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Toonz Animation Group announces Animation Masters Summit Digital edition
Animation Masters Summit, hosted by Technopark- based Toonz Media Group, is a prestigious event that brings together the greatest minds in the field of entertainment. While the summit is held every year in the city of Trivandrum, Kerala, this year, in response to the evolving circumstances, Toonz...
Netflix announces a new 2D animated series ‘DeadEndia’
Netflix and Blink Industries have announced a new 2D animated series, DeadEndia, based on the graphic novels of award-winning creator Hamish Steele. Produced by the Blink Industries studio in London, DeadEndia is quirky, spooky and hilarious at the same time and is slated to premiere globally on the streaming platform in...
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea reopens
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea have officially resumed operations after four months of closure. The theme parks at Tokyo Disney Resort reopened yesterday, 1 July, with protective measures to contain further spread of the virus. According to Disney Parks Blog, Tokyo Disney Resort is implementing enhanced health...
CBS All Access announces animated series ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ premiere date
CBS All Access, ViacomCBS’ digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service, has announced its new half-hour animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks will premiere on Thursday, August 6. Following the premiere, all 10 episodes of the first season will premiere weekly on Thursdays, exclusively for CBS All Access...
Nickelodeon and Point Grey Pictures to create ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ movie
Nickelodeon along with Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver is creating an all-new CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theatrical motion picture, a first for Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Jeff Rowe (Gravity Falls, Connected, Disenchantment) will direct the animated theatrical with Brendan O’Brien (Neighbors: Sorority Rising, Mike...
‘Zootopia’ directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush to make Disney original ‘Encanto’
Zootopia directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush to helm Disney’s upcoming original animated movie titled Encanto. Walt Disney Animation Studios is developing a new film about a Brazilian family, who all have magical powers however, a young girl in the family has no powers. According to The Disinsider, Encanto means “charm”...
Marvel veteran Joe Sinnott dies at 93
Longtime Marvel Comics artist Joe Sinnott, who inked for Jack Kirby and John Romita Sr., has passed away at the age of 93. Sinnott’s inking work helped establish and define many of Marvel’s biggest characters, including the Fantastic Four series, which he worked on from 1965 to 1981. “It...
Kelly Asbury, director of ‘Shrek 2’ dies at 60
Animation writer-director and voice actor, Kelly Asbury whose credits include Shrek 2, Smurfs: The Lost Village and Beauty and the Beast, died today after battling cancer for several years. His rep Nancy Newhouse Porter of Newhouse Porter Hubbard confirmed the news. Asbury contributed to beloved animated features from Disney, DreamWorks —...
Disney announces the delay of reopening of California theme park
Disney announced on 24 June that the company will delay the reopening of its theme parks in California due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the US. The House of Mouse planned to reopen Disneyland and Disney California Adventure on 17 July 2020, the 65th anniversary...
Reliance Jio launches new data plan with free Disney+ Hotstar subscription
Few weeks after Reliance Jio launched its prepaid data plan of Rs. 401 bundled with the free Disney+Hotstar VIP plan for new customers, the telco has come up with yet another plan for its existing customers who have already subscribed to Jio’s annual plans. The telco has...