Toonz Entertainment, the distribution arm of global kids and family entertainment firm Toonz Media Group, has created new sales roles based in Germany and Italy in a “strategic move” to “add more muscle” to the division as it seeks to push into “different geographies.” Based in Munich, former Discovery & Red Bull exec Bernhard Stephan...
Animation is one of the best ways to portray your imagination and expand your creativity horizon. It is increasingly being applied to expand businesses in a majority of industries including entertainment, education, gaming, advertising, communication and various other sectors. Advancements in technology and the communication sector are driving growth in the animation industry at a...
After almost 25 years serving the global children and family entertainment space Toonz Media Group is moving into features with the launch of a division to be led by industry veteran Ariel Veneziano. The company will work with in-house and third-party content and Veneziano, who served as president of Icon Entertainment International where he oversaw...
Gold Valley Films will attend EFM 2023 in Berlin to showcase their latest original animation film, Little Emma, which was recently awarded the MPA Asia-Pacific Cooperation Special Award for best work-in-progress at the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF). There are two screenings of the film’s first 50 minutes on the 16 and 18 of February....
Toonz Media Group and Zoonicorn LLC have named United Smile the global master toy licensee for the animated preschool property Zoonicorn. United Smile will develop an assortment of Zoonicorn toys that will begin debuting in spring 2024. The line will include plush, feature plush, figurines and playsets. Zoonicorn’s season one episode are available on platforms worldwide,...
Toonz Preschool brand Zoonicorn (pictured) is galloping into a worldwide licensing deal with United Smile. Under the deal brokered by Toonz’s licensing agent bRAND-WARD, the UK-based manufacturer will develop a global range of products—including plush, figurines and playsets—for release in spring 2024. The Zoonicorn CG-animated series (52 x seven minutes), about magical creatures that live...
There has been an immersive evolution ongoing since the turn of this decade and this augmented and mixed-reality enhancement is expected to make daily life better for people in many ways. About half a billion people globally are expected to be living in a more refined and more immersive virtual metaverse world by 2040....
India’s Toonz Media Group is partnering with Swedish/Canadian prodco Nuttery Entertainment on the upcoming CG-animated series Super Brakan & Ice Bella: Defenders of Imagination. Under the deal, the companies will co-produce and co-distribute the 52 x 11-minute comedy, which is based on the Håkan Bråkan IP. Aimed at the six to nine set, the series follows...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival hosted veterans from the film industry in multiple sessions today. In addition to film screenings, discussion sessions were held on various subjects ranging from music to animation and intellectual property rights. The day began with the screening of the Gujarati film, ‘The Last Film Show’. The day also saw...
OTT platforms got hugely popular during Covid era and rose to a new high as lockdowns forced people to switch from cinema halls to OTTs for entertainment. Ever since then, there has been no turning back for OTT platforms. Even filmmakers have realized the profitability of releasing their new productions on an OTT platform...
