TOONZ TACKLES TINSELTOWN Toonz Media Group, a global kids and family entertainment company, is expanding its live-action portfolio with an entry into the U.S. feature film market. The company has revealed plans to adapt William Hazelgrove‘s bestselling book “Real Santa” into a live-action feature film. “Real Santa” follows unemployed engineer George Kronenfeldt as he attempts to …
Animation studio Toonz Media Group has unveiled an eclectic slate for the Cannes Film Market. Drawing stories from popular Indian ancient fables and retelling them with a contemporary flavor, “Return of the Jungle” is set in present-day India and revolves around a group of classmates from junior school who must outwit the biggest, meanest bully in the school. …
Animation outfit Toonz Media Group has acquired rights to make a feature adaptation of the children’s book Santa on a Panda written by Parker Jacobs (Yo Gabba Gabba) of the Dumb Idea Group with Multi-Emmy Award-Winner Brian A. Miller (Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Primal) signed on to produce. Based on the children’s book and song, Santa on a …
The new CG-animated movie The Canterville Ghost is the latest charming adaptation of the beloved Oscar Wilde tale. The film, which is directed by Kim Burdon, co-directed by Robert Chandler and produced by Chandler and Gina Carter, features a stellar voice cast which includes Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Freddie Highmore, Emily Carey, David Harewood, Toby Jones and Imelda Staunton. …
“Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine is making this spooky season one to remember. A movie based on Stine’s 2012 novel “Zombie Town” premiered Oct. 6 on Hulu. The film, rated PG-13, follows a pair of friends, Amy and Mike, on their quest to save their town after an exclusive film reel unleashes a centuries old curse …
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Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost feels quite ghostly itself, doomed to walk the earth through its many adaptations. There have been at least 14 television versions, the most recent in 2021, and it has not been long since cinemagoers encountered director Yann Samuell’s French-Belgian version, Le Fantôme de Canterville (2016). Yet Oscar Wilde’s comic ghost story of 1887 …
We are extremely pleased to share that our new animated feature film “The Canterville Ghost” is all set for the theatrical launch in the US and other North American countries this Halloween with Shout! Studios and Blue Fox Entertainment recently acquiring the North American rights! Co-produced by Toonz along with Space Age Films, Sprout Pictures, and Los Angeles-based Align …
Toonz Media Group and Gold Valley Films were delighted to present their combined lineups for the highly anticipated 2023 Cannes Film Festival and Market. This collaboration showcased an impressive array of projects that captured the attention of industry professionals and cinephiles alike. With their joint efforts, Toonz Media Group and Gold Valley Films presented a …
ARIEL VENEZIANO TO LEAD THE DIVISION AS ITS PRESIDENT After almost a quarter of a century in global kids and family entertainment space, Toonz Media Group has announced its entry into feature films with the launch of a new division which will be involved in a full spectrum of activities within the group, on its …
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Ariel Veneziano, President of Toonz Feature Film Division and Allen Tsang, Head of International at Gold Valley Films today announced that Toonz & Gold Valley have struck a co-production and co-financing deal for six animated pictures over the course of the next three years. Additionally the two companies will join forces across their entire slate …
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