‘Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures’ Season 2 Headed to Disney+ and Disney Jr.
New season of Lucasfilm’s original animated series arrives Wednesday, August 14, with new shorts on August 2 and new digital series, ‘Fun With Nubs’ available online now.
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Frederator and BuzzFeed Team Up on ‘Chikn Nuggit’
The new animated series based on the online gender-inclusive comedy series about a weird, long-eared dog named Chikn Nuggit and his fast-food-named friends is the second property under development as part of Genius Brand’s first-look deal with Frederator.
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ITFS’ APD Announces ‘New Voices – New Stories’ Conference
Part of the 17th Animation Production Days running April 26-28 in Stuttgart, the conference takes place on April 26 and offers animation professionals a platform to discuss current developments in the industry.
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Toho Acquires 50% Stake in Key Frederator Network Shows
The Japanese media company makes multi-million-dollar investment in the animated series ‘Bee and PuppyCat’ and Frederator’s ‘Bravest Warriors;’ companies to co-produce new series’ content and develop global consumer products campaign.
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Project Submissions Open: Animation Production Days 2023
A joint venture of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and FMX, ADP runs April 25-28; deadline for submission of projects in film, TV series, mobile content, games, cross- and transmedia is February 9.
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‘Monster High’ Renewed for Season 2, Plus New Digital Series Spin-off to Debut
Nickelodeon and Mattel Television’s animated comedy-adventure about the teenage kids of famous monsters gets picked up for another season; also announced, ‘Monster High Mysteries’ premieres tomorrow on the ‘Monster High’ YouTube channel.
35 Projects Selected for Animation Production Days 2022
The curated business platform, a joint venture between ITFS and FMX, provides producers an opportunity to present projects to industry co-production and financing partners; event runs May 4-6.
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Cyber Group Studios Names 3 New Executives
The kid’s animation producer and distributor appoints Laurence Barret, Stéphanie Legraverant, and Andreas J Carlen to key production, development, and R&D positions.
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Submissions Now Open: Animation Production Days 2022
A joint venture of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and FMX, ADP takes place May 4-6; projects in the fields of film, TV series, mobile content, games, cross- and transmedia will be accepted until February 21.
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Call for Submissions: Animation Production Days 2020
Deadline for entries to the 14th APD co-production and financing platform event is February 20, 2020.
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Disney+ Hits the Road with Preview of Pixar Content
Ahead of its November 12 launch, streamer shares trailers from some of the original programming and library titles that will be available.
2019 Animation Masters Summit Announces Cocoon Concept Lab Winner
Narayn Talakudar takes home cash prize and development deal with Toonz Media Group.
‘Bloeistraat 11’ and ‘Mirai’ Take Top Prizes at Stuttgart
26th International Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film concludes with a host of awards for International and German animated projects.
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‘CoboStories’ and ‘Smosh Mosh’ Among Award Winners at 2019 Animation Production Days
Stuttgart’s 13th annual business conference, held as part of ITFS and FMX, honors several projects from 50 selected for competition.
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The Streaming Wars Heat Up as Disney Unveils Details for Disney+
Taking a direct shot at Netflix, The Walt Disney Company announces plans to release more than 25 original series and 10 original films, documentaries and specials in the first year of its rival streaming service.
Billy Crystal & John Goodman Reteaming for Disney+ Animated Series ‘Monsters At Work’
With John Ratzenberger, Jennifer Tilly, Bob Peterson, Ben Feldman, Kelly Marie Tran, Henry Winkler, Lucas Neff, Alanna Ubach, Stephen Stanton and Aisha Tyler rounding out the star-studded voice cast, animated series inspired by Pixar’s Academy Award-winning ‘Monsters, Inc.’ is set to premiere on Disney’s new streaming service in 2020.
Building Brands, Real-Time Production in the Spotlight at ADP 2019
Case studies detailing the use of game engines in animation production as well as new ideas and strategies for the exploitation of animation projects to be presented at the 13th edition of Germany’s leading animation business platform.
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Netflix Grows Anime Programming Slate with New Partnerships
Partnerships with leading Japanese production studios Anima, Sublimation, and David Production join deals with Production I.G and bones.
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50 Projects Selected for Animation Production Days 2019
Films, series and transmedia properties with topics ranging from edutainment, comedy, adventure stories and fantasy for kids to historical and political material, animated documentaries, satire and science fiction to be presented at Germany’s leading animation business platform.
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Boris Labbé’s ‘La Chute’ Wins Grand Prize at 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival
Sebastien Laudenbach’s ‘The Girl Without Hands,’ animated TV series ‘Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan,’ and anime features ‘Penguin Highway’ and ‘Okko’s Inn’ receive Excellence Awards.
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CG ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Series Coming to Netflix in 2020
Directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’ will be produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts.
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Netflix Enters Into Overall Deal with ‘Doc McStuffins’ Creator Chris Nee
Peabody, Emmy, and Humanitas Prize-winning children’s television screenwriter and producer to write and produce new animated and live action series for preschool and all audiences exclusively for Netflix.
Frederator Ups Carrie Miller and Jeremy Rosen to VP
Miller to oversee all digital production while Rosen to run marketing, networks, and programming departments as Frederator continues to expand hit roster of animated series, digital channels, and properties.
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FIRST LOOK: ‘Bee & PuppyCat: Lazy in Space’ Heading to VRV in 2019
Extended season of fan-favorite series from the team behind ‘Castlevania,’ ‘Adventure Time,’ and ‘The Fairly OddParents’ to air the Cartoon Hangover Select channel on VRV with longer, half-hour episodes.
Channel Frederator Networks Launches $1 Million Creative Fund
Money will be provided exclusively for member project development and production.
