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Web3 Studio Toonstar Drops ‘Space Junk’ Trailer with Jon Heder

The iconic ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ actor, along with Tony Cavalero with Wellbecca – the first character voiced entirely by AI-generated software – star in the new adult animated workplace comedy about garbage collectors in space that takes off next month.

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Austin’s Powerhouse Animation Votes to Unionize

Effort marks the first organizing campaign for The Animation Guild in a right-to-work state and TAG’s third outside L.A. County after successful unionization at Titmouse and Late Night Cartoons in New York.

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Podcast EP 205: How Anik Rosenblum Started Dancing Line Productions

Vancouver-based 2D animation director shares his journey from Lithuania to Israel and finally Vancouver in pursuit of an artistic career.

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LOBO Animates an Adorable Sing-Along Ode to Pets

Brazilian pet food brand 374 Pets tapped the mixed media and animation studio, who working with local animation students to create ‘Universo 374,’ a 2D animated spot bringing furry, feathery, and scaly critters to life.

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Podcast EP 202: Cameron Slayden Explains How to Get into MOA & Scientific Animation

Microverse Studios CEO and ‘mechanism of action’ animation producer shares how he discovered this niche field of animation, started his own company, and uses AI tools to create visuals for microscopic function animations.

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Sixteen South and Nelvana Option ‘A Horse Named Steve’

Belfast-based studio teams up with kids’ content giant on an animated adaptation of Toronto author-illustrator Kelly Collier’s popular picture book about the humorous exploits of an endearingly self-absorbed horse.

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WildBrain to Acquire House of Cool

In a deal set to close later this year, co-founders Wes Lui and Ricardo Curtis are named Co-General Managers of the Toronto-based pre-production studio, which will maintain its distinct identity under new parent company banner.

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Stephanie Sperber Named President and CCO at Lion Forge Entertainment

Along with a name change, the Oscar-winning animation studio adds live-action to its production slate as well as a veteran family entertainment executive to lead the company.

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Carl Reed Launches Composition Media Animation Studio

Producer of Oscar-winning animated short ‘Hair Love’ opens new shingle with 2 animated features and an animated series; content creation to highlight minority and underrepresented communities.

Studio Milestones Headline News

Mainframe Studios Celebrates 30 Years of Animation

Studio milestones include creating and producing the first fully-CG TV series ‘Reboot’ and the first large-scale toon shaded CG series ‘Spider-Man: The New Animated Series.’

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DNEG Acquires Key Production and Post-Production Facilities in India

The leading VFX and animation studio’s deal with parent company Prime Focus Limited for India-based integrated film and TV studio assets includes PF Studios, Digital Intermediate, Equipment Rental Services (EQR), and PFL’s Advertising post-production business.

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Philippe Denis Named Creative Director for DNEG Animation

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:34am

The VFX Supervisor on ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ and upcoming ‘Under the Boardwalk’ will now oversee all the division’s global creative output while developing long-term strategy for its creative direction.

Stop-Motion Commercials Headline News

Blinkink Builds Claymation ‘Layla’s Story’

The Royal Foundation for Early Childhood launches ‘Shape Us’ campaign with a 90-second stop-motion film directed by Sam Gainsborough about how kids develop and are shaped by the people and environments surrounding them.

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Baboon Animation, Fonda Snyder and Zaslansky & Holzer Team on ‘Cheez N Nugget: Gone Bad’

The 2D animated comedy follows two unhealthy snacks living in a world of organic noshes - with the end of their shelf life in site, the duo sets out to create the best bucket list ever.

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VlogBox and Motion Picture Team Up on ‘Mya Go’ Roku Channel

The new CTV channel revolves around the animated preschool series about Mya Go and her friends’ joyful discoveries of the world's wonders, coming to Amazon Fire TV and Android TV later this year.

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DNEG Names Philippe Gluckman Creative Director – India

The former DreamWorks exec joins the studio’s growing creative leadership team that includes recent hire Angi Dyste as Senior Vice President, Episodic, and recently promoted Archie Donato as Head of VFX and Eoin Murphy as Head of CG.

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Cinesite Tapped to Animate Upcoming Untitled ‘Smurfs’ Feature

Project is the studio’s second theatrical production for Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation; new entry to the iconic property’s universe is slated for a February 2025 release.

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WildBrain Inks Global Distribution Deal for Animated Series ‘Ray of Sunshine’

The new preschool show from Daily Madness follows Ray, a talkative seven-year-old boy living in Dublin, and highlights the importance of community and diversity.

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3D Sparrow Scores New Deals for ‘Booba’ Animated Series

Show’s fourth season just debuted on Netflix; ITVX, STAR, 9GO! and Pro Plus pick up the non-dialogue family show centered on a joyful and curious little hobgoblin.

Artsy Star Wars Shorts Return! Headline News

Disney+ Drops ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Volume 2 Lineup and Release Date

Lucasfilm’s unique anthology returns May 4 with nine new shorts created by an international line-up of award-winning filmmakers and animation studios, including Cartoon Saloon, Aardman, and Triggerfish, harnessing different animation styles, each offering a new take on the mythos of ‘Star Wars.’  

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Long-Time Disney Exec Angi Dyste Joins DNEG Animation

Bringing 25+ years’ experience in animation and kids’ programming, the industry veteran assumes the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Episodic; the appointment comes as the studio increases its focus on TV and feature animation.

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Podcast EP 193: How Turkish Set Designer Merve Çaydere Got to Work at Laika

The animation director, designer and model maker discusses her journey from Turkey to the U.S. and how she scored a spot as a set designer at the iconic stop-motion studio.

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