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Independents are out in force with high-profile fall festival fare from Pricilla to The Holdovers, a big Viva Pictures push with Inspector Sun (voiced by Ronny Chieng), Cannes documentary winner Four Daughters and Waikiki, the debut feature by Hawaiian filmmaker Christopher Kahunahana. the first…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Rock the Bells and Paramount exec Rich Morris has been tapped for the newly created role of Senior Vice President of Content & Brands at Composition Media, the animation studio led by Hair Love producer Carl Reed. Morris will be responsible for spearheading licensing and…

EXCLUSIVE: A pair of German production houses has teamed for animated adventure feature Tafiti — Across the Desert, which Sola Media is launching at AFM. Tradewind Pictures and Little Dream Entertainment are making the CGI-animated film in association with compatriot Sola, and production has begun in…

A new adult animation limited series from Community and Rick and Morty writer Dan Guterman is coming to Netflix. Carol & The End Of The World is set to debut on Netflix with 10 episodes on December 15. Martha Kelly (Euphoria, Baskets) will star as the titular character Carol. "Carol & The End Of…

Gkids has acquired North American rights to Mars Express, the French animated feature from first-timer Jérémie Perin, which was an official selection this year of both Cannes and Annecy. The acquisition comes following Gkids’ local distribution of the film The Rabbi’s Cat, which Perin helped…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s VP of International Animation is to keynote the Manchester Animation Festival next month. Orion Ross will address the UK’s biggest animation confab with “case studies of how Disney is working in the UK on global series,” he said, “while discussing the evolving opportunities for…

EXCLUSIVE: Oregon studio Laika has brought in new talent, hiring director Pete Candeland, along with Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres, the Annie Award-winning duo together known as Headless, to develop new animated features. The appointments are effective immediately, though there’s no word yet on…

UPDATE, 8 AM: Christian streamer Minno, along with Slingshot Productions, Sunrise Animation Studios and Angel Studios (The Chosen) have announced a fall release date for Young David, its original animated series about King David as a kid.  The five-episode series will begin rolling out monthly beginning…

Crunchyroll, Sony’s anime subsidiary, has reached an agreement with Amazon for its subscription streaming outlet to be offered via Prime Video Channels. The hub for a range of subscription services like Max, Starz and Paramount+ with Showtime, is a potent subscriber acquisition engine. Crunchyroll…

UPDATED with latest: The 2023 Emmys are going to be in 2024, and with voting for the TV honors ending Monday night, it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like as the film-awards conversation starts to pick up again. The Primetime Emmys…

Netflix’s multi-year deal with Skydance Animation, which shifted over from Apple TV+, “helps complement the work that we’re doing” with original animated fare, Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said. Partnering with third parties across the board “really helps us” to “keep up that scale as we grow,” the exec…

Distributor Gkids has announced the English voice cast for Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's new feature, The Boy and the Heron. The dubbed version of the film will feature the voices of Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and…