HBO Max and Cartoon Network announces partnership with children’s author Mo Willems
HBO Max and Cartoon Network announced three new projects with New York Times best-selling children’s book author, illustrator and playwright Mo Willems and greenlights for a hilarious animated series Unlimited Squirrels!; CGI-animated special Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Special; and a pilot order for a live-action immersive series, Cat the...
Toonz Media Group signs partnership with SMF for new animated series ‘Aliens In My Backpack’
SMF (Soyuzmultfilm) Studio, Russia’s production company has signed up with global animation leaders Toonz Media Group for a strategic partnership to co-produce a brand-new animation series Aliens in My Backpack. Toonz Media Group CEO Jayakumar says, “We are delighted to partner with a studio of such deep heritage...
Cartoon Network releases new PSAs on anti-racism
Cartoon Network has debuted a new series of anti-racism PSAs, developed by Emmy-nominated Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of O.K. KO! Let’s Be Heroes. The animated shorts are aimed at providing kids and families with productive ways to disrupt common narratives about racism. The first of...
Kyoto Animation to make a feature film of Japanese anime ‘Tsurune’
High school archery club anime Tsurune — based on the light novel by Kotoko Ayano — will be getting its first feature-length movie through Japan’s resilient Kyoto Animation (Violet Evergarden and Free! movies; Liz and the Blue Bird, A Silent Voice). The studio punctuated the Twitter announcement by dropping...
MeTV Network announces an original morning show ‘Toon In With Me’
The MeTV Network, America’s #1 classic television network, announces the launch of the new original morning show Toon In With Me. The weekday one-hour hosted series will feature original comedy sketches, special guests, interviews, games and more, produced to lead into many of the greatest classic cartoon shorts...
Netflix releases the official trailer of new animated series ‘The Liberator’
Netflix has released an official trailer and key art for their upcoming highly anticipated series, The Liberator. The four-part animated miniseries, based on the true story of World War II infantry commander Felix “Shotgun” Sparks, who led the 157th Infantry Battalion of the 45th Division, an integrated, Oklahoma National...
China’s Tencent Video signs co-production deals with three European studios
Tencent Video, the leading online video streaming platform in China, today announced that it has agreed co-production deals with leading European studios Zeilt Productions, Sixteen South, and Silvergate Media to develop and produce innovative and exciting new kids properties with global appeal. The three deals mark the...
Lena Headey and Luke Wilson to voice new Marvel-based sci-fi ‘New- Gen’
Lena Headey and Luke Wilson have joined the cast of the sci-fi animation series NEW-GEN, currently in pre-production. The show is being produced by J.D. and Chris Matonti and Julia Coppola of APNG Enterprises and is based on the superhero comic book series distributed by Marvel Comics....
Bombay High Court reserves judgement regarding NTO 2.0
The Bombay High Court (HC) bench reserved its judgement on the NTO 2.0 (New Tariff Order) hearing yesterday. After listening to the arguments from both parties, the court has restricted the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to take any coercive action against the broadcasters for non-implementation...
Cosmos Maya to partner with Dear Will and Piranha Bar for new 3D animated series
Cosmos-Maya has joined hands with Irish animation studios Dear Will and Piranha Bar to co-produce a new 3D animated series, The Incredible Monsta Trucks. Piranha Bar is developing the 52 x 11’ series using the Unreal Engine technology by Epic Games which is used in best-selling games such...