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Benedict Cumberbatch to join as Doctor Strange in the new ‘Spiderman 3’ movie
Benedict Cumberbatch is putting on the cloak of levitation and will reprise Marvel supernatural hero Doctor Strange for the latest Spider-Man movie instalment, starring Tom Holland and being made by Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. The move puts Cumberbatch in the mentor role that was previously occupied by Robert...
Disney announces that Pixar’s ‘Soul’ to skip theatre release, to stream on Disney+ this Christmas
The Walt Disney Company announced Thursday that Soul, the all-new original feature from Pixar Animation Studios, will debut exclusively on Disney+ on December 25. In international markets where Disney+ isn’t currently or soon to be available, Soul will be released theatrically, with dates to be announced. “We are thrilled to share...
Warner Bros. starts production on pre-school series ‘Batwheels’
Warner Bros. Animation has started production on an animated preschool series called Batwheels, starring some of the most iconic vehicles from across the DC universe. The Batwheels are superpowered vehicles created by the Batcomputer to fight crimes and defend Gotham City alongside Batman, Robin, Batgirl and other DC...
WildBrain Spark partners with Cosmos-Maya for ‘Eena Meena Deeka’
WildBrain Spark, a leading kids and family AVOD network and studio, has partnered with the noted Indian animation studio, Cosmos-Maya, to expand its popular non-dialogue comedy series Eena Meena Deeka on YouTube and other AVOD platforms. The partnership will see WildBrain Spark spearhead ad sales on AVOD outside India...
Jermaine Fowler partners with Fox for his next animated film
Actor-comedian Jermaine Fowler is working on a semi-autobiographical animated comedy, which is being developed by Fox Entertainment. The Untitled Jermaine Fowler project is loosely based on Fowler’s formidable years growing up in a working-class town in Prince George’s County, Maryland, with his family. Fowler will be serving...
Global Mechanic partners with Alt Animation to co-develop ‘Class Clown’
Vancouver-based animation studio, Global Mechanic (Scribbles & Ink) has joined forces with Northern Ireland-based animation studio, ALT Animation to co-develop Class Clown (11mins x 52 episodes). The series is a concept imagined by veteran Canadian writer Ian Boothby. “When looking for the ideal collaborator for Class Clown, it was...
Warner Bros. Animation to partner with Dr. Seuss for the new animated franchise
Warner Bros. Animation is launching an interconnected cinematic universe in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises with a new animated franchise based on the works of the legendary children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel. J.J. Abrams has teamed up with Warner Animation group for a big-screen adaptation of the...
Disney announces lay offs of around 28,000 theme park employees
Walt Disney Company is slashing 28,000 workers at its US theme parks. Even the Magic Kingdom can’t ward off the coronavirus. The move affects the company’s theme-park, cruise-line and retail businesses, Disney said on Tuesday. “We have made the very difficult decision to begin the process of...
Legendary comic artist KC Sivasankar passes away at 97
Legendary comic artist KC Sivasankar passed away on 29 September at the age of 97 at his Chennai residence. Well known for his illustrations in the popular children’s magazine ‘Chandamama’, especially those of the Vikram and Vetala series, Sivasankar was last of the original team of Chandamama. Born in...
Disney announces D23 Expo to be shifted to 2022
Disney announced that it has moved its next D23 expo back a year until 2022. The seventh biannual event, held in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Convention Center, had been scheduled to take place next summer, but will now be held on 9 to 11 September 2022....