The Jim Henson Company has signed on with Chinese partner Nine Eyes Stone & Shanghai Animation Film Studios to co-produce the CGI animated Sid the Science Kid: The Movie, based on Henson’s popular digital puppet series for PBSKIDS preschool lineup. The film will be the company’s first animated movie to be available in both 3-D […]
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International kids’ channel KidsCo has confirmed that the Syfy Kids programming block will launch in Asia this July. The block is a result of a partnership between KidsCo and Syfy and will debut with a line-up featuring original series and newly acquired titles from Platinum Films and KidsCo joint-venture partners. Syfy Kids will air exclusively […]
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Sony Pictures Animation delivers a delicious, second helping with its 3-D CG sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. This back-to-school season, kids may be treading through the cafeteria carefully after taking in a new animated adventure in which food bites back. Directed by Cody Cameron and Kris Peam, who were story artists on […]
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Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, an animated comedy adventure series about a regular boy who inherits the not-so-regular job of part-time hero, is set for a simulcast premiere Feb. 13 at 9:45 p.m., ET/PT on Disney XD and Disney Channel, with three additional episodes premiering over the President’s Day holiday weekend on Disney XD. Penn Zero: […]
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Disney XD has ordered a second season of Disney Television Animation’s Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero. Created and executive-produced by Jared Bush (All of Us, Zootopia) and Sam Levine (Tarzan, Bolt), the animated comedy adventure about an ordinary boy who inherits the extraordinary job of part-time hero premiered as a simulcast on Disney XD and Disney […]
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New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival – Tickets on Sale and Full Program Online Highlights include Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast and Mark Osborne’s The Little Prince Toei Animation Reveals Popin Q Original Anime Film Legendary Japanese studio to celebrate 60th anniversary with poppy dance-themed feature. Lego Dimensions Wave 3 Adds Ghostbusters and […]
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Organizers of the Middle East Film & Comic Con have announced the initial lineup of special celebrity guests for the 2016 event, which will take place in Dubai from April 7 to 9. Headlining the three-day convention is Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, who will participate in an exclusive live video stream Q&A from Los […]
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The Visual Effects Society has named multiple Academy Award-winning visual effects pioneer Ken Ralston as the recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the 15th annual VES Awards, to be held February 7, 2017 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. “Ken Ralston is an amazing force and a defining voice of the […]
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced this year’s British Academy Children’s Awards nominees. Live-action educational parody Horrible Histories snagged three nominations, with animated series The Amazing World of Gumball and Clangers right behind with two each. The feature competition this year is 50% animation (or more, depending on your definition) and […]
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In case anyone was confused why a cartoon on Adult Swim was able to convince megacorporation McDonald’s to reinstate a promotional dipping sauce from the ‘90s, Turner has just put out a press release that proves Rick and Morty is more than just a mildly popular cartoon. The Season 3 finale of the nihilistic Back […]
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There’s no telling what amazing, creative project Oscar-nominated producer (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Maleficent), author and documentary filmmaker Don Hahn will come up with next. We thought it was a great time to catch up with the talented Renaissance man now that his new book Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Disney’s Magical Mid-Century (Disney Editions, […]
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