Disney+ announces a new streaming brand ‘Star’ along with the initial lineup
Disney+ has announced “its biggest content drop ever” with the initial lineup of its new streaming brand Star. The rich huge library of content coming to the new general entertainment brand through Disney+ will bring a huge expansion of TV series, movies and originals to subscribers in...
Netflix releases the concept art of animated musical ‘The Witch Boy’
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’ to release on March 18 on HBO Max
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 TeamTO acquires licensing rights to three popular children’s book
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...
Audible teams up with DC for second and third instalments of audio drama series ‘The Sandman’
Post the huge success of the first instalment, Audible, the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, and DC have greenlit the much-anticipated second and third instalments of The New York Times best-selling, multi-part original audio drama series, The Sandman: Act II and The Sandman: Act III....
WildBrain acquires worldwide distribution rights for ‘Alva’s World’
WildBrain has acquired worldwide distribution to Alva’s World (52×11’), outside the UK, Ireland and Finland. Produced by award-winning Irish animation studio Kavaleer Productions, Alva’s World is a fun, irreverent and forward-thinking 2D animated show for kids from upper preschool to early elementary, which aims to create a new canon of fables...
Sixteen South Originals announces the commission of preschool series ‘Odo’
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!...
Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video signs deal with international broadcasters for original anime series
Tencent Video, a leading Chinese online video streaming platform, has inked a raft of sales to international broadcasters for its original animation series – Super BOOMi, A Squad and CoNaBLUE. The deals follow the recent announcement of co-production deals with three leading European studios- Sixteen South, Zeilt Productions and Silvergate...
Superprod Animation teams up with Atmosphere Media for ‘Anna & Friends’
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+ drops a new trailer of a new CG film ‘Flora & Ulysses’
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...