Netflix, SEGA of America, Inc. and WildBrain announce a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog series, Sonic Prime, set to premiere worldwide in 2022. “Sonic is a beloved character and holds a special place in everyone’s heart, including my own,” said Dominique Bazay, Director of Original Animation, Netflix. “I spent many...

Netflix has dropped a new concept art for The Witch Boy, an animated musical adapted from Molly Knox Osterag’s New York Times bestselling LGBTQ+ novel series of the same name. The Witch Boy takes place in a secret, magical community where girls are born to be witches and boys...

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (aka The Snyder Cut) finally has a release date. The much-awaited new edit of Snyder’s superhero mashup will premiere on 18 March on HBO Max, he announced on Twitter on 29 January 2021. The original Justice League that released in theatres in November 2017 went through...

Paris-based kids’ entertainment content leader TeamTO has acquired the TV, film and licensing rights to three popular children’s books: Snowman, by Jacques Duquennoy, Fox’s Garden, by Camille Garoche, and Jean Gouronas’ Something’s Fishy. The winter-themed stories will be produced as individual “Winter Is Here!” specials for the 2022/2023 season for...

BAFTA-winning and EMMY nominated children’s television producer Sixteen South Originals together with co-producer Letko today announced their new preschool series, Odo, has been commissioned by KiKA and Channel 5 for its multiplatform pre-school programming block Milkshake! Odo is produced by Sixteen South and Letko and co-produced with KiKA and Milkshake!...

Superprod Animation (France) and Atmosphere Media (Germany) have started production of Anna & Friends, a 78 x 7′ preschool series based on the books by Anouk Ricard. The show’s French broadcast partner is France Télévisions, discussions with other broadcast partners are ongoing. “Anna and her friends transcend daily...

Disney+ has dropped the trailer and poster of brand new film, Flora & Ulysses, featuring a superhero squirrel, streaming 19 February onwards on the platform. The super-fun, one-of-a-kind, hybrid CG movie from the House of Mouse owned streaming service, is adapted from an award-winning children’s book of...

ADK Emotions NY, a New York-based subsidiary of ADK Emotions, has announced that Beyblade Burst Surge Season 5 will premiere Saturday, February 20 on Disney XD. The new season consists of 26 episodes, running 22 minutes each. The highly anticipated fifth season will debut with two brand new episodes...

Mondo TV, one of the largest European producers and distributors of animated content, has announced plans for the second season of its enormously popular environmentally themed animated kids’ show MeteoHeroes. The first season has sold into more than 120 countries and was among the top shows airing on...

Netflix has taken up the distribution rights to Mexican animated adventure fantasy film, Xico’s Journey (El Camino de Xico – 2020), which is arriving on the streamer on 12 February 2021. Launched in cinemas in Mexico in November 2020, the animated feature film will be available in Hindi, English,...