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Asian Animation Summit cancels physical event, to be held online this year
Asian Animation Summit (AAS) is the latest industry event to cancel its in-person plans this year and pivot to becoming a virtual experience. AAS 2020 will be held as an online event from November 16 to December 4 due to travel restrictions and health & safety issues...
Lionsgate releases new trailer of the upcoming animated film ‘Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs’
Lionsgate has dropped the official trailer for the upcoming animated film, Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs that marks the U.S. debut of South Korean directors Hong Sung-ho and Jang Moo-Hyun. The animated fantasy film has provided new twists to the iconic German fairy tales such as Snow White and...
Nick Jr. celebrates ‘Baby Shark Big Week’ with collaboration with Discovery Channel
Nick Jr. is bringing in a treat for kids by hosting for the first time a Baby Shark’s Big Week next week. This project comes in collaboration with Discovery Channel, which has been celebrating Shark Week for the past 32 years. From 10 to 14 August, the network will...
Disney Television announces the launch of animated series ‘Baymax Dreams’
Disney Television Animation (DTVA) launched the first episode of Baymax Dreams season two on 3 August. Based on the Emmy Award-nominated television series Big Hero 6 The series, Baymax Dreams premiered as a series of three shorts in 2018. The first season capitalised on real-time rendering technology functionality, employing non-linear workflows...
Peacock announces to stream all Harry Potter films
Peacock announced all eight Harry Potter films will be available to stream in windows over the next six months starting later this year and into 2021. The movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s famed series ranked as the highest-grossing film franchise in history and are a fantastic addition...
Disney announces the release of much-awaited film ‘Mulan’ on Disney+
Walt Disney Studios has announced that the repeatedly delayed theatrical release of Niki Caro’s live-action Mulan is off for the foreseeable, and is now set to make its U.S. premiere on Disney+ on September 4, offered for a premium VOD rental fee of $29.99. Availability and pricing will vary...
Marvel Comics to cancel ‘Ghost Rider’, writer Ed Brisson announces via Twitter
Marvel Comics has cancelled the ongoing comic book series Ghost Rider after seven issues. Series writer Ed Brisson announced the cancellation of the comic book series via Twitter last week. In a tweet, Brisson revealed that Ghost Rider Issue #7, which went on sale in July, serves as the...
WildBrain teams up with renowned filmmaker Kevin Smith for Green Hornet
Global kids & family entertainment leader WildBrain has teamed up with renowned filmmaker, screenwriter and actor Kevin Smith to develop an original animated series based on the classic superhero franchise, Green Hornet. Developed for a family audience, the project will feature classic Green Hornet elements that fans...
Reed Midem announces Mipcom 2020 exhibition to end early than anticipated
About a month after confirming physical editions for the fall, Reed Midem has announced that MIPCOM and its preceding weekend event MIP Junior will be folded into a concurrent three-day format dubbed MIPCOM Rendezvous Cannes, taking place October 12-14 (Mon.-Wed.) — a day less than previously anticipated....
Disney Pixar announces its next original ‘Luca’
Pixar has announced its next original animated movie called Luca, an adventure set in Italy, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Enrico Casarosa (for the short film La Luna), who is drawing inspiration from his own upbringing. Pixar describes the film as a coming-of-age story about a young boy in Italy,...