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Sinking Ship, SLR Productions team up on CG-animated feature
Sci-fi comedy-adventure Monkey Base is the first of several kids and family films the companies plan to coproduce together.
Ex-WildBrain execs, Ron Perlman launch crowdfunding platform
Watrfall seeks to give investors, and creators, a larger share in the content they fund.
Spin Master announces its first original animated film
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie director David Soren is lined up to helm the project, based on a concept created by veteran animator Chris Dicker.
Canada, Denmark set out to update 28-year-old copro treaty
The countries are just beginning the process of creating a new agreement that may reduce a 20% minimum Danish participation requirement and encourage more partnerships.
Sinking Ship starts production on YouTube series Lila Goes Viral
With original music and an influencer feel, this live-actioner is the Canadian studio’s answer to tackling climate storytelling without “doom, gloom and preaching,” says Sinking Ship’s Alexis Grieve.
Montreal’s Laughing Dragon Studios is closing its doors
The 23-year-old 2D animation studio did service work for clients including Disney and Apple TV+.
WildBrain enters renegotiations for IoM channel deal
According to a release, the renegotiations were initialized after WildBrain was unable to negotiate a new carriage agreement with Bell Canada.
Epic Storyworlds’ new Roblox hub tackles discoverability
Fracterra will feature Squeeze Productions’ Cracké as its first third-party IP, but CEO Steve Couture says the company is looking to bring in more brand owners.
YMA to honour Marney Malabar and Lindsay Lee
Malabar will take home the Outstanding Achievement Award, while Lee will receive the Emerging Talent Award at the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence on May 28.
YouTube plans to limit kids’ access to low-quality content
WildBrain is among the companies involved in a brand-new Youth Digital Wellbeing Initiative to help the platform promote content that supports childhood development.
Montreal’s ON Animation Studios is shutting down
The service company behind Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie is closing, after joining other Quebec studios in warning that a change in the province’s tax animation credit would hurt business.
Milkcow, Atomic Cartoons among partners on TF1’s Action Rabbits
The companies are developing the CG-animated series with Paris-based Blue Spirit Productions and French network TF1.
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