Dua Lipa launches new music video inspired by retro-fusion animation
Global pop superstar Dua Lipa has launched her latest music video, a retro-fusion animated trip crafted for the single “Hallucinate” off her second studio album, Future Nostalgia. Inspired by the disco aesthetic of Studio 54 in the ‘70s and cartoons from multiple iconic eras, the video is a...
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding to star in the adaptation of the book ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’
Malaysian born actor Henry Golding, known for his role in Crazy Rich Asians, will take on a different sort of performance challenge voicing the feline lead in Paramount Animation’s adaptation of the Laurence Yep kids’ book The Tiger’s Apprentice, planned for a February 11, 2022 release. Golding is also set to...
Popular RPG ‘Indivisible’ to get animated for NBCU’s new streaming platform Peacock
Lab Zero Games’ popular action-RPG/platformer title Indivisible is getting the animated series adaptation treatment, reportedly for NBCUniversal’s newly launched streaming platform, Peacock. According to Deadline, the game is being developed into a series to be shown on NBC’s new Peacock streaming service. It’ll be developed by Meg LeFauve and...
One Animation signs deal with preschool magazine publisher Redan Publishing
Award-winning content creation, distribution and licensing studio, One Animation, has signed a deal with an independent preschool magazine publisher, Redan Publishing, to launch its global preschool comedy brand, Oddbods, in Redan’s Fun to Learn magazine titles this month. Oddbods started featuring in the monthly magazine, Fun to Learn Favourites, from...
ViacomCBS gives international rights for SpongeBob movie to Netflix
ViacomCBS has reportedly granted Netflix the international distribution rights (excluding China) to the latest big-screen Bikini Bottom caper, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. The movie, like many, has twice had to delay its theatrical release due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Netflix news follows last...
Jetpack Distribution announces the acquisition of global rights for Sci-Fi series ‘New Gen’
Independent global kids and family TV distributor Jetpack Distribution announces it has acquired the global rights for brand-new sci-fi animation series New-Gen, currently in pre-production. The project is being produced by J.D. and Chris Matonti and Julia Coppola of APNG Enterprises and is based on the superhero comic-book series...
Filmmaker Gitanjali Rao’s animated feature ‘Bombay Rose’ to release on Netflix
The widely acclaimed animated feature Bombay Rose, from award-winning filmmaker Gitanjali Rao, will be available to stream for film lovers around the world this fall through a new global acquisition (excluding China) by Netflix. The feature is due for release in France in 2021. Synopsis: Escaping from child marriage,...
Animation company Maxon announces speaker lineup for virtual SIGGRAPH 2020
Maxon, the developers of professional 3D modelling, animation, rendering and motion design software solutions, today announced the speaker lineup and schedule for its upcoming 3D and Motion Design Show for SIGGRAPH 2020. Running from Tuesday, July 21 through Thursday, July 23, the free, fully virtual event will...
Amazon Studios greenlights season 3 of hit series ‘HANNA’
Amazon Studios has greenlit a third season of its popular action thriller series HANNA, after its second season was well received. The anticipated second season of HANNA debuted on 3 July on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories and has been a hit with...
New Star Wars animated series ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ to come on Disney+
Disney+ has ordered a new animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Fresh off of the critically-acclaimed series finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the Disney+ original series will premiere on the streaming service in 2021. The series follows the elite and experimental clones of the...