Creative veterans Yates Holley and John Kim have announced the launch of Los Angeles-based hybrid creative company, Rideview. The two first partnered over a decade ago on interactive projects for Toyota at Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles. Now, united with a common love of cars, the duo aims to create a one-stop shop for
With the ink barely dry on its massive $900 million deal with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, MTV Entertainment Studios has just announced two new projects slated to air this fall on Comedy Central that build on the network’s long legacy of political satire.
The first, Fairview, is a weekly, hyper-topical, half-hour,
WarnerMedia Kids & Family has just greenlit The Amazing World of Gumball movie and series; all-new comedic misadventures of Gumball, Darwin and the other quirky residents of Elmore will soon make their ways to HBO Max and Cartoon Network. The announcement marks the return of the popular series and the first original productions to
Kids’ content distributor Federation Kids & Family (part of Federation Entertainment) has struck a series of deals with key international broadcasters for the TeamTO produced 2D animated comedy series Presto! School of Magic. Produced with M6 and TéléTOON+, the series previously sold to RTBF and VRT (Belgium), has now been picked up by
French studio Xilam Animation has secured a deal with Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) for its flagship non-dialogue comedy franchise, Oggy and the Cockroaches. SPNI will launch the original classic 2D animated series, which spans seven seasons and 500 episodes, on Sony YAY! starting October 11.
“As the popularity of Oggy and the Cockroaches continues
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Nelvana, an international producer, distributor, and licensor of children’s animated and live action content, has teamed up with Kids Can Press, an international children’s book publisher, to launch “Nelvana/Kids Can Press Talent Incubator: Black Write Edition,” an initiative designed to discover, support, and mentor emerging Black storytellers and illustrators.
“We are looking
HBO Max and WarnerMedia OneFifty have acquired the exclusive North American streaming rights from RMVISTAR for the award-winning 3D animated short film Anacronte, now available on HBO Max. The 3DCG animated short film was produced by Mr. Bug Studio, a leading animation and transmedia content studio based in Argentina, in collaboration with Raúl Koler,
Multi award-winning independent animation studio Aardman has teamed up with creative specialists Catsnake to develop a watercolor style 2D animated commercial celebrating the work of RSPB, a large UK nature conservation charity. The animated spot, Time Flies, features the voice of Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent and is now airing on TV and online;
StretchSense (Sensor Holdings Limited) has named Mike Riley executive chair of the board. Other key additions to the board of directors and the company’s management team include Chris Komatas as chief operating officer and Charles Pludthura as chief marketing officer. The news was announced by StretchSense CEO and co-founder Benjamin O’Brien.
A manufacturer of
Mold3D Studio has just shared their 3DCG Windwalker Echo hero character from the recent Unreal Engine 5 reveal video, Lumen in the Land of Nanite, available for immediate download and use in Unreal Engine 4.27 and Unreal Engine 5 Early Access. The warrior character, who was also part of the Valley of the Ancient
