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Pixar announces a new ‘Toy Story’ spinoff named ‘Lightyear’
Pixar has announced at the 2020 Disney Investor Day that a new Toy Story spinoff movie called Lightyear is in the works. It will explore the story of a young test pilot who becomes the Space Ranger known as Buzz Lightyear and will be based on the original film that the...
Marvel Studios shares expansion and trailers of upcoming movies at Investor’s Day
Marvel Studios shared plans for the expansion and future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Among dozens of upcoming projects, three new series for Disney+ were revealed, including the Samuel L. Jackson-starrer Secret Invasion, Ironheart with Dominique Thorne as a genius inventor, and Armor Wars starring Don Cheadle as James Rhodes a.k.a. War...
DreamWorks Animation obtains rights to Dav Pilkey’s ‘Dog Man’
DreamWorks Animation has optioned the rights to Dog Man, the #1 global bestselling series by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants), and is currently developing a feature film based on the series. Peter Hastings (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain) is attached to direct. “As his readers all over...
Netflix announces new 2D animated interactive special ‘We Lost Our Human’
Netflix has announced a new 2D-animated interactive comedy-adventure special, We Lost Our Human, created by Rikke Asbjoern and Chris Garbutt (creators of Pinky Malinky). Audiences will choose to experience the story from the perspective of a self-involved cat (Pud, voiced by Sonic the Hedgehog‘s Ben Schwartz) or a loving, hyperactive...
The cast of Amazon’s ‘Invincible’ revealed. Mahershala Ali, Ezra Miller joins the cast
Amazon Prime Video’s new animated series Invincible has a star-studded cast. At the Invincible‘s panel at the Brazilian convention CCXP Worlds, the makers announced more names from the series, along with the characters they’ll be playing. The names feature, Mahershala Ali as Titan, Clancy Brown as Damien Darkblood, Nicole Byer...
Popular office sitcom ‘The Office’ to have a comic series named ‘The Adventures of Jimmy Halpert’
Fans of the popular workplace comedy The Office will now be able to get their hands on a comic book that was featured in the series. Pam Beesly’s home-made christmas gift for her husband, Jim, The Adventures of Jimmy Halpert, was a fictional comic book originally seen in the seventh...
Omen Studio’s education programme ‘Argo’s World’ season 1 to release on Amazon Prime
Award-winning animation company, Omens Studios’ STEM-based edutainment programme Argo’s World (15 x 22’) is headed to Amazon Prime Video with the first season. The new show will join Omens’ other popular shows Counting with Paula and Leo the Wildlife Ranger on the streamer. Aimed at seven to 12 year-olds, the part live-action and...
Siggraph Asia Virtual 2020 promises a collection of best works
Siggraph Asia Virtual 2020 promises the showcase of world-wide collection of the year in the field of Animation and Computer Graphics industry. The Virtual conference will showcase the best of this year’s works, presented by the creators, who will share their insights and discuss their most innovative...
Private-public collaborations to nurture local talent and bring “Made-with-Singapore” content to a global stage
IMDA has unveiled two new partnerships with Audible and KC Global Media Singapore, and will be rolling out a series of initiatives with these new and existing global media partners e.g. CJ ENM HK, WarnerMedia in the coming months. Launched under the umbrella of the Capability Partnership...
IMDA announces new initiatives to develop creative content at Asia TV Forum 2020
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) today announced new initiatives and capability development programmes to develop innovative content, nurture local media talent, and cultivate fresh opportunities for international collaborations. The programmes, which will further strengthen the competitiveness of Singapore’s media ecosystem, were announced by Minister for Communications...