Tag: BBC
UCL, Open City Docs Introduce VR Animation Short Course to UK
University College London (UCL) is launching a new, six-week short course on “Creating Animation in Virtual Reality” next month, offering students an opportunity to...
Natalie Setton Named SVP Global Content Distribution for Genius Brands
Genius Brands International continues to expand its global distribution business to support preschool series Rainbow Rangers and Llama Llama, appointing Natalie Setton as Senior...
21st Cartoon Movie Returns to Bordeaux with 325 Films Financed
The international animated feature film co-production forum Cartoon Movie will hold its 21st edition March 5-7, returning to Bordeaux in France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region for...
Magic Light Pictures Hops to ‘Velveteen Rabbit’ Hybrid Adaptation
Magic Light Pictures, the award-winning outfit behind the The Gruffalo specials, Room on the Broom and Highway Rat, is developing a new adaptation of...
Big Bad Boo Partners with Hope Works for Shorts
New York and Vancouver-based Big Bad Boo Studios (1001 Nights, The Bravest Knight) has partnered with U.K.-based children’s mental health initiative Hope Works to...
News Bytes: Animating Queer History, ‘Sonic’ Teaser Poster, Pucca Goes 3D & More
CROWDFUND: ‘Our Forbidden Country’: an Animated History of Queer Cruising
From the acclaimed writer/director/animator of Torrey Pines, Clyde Petersen, this second stop-motion feature project explores...
Watch Next Takes Stake in Je Suis Bien Content Studio
Production company Watch Next Media has acquired a stake in Paris-based animation studio Je Suis Bien Content (JSBC). This partnership has evolved from a...
BBC’s Epic ‘Watership Down’ Trailer Leaves the Warren
BBC has launched the official trailer for its highly anticipated, animated miniseries adaptation of Richard Adams’ Watership Down. The CG spot gives us a...
RTS 2018 Craft & Design Awards Announced
The Royal Television Society (U.K.) announced the winners of its 2018 Craft & Design Awards Monday night at a ceremony at the London Hilton,...
Another Rediscovered ‘Doctor Who’ Adventure Gets Animated
One more missing episode of U.K. sci-fi classic Doctor Who has been recovered and will get an animated revival as part of the British...
Full Cast List & First Images for BBC’s ‘Watership Down’ Revealed
BBC has unveiled first-look images for its CG animated Watership Down miniseries, and revealed additional high-profile voice cast members. Described as an “innovative interpretation”...
Sutikki Sets Global Distribution, L&M for ‘Moon and Me’ with 9 Story
Bento Box kids and family division Sutikki has entered a worldwide distribution agreement (excluding U.S., U.K. and China) with 9 Story Distribution International, and...
Cyber Group’s ‘Gigantosaurus’ Stomps Competition at MIP Junior
Paris-based studio Cyber Group Studios’ new animated preschool series Gigantosaurus was the most-viewed show at this past weekend’s MIP Junior Market in France. The...
‘Clangers’ Toasts Golden Anniversary with 3rd Season
International rights owner Coolabi Group announced that a new, third season of BAFTA-winning animated preschool series Clangers is in production and will debut on...
Cloudco, Watch Next & Kavaleer Introduce ‘Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese’
Cloudco Entertainment, Watch Next Media and Kavaleer Productions announce a new animated kids’ sitcom, Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese – which has been...
Roger Mainwood, ‘Ethel & Ernest’ Director, Dies at 65
Roger Mainwood, an admired and respected figure in animation whose works include some of the best-known and most enduring titles produced in the U.K.,...
Coolabi Commissions WildBrain for ‘Clangers’ Toy-Play Series
Digital kids’ network & studio WildBrain has been tapped by international indie media group/rights owner Coolabi Group to produce an original, 10-episode YouTube toy-play...
Irish Studio Piranha Bar’s First Pre-K Series ‘Mya Go’ Arrives on RTÉjr
Irish animation studio Piranha Bar is toasting the premiere of its first-ever preschool series Mya Go on RTÉjr this month. The production, expected to...
Jon Gisby Appointed MD of DHX’s WildBrain Network
DHX Media has appointed Jon Gisby as Managing Director at WildBrain, the content & brand company’s rapidly growing digital kids’ network and studio in...
Acamar’s ‘Bing’ Is on the Hop
Acamar Films’ Bing continues to bound around the world with new broadcast sales and renewals secured in key territories. Acamar, now handling all global...
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