Dan Trachtenberg Boards ‘Freddy the 13th’ Adaptation at Paramount Animation
The untitled animated feature film, co-directed by Yehudi Mercado, is based on his indie comic ‘Freddy the 13th.’
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Paramount Animation Developing ‘Survivor’ Animated Comedy
Jeff Probst will executive produce the film, in development with CBS, set in the animal kingdom on a remote island, where animals compete to be crowned the sole survivor.
Mosaic VFX: Built from the Flood Up
After a catastrophic water main break destroyed their offices and eventually closed the parent company, Assembly VFX artists banded together, and led by the division’s co-founder Dave Zeevalk and VP of Technology Luiz Garrido, launched a brand-new, fully operational visual effects business in just 10 days.
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ to End with Season 5, ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Renewed
Paramount+ has just announced the upcoming season of Mike McMahan’s 2D animated comedy will be its last, while a fourth season of the Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn live-action starrer has been ordered ahead of its 2025 third season premiere.
Nickelodeon Announces 6 New ‘Artist Program’ Participants
New group selected for the 6-month program, now in its 13th year, which offers emerging talent from underrepresented backgrounds a chance to work on productions, participate in workshops, and learn from lead artists working across Storyboard, Visual Development, and CG Generalist tracks.
‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Heading to Netflix This Christmas
20 episodes of the popular but canceled Paramount+ animated series will stream at its new home on December 25.
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Mike McMahan Talks ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 4
As he does with AWN every season, the two-time Emmy winner riffs on his latest collection of sci-fi adventures that ‘boldly, but not too boldly’ go where no one has gone before; his uniquely funny and very ‘Trekky’ adult animated comedy, the ‘Star Trek’ franchise’s first, is now streaming on Paramount+.
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‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Picked up at Netflix
Season 1 to stream later in 2023, while Season 2, which was in production when canceled at Paramount+ this summer, will debut in 2024.
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 4 Debuts on Paramount+
The hugely popular animated comedy that boldly goes – but not too boldly – ‘where no man has gone before,’ streams the first two Season 4 episodes today - September 7.
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Paramount+ Drops 'Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 4 Trailer
The animated comedy follows the antics of the Starfleet crew residing in the ‘lower decks,’ which is to say, where the lowly, less important crew goes about their business; new season kicks off September 7 with two episodes that go boldly – but not too boldly – ‘where no man has gone before.’
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Paramount+ Shares ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Teaser
Fans at the streamer’s San Diego Comic-com ‘Star Trek’ universe presentation got a first look at the last and final season of the series - coming early 2024.
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Paramount+ Shares ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Trailer
Last weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, the streamer teased Season 4 of its popular animated comedy series, revealing a clip, debut date and key art; the season kicks off with 2 new episodes this September.
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‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Cancelled After One Season Though Season 2 in Post
The kid-centered animated series that debuted in Fall 2021 will hopefully find a new home after the streamer cancels the show prior to launching the previously greenlit sophomore season.
Michelle Yeoh to Star in ‘Star Trek: Section 31’ Film for Paramount+
The ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ spinoff will star the Oscar-winning ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ actress as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, a reprisal of her role in 'Star Trek: Discovery,' with an exec team of ‘Discovery’ veterans.
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Will End with Season 5
The Paramount+ series following Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery will conclude after its fifth season, which premieres early 2024.
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CBS VFX Ignites ‘Fire County’
The visual effects team delivered 135 shots across the series’ episodes combining actual pyrotechnics with digital flames to showcase the many different and terrifying forms that fire can take; the CBS primetime series returns January 6 with all-new episodes.
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‘Reindeer in Here’ Proves Wishes Do Come True
All-new 3DCG animated holiday special, directed by Lino DiSalvo and adapted from Adam Reed’s award-winning children’s book of the same name, brings together a young boy hoping to make a friend and a clumsy reindeer with one short antler who always feels like an outcast; show premieres November 29 on Paramount+ and the CBS Television Network.
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Fancy VFX Adds Janine Conway and Chris Green
The two visual effects veterans join the studio as Senior Producer and Compositing Supervisor, respectively.
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Exclusive Clip: ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ – ‘All the World’s a Stage’
In the all-new episode debuting tomorrow on Paramount+, the crew answers a distress call to find a colony trapped in Starfleet’s past, and Rok-Tahk stays behind during the away mission to care for an unwell Murf.
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Hero4Hire Creative Unveils Rebrand
The motion design and animation studio gets a new look with logo and website redo; rooted in children’s television, the company has expanded into tech, pharmaceutical, education, sports, food & drink, gaming, and entertainment industries.
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Paramount+ Shares ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Teaser and Images
At New York Comic Con EPs Kevin and Dan Hageman took the stage with cast members Kate Mulgrew, Brett Gray, and Jameela Jamil, revealing a teaser, images, and a new crew member; mid-season return with new episodes set for October 27.
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‘Tooning Out the News’ Continues to Find the Right Political/Comedic Balance
Creator and Executive Producer R.J. Fried talks about the Emmy-nominated animated series, whose third season debuts tonight, October 5, on Comedy Central.
Workers on ‘Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News’ Vote to Unionize
The show's animation workers become second NY group in the last 30 years to vote for representation by The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839, following Titmouse’s historic vote in January 2022.
Animated Holiday Special ‘Reindeer in Here’ Coming to CBS
The one-hour show, based on Adam Reed’s best selling children’s book of the same name, premieres on CBS this November 29.
‘Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News’ Moves to Comedy Central
The late-night TV show host’s Emmy-nominated satirical animated news program returns on a new network with new stories of the day reported by animated anchors discussing topical issues with real-life political analysts, newsmakers, and media figures; new episodes kick off next month.
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