The Hive Studio Expands To Europe With New Athens Studio
The company is best known for producing Tal Kantor’s 2024 Oscar-nominated short film ‘Letter to a Pig.’
The company is best known for producing Tal Kantor’s 2024 Oscar-nominated short film ‘Letter to a Pig.’
Warner Bros. will also preview new projects including ‘Get Jiro’ and ‘Bat-Fam.’
The Scottish studio is among the few in our industry that is being transparent about its usage of AI.
The company’s Melbourne outpost is expected to create 80 jobs.
The full-service 2d animation studio, which had been in business for decades, employed over 100 workers during peak periods.
The company is rehiring dozens of employees from Mikros and Technicolor Animation Productions.
The historic structure was where classic animated shorts like ‘Robin Hood Daffy,’ ‘Three Little Bops,’ ‘Birds Anonymous,’ and ‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ were produced.
Rodeo FX’s purchase of Mikros Animation will preserve up to 287 animation production jobs in Canada and France.
Dobree wrote that “unstoppable market forces have resulted in a race to the bottom” and called for greater industry support and regulation for the animation/vfx industries.
The financially struggling company had paused operations earlier this month.
The studio cannot continue in its current financial state and says it is currently exploring all options for sale or investment.
The company said in its annual report that it expects its current fiscal year to also be negatively impacted by the ongoing fallout from the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes.
The three companies being shuttered are Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros. Games San Diego
The studio had produced animated features like ‘The Little Prince,’ ‘Ladybug & Cat Noir: Awakening,’ and ‘Playmobil: The Movie.’
Thousands of vfx and animation workers around the globe could become unemployed as early as this week.
The vote marks a stunning setback for the young Canadian Animation Guild IATSE Local 938, which was founded in 2020.
Post-acquisition, DNEG’s Brahma group will employ over 800 engineers and creative technologists.
Three writers and four artists will participate in the network’s talent incubator programs.
Creative director Paul Ó Muiris spoke to Cartoon Brew about the new studio’s plans.
With over a half-dozen Norwegian animated features set to release in 2025, the country’s animation industry is starting to emerge as a European force.