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eOne Launches ‘Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom’ in China
Deal with iQIYI will see award-winning preschool program debut in May with a licensing program to follow.
Academy, ABC Set Key Dates For 91st Oscars
‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Black Mirror’ Among BAFTA Crafts Honorees
‘Peter Pan’ Flying to Disney Signature Collection
Classic feature celebrates its 65th anniversary with new edition featuring new and original bonus features coming May 29 to Digital and June 5 to Blu-ray.
Program Set for Women in Animation World Summit at Annecy
DreamWorks Revs Up ‘Fast & Furious’ Series for Netflix
Series based on Universal’s long-running live-action auto-action series part of an expansion of the studio’s deal with the streaming service.
NFB’s VR ‘Museum of Symmetry’ Goes to Berlin and Annecy
FMX Rounds Out Tracks on Digital Humans, Commercials, and More
Conference also has added a screening of ‘Early Man,’ and presentations on ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and the app ‘Tunnel AR,’ the world’s first interactive AR music video.
Call for Entries: TOFUZI Festival in Georgia
GoldieBlox Taps DreamWorks Veteran as President
Shawn Dennis to lead entertainment and licensing partnerships out of company’s newly opened Los Angeles office.
USC Names Teresa Cheng its John C. Hench Endowed Division Chair
The head of the school’s division of animation and digital arts will be installed at an April 25 ceremony as the first recipient of the chair.
Timeless to Pitch ‘Koati’ feature at Cannes
Amazon Debuts April 27 Acclaimed Series ‘Little Big Awesome’
Guillermo del Toro Goes Exclusive with DreamWorks
Mechanic Blasts Academy in Board Resignation
Former Fox executive writes the organization has mishandled diversity issue, let Oscars ratings and relevance slide and failing to keep the Academy Museum project on schedule and budget.
Score ‘Early Man’ on Digital May 15, on Disc May 22
Acclaimed stop-motion feature directed by Nick Park features the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Maisie Williams.
Universal Details Immersive ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Attraction
Interior projection mapping and seats that swivel with the story mark the new attraction, housed in the new DreamWorks Theatre, opening June 15 at the theme park in Hollywood.
2018 animago Awards Open for Submissions
Annual gathering adds two new categories -- VR/AR and feature film -- for the 2018 edition, set for April 25-26 in Munich.
Animation Block Party Fetes 30 Years of ‘Akira’
Katsuhro Otomo’s anime classic will screen in Brooklyn at the 15th edition of the festival, set for July 26-29.