‘Hair Love’ Producer Lion Forge Animation Looking To Raise $50 Million Through Private Equity
The Oscar-winning Black-owned studio will use the funds to expand its staff, media library, and acquisitions.
The Oscar-winning Black-owned studio will use the funds to expand its staff, media library, and acquisitions.
The acquisition includes ‘The World of David the Gnome,’ ‘Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,’ ‘Around the World with Willy Fog,’ and ‘Bernard Bear.’
Golden Wolf CEO and founder Ingi Erlingsson will become Doodles’ new chief content officer.
Based in L.A., Levy will head the development and production of original IP in short-form and long-form content and oversee co-productions.
The new platform will combine the catalogs and creative networks of all three Genius subsidiaries under one banner, headed by Todd Steinman.
The duo signed a multi-year deal to create, develop, and produce new shows through their company Hermit House.
Adult animation fans and artists take another hit as two more series get canceled, with ‘Pantheon’ removed from AMC+ entirely.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest move tramples over the company’s rich animation legacy.
The Japanese company will co-produce new content and consumer products based on three Frederator properties.
Once an essential resource in the independent animation and filmmaking community, Vimeo has struggled to become a sustainable company after its pivot to a tech platform.
Rothman’s company Modern Magic will create half-hour and hour-long series produced by Fox’s Bento Box Entertainment.
The gaming company develops billion-dollar franchises including ‘World of Warcraft,’ ‘Overwatch,’ and ‘Diablo.’
The studio also worked on Netflix’s ‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf,’ ‘Centaurworld,’ and ‘Love, Death + Robots.’
Iger is back, but only for two years, and the search is on to find a successor sooner rather than later.
In the battle for American feature animation supremacy, NBCUniversal’s chief takes a shot at struggling competitor Disney.
“With animation, we used to be about staying in-house but now we are doing it on different platforms,” says WBTV chief Channing Dungey.
A detailed timeline of Chapek’s missteps while in charge at the House of Mouse.
The new animation division’s first production will be the former Blue Sky Studios feature ‘Nimona,’ releasing on Netflix in 2023.
At the end of his current two-year term as CEO, Iger will resume the consultancy role he started last year.
The companies previously collaborated for 650 hours of content on Nickelodeon’s ‘LEGO City Adventures.’