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HBO announces approval of three-part Aquaman series ‘King of Atlantis’
HBO Max announced Wednesday at the WarnerMedia Television Critics Association day, a green light for a three-part animated mini-series Aquaman: King of Atlantis that will be executive produced by James Wan (Aquaman and the upcoming Malignant) through his Atomic Monster production company. Based on the classic DC...
Television Broadcasters challenges against TRAI’s New Tariff Order at Bombay High Court
The Indian broadcasters urged the Bombay High Court, on Tuesday 14 January 2020, to suspend new government regulations on pay-TV charges they say would put some channels out of business and stifle consumer choice. The move came due to the New Tariff order (NTO) amendments by the...
Visual Effects Society to sponsor the restoration of George Melies Collections
The Visual Effects Society has announced its sponsorship of The Méliès Collection, an unprecedented project to reconstruct and restore all of the original negatives of 88 short films created by pioneering French auteur Georges Mélies. As part of the Society’s collaboration, the VES will be credited in...
Nominations for animated movies revealed for 92nd Academy Awards
The nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced on 13th January 2020 by actors John Cho and Issa Rae in 24 categories. Here is the list of this year’s animation and VFX-related nominees: Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Directed by...
Netherlands broadcaster NPO Zeppelin to picks up pre-school series Allie the Ellie
Dutch broadcaster NPO has picked up non-verbal preschool series Allie the Ellie (titled Ellie de Olifant in the Netherlands) for its children’s programming block NPO Zappelin. Created by Ellen Langendam (Nurdys) and produced through her prodco Art Wise, the animated series will be broadcast in February. The 13 x one-minute episodes...
Holy Cow launches a ‘The Last Asura’ at Delhi Comic Con 2019
Holy Cow Entertainment launched a new comic titled ‘The Last Asuran’ at the 2019 Delhi Comic-Con. Targeted towards teen adults, The Last Asuran basically tells the story of an MMA fighter Desh who also happens to be the last remaining Asura of the royal lineage. This book...
APC Kids seals the distribution deals with French kids channel Gulli
APC Kids, the children’s entertainment division of co-production and distribution company APC Studios, has inked a deal with the number one French kids free-to-air television channel Gulli (M6 Group) for series one and two of Kid-E-Cats which has seen the hit animated series airing on the channel...
Jon Favreau confirms the second season of ‘The Mandalorian’ on Disney+
“The Mandalorian” will officially be coming back to Disney Plus for a second season. Showrunner and creator Jon Favreau confirmed the renewal via Twitter, saying that the second instalment is slated to debut in Fall 2020. Favreau had previously teased that shooting on season 2 was already...
Enanimation Studios announces tie-ups with International Broadcaster for Nina & Olga
Italian animation studio Enamination has announced an agreement with an international broadcaster for the forthcoming TV version of Nicoletta Costa books. Currently in development for a spring 2021 launch, the 52 episodic seven-minute series titled Nina & Olga is targeted for four to six-year-olds. The series is...
Fenil Comics to release its first international series in Hindi
Fenil Comics will be releasing its first international series in January 2020, titled Exilium. It is an Australian space fiction graphic novel series written by Benjamin Slabak. The six-part series was the highest crowd-funded comic book series with a collection of $26,000. “Exilium is one of the...