Debut title, the short film ‘FOXING: Kitsuné-tsuki,’ was unveiled as a work-in-progress at Annecy 2025.
The exec will team with Susan Akinbola to lead the studio’s feature development slate and guide projects from inception through greenlight, while working closely with creative talent.
The veteran industry exec joins the studio from DNEG LA, where he served as Executive Vice President of Business Development.
The creative leader, who boasts credits on franchises such as ‘Transformers’ and ‘X-Men,’ will work closely with Vice President of Business Development Christina Wise, who joined the studio leadership team in Los Angeles earlier this year.
The post-apocalyptic thriller by William R. Forstchen follows college professor/former military officer John Matherson, who is thrust into a leadership role after an EMP attack paralyzes the US.
Deal includes theatrical, television, digital, home entertainment, ancillary, and merchandise rights across North America, Latin America, and Oceania.
Announcement includes the special ‘The Elephant,’ from Rebecca Sugar and Pendleton Ward; Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Heist Safari;’ and ‘Keeping up with the Joneses,’ from creators Hugh Davidson, Rachel Ramras, and Larry Dorf.
It’s an embarrassment of riches as the studios share sneak peeks and footage from ‘Zootopia 2’ and ‘Elio,’ plus unseen footage of ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Toy Story 5,’ and ‘Gatto;’ Pete Docter and Ron Clements were inducted into Annecy’s Walk of Fame.
The ‘Corpse Bride’ and ‘Frankenweenie’ screenwriter joins director Pete Candeland on the project, which follows a theater-loving high school student who is lured into an endless bacchanal in search of her missing mother.
Based on the Eisner Award-winning comic books from Tom King and Mitch Gerads, the show about Scott Free, the world’s greatest escape artist, is studios’ second adult animated series.
The ‘Bones and All’ scribe will write the stop-motion animated feature be set in a house with infinite rooms, endless corridors, and walls lined with thousands of statues; Travis Knight to direct.
The action-comedy co-production from Watch Next Media and Kavaleer Productions, with support from Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and CNC, France, follows a group of teens in a town overrun by bizarre supernatural objects.
The ‘Elemental’ helmer joins franchise veteran Brad Bird, who is attached as screenwriter and producer; a release date has not been set.
Upcoming feature ‘Lucy Lost’ to feature in ‘Work In Progress’ selection; original series ‘Submarine Jim,’ ‘Piggy Builders,’ and ‘Turbo Twins’ being shown.
In a tax-free transaction, the media giant plans to divide into two publicly traded companies: Streaming & Studios, headed by David Zaslav, and Global Networks, headed by Gunnar Wiedenfels.
The 4K remaster, which will feature the original Japanese voice cast with English subtitles, including restored text cards, hits theaters August 14, with much destruction.
The studio behind hit series ‘Arcane’ will continue its partnership with Riot Games for the production of new content; 3 audiovisual and animation professionals, Cécile Hergaux Essame, Christine Ponzevera, and Marion Delord, are appointed to strategic positions.
The animated show, based on the NFT brand franchise, will follow four dinosaur friends who live on a mysterious island.
The Los Angeles-based division, focused on original content production, will be helmed by newly appointed head of development Josh Fisher.
Legendary Entertainment’s live-action toon hybrid feature staring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, and Dan Levy moves from October 10, 2025 to May 1, 2026.
The 2D animated mystery-comedy series, based on the books written and illustrated by Barbara Cantini, is slated to deliver by the end of 2025.
In the name of ‘corporate efficiency,’ studio cuts occurred today across marketing teams for both film and TV, publicity, casting, development, and corporate finance; no teams will be eliminated completely.
Disguise Creative Services spent 52 weeks on Jared Hess’ hit action comedy, working as a virtual art department to create 20 digital environments in Unreal Engine that were used in pre-production, production and post.
Mattel Films president Robbie Brenner to lead the new group, will continue to report to Chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz.
Show based on the comic of the same name by Green follows a group of high school outcasts obsessed with pop-culture who decide to form an unofficial, unfunded, and misunderstood anime club.
