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Animated/VFX Pics Made 2018 a Record Year at the Box Office
As we get ready to ring in the new year, it’s good to know that 2018 is going down as the largest grossing year...
‘Aquaman,’ ‘Bumblebee,’ ‘Spider-Man’ in Holiday Box Office Battle
As Santa is getting his reindeer ready for work, industry watchers are predicting that the big family movies of the week are going to...
Audrey Geisel, Producer and Widow of Dr. Seuss, Dies at 97
Audrey Geisel, widow of Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss ), has passed away at age 97. Geisel, who formed Dr. Seuss Enterprises after her husband’s...
Sony’s ‘Spider-Man’ Sets New Animation Record for December
As expected, Sony's much-anticipated and glowingly reviewed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse landed at the top of the U.S. box office this weekend, bringing in...
2019 Critics’ Choice Movie & TV Award Nominations Announced
The nominees for the 24th annual Critics’ Choice Movie & Television Awards have been announced, with Fox Searchlight’s historical piece The Favourite leading with...
Lamorne Morris to Star in Hulu’s Hybrid Series ‘Woke’
Lamorne Morris (New Girl, Game Night) has been cast as the lead in the new comedy Woke -- a live-action series featuring animated sequences...
Cloudco Expands with U.K. Office, Exec & Sales Hires
Cloudco Entertainment (formerly American Greetings Ent.) is growing its senior executive team, adding a third hub in London to join its existing Los Angeles...
Ron Hines Named SVP Creative Development for Nickelodeon Attractions
Nickelodeon has promoted Ron Hines to Senior Vice President, Creative Development, Global Experience Design. With Hines’s promotion, he will report to Anne Mullen, Executive...
Margie Cohn of DreamWorks to Keynote MIPJunior 2018
MIPJunior has announced that Margie Cohn, President of DreamWorks Animation Television, will keynote this year’s edition of the world-leading kids’ entertainment industry event. The...
‘Elliot the Littlest Reindeer’ Flies to NorAm Screens
Just in time for the holiday season, Screen Media will release the animated feature Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer in U.S. theaters. The Double Dutch...
‘Incredibles 2’ On Track to Be All-Time Top Toon at Box Office
Over the weekend, Universal’s VFX-laden spectacle Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Disney-Pixar’s Incredibles 2 hung on to the top box office spots, with the...
‘Coco,’ ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Pick Up Saturn Awards
Pixar’s Coco and Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels were the big animation winners at the Saturn Awards on Thursday. Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther was the...
Toonz Teams with Yellow Entertainment for Preschool Projects
India-base Toonz Media Group and Australia-based Yellow Entertainment announced a co-development and co-production partnership and distribution deal for multiple animated preschool series, developed by...
VFX Vet Mark Miller Heads Alkemy X LA Expansion
Creative content company Alkemy X is expanding to the West Coast, and has hired Emmy-nominated visual effects veteran Mark Miller to head its Los...
Stuff We Love: April’s Must-Have Books, Discs and Toys
***This feature was written for the April 2018 issue of Animation Magazine No. 279***
TROLL-TALLY RAD PARTY PACK
With the new Trolls: The Beat Goes On...
‘Stolen Princess’ Kicks Off International Release in Romania
Animagrad and FILM.UA Group’s animated feature The Stolen Princess is commencing its international theatrical roll-out, beginning with 79 screens across Romania through local distributor...
‘Shape of Water,’ ‘Coco’ Win PGA Film & Animation Awards
The Producers Guild of America held its 29th annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday night, bestowing the prestigious Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding...
‘Star Wars,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Top 2017 Box Office
Updated 1/1/18
Galaxies far, far away and tales as old as time are still as popular as ever. With 2017 officially behind us, Disney claimed...
Content Platform Mediawan Eyes Buy of ‘Little Prince’ Studio ON
Indie European audiovisual content platform Mediawan has entered exclusive talks with the shareholders of ON Kids & Family -- a respected player in kids'...
Daily News Bytes: Teasing ‘Jurassic World 2’, 70 Years of Polish Animation, An Addict’s POV & More
Ventana Sur 2017: A 10-Point Wrap
Variety gives the low-down on South America's leading market, giving special props to the Animation! program, featuring a strong...
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