaude announced that world’s biggest content market, Mipcom and MipJunior, will be held as planned before. She also informed that along with the physical market, there will also be an online platform for the same. During an interview with...
Skydance and Paramount Pictures to release animated musical ‘Spellbound’ in 2022
Skydance and Paramount Pictures announced Monday that original animated musical fantasy Spellbound, which Paramount Pictures has committed to co-finance and release globally, is now slated for November 11, 2022. The announcement marks the continued expansion of the decade-long partnership between the storied Hollywood studio and David Ellison’s prolific media...
Late animation director Arnab Chaudhuri to receive ‘Legend of Animation Award’ posthumously
Path-breaking animation director Arnab Chaudhuri will be honoured with the Legend of Animation Award at Animation Masters Summit 2020 – Digital Edition. Organized by Toonz Media Group, the virtual Summit is being held from July 20 to 24, 2020, over the Zoom platform. Arnab, who passed away...