Netflix and Mattel Drop ‘Hot Wheels Let's Race’ Trailer
The high-octane 3DCG series follows the newest generation of racers experiencing mind-blowing races, extreme stunt contests, and thrill-seeking challenges; the show races into homes March 4.
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Netflix Nabs Streaming Rights to Studio Ponoc’s Animated Film Slate
The next feature from the animation house founded by Oscar-nominated former Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, ‘The Imaginary,’ will hit the streamer later this year after its theatrical run in Japan.
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Netflix Scraps Sci-Fi Film ‘The Mothership’ After Multiple Delays
After multiple post-production delays, the troubled feature starring Halle Berry gets shelved; story follows a family’s pursuit of the truth after discovering a strange extraterrestrial object underneath their home.
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Netflix Drops First Official Trailer for ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
The live-action reimagining of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series, which follows Aang, the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements, stars Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, and Ian Ousely, and hits the streamer February 22.
Will Aardman Craft Another Project from the ‘Robin Robin’ Universe?
The UK studio’s charming stop-motion holiday special, featuring puppets made from felt and starring Gillian Anderson and Richard E Grant, could be set for another installment, according to co-writers and co-directors Dan Ojari and Mikey Please.
Riot Games to Lay Off 530 Workers
The ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Arcane’ studio is set to reduce staff as “a necessity,” and not to “appease shareholders or to hit a quarterly earnings number.”
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Xilam’s Popular ‘Zig & Sharko’ and ‘Karate Sheep’ Go Global with New Deals
New broadcast partners extend animated comedies to audiences across Europe, Africa, China and the UAE; Netflix reports millions of hours of accrued viewing across the streaming platform.
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Jellyfish Bolsters VFX Division with Veteran Hires
The animation and VFX studio taps ILM and NVIX alum Jamie Wood as Head of Compositing, also names Peter Seager as Head of CG.
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Sam Fell Talks ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
The director of Aardman and Netflix’s acclaimed ‘Chicken Run’ sequel discusses why the ‘heart is in hand-made’ and how the vibrant medium of stop-motion animation, like no other, helps visualize the fun, heartfelt story of Ginger, Rocky, their daughter Molly, and where nuggets really come from.
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Netflix and Mattel Tease ‘Masters of the Universe: Revolution’
Kevin Smith’s Emmy-nominated animated series returns as He-Man battles a newly mechanized Skeletor and the Horde Empire; official trailer, key art and new images drop ahead of the January 25 global streaming debut.
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Netflix Drops Trailer for DreamWorks’ ‘Orion and the Dark’
Streamer also shares images and a casting announcement for the Charlie Kaufman-penned animated film, which tells the story of an average kid and his not-so-average all-consuming fears; starring Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter, Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks and Natasia Demetriou, the film debuts February 2, 2024.
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Netflix Drops First Official Trailer for ‘3 Body Problem’
The series adaptation of Liu Cixin's extraterrestrial mystery series of sci-fi novels that follow the consequences of a young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China hits the streamer March 21.
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Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz Join Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, and Christian Convery are also added, joining Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth on the live-action Netflix flick based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel.
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Animal Logic Integrating into Netflix Animation, Karen Toliver to Lead
The streamer's VP of Animation Film will head the completely integrated global studio; former Animal Logic CEO Sharon Taylor has resigned.
‘The Last of Us’ Scores Big at The Creative Arts Emmys
This past Saturday and Sunday, the Television Academy honored artistic and technical achievements in TV, with the hit HBO series picking up 8 awards, including Outstanding Special Visual Effects in A Season or A Movie; watch highlights from the awards shows January 13 on FXX.
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Netflix Drops ‘Arcane’ Season 2 Teaser Trailer
New episodes of the multi-Emmy Award-winning animated series, based on the world behind the hugely popular ‘League of Legends’ MOBA, are coming this November.
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Rising Sun Sets Sail with ‘One Piece’ VFX
The visual effects studio delivered 170+ shots for Netflix’s adventure series based on Eiichiro Oda’s popular manga, creating an array of CG naval and pirate ships, adding water and wind to fill the sails and set extensions to seamlessly integrate with the live-action.
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Teaser Drops for Zack Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver’
Watch the trailer for the second installment of the epic two-part science-fantasy that explores an original universe and lore; streams April 19 only on Netflix.
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FMX 2024 Shares First Program News
The 4-day event kicks off in Stuttgart on April 23, 2024 with a focus on ‘Connecting Ideas’ and the return of the ‘Lighting & Rendering” track; annual Animation Production Days is now accepting projects through February 6.
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Set to Begin Production in January
After facing numerous delays due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, work resumes in the new year; the series' final season will now premiere sometime in 2025.
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DreamWorks and Netflix Share ‘Not Quite Narwhal’ Season 2 Trailer
Based on the New York Times bestseller by Jessie Sima, the animated preschool series about curious and fun-loving Kelp, who always believed he was a narwhal until he finds out he’s not, returns January 22 with all-new episodes.
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WildBrain Announces ‘Strawberry Shortcake’ Holiday Content
‘Strawberry Shortcake’s Perfect Holiday’ animated special is now streaming on Netflix, ‘Strawberry Shortcake’ original micro-form content launches next month on the brand’s YouTube channel, and ‘Girls Tales’ podcast new episode, ‘Strawberry Shortcake and the Winterswirl Storm’ just released December 18.
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‘One Piece’ Anime Remake Coming to Netflix
After the success of the live-action adaptation, the streamer has teamed with franchise creator Eiichiro Oda, Shueisha, Fuji Television Network, Toei Animation Co., and WIT Studio to reboot the pirate tale following Monkey D. Luffy and his misfit crew.
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‘Wednesday’ Spinoff Featuring Uncle Fester in Development at Netflix
Fred Armisen is set to star in a spinoff of the fan favorite supernatural mystery series chronicling Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy, which has been greenlit for a second season.
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Scanline VFX Creates the Perfect Storm in Netflix’s ‘NYAD’
VFX Supervisor Dann Tarmy breaks down his team’s extensive use of water sims, including how they tackled the huge, new challenge of replacing water in plates where the actor was shot in the water, on Netflix’s biographical sports drama of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad’s attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida.
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