Monthly Archive: November 2020

Warner Bros. releases new trailer of live-action comedy ‘Tom and Jerry’

The classic cat-and-mouse games of cartoon icons Tom and Jerry are hitting the big screen in Warner Bros.’ new hybrid feature, which inserts the beloved animated stars into a live-action comedy adventure (as well as a few other tooned-up critters). The new trailer reveals an utterly madcap...

9 Story Distribution International secures multiple deals for D animated series ‘Dr. Panda’

9 Story Distribution International secures multiple international sales for the first season of the 3D animated preschool series Dr. Panda (39×7 min), including a license with Russia’s leading children’s channel Carousel, which premiered the series earlier this month. Other new broadcast deals include True Visions (Thailand), Somos TV (multi-territory,...

Canadian company Arcana Studio signs developmental deal with Flickerpix for ‘The Pixies’

Canadian intellectual property house Arcana Studio announces a development deal with Irish animation company Flickerpix on the upcoming animated TV series The Pixies. Arcana’s Sean O’Reilly will write and direct the series, while Flickerpix will complete storyboards and character & set designs; furthermore, Flickerpix’s David Cummings and Johnny...

Esports platform Game.tv announces a women-only tournament ‘Diva Scrim Wars’

Game.tv, the AI-powered esports tournament platform, has announced a unique women-only tournament, Diva Scrim Wars to assist and support emerging female players in India’s gaming and esports space. Diva Scrim Wars is one of the eight unique community-based tournaments by Game.tv which was developed with the understanding of the growing female...

Apple TV+ releases new trailer of pre-school series ‘Stillwater’

Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for Stillwater, a new animated preschool series based on Jon J Muth’s Caldecott Honor Children’s book series Zen Shorts. The charming adaptation’s first season debuts with six episodes on Friday, December 4. Stillwater tells the story of a beautiful friendship formed between siblings...

Netflix announces 2D animated musical movie ‘Arlo the Alligator Boy’

Netflix has announced a new 2D animated movie musical Arlo the Alligator Boy and series I ❤ Arlo from creator Ryan Crego (Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, Puss in Boots, Shrek Forever After). The animated feature follows Arlo to New York City as he searches the Big Apple for his...

PUBG Corporation announces to launch PUBG Mobile India

PUBG Corporation, the creator of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG) and a subsidiary of South Korea’s KRAFTON, announced that it is preparing to launch PUBG MOBILE INDIA, a new game created specifically for the Indian market. The company also revealed plans to provide a secure and healthy gameplay environment alongside investments...

Gitanjali Rao’s debut directed ‘Bombay Rose’ to release on Netflix this December

Gitanjali Rao’s award-winning feature directorial debut Bombay Rose is officially coming to Netflix on December 4. The animated romance which dances between life’s reality and the Bollywood screen has already won over audiences and critics at film festivals around the world, screening at Venice Critics’ Week, TIFF, Gijon, Chicago...

Ferly, Yellow Animation and Digital Graphics joins together to co-produce ‘Momolu and Friends’

Finnish studio Ferly, Yellow Animation in Canada and Atmosphere Media-owned Digital Graphics in Belgium are co-producing a new preschool series Momolu and Friends commissioned by TVOKids (Canada), Knowledge (Canada), YLE (Finland) and SRC (Société Radio Canada). “The Momolu brand is one where we can let our imaginations take us to delightful...

Ministry of Information and Broadcast to ambit online news portals and content to strengthen its hold

The exponential growth of digital media in the past few years has raised the question of how online content will be regulated. For a long time, discussions were on whether to issue guidelines to regulate the exhibition of online content. Now, the government has brought online news...