Entertainment Archive
Siggraph Asia 2020 announces the extension of submission dates to August 15
To support the recently announced move online for Siggraph Asia 2020, ACM Siggraph’s annual conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques in Asia, the Siggraph Asia 2020 Computer Animation Festival (SACAF 2020) has extended the deadline for submissions to 15 August 2020. Conference dates and...
Netflix announces new animated series ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’ to release on September 18
Netflix and DreamWorks Animation announced today that the highly anticipated animated series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous will debut globally September 18 on Netflix. The thrilling new action-adventure show for viewers of all ages is set within the same timeline as the 2015 blockbuster film Jurassic World and is inspired by the...
Mondo TV Group announces partnership with RTVE to co-produce animated series ‘Annie & Carola’
Mondo TV Iberoamérica Group (part of the Mondo TV Group one of the largest European producers and distributors of animated content) has announced that Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has confirmed its participation in the co-production of the animated series Annie & Carola, an exciting and original new project from...
Netflix announces prequel of live-action hit series ‘The Witcher’
Netflix has announced the upcoming limited series The Witcher: Blood Origin. The six-part, live-action limited series will be a prequel to the hit Netflix series The Witcher, set a millennium earlier when a great happening formed the world as Geralt, Ciri and Yennifer know it. Declan de Barra (producer/writer, Iron...
Emily Blunt, John Krasinski starrer ‘Animal Crackers’ to premiere on Netflix
Animal Crackers which premiered at Annecy Festival in 2017, will be premiered on Netflix after three years of its production. Directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft (Mulan), the film had an all-star voice cast, including Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in the lead roles. The film...
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD to stream on Disney+ Hotstar from 27th July
Disney+ Hotstar has taken up the first five seasons of Marvel Television and ABC Studios’ critically acclaimed series, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. A total of 110 episodes are set to stream on the OTT platform from 27 July 2020. The sixth season of the series is currently...
Artist Nicholle Kobi collaborates with Alum Erik Barmack for ‘Queens’
Former Netflix executive Erik Barmack, who helped drive the streaming giant’s move to set up production operations around the world, is teaming up with New York-based Afro-French artist Nicholle Kobi for a high-concept animated African history anthology: Queens. Produced by Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content, Queens will relate the stories of...
’Avatar: The last Bender’ sequel ‘The Legend of Korra’ to stream on Netflix this August
Netflix has unveiled the release date of animated series, The Legend of Korra, the sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender. The animated series will release on 14 August 2020 in the US. The streaming giant took to Twitter to announce the date – “She’s the avatar, you’ve gotta deal with...
Disney announces ‘Mulan’ off the charts for this year’s release
As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to sow uncertainty for cinema companies and film distributors, Disney has shuffled some major titles on its theatrical timeline — taking the live-action reimagining of animated classic Mulan directed by Niki Caro off its planned August 21 slot with no word of when...
Quibi announces Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson to star in new animated series
Quibi has announced a series order for Futha Mucka, a new animated comedy series starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds and created and executive produced by Jim and Brian Kehoe, serving as showrunners. Futha Mucka is produced by Anonymous Content and Maximum Effort with Titmouse, the Emmy Award-winning independent...